UPDATE: Not so fast, Santorum! *sound of squealing brakes*
Mitt Romney: 24.5% 24.6%, Romney wins by 8 votes
Rick Santorum: 24.5%
Ron Paul: 21.5% 21.4%
Newt Gingrich: 13.3%
Rick Perry: 10.3%
Michele Bachmann: 5.0%
Jon Huntsman: 0.6%
Herman Cain: 0% (58 votes)
Buddy Roemer: 0% (48 votes)
No Preference: 0.1%
Other: 0.1%
Santorum squeaks out a slight win by 18 votes, acts like he’s won the nomination goes home thinking he’s won Iowa, will still declare victory no matter what; Romney diverts attention from the millions he spent to come in 2nd to Santorum by attacking Obama *yawn*, squeaks out a win to the tune of 8 votes (about the same as he did in 2008, the millions of $$ are definitely stinging), and does this bit of weirdness:
…Ron Paul feels somehow vindicated; Gingrich whines; Rick Perry returns to Texas for a nice nap before he gets out of this mess; and Michele Bachmann refuses to accept God’s answer to her prayers.
Overall, no real surprises. President Obama was the big winner of the evening, as expected.
This is our daily open thread — Discuss!!
I was hoping to stay up awhile, and follow the results, but my body had other plans. I fell asleep about eight o’clock. I also missed a great Sugar Bowl game that went into overtime. Now I’m up too early.
So, four years and many million dollars later, the same people voted for Romney again? And now the last presidential loser is endorsing the next presidential loser?
Since all the GOP caucuses/primaries until April are awarding delegates proportionally, ‘winning’ by 8 votes is statistically a tie.
After what Gingrich said about Romney, and it sounds like there is much more to come, if Romney is the nominee, he’s going to be more bloodied than Obama was by the Hillary campaign.
The late crew on MSNBC, with Chris Hayes, Melissa Harris-Perry, Sam Seder, Michelle Goldberg and the guy from National Review, were more fun to watch than the first stringers were earlier. Hayes is making the point that Romney’s best demographic is Iowans making over $100k a year…
I, obviously, couldn’t watch any of it, but one thing seems to be clear. If the label, “the same people voted for Romney again” sticks to him and I expect it will, he is in much deeper trouble than he cares to think. Now that Perry is all but out of the race his donors will bet their money not on Romney, and just because they haven’t done so before. They seem to distrust Romney so much, that they preferred Cain, Perry, Anybody to him. He still has a lot of money to campaign, but if the feeling persists that he maxed out on his base, Santorum may see an unexpected windfall before the S.C. and Florida primaries. Especially if he exceeds expectations in New Hampshire.
Popcorn anyone?
If Santorum gets money which he didn’t have before the Iowa caucuses, he could be a challenge to Romney in religious South Carolina. Winning by 8 votes after spending millions is a disgrace. It shows that it will take more than money for Romney to win the hearts of Independents and moderates. His biggest problem is he doesn’t stand for anything. At least with Santorum, you know his position on issues and policies. Same with Gingrich and Paul.
I don’t know if the southerners will be too happy about Santorum when they find out he’s Catholic.
Heh. They can always shoot him in Dallas.
ok,ok this was tasteless..
And he’s not a Good Ol Boy. He’s a slick Yankee. He is, of course, racist to the core so that might add to his appeal. Primarily (heh) though, he has zero feet on the ground anywhere outside Iowa. Even the Iowa crew is so incompetent they couldn’t get him on tv for a victory speech during prime time.
It was a real cliff hanger, so to speak. Santorum wore out several pairs of shoes canvasing the Iowa for one whole year. Romney spent millions and only won by 8 votes. It was a fascinating contest. Romney has given Obama plenty of material to use against him in the general election, such as, “corporations are people”. Bachmann and Perry should save themselves from further embarrassment by withdrawing from the race.
Any chance that someone stuffed a ballot box or two to allow Romney to “surge” ahead of Santorum?
Could be… Repubs are the ones so worried about voter fraud and Shakespeare had something to say about people that are obsessed about something.
