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Clarity Comes November 6

Weekly Standard, by Irwin M. Stelzer Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/7/2012 5:01:37 AM Post Reply

Friday’s jobs report might, but only might, have been the last one that will have any effect on the race to the White House. By the time the next report is published on November 2, only four days before the election, about 40 percent of all voters will have cast early or mail ballots. But the American Enterprise Institute’s Karlyn Bowman, a polling analyst, says that although we don’t really know how many undecided voters there are, “the best bet” is that about 5 percent of voters are undecided—7 percent in the key swing state of Florida.

Poll: Apparent Slide for
Obama Following Debate

National Journal, by Steve Shepard Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/7/2012 4:52:51 AM Post Reply

A new poll shows a slight change in the presidential race immediately following Wednesday night's debate in Denver, with a 4-point lead for President Obama the day before the debate becoming a 1-point deficit the day after his uninspiring peformance. On Tuesday, the Washington, D.C.-based Clarus Research Group surveyed 590 likely voters and found Obama leading Mitt Romney, 49 percent to 45 percent. On Thursday, Clarus found, in an identical number of interviews, that Romney had inched ahead by 1 point, 47 percent to 46 percent. Obama's support slipped by 3 points and Romney's ticked up by 2 points.

Does Obama Even
Want to Win the Election?

Daily Beast, by Michael Tomasky Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/7/2012 4:47:48 AM Post Reply

Barack Obama gave some lively performances on the stump after that sorry debate, including before 30,000 roaring people in Madison, so someone seems to have told him how bad it was.(Snip)There’s no doubt that he did envision himself as transformational. Almost everything that had happened in his life before becoming president—succeeding at everything, often leaving observers in awe of him—clearly suggested to him that he’d conquer the presidency. He also believed, I think really genuinely believed, that he was and could be a post-partisan figure.

The Master Debater Part II

American Thinker, by Clarice Feldman Original Article

Posted By: DW626- 10/7/2012 4:35:33 AM Post Reply

Wednesday the public got to see the president as I have always seen him -- a lazy, superficial thinker who is over his head as Chief Executive. There were so many witty tweets and columns that our side of the aisle was kept laughing as the night wore on. "Mene mene tekel upharsin", tweeted the great Iowahawk, reminding readers of the words written by a mysterious hand that to the Biblical Daniel correctly signified the end of a king (Belshazzar) and his reign.

Expectations run high
for Biden-Ryan debate

Washington Post, by Felicia Sonmez Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/7/2012 4:35:15 AM Post Reply

Vice President Biden, a man with nearly four decades of experience in politics, has not been taking lightly his preparations for his debate against Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), holding practice sessions and perusing briefing books in recent months. Now, in the wake of President Obama’s widely panned performance last week in his first debate against Mitt Romney, the stakes for Biden are suddenly higher than ever. In the Oct. 11 vice-presidential debate he must not only avoid making any gaffes but also try to puncture his Republican opponent’s arguments on taxes, entitlement reform and deficit reduction,

One winner from the
debate… coal miners

Hot Air, by Jazz Shaw Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/7/2012 4:30:45 AM Post Reply

It seems that one unexpected group of people may have gotten a decided lift from Mitt Romney’s success at the first presidential debate. According to Business Insider, coal miners – lately in tremendous fear for their livelihoods – may have reason to hope for saving their jobs if Mitt pulls out a win next month. The biggest winners today were coal companies. Last night, Romney gave high praise to coal and clean coal technology. Shares of Alpha Natural Resources and Arch Coal soared today. It’s no secret that coal miners, along with all of the subsidiary industries

Venezuela's Chavez ducks tough
question at election eve news conference

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/7/2012 1:19:38 AM Post Reply

Caracas, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has held an impromptu news conference on the eve of what is expected to be his closest election yet, but he refused to answer tough questions such as whether he would quit politics if he lost. Chavez excused himself from responding by citing election law, which prohibits candidates from making political statements in the two days before election day. (Snip) Chavez says he hopes his opponents don't attempt what he calls a "destabilizing game." If that happens, he adds, "we'll be alert to neutralize them."

