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Me, Myself & I

National Review Online, by Peter Kirsanow Original Article

Posted By: duhem- 10/23/2012 6:09:05 PM Post Reply

He killed Osama bin Laden. He ended the war in Iraq. He can lower oceans and heal the planet. He has a better command of policy than his policy advisers and can craft better speeches than his speech writers; indeed, he told Harry Reid, “I have a gift.” Such self-regard is no surprise from a man able to coax two autobiographies out of life experiences equivalent to about 45 minutes in SEAL Team Six.

Feds to monitor early
voting in 2 Texas counties

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/23/2012 5:39:20 PM Post Reply

AUSTIN, Texas — The U.S. Justice Department says it will monitor portions of the early voting period for the Nov. 6 general election in Dallas and Harris counties to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act. The Justice Department said Friday its personnel will monitor polling place activities in those two counties. The department deploys hundreds of observers every year to monitor elections across the country. Early voting begins Monday across Texas. The Voting Rights Act prohibits discrimination.

Tropical storm Sandy
scenarios: Northeast smash or
out to sea most likely

Washington Post, by Jason Samenow Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/23/2012 5:24:17 PM Post Reply

Some computer models continue to simulate a crushing storm for early next week near or close to the East Coast. The explosive storm develops as tropical storm (or hurricane) Sandy merges with a powerful cold front charging towards the East Coast late this weekend. Although a historic storm is a possibility, the storm could deliver just a glancing blow or even miss the East Coast entirely. And for residents of the mid-Atlantic (including Washington, D.C. and points further south), a direct hit is not particularly likely although it cannot be ruled out. Residents of the Northeast, perhaps, should be most concerned.

Mitt leaves prez speechless

Boston Herald, by Howie Carr Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/23/2012 5:12:37 PM Post Reply

The lesson of these three debates is, Barack Obama is a pretty good campaigner when he’s going after a higher office. But as an incumbent, he’s looking more and more like Jimmy Carter. He’s a nowhere man. Mitt Romney won again, by laying back, letting the president take his snarky shots and smiling until it was his turn. Right at the top, Mitt didn’t even take a swing at the Libya fiasco, which moderator Bob Schieffer grooved him like a high, hard fastball.

2008 Called. It Wants to Know
What Happened to
Barack Obama.

Gawker, by John Cook Original Article

Posted By: DaddyO- 10/23/2012 4:52:49 PM Post Reply

One of the many little thrills of being a part of the Obama campaign four years ago was a deep and abiding sense that, finally, a political