It certainly took a long time to count those last few votes didn’t it?
hmmmm…8 vote win – no recount – no charges of voter fraud.
Santorum barely misses a come-from-behind victory, and Gingrich is in the rear of the front four.
Perry has another ‘oops’ moment.
Bachmann is still on her mission from God.
Romney’s theme song should be “Can’t buy me love.”
Did I miss anything?
Santorum is number 2? 😉
Margaret and Helen have a new post.
Margaret and Helen rock.
I think Romney has invoked the mean guy in Newt. Newt will attack Romney just to bring Romney down now. That’s just the kind of guy he is.
Bring your popcorn.
But he said he wouldn’t go negative…. you mean he’s a hypocrite? Newty? Say It aint so?
He’s not a hypocrite, he’s a liar.
On MSNBC, Rep. Steve King says Michele Bachmann should be proud to be in the final seven.
Srsly.
Listened to NPR news going in – they had time to get quotes from the Romney, Sanitation, Gingrich, Perry, Bachmnan’s cma mgr and they talked about how Huntsman skipped the state altogether and was planning to be in NH today.
The words ‘Ron Paul’ were not mentioned, once , that I noticed…..
….. they really just hate him – the bias is so obvious, blatant and pervasive. They’ll tell you what they think you should hear, all of them.
Rick Perry is expected to secede from the presidential race today.
Secede, heh!!
I second that!
heh!!
heh!!
The definition of tone-deaf: The entire country thinks your husband is gay, and the cute little anecdote you choose to pull out about him is that, while you were all campaigning, he was buying accessories for your dog.
Dumber than a box of rocks. Rep Bachmann running for president starts her speech saying I’m not a politician.
She’s holding a presser
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/04/9948410-bye-bye-bachmann
Joins the Quitter I dare say.
My take on Iowa, where the tall corn grows:
The way I read it, the combo of Neutered, pRick, and Batshit got 28.6% and came in first in a genuine walk-away! Meanwhile, the Roman (Catholic) SickRant Orum lost to Mitt the MOR[m]ON by 8 votes and therefore came in third. He’s obviously finished as is Raul Pon(zie) the libertarian schemer.
So the Iowa clown car crashed and all the clowns are dead. Next up, their imagined resurrection and rebirth — “Easter” comes early this year, before Lent even, in a New Hampshire miracle rivaling that of the American Revolution (which started there).
I shall flush the toilet twice this morning in honor of the shit that happened in Iowa last night!
Andy Borowitz summarizes the Iowa caucuses:
Suprised clown faces
Imprinted on the airbags;
Deceleration
This should be above
Inspired by Frugal’s comment;
You know, the clown thing…
LOL
😀
Here’s a nice little tidbit of information…
BuzzFeed breaks down how much each candidate spent per vote, showing Perry got a raw deal spending $480 per vote, while Romney spent $156, Paul spent $104, and second-place finisher Santorum got a bargain at $24 per vote.
Santorum probably spend his $24 per vote on motel rooms, cheap food, and new shoes.
Now, all Sanctorump has to do is go door to door in 49 more states, and claim his prize! A free visit to his podiatrist!
Ricky surged because there were no debates in the final three weeks before Iowa. Santorum is possibly the whiniest, least appealing debate candidate I’ve ever seen in my life, and I figure he lost a few thousand votes every time he went on the air. So the calendar helped him a lot.
Unfortunately, there’s a debate coming up this Saturday, which should be perfectly positioned to allow the voters of New Hampshire to remind themselves that they really don’t want to see this guy on their TV for the next four years. That’s bad luck for Santorum, but them’s the breaks.
All I can say is that there is a whole bunch of women of child bearing age that won’t think too kindly of his opinion to ban contraception in this country.
I hope he wears a sweater vest. Oh, please oh please.
