We here in Pennsylvania welcome Paul Ryan and his Sith Overlord to the Keystone State for some last minute campaigning. It is a tradition that Republicans convince themselves that they can win Pennsylvania and visit us during the last four days of election season. Poppy did it in 1992, Dole did it in 1996, Dubya did it in 2004, and McCain did it in 2008. None of them won the hearts and minds of Pennsylvanians. We rejected them all, just as we will reject Mitt Romney. And then we never want to see him again. Like, ever. In any context. Not even on the Charlie Rose Show. Just get lost and don’t come back and stay off of the television and don’t write stupid op-eds about who you think should go broke. We’ve had enough. You are a very unpleasant man and we are tired of you.
So, welcome to Pennsylvania. I hope you enjoy our beautiful fall colors. Grab yourself a sandwich. But, come Wednesday, you better be gone, and gone for good.
Expect stupid pundits to talk up PA being a swingy-swing state in 2016 anyway. And then when the Dems win it in high single or low double digits, they’ll do it again.
you know, it probably is swingy if by swingy you mean that it is one of the blue states most likely to go red. The GOP is strong in the state, especially at the moment. But the GOP hasn’t won a presidential contest here since 1988.
they already are, if philly.com is to be believed.
Pundits need something to flap their gums about.
As predicted, Rasputen … I mean, Rasmussen … has detected a last-minute swing to Obama and their poll is now 48-48. Their purpose seems to be to flood the aggregators with cheap polls that are outliers for the GOP but in the national poll to come back to reality at the end so that they can say they were “accurate”. They don’t do this for state polls since the pundits have ADD and can’t be bothered to check the accuracy of those … I’m sorry, I mistated … because only nerds and geeks care about detailed numbers.
When Gallup decides to startup again I wonder if their LV screen will see a sudden swing to Obama, too?
I know everyone says the national polls are a tie, but if you look at the list only Gallstone and Rasputen have Romney in the lead. 5 others show a tie, 6 show a 1 point lead and two show higher. The median is a 1 point lead.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/02/presidential-polls-swing-state_n_2063600.html?utm_hp_ref=@p
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National polling is historically how Presidential races were measured and its what people are used to. But while the swing/battleground state concept has been around for quite a while the hyper-focus on swing states that has evolved over the last three elections is a major change. Today there are two Americas – those getting bombarded with election information and propoganda and those which aren’t. Given this it seems to me that while the national polls weight for all kinds of demographic factors, including geography (south, northeast, midwest, west), they should introduce a new weighting factor for swing vs. non-swing. Too much sample in one versus the other is likely to create distortions.
This isn’t new for the election, by the way. Obama’s popularity and approval ratings in swing states have consistently been above those for the overall nation. I suspect they’ve been targeting their messages for those states from day 1.
And speaking of ineffective ad targeting, my Booman ads are now almost exclusively for Romney.
Mine too.
Hey now, if you’re nice, he might give you some canned corn and soup.
He couldn’t resist the smell of money:
‘Blackout’ imposed as George W. Bush speaks at Cayman Islands investment conference
Visiting the money the Mittster had deposited down there in payment for his endorsement?
Boo, we Ohioans are sick of the Romney campaign as well. I’m surprised he hasn’t built a damned mansion here, he’s been back so often.
Go home, you smarmy jerk! Ohio doesn’t like you, either!
Careful, Donna. If he decides he likes it there, he could just buy the state. After all, the trees are nearly the right height…
Too low rent for the Mittster. He’s probably as eagerly counting down the days until he and Mr. Bus never have to venture into Ohio again as the residents of Ohio are.
Early voting started in Oklahoma today. I voted at the county courthouse about an hour ago. It went OK. They were busy but not swamped, with one or two people waiting their turn to sign in the whole time I was there. Had to drive around the block to find a parking place.
I’m in OK too, and plan on voting this afternoon. There will be a "walk to the polls" event tomorrow at the Capitol, 8:30 AM. Walking to the Election Board office further up on Lincoln. All our fellow Okies: Vote!
That event’s cancelled. Try this one:
Souls to the Polls
Saturday- 9am-1pm. at the Greater Mt. Olive Baptist Church 1010 N.E. 42nd Street OKC.
from an expat with a PA absentee ballot–
right on.
Just a a little side note…a quick paranoia temperature reading in this Obama-created-and-supported surveillance state.
When I read the above sentence, my (not quite awake yet, pre-coffee) gut reaction was to worry about:
1-It appearing on my (doubtless surveilled on some level) computer.
and
2-Booman’s safety.
Now…is there any real reason to feel this way? I mean, the sentence isn’t exactly a death threat, right? It’s boilerplate election rhetoric.
But here in the United States of Omertica, Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo/drone strikes and extraordinary renditions hover about our subconsciousness like fruit flies around an overripe banana.
Just sayin’…
Support Obama if you must, but remember…we are every one of us a single executive decision away from becoming one of the Argentina-style Desaparecidos.
The Disappeared ones.
Bet on it.
In a bureaucracy that functions as badly as does any other bureaucracy of its size, that is one scary thought.
Just sayin’…
Or even worse:
Just sayin’.
Watch yo mouf.
Or else.
Uncle Obama wants you!!!
How far we’ve come!!!
Later…
AG
Lol!
Someone had an extra helping of Snarky Flakes this morning. Well done
By the way…you spelled “Shit” wrong.
AG
If only you guys were as skeptical of Joe Paterno.