Democrats must be “runnin’ scared,” as the old political saying goes, reading today’s Rasmussen Poll showing Romney up in Wisconsin 47-44, a state Obama won by fourteen percentage points in 2008. That’s a, count ‘em, seventeen point swing and makes one wonder if all states might now be in play, even those thought to be in the blue Democratic bag. If the economy gets any worse, they may well be. And if it merely stays the dreadful same, things don’t look very good for Obama either. Despite the blather of Carville and Greenberg, Obama doesn’t need a rebooted campaign; he needs a rebooted economy. And, short of a miracle, it doesn’t look like he’s going to get it. In the short run, look for the mainstream media to ramp up their lies about the economy big time. Let’s hope the public doesn’t buy it. I don’t think they will.
Interesting little side note: if Romney wins the popular vote, the seven states that have popular vote laws, including California, New York, and Mass, will have to give all their electors to Romney. This is quite possible.
Stock up on popcorn.
Wouldn’t that be just… so… tragic.
Oh, just looked up the details, since I had recalled reading somewhere that despite it being law in California, it wasn’t in effect yet, and I was right:
http://www.californiality.com/2011/08/california-national-popular-vote-law.html
“The law goes into effect only when the bill is enacted by enough states to comprise a total of 270 electoral votes or more.”
They’re close, but not there yet:
“The non-partisan National Popular Vote Bill is being considered in every state and has now been adopted by enough states to total 132 electoral votes:
CA 55 | DC 3 | HI 4 | IL 20 | MA 11 | MD 10 | NJ 14 | VT 3 | WA 12″
Note that these states (and a district) run the full gamut from “crazy liberal” to “stupid liberal.” A coincidence?
– Batchelor says, 401(k)s are now 99(k)s; don’t expect a turnaround before November.
I wish this was October instead of June. If it’s too bad too early there may be a move to get Obama to step down in favor of Hillary. Consider what happened in New Jersey.
Maryland will have a same sex marriage referendum on the ballot in November.
Some number of religious voters will be highly motivated to vote. And these are not all going to be Obama voters either. I doubt that the President will lose Maryland, but he might have to fight a bit here.
So the fools insisting we needed to nominate the left of center Romney just to be competitive have what to say now?
What’s their excuse, now?
Trading 5% in the popular vote to enable actual progress to restoring the lost constitution would have been worth it by far.
Romney’s success is an opportunity wasted.
Have you noticed the guys that pop in, launch an attack on Romney and then don’t say who they are supporting turn out to be either Democrats or Ronulans.
I’m a Texas Baptist and I’d go kiss the local Orthodox Rabbi’s behind, center cut, if by so doing I could see Obama and his supporters off of the national scene and flipper Romney replacing him.
Consumer Confidence on Incumbent Reelection
(Revo)June 13, 2012 11:48 am R.D. Walker
Going back to the election of 1972, the average of the consumer confidence index during election years in which the incumbent won was 108. The average during election years in which the incumbent lost was 81. No incumbent president has ever been reelected when the consumer confidence index was less than 100.
So what does the index look like today?
In the United States, consumer confidence declined to 64.9 in May of 2012 from 68.7 in April of 2012. Historically, from 1967 until 2012, the United States Consumer Confidence averaged 93.4100 reaching an all time high of 144.7000 in January of 2000 and a record low of 25.3000 in February of 2009.
During his entire presidency, the index hasn’t hit 80. Obama has 5 months to say or do something “miraculous.” Is the “anointed one” up to the task? More “smoke-and-mirrors?” Or just a mere “dog-and-pony show?” Kabuki theatre anybody? Choom Man is “smoked.”
All states in play?
No. California, New York, Oregon, DC, and Washington and Massachusetts would vote for Satan, Osama bin Ladin, or Vladimir Putin before they would vote for ANYONE with an (R) after their name.
So, as usual, the Dems can count on starting out with 119 and no effort. All they really need is 151 to win. Add in the rest of New England and Illinois and they get another 60, so the reality is the Dems only need to get 91 to win.
Orion