I didn’t get a chance to watch this video, yet. The title is a bit revealing.
http://freethoughtblogs.com/rockbeyondbelief/2012/01/02/400-crazy-rednecks-shoot-guns-to-scare-away-the-tree-witches-insane-footage/
Okay – I read this and watched the video. Frankly, I prefer to bring in the New Year eating pork, sauerkraut and mashed potatoes. It’s more pleasing to the senses than the smell of burnt black powder.
And Batshit has turned in her red nose ….
http://news.yahoo.com/michele-bachmann-cancels-south-carolina-trip-145255901.html
I for one am sorry to see her go …. she was hilarious. Margaret and helen liked her too
I am glad we’ll still have at least religious nut ball in the race though.
Sniff, we’ll miss you, Batscat. Write if you find work, maybe you could work picking crops in Alabama!
She’ll just go back to her safe seat (thanks to gerrymandering) in Congress. 😦
I was hoping someone would challenge her, but I guess that’s not in the cards??
Ed Schultz is totally smitten over Rick Santorum and he’s everywhere.
Ed Schultz And Lawrence O’Donnell Get Into It Over Rick Santorum ‘Manufacturing Plan’
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ed-schultz-and-lawrence-odonnell-get-into-it-over-rick-santorum-manufacturing-plan/
Steve Benen reporting in the Washington Monthly that President Obama is going to use a recess appointment to make Richard Cordray the nation’s chief consumer watchdog.
Good for you Mr. President.
If the Senate can’t act, then go for it.
Yo, Republicans! You can’t obstruct forever, only until next January.
Awesome!
He should slip in as many appointments as possible.
Dave Weigel asks:
“Four years ago, a depressed GOP went to the precinct caucuses, very well aware that Democrats had all the energy. The total GOP vote: 119,188. This year, Republicans should be psyched about the chance to uproot Barack Obama. There will be something above 122,000 total votes. An improvement, right? Well… in 2008, 86 percent of the people who chose the GOP caucuses were Republicans. This year, 75 percent of the electorate was Republican, with the rest of the vote coming from independents and Democrats. What the hell happened?”
The GOP field utterly blows, Dave.
People may start to realize it was Republican policies which brought on the mess. And Obama did a fine job in many respects, which they will not admit, not even grudgingly, but they are still not happy about going back to the GOP ways. The Tea Party movement has peaked long ago, the same old, same old has no appeal and people want to go on with their lives and hope for some kind of proper government. There is not one candidate who has anything to offer to them.
Maybe even the same has happened to the Republicans after the 2010 elections what has happened to Obama after his election. The base was fired up and wanted change and the daily circus in Washington quickly saw to it that change wouldn’t come. Disappointment.
I dare say Congress has ruined it for Obama when the Democrats didn’t stand up for his policies when they still had the majority. And Congress ruined it for the Republicans because they didn’t have any real policies to work with in the first place and obstructionism isn’t a policy.
Obama may still come out on top, because the pendulum swings more or less in his direction now and there is no relief in sight for the Republicans. But watch out for a brokered convention. This is not over yet for 11 months.
Wow, that’s not much of an improvement at all. GOP clowns can’t even get the Iowa nutcases out their front door.
Have I got that right Perry is NOT giving up? Curiouser and curiouser…
He’s ‘re-assessing his campaign’.
Republican schpeek for, I’ve got to ask my oil and gas buddies for another 20 million to get through next month!
He apparently tweeted some garble about “on to South Carolina!”. He might do better there with his shit-kicker appeal, and he seems to have a bottomless wallet. He’s doing his best to stimulate the economy by buying lots of ads and probably lots of print material.
Print material? What for? Whoever votes for this one must be unable to read.
I was thinking posters and lawn signs. Nothing with more than a couple of words.
Pretty shiny pictures, too. I agree the voters will have to get a headstart to identify the characters on the ballot that make up the name ‘Perry’.
And they willingly give..
Perry easily had the worst vote-per-dollar ratio in Iowa. If he stays in this thing all he’s going to dig a deeper debt hole.
“he’s going to do is dig a deeper debt hole.”