Jacksonville area may prove
key to Florida victory

Associated Press, by Brendan Farrington Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/7/2012 1:10:39 AM Post Reply

Jacksonville, Fla. - Eric Allen was 18 and voting in his first presidential election when he chose Barack Obama over John McCain. Four years older now and looking for a job, he is just the kind of voter Republican Mitt Romney needs to win - and win big - in northeast Florida's Duval County and take the most coveted of the toss-up states."I voted for him last time just to see the change," Allen says of Obama, "and there was no change." For Lashawn Williams, the excitement she felt from Obama's first run is still there in spite of an

The forgotten girls: By 2020, there
will be 50m child brides
under the age of 15

Independent [UK], by Sarah Morrison Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/7/2012 1:02:48 AM Post Reply

When 12-year-old Nargis was woken up, one morning in Bangladesh, by two women she did not know, she was confused. She did not understand when they told her she would be marrying their brother in just a few weeks, or that she would be leaving her parents' home. When she became a mother two years later, losing her son after only 16 days, the pangs of fear were familiar. (Snip) Across the developing world around one third of girls get married before 18, according to Unicef. Around 10 per cent, like Nargis, will not have even have turned 15. Marie

Patients starve and die
of thirst on hospital wards

Telegraph [UK], by Laura Donnelly Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/7/2012 12:57:43 AM Post Reply

Forty-three hospital patients starved to death last year and 111 died of thirst while being treated on wards, new figures disclose today. The death toll was disclosed by the Government amid mounting concern over the dignity of patients on NHS wards. They will also fuel concerns about care homes, as it was disclosed that eight people starved to death and 21 people died of thirst while in care. (Snip) as well as 43 people who starved to death, 287 people were recorded by doctors as being malnourished when they died in hospitals;

Israel reportedly fears drone
may have been sent by Iran
to spy on Dimona nuclear plant

Times of Israel [Jerusalem] & AP, by Joshua Davidovich Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/7/2012 12:52:20 AM Post Reply

Israeli security officials are reportedly examining the possibility that a drone shot down deep in Israeli territory on Saturday may have been despatched in a Hezbollah-Iranian operation and may have been sent to surveil the Dimona nuclear site. The army was still examining the remains of the downed unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Saturday night and had released no official information about its investigation. But Israeli media reports suggest officials fear the drone may have been part of a larger operation to spy on strategic sites inside the country.

Polls Are Collapsing For Obama All
Over The Place After The Debate

Business Insider, by Brett LoGiurato Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/7/2012 12:47:58 AM Post Reply

Both national and swing-state polls are beginning to tighten in the presidential race between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney. It's a signal that an expected Romney bump is starting to take shape after his consensus win in the first presidential debate on Wednesday. (Snip) Wisconsin: This is the big one that should worry Obama. The Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling found that Obama's lead had tightened from 7 points in its last survey to just 2 points post-debate. The reason for that is almost exclusively debate-related — 61 percent of Wisconsin voters thought Romney won the debate, compared

'Sheriff' John Rovick dies at 93;
popular L.A. children's TV host

Los Angeles Times, by Dennis McLellan Original Article

Posted By: Cliff- 10/7/2012 12:45:03 AM Post Reply

"Sheriff" John Rovick, the beloved Los Angeles children's TV show host whose gentle, fatherly persona made him a welcome guest in homes throughout the 1950s and '60s, died Saturday morning. He was 93. Rovick died in his sleep at a nursing facility in Boise, Idaho, said his wife, Jacqueline. A Toledo, Ohio, native who launched his broadcasting career in radio, Rovick was a newly hired staff announcer at KTTV-TV (Channel 11) when the Los Angeles station first went on the air in 1949. In 1952, after KTTV acquired a batch of old cartoons and was searching for someone to host

Trending: Romney's
softer side in Florida

CNN, by Rachel Streitfeld Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/7/2012 12:41:11 AM Post Reply

Saint Petersburg, Florida - In a speech to another approving audience on what has become a post-debate victory tour, a contemplative Mitt Romney shared some of his personal side with Florida voters Friday night. The GOP nominee, who was joined by his wife Ann, told an audience of several thousand supporters about the deaths of three Americans who had made a lasting impact on him. (Snip) Romney said. "I've seen the character of a young man like David, who wasn't emotional or crying. He had his eyes wide open." After Oparowski's death, Romney delivered the eulogy at the funeral.

