President Obama in the Rose Garden Lots of airtime about the Libyan attack on America’s consulate, and lots of confusion about whether the Obama administration deliberately avoided linking the attack to terrorists but rather linked it to the video. The Republicans smell a rat and believe the Administration stalled for
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CuriosityCat: Mitt Romney’s China Doctrine
Every president needs a foreign policy doctrine (ala the Monroe Doctrine) to act as a package for his foreign policies. What will Romney’s Doctrine be? Romney has told Americans what kind of foreign policy his administration would run if he was elected president. On Israel, he would leave no daylight
Continue readingLeDaro: Second Presidential Debate – Who’s the Real Romney
Finally, Obama decided to debate, and he was good. There seemed a general sense that Obama had the edge in this debate as he called out Romney’s lies – on policies to increase military spending while slashing taxes for the rich, something that would dig America into an even bigger
Continue readingImpolitical: Obama’s big moment in the debate
This exchange had a level of emotional intensity that rose above much of the rest of the debate, despite how competitive and combative it was in other spots. The emotional intensity was all Obama’s. He beat back the partisanship that the Republicans have been playing up in recent days on
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Why Mitt Romney will win the second debate
The Thunderdome Debate The Cat forecasts that once the post-debate polls are in hand some time tomorrow, Romney will be seen by most Americans as having won both the two debates. His margin of victory for the second debate will be much less than in the first, but I expect
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Women pushing Romney to the top in Battleground States
Obama had had a very comfortable margin over Romney with women voters. But since his incompetent debate performance, women have given Mitt Romney a second look. And now many of them are deciding to vote for him. So many that Romney is beating Obama in the Battleground States: Mitt Romney
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Presidential Election: Is this what happened?
Demonized Mitt The article in the Washington Post summarizes a plausible scenario for the dynamics of the race so far, and highlights the dangers of not having a Plan B if your main strategy (demonize your opponent) falters: All of this suggests that the presidential race changed in some fundamental
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Berry & Bickers: Obama will lose; say hello to President Romney
Berry & Bickers electoral map forecast Two professors who have a forecast model with an accuracy rate of 100% for the past 8 presidential elections believe that the next president will be named Mitt Romney. Michael J. Berry, of the University of Colarado, Denver, and Kenneth N. Bickers, of the
Continue readingSong of the Watermelon: The Three Obamas
One of the most fascinating things about the race for the Presidency currently underway down south is the dearth of enthusiasm shown Obama and Romney by their respective supporters. Nobody is excited about their guy; rather, what motivates them is how horrible the other guy is. Perhaps I am deceived
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Latest Daily Kos PPP Poll – Obama does not do well
A Public Policy Polling poll of 1,300 likely voters over the period October 4 to 7 has a wealth of results, with some interesting changes in the standings nationally of Obama and Romney since the gamechanging first debate: Overall, Mitt Romney now leads Obama by 4%, with Obama abead by
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Israel & Iran: Mitt Romney accepts Israel’s Red Line
Iraeli & Romney Red Line? A dramatic difference has emerged between President Obama’s policy towards Iran and that of Romney. In his major foreign policy speech, Romney has taken a giant step towards Israel, accepting the Israeli Prime Minister’s Red Line that Iran should not acquire nuclear weapons capability. Obama
Continue readingLeDaro: Big Bird on SNL
He is famous now. He does not want to react to Romney’s remarks because he does not want to “ruffle any feathers.”:)
Continue readingLeDaro: Big Bird Sings for Mitt Romney
Big Bird is a great singer and his singing is brilliant. Enjoy!
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Michelle Ervin discusses Ed Broadbent’s ideas to start closing Canada’s yawning income gap: Broadbent outlined four broad prescriptions for bridging this gap, and ultimately, for creating a fairer society: investing in good jobs, strengthening income supports, increasing access to public services and reforming
Continue readingCuriosityCat: The debate: Was Obama afraid?
Ben Brafman – Obama’s ‘flopsweat’ Charlie Rose had a session entiled Analysis of Last Night’s Debate – you can find it here. One of his guests was Benjamin Brafman, the famous criminal defence attorney from New York who has had many famous people as clients (including Michael Jackson and Dominique
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Who will win the Big Bird framing battle: Obama or Romney?
The Obama camp clearly understimated Mitt Romney going into the first presidential debate. No doubt seeing him as a bit of a bumbler, not too quick on his feet, Obama did not do his homework, and Romney pounded him in the debate. No money from China for you, Big Bird!
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Post debate bounce for The Mitt
Seems so. His favourability rating is up and with about 70 million people watching him take President Obama behind the woodshed and whack him, more people know him. If, as I expect, he fights Obama do a draw or even a win in the foreign policy debate, he will have
Continue readingLeDaro: Mitt Romney: Big Bird is the cause of economic woes
Clash between Big Bird and Romney continues.
Continue readingCuriosityCat: Will “Walmart moms” help Obama win?
The Obama campaign is banking on it, and making a lot of withdrawals from its banks to fund TV ads targeted at them, an article in The Atlantic says: Democrats say blue-collar women have been the principal, and most receptive, target for their extended ad barrage portraying Romney as a
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