Wasn’t his money, was it? He can always go back to his SS check *snort*
He must have stepped in some Santorum on his run this morning before he had his revelation. That stuff is hard to get off. (…and what is it about Republicans and revelations, anyway?)
My favorite Mitt Romney Lyric:
Ding dong llama wanny jumpin with an ice pick she thinks I’m going in
As much as I enjoy the fact that Batscat got knocked out in her “home state” I wish she had lasted longer. True, she makes my beloved Minnesota look bad but every day she continued her mad idea that she could be president reduced the chances of her retaining her seat. Sigh…
Considering the fact that the 6th District has elected her three times I’m afraid that the fact that she abandoned her job and was proven, over and over, to be a bald-faced liar will cost her the House seat. On the other hand, she did provide a lot of ammunition for her opponent and might even draw a primary challenge if she doesn’t return her attention to her District and her job in Washington. A lot of her old supporters are unhappy that she abandoned her job for a ego trip.
I thought you’d be sad, pete. 😦
People hate being associated with a loser, so maybe a challenger has a chance.
I always wondered…. she has said that her hubby told her to become a tax lawyer. Did he tell her to run for Congress? and did he tell her to run for President?
Oh, did I say the video of Romney made me cringe? How totally embarrassing. He even bored his own crowd. Jeeeezuz.
Romney’s made an enemy in Newt Gingrich, who will wipe him off the face of the earth in spite of “party” or “the good of the country.”
Newt will try to destroy Mittens, and he very well might succeed, guaranteeing that Obama will win four more years (as if that weren’t true already).
Oh stop. Please. Don’t.
Popcorn?
What a ridiculous woman…
GOP furious about Obama’s recess appointment of Richard Cordray as top consumer watch dog.
The President has some nerve appointing someone to head an agency set up to protect the AMERICAN PEOPLE. Damn Obama and his excessive use of executive power!
Dog whistling Mitch is upset about a violation of ‘long standing precedent,’ is he? What about the ‘long standing precedent’ of letting the President appoint who he likes to his cabinet? What about the ‘long standing precedent’ of not filibustering every single bill that lands in the Senate, resulting in a broken Congress?
Fuck you and your evil minions, Mitch.
Nicely done!
Mitch the spittle bug is so damn entertaining when he’s all wound up!
“The confirmation process”? Does he mean the one where the Pugs refuse to confirm anyone? Or the one that has them blocking a thoroughly-qualified candidate because they want to gut the Congressionally-approved agency designed to protect “the American people”?
Wah.
Whining like a bitch, a GOP specialty.
Can someone show me where in the Constitution it limits the president appointing people to offices only after the Senate is out of session for 10 days or more? How is this appointment illegal? McConnell is pissing in the wind and I hope the wind is blowing in his face.
To be fair, The Democrats did the same thing to G W Bush to make sure that he couldn’t make recess appointments. But in my opinion, The Republicans are just abusing the procedure.
Agreed.
The difference being that GWB was trying to appoint truly destructive people, while Obama’s nominees (once they get an actual up or down vote) are so inoffensive that they are approved with 90+ votes in the Senate. There’s no point to that sort of obstruction.
The President will speak soon on the economy: http://www.whitehouse.gov/live
I’m going to miss this as I have a client arriving in about 20 minutes.
He’s speaking at a high school in Shaker Heights, OH. Every single person in that auditorium is on their feet, fully engaged.
Amazing.
Richard Cordray is with him. He’s talking about what Cordray will be doing in the CFPB. Take that, repiggies.
Kick ass, Obama!
Talking about repiggie obstructionism.
He needs to do more of this!
He sure does.
Excellent speech. Short and to the point.
He used an example of an elderly couple who were scammed over home repairs, and ended up $80K in debt, with no actual repairs done, and almost lost their home.
Dang! Missed it but I’ll check it out when I have a few more minutes. It’s aquarium cleaning day.
Here’s the link to the speech.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2012/01/04/president-obama-speaks-appointing-richard-cordray
Just read that McIIIrd endorsed Mittens.
Kiss
Of
Death.
