Panthers beat Redskins in bad omen for Obama (via AFP) In a National Football League upset that could foretell a loss for President Barack Obama to challenger Mitt Romney in Tuesday's US election, Carolina defeated host Washington 21-13 on Sunday. The Panthers snapped a five-game losing streak in improving to 2-6 while the Redskins fell to 3-6. Carolina… … [Read more...] about Panthers Beat Redskins in Bad Omen for Obama
Is the Romney Campaign Concluding It Will Lose?
The Daily Telegraph's blogger Dan Hodges has a post titled "Mitt Romney's campaign is finally admitting to itself that the election has slipped away" that is intriguing. Is this a case of a journalist seeing things through his own prism, putting two and to together, picking up on a trend or just a chronicle of the pressures of the final high-stakes day of a close campaign? Some … [Read more...] about Is the Romney Campaign Concluding It Will Lose?
Pew Research Center Poll: Obama Pulls Ahead of Romney 50%-47% Versus Last Week’s Tie (UPDATED)
The Pew Research Center poll is considered one of the most solid, respected polls. A week ago it showed the Presidential race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney tied. The new poll shows Obama now with a three point lead: Barack Obama has edged ahead of Mitt Romney in the final days of the presidential campaign. In the Pew Research Center’s election … [Read more...] about Pew Research Center Poll: Obama Pulls Ahead of Romney 50%-47% Versus Last Week’s Tie (UPDATED)
Not Forgetting Romney’s 47% Slam, Which Includes Recklessly Slamming ALL the Disabled Hard
Note from Managing Editor TMV, Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés: Below is Mr. Coutinho's original comment at TMV, in which he self-identified as one soul within Romney's snide [and wrong] assessment of 'the 47%' Romney imagines by implication, to be 'less' than himself. Mr. Coutinho is disabled and attempting to earn a living as a writer. His comments were so cogently written I … [Read more...] about Not Forgetting Romney’s 47% Slam, Which Includes Recklessly Slamming ALL the Disabled Hard
Florida Dems Win Lawsuit to Extend Early Voting Hours
Florida Dems win lawsuit to extend early voting hours (via Raw Story ) A Florida judge ruled on Sunday to extend this weekend’s early voting hours for one county, handing a victory for state Democrats who had sued to keep polls open longer and give people more time to vote. Florida Democrats filed an emergency suit late Saturday night asking for extended early … [Read more...] about Florida Dems Win Lawsuit to Extend Early Voting Hours
Chris Wallace Joins Partisans on Fox, While Real Questions Remain
WASHINGTON - Chris Wallace continued the Fox News barrage on Benghazi today with David Axelrod. He didn't get anywhere. WALLACE: “Simple question. Did the President make a calculated decision to run out the clock ’til the election and not answer questions about Libya?” AXELROD: “No.” Full. Stop. It comes after Fox News Channel's coverage has been rebutted and … [Read more...] about Chris Wallace Joins Partisans on Fox, While Real Questions Remain
Obama’s Numbers Climb (UPDATED 4 with New Poll and Campaign news All Day)
[EDITOR's NOTE: This post will be UPDATED all day with new polling and other campaign news. Given the volatility of this race, the headline could be outdated so REFRESH TMV OFTEN throughout the day and scroll down.] Last minute U-turn on the part of independents is showing up in the final polls. Taegan Goddard reports: Some pollsters have started to notice that … [Read more...] about Obama’s Numbers Climb (UPDATED 4 with New Poll and Campaign news All Day)
Ten States will Decide White House Race
Ten states will decide White House race (via AFP) The White House race has narrowed to a fight over less than 10 states ahead of Tuesday's tight election between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Obama's strategy, with two days of campaigning to go, is to solidify his last line of defense in the industrial midwest, and to try to pluck away several… … [Read more...] about Ten States will Decide White House Race
Obama, Romney Race to Finish Line Neck-and-Neck
Obama, Romney race to finish line neck-and-neck (via AFP) President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney will fight crushing fatigue Sunday as they criss-cross America on the penultimate day of their tense White House campaign as a new poll showed them running neck-and-neck. Obama and Romney are both showing signs of exhaustion as they dart from… … [Read more...] about Obama, Romney Race to Finish Line Neck-and-Neck
Romneyism
Mitt Romney has been the ultimate political chameleon. He has reversed every significant political position he held when he was Governor of Massachusetts. But, Robert Reich writes, there is a coherent philosophy behind his reversals: Reich calls that philosophy Romneyism: Despite its contradictions and ellipses, Romneyism has an internal coherence. It is different … [Read more...] about Romneyism