Ark. GOP calls candidate
' statements 'offensive'

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/7/2012 12:36:18 AM Post Reply

Little Rock, Ark. - Arkansas Republicans tried to distance themselves Saturday from a Republican state representative's assertion that slavery was a "blessing in disguise" and a Republican state House candidate who advocates deporting all Muslims. The claims were made in books written, respectively, by Rep. Jon Hubbard of Jonesboro and House candidate Charlie Fuqua of Batesville. Those books received attention on Internet news sites Friday. On Saturday, state GOP Chairman Doyle Webb called the books "highly offensive." And U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, a Republican who represents northeast Arkansas, called the writings "divisive and racially inflammatory."

France looks at extending school
week to curb student burnout

Associated Press, by Lori Hinnant Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/7/2012 12:33:12 AM Post Reply

Paris - French children go to school four days a week. They have about two hours each day for lunch. And they have more vacation than their counterparts almost anywhere in the West. It may sound a bit like the famously leisurely work pace enjoyed by their parents, most of whom work 35 hours per week as dictated by law. But the nation's new government says elementary school kids risk classroom burnout, and is moving to help them cope. The issue: French school days may be relatively few, but they are at least as long as a day of work

Obama's healthcare law:
Historic reform and
signature failure

Los Angeles Times, by Noam N. Levey Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/7/2012 12:29:41 AM Post Reply

Washington — President Obama had reason to be hopeful in July 2009, as he met one afternoon in the Oval Office with Maine Sen. Olympia J. Snowe. The new president was trying to sustain his ambitious initiative to overhaul the nation's healthcare system. He needed Snowe, a centrist Republican, to make the effort bipartisan. Now, she was telling Obama what he wanted to hear: She would be with him. That would precipitate a months-long scramble as the president and his team shaped the legislation to meet Snowe's concerns. White House aides worked through a 10-point memo that Snowe's office

Life of a salesman: Selling
success, when the American
dream is downsized

Washington Post, by Eli Saslow Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/7/2012 12:29:26 AM Post Reply

He had always managed to find optimism in even the worst circumstances, and here was another chance: a heat advisory, 98 degrees and rising at 11 a.m., the hottest day of the year yet. “Thank you,” said Frank Firetti, 54, as he walked out of his Manassas office into a blast of humidity in early June. “Thank you,” he said again. “What a perfect day to sell a pool.” He opened the trunk of his 2004 Toyota compact and changed into his selling outfit of slacks, a yellow polo and a silver wristwatch. He rubbed lotion

Obstacles for Obama’s health panel

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Sam Baker Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/7/2012 12:28:19 AM Post Reply

President Obama’s plan to control Medicare spending — an expert board of cost-cutters — might have trouble even coming into existence. (Snip) The candidates clearly disagree about whether the IPAB is the right approach. Obama described it as a panel of experts leveraging Medicare’s purchasing power to bring down healthcare costs, while Romney cast it as a band of faceless bureaucrats whose decisions will ultimately undermine seniors' access to care. Health policy experts say the IPAB won't turn out to be as sinister as Romney described it, but it also might not be as effective as Obama envisions. In fact,

New laws will stop
travellers from invading

Daily Express [UK], by Ted Jeowry Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/7/2012 12:01:29 AM Post Reply