O.K. I’m almost done procrastinating. Just about everyone is mentioning the fact that Mittens has maintained about 20%-25% support while the rest of the field has divided the anti-Mittens faction. But? They aren’t pulling the trigger and making the obvious statement that only 20%-25% of the GOP has any interest in ever compromising on anything. Since I don’t have to worry about losing a media job I can go farther and say that only 20%-25% of the GOP has even the slightest shred of sanity.
I read last night on TPM that Mittens managed to get something like 6 fewer votes in Iowa yesterday than he got in 2008.
All that time and money, and it really meant nothing. Whatever! 😆
Here’s a comment about it found today, but it doesn’t contain the actual numbers:
If Romney gets the nomination, I’ll be amazed.
EV! Now that you’re here, I wonder if you can give some input on this statement by Grampy McSame:
Typical of the Repugs: just make shit up. It’s easy when the media won’t challenge you and your audience is bigoted and ignorant.
Well yeah, but I want to know what people outside this country are saying about our insane clown fest.
If anything…
Will say sumpn soon. Need to gather all those thoughts and get them into readable form.
Yes, many believe the US is in decline. But McCain is barking up the wrong tree. The fact that so many Americans are living close to or below the poverty line, the deplorable infrastructure, the eyesores of cheapest China crap that covers so much of the landscape, the Walmarts, McD’s which cover your country like flaking Make-up in a worn out whore’s face. That is considered decline. The failing educational system. Hey, we used to admire the US! “Scientists in America have found out”. This sentence equaled the papal infallibility doctrine. That’s decline. This is not Obama’s fault. It happened long before him. Obama is viewed as a moderately conservative politician. Very decisive in foreign policy matters, a bit too much free markets oriented economically. Basically as the last adult in the Washington Circus, which had become very clear when the debt ceiling crisis was at its worst. He and his wife are role models. A great family, good values. In short, give himto us, we’d still appreciate someone like him. Not in the messianic way that some have seen him, but in a much more mature way.
Ok this a litle rambling I had to place a couple of calls while writing. In short: McCain doesn’t know shit.
Thanks, EV. 🙂
I thought you might report something like this. I appreciate it.
Can’t help myself must be a wiseass at all possible times 😀
And your wiseassity is profoundly appreciated!
If you weren’t a wiseass at all possible times, EV, I’d know you were seriously ill. 🙂
Dead, more likely. 😆
Zombie EV!
Ut oh, this is what happens when you try to be
a topon top, pRicky.Ethics questions haunt the Frothy One.
When will the dogs show up claiming he sexually har assed them?
I’m pleased to see that Santorum is getting more scrutiny. Pennsylvanians know that he is a piece of crap, an embarrassment to the state.
We should start a pool re the first time Ricky whines that we’re bigoted Christbot haters.
The Dumb Historian:
Gingrich: “I think Jefferson and George Washington would strongly discourage you from growing marijuana, and their tactics to stop you would be more violent than they would be today.”
Shouldn’t a college professor of history know that Washington and Jefferson grew hemp on their plantations. Tell me again, Newton, how constitutional professor Obama doesn’t know the constitution.
The man is a complete idiot.
*Apologies to any idiots I may have offended.
Apology accepted. 😉
“Hey, Newt…it’s me…god!
Regarding your corkscrew tail…
Need some matching hooves?”
Sweet! 😉
Ed Schultz is on fire today. 😀
Apparently some dumb liberals think that because Ed did a good analysis of Santorum’s campaign, he’s jumped ship and is now supporting man on dog. WTF is up with that?
Yeesh.
Lawrence O’Donnell is a pompous ass?
He hasn’t addressed that yet, but yes, Lawrence O’Donnell has his pompous ass moments. 😀
He sure did with Alan Grayson that one time he had to apologize the next day.
Obama Announces Recess Appointments For National Labor Relations Board
The top of Mitch McConnell’s head just blew off. 😆
To include his turtle lips and 1/8th of a chin, I’d suppose.
Mitch, you freak of humanity, just bring the goddamned nominations to the floor and spare yourself the humiliation!