Why I Am Really Voting for Barack Obama
Although some took me serious, I was of course jesting when I wrote a couple of weeks ago, “Why I am Voting for Mitt Romney on Nov. 7.” I was more serious when -- with the help from a poetic friend -- I wrote, “Why I Am Not Voting for Mitt Romney on Nov. 7, or Nov. 6” With one of the most important elections in a generation only two days away, it is now more than time to … [Read more...] about Why I Am Really Voting for Barack Obama
Hurricane Sandy: How Our Military Are Responding (Updates: Marines and Guardsmen Assisting Storm-stricken New York and West Virginia)
A soldier assists a family displaced by Hurricane Sandy in Hoboken, N.J., Oct. 31, 2012. The soldier is assigned to the New Jersey National Guard.(Photo DoD) There has been such an unprecedented, timely, excellent and massive response by the U.S. military and other Department of Defense and federal agencies to Hurricane Sandy that a previous post dedicated to documenting and … [Read more...] about Hurricane Sandy: How Our Military Are Responding (Updates: Marines and Guardsmen Assisting Storm-stricken New York and West Virginia)
Will Tuesday See the End of American Know-How?
“Competence” in our society has many meanings, from simple acts like fixing a toilet leak to the legal concept of being in your right mind. All are the ballot Tuesday. Beyond Mitt Romney’s delusions of adequacy, voting machines will list people for high office most Americans wouldn’t trust as plumbers or babysitters. In Connecticut, a woman with no political experience … [Read more...] about Will Tuesday See the End of American Know-How?
Romney Possibility In PA ?
I still don't see it happening but it is an interesting read (well at least if you're open minded enough to consider the theory even if you don't think it will play out) … [Read more...] about Romney Possibility In PA ?
Could there Be a Tuesday Surprise?
Could there be a Tuesday surprise? And, if so, what could it be? This segment from the always-solid Chuck Todd's show offers some possibilities: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy … [Read more...] about Could there Be a Tuesday Surprise?
Superstorm Sandy: What If Storms Like This Can Be Prevented (By Changing What We Eat)?
Superstorm Sandy: What If Storms Like This Can Be Prevented (By Changing What We Eat)? (via Planetsave) Reposted in full from Everyone’s Harvest, with permission: Blog by Chiara Cabiglio, Everyone’s Harvest Intern and University of California, Santa Cruz Alumna Superstorm Sandy has caused at least 157 human deaths as of midday November 1st. Its impacts … [Read more...] about Superstorm Sandy: What If Storms Like This Can Be Prevented (By Changing What We Eat)?
Israelis Aim to ‘Fix World’ with Custom Cannabis
Israelis aim to 'fix world' with custom cannabis (via AFP) At the end of an unpaved road, in a quiet suburb of a sleepy town in northern Israel, horticultural revolutionaries are growing a strain of cannabis they say relieves symptoms of some chronic illnesses but without the psychotic effects that can accompany regular weed. Behind the fence at Tikkun … [Read more...] about Israelis Aim to ‘Fix World’ with Custom Cannabis
What Americans Want from the Next President (Guest Voice)
What Americans want from the next president (via The Christian Science Monitor) The Sunday service wraps up and parishioners file into the fellowship hall at Trinity Episcopal Church, an imposing structure in this southern Wisconsin town built out of stones so thick that it seems they could only be moved by deity. Weak coffee burns on a warmer near a wall rack of … [Read more...] about What Americans Want from the Next President (Guest Voice)
Voting Machines Remain a Worry in US Election
Voting machines remain a worry in US election (via AFP) Few want to even think about it, but the 2012 US election result could be clouded by problems with voting machines ... again. Twelve years after the Florida punch card debacle in which thousands of votes went uncounted in the crucial state, some experts cite similar concerns about voting technology… … [Read more...] about Voting Machines Remain a Worry in US Election
Man for the Moment (Guest Voice)
Man for the Moment by Peter Funt Most of us have known for months how we will mark our ballots Tuesday, making the painfully long and obscenely expensive presidential campaign little more than a test of our patience. I'm voting for Barack Obama. But if you're a voter who struggled and waited until now to make up your mind, here's what you learned in just the final days … [Read more...] about Man for the Moment (Guest Voice)