Travellers will be prevented from setting up illegal caravan sites that can escalate into costly, violent eviction battles under new council powers, writes Ted Jeory. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles will give town halls strengthened powers to issue temporary “stop” notices linked to unlimited fines to block gypsy land grabs. He hopes his new measures will avoid a repeat of the violent stand-offs at sites such as Dale Farm in Essex last year. Travellers use planning loopholes to buy land and move caravans on to it over a weekend or bank holiday when councils can be too slow or under-equipped

Elk Grove man arrested
for plot to bomb Oklahoma churches

Chicago Sun Times, by Hunter Clauss Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/6/2012 11:59:19 PM Post Reply

A man from the northwestern suburbs allegedly planned to burn down nearly 50 churches in Miami, Okla., officials said. Gregory Arthur Weiler II, 23, was arrested Thursday and has been charged with two terrorism charges, according to Miami Police Chief George Haralson.(Snip) Investigators found a “recipe for making Molotov cocktails, a list of 48 local area churches, a hand drawn map of the listed 48 churches grouped and circled with a key detailing how many nights and how many people, and a written outline of his intent plant bombs,” the affidavit said.

Israel shoots down drone

CNN, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: jeffblair- 10/6/2012 11:54:54 PM Post Reply

The Israeli air force shot down an unmanned drone Saturday over the northern Negev desert, the nation's military said. The Israeli Defense Forces spotted the drone, which did not carry any weapons or explosives, hovering over Gaza before it entered Israeli airspace, military spokeswoman Avital Leibovich said. Forces kept the drone under surveillance until a fighter jet shot it down around 10 a.m. Saturday over the Yatir Forest, the IDF said. Leibovich declined to discuss the drone's route or whether it had flown over military installations.

Thousands of bikers make pilgrimage to
national war memorial to pay tribute
to dead servicemen and women

Daily Mail [UK], by Anthony Bond Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/6/2012 11:54:01 PM Post Reply

Up and down the country, events regularly take place for people to show their support for our brave servicemen and women and remember those who lost their lives in battle. But rarely do they look as impressive as this. Thousands of leather-clad bikers today made a pilgrimage to a war memorial to show their support for the Armed Forces. The riders arrived in their droves throughout this morning for a service at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire. Called Ride to the Wall, the event included many riders who had messages emblazoned on the back of their leather jackets

Give me my hooks back!
Hate preacher Abu Hamza
demands use of notorious
hands as he appears in
U.S court after extradition

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/6/2012 11:43:47 PM Post Reply

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza yesterday appeared at a court in New York--and demanded the return of his notorious hooks. The hate preacher, who lost his hands in an explosion, did not enter a plea during the brief hearing and was remanded in custody ahead of his next appearance on Tuesday. The former imam at the Finsbury Park mosque, who had his hooks removed for 'security reasons', has demanded they are returned so 'he can use his arms'. Also in New York, Adel Abdul Bary and Khaled al-Fawwaz pleaded not guilty while earlier in the day Babar Ahmad and

Mitt Romney is worth
$250 million. Why so little?

Washington Post, by William D. Cohan Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 10/6/2012 11:32:28 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney is indisputably a very rich man. And if he is elected president on Nov. 6, he will become one of the wealthiest people ever to hold the office. But exactly how wealthy is Romney? The figure that gets tossed around is $250 million in net worth — meaning the total value of his assets, financial and others, minus any debts. It’s a big number, but frankly, it seems low. Given the industry in which he made his fortune (private equity), the era when he made it (the 1980s and 1990s) and the wealth of his peers

The Real Debate: The Good
Father vs. The Abandoned Son

PJ Media, by Roger L. Simon Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/6/2012 11:29:53 PM Post Reply

Forgive me for rehashing Wednesday night’s debate yet again, but some of the postmortems impel me to do so. I’m not talking about the comical excuses for Obama’s failure like the poor fellow who thought Mitt Romney was carrying a crib sheet and then had to admit it was a handkerchief. Or the well-known massage enthusiast who argued the difference between the candidates was due to the Denver altitude as if this were not a presidential debate but an abruptly scheduled NBA doubleheader. No, I’m talking about the more serious explanations for the president’s incompetence

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