Technically, that’s Harry Reid’s job. Mitch just blocks the nominations with less than 60 votes in the Senate.
But good on Obama! I am guessing that he can get a ways down the road on this by the time it comes up in court.
Harry Reid is the one to shout “lights out. Time to go home” not McConnell. Republicans are so full of themselves.
No grey matter spilled;
Deep sea diver aerator,
One dead, dried goldfish
You are amazing, CheeseFlap. 🙂
He is beginning to stick it to the Repub obstructionists. Good for him. I’m started to feel fired up.
In an apparent race with Neut for the biggest freaking hypocrite award, a Catholic Bishop in LA today was discovered to have two teenage kids and a secret family! Bueno, Padre!
Awesome. 😆
If only the Bishop could have considered an option that would have made this all go away years ago.
Like keeping his dick in his pants?
Oh, you mean the other thingy. Sorry Catholics, not an option…
Frankly speaking, I think that he should have the right to remove his dick from his pants with a consenting adult. Celibacy is unnatural.
Tangenitally,
Robust fidgetation preys
Shepherd’s crook adder
Grand to be reading your 5-7-5s!
Very nice CheeseFlap!
5th, calling 5th – we’re in need of your keen insightful pieces concerning the Roman Catholic Church..
Dominos militant padre. Dial Spirit 2-2-0.
He’s obviously a traditionalist. This would have been an unremarkable situation for centuries within the Church.
The Catholic Church is so fearful of losing all its ill gained property to family members of priests.
Here’s the story I mentioned earlier about Romney actually getting 6 fewer votes in 2012 than he got in 2008.
Romney Wins Iowa, Loses Six Votes From 2008
Sweet sweet Schadenfreude.
He’s a loser. He’s a looooser,
And he’s not what he appears to be…
with abject apologies to the Beatles, and John’s entity!
(apologies if this was previously posted)
National Geographic’s Top Photos of the Week
Nice!
The snake was really fascinating. It was flat. Wonder what kind of snake that was.
I think it is the rare Typing Ribbon snake. 😉
It looked very happy as well. 🙂
It’s an Asian Vine Snake but I’m not sure which species.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Ahaetulla+nasuta&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=QXx&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=w_cET8maNMSqgweVmtD_AQ&ved=0CCkQsAQ&biw=1131&bih=670
Thanks for the link, Pete. That is one cool looking snake.
This in from the New Hampshire Repugs:
I knew they were reactionaries but I thought they wanted to take us back to the 19th Century, not the 13th. Sounds like drunken frat boys to me.
Oh, and psst, it’s “Magna Carta” not “the Magna Carta.”
Good thing Magna Carta was written in English and not Arabic otherwise someone might get the idea we were letting furrin law creep into the US?
I guess European laws aren’t always bad, huh?
Heh… How do you spell ‘sharia’ in Olde English?
Srsly, I’m sure they are mistaking this for the deck of
‘Magnetic Cards’ they play canasta with on their tray tables in the day room.
With a capitol F.
OMFG! Just when I think they can’t get any more idiotic.
Since Santorum has managed to find special place in American slang I wonder what it mean when someone says…’oh crap, I done been romneyed.’
Amazing how missing two little words can make a post read like something out of Alley Oop.
You’ve been lied to, cheated, robbed and had your company liquidated by a smiling, venemous toad.
Something for frugal. I had to groan over your Nick Dixon character name but someone topped you. Reading a novel by one of my favorite authors I see he has named a major character Dick Puller. That one will be hard to top.
Dick Puller. I like that. But I don’t know if he could come with as logical explanation as Nick did in re where the name came from. 😉
Best part is Dick is the man who gave us Delta. I didn’t think Hunter was such a tongue in cheek type.
The Republicans are going to have something else to blame the President for now. With the recess appointments Congress won’t be able to reconvene until they clean up all the turtle shit.
Ummm,. the repiglets are really in trouble.
Here’s the latest Obama approval poll data from pollingreport.com
Poll / approve / diss / diff / date
CNN/ORC 49 / 48 / 1 12/16-18/11
ABC/Washington Post 49 / 47 / 2 12/15-18/11
CBS / 47 / 44 / 3 12/14-18/11
AP-GfK * / 44 / 54 / – 10 12/8-12/11
Ipsos/Reuters * / 47 / 48 / – 1 12/8-12/11
NBC/Wall St. Journal / 46 / 48 / – 2 12/7-11/11
Pew / 46 / 43 / 3 12/7-11/11
CBS / 44 / 46 / – 2 12/5-7/11
Fox RV / 44 / 51 / – 7 12/5-7/11
Do I sees me a trend here??
In Blazing Saddle terms I would say the President is at the pie in the window stage.
I think that the freaks at FAUX”News” are taking notice too, although, they won’t ever actually mention that the clown convention is making President Obama look better each day. The bimbos also seem to have set a new record in the “high heels and hems” category. I actually recommend the clip for straight men and gay women; even if you have to mute the noise.
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201201040019#1562366
Ah, too bad, too sad. My heart bleeds for the Repubs.
I’m kinda liking the way the President is handling things. In racing terms, we are at the clubhouse turn. The R’s have been flaying and screeching for 3 years and haven’t produced a single thing other than obstruction. They have shit themselves so badly they can only field a handful of extremist idiot to challenge the President. With the recess appointments he has Turtleboy wetting himself in public. Their ponies are all huffing and puffing into the home stretch and the President is just hitting his stride. This election season should be very interesting.
During all the Repug obstructionism, Obama has been criticized for not being a strong enough leader. Even people who acknowledge the obstructionism have maintained that it’s still the President’s fault, and that he’s weak. I think we’ve moved into an entirely new period and that he’s got nothing to lose by kicking ass. Congress is thoroughly reviled by pretty much everyone, so he gets points for beating on them. He gets points from the Left for finally stepping up and ending the “bipartisan” efforts, and he gets points for fulfilling more promises in regard to consumer protection, etc. I’m beginning to have a little more optimism.
Actually, I think he is at a point where he finally has something to gain by kicking ass.
Obama is really smart. I’m beginning to think that he played a game on the Repubs and they fell right into his trap and now he has them right where he wants them. He is a long term thinker and a strategist. Obama would have made a great general.
Where’s Shayne? How about you share your good news with The Zoo?
Oh please let it be that her daughter has gotten some sort of recording contract.
Comments are once again available on TPM.
Good god…
*pop* goes the weasel
It’s a tongue, you idiots, not a toilet plunger!
Hilarious!
My ex and I didn’t agree on a lot of things, but we both decided that the kiss at the altar would be a dry and chaste event. Mom, Dad, and the grandparents just don’t want to see the bride and groom toilet plunging. 😀
I’m beginning to get a little concerned that a could win the nomination… anyone want to try to talk me down?
Not sure who you’re referring to, LL, but your concern could apply across the board. 😉
It’s very early in the game, things will change back and forth, and likely make us worry a lot more. Oh dear, that’s not talking you down, is it?
Oops I meant Santorum… where did that go?
It must have hit some Santorum and slid off… 😛
Ew… ick. That’s gonna leave a mark.
Army Reservist In Hot Water Over Ron Paul Speech
OMG, I’d heard that an Army Reservist had given a speech for Ron Paul, but I never dreamed he’d done so in uniform. Wow! What the hell did he think was going to happen?
Apparently he already lives in Ron Paul’s libertarian fantasy and rules don’t apply.
If he’s in Paulatopia, why is he participating in a federal standing army?
Oh thanks’s Gummitch. My daughter got accepted to the Music Conservatory program at Roosevelt University Chicago College of the Performing Art for vocal performance and they gave her a $10K scholarship. It’s a lot more than that so I’m going to have to get loans and other aid though. And a second job I guess. She’s very happy.
Congrats to her! And Best wishes to you all!
That’s great, Shayne! I hope that both of you make it through the next four years, especially 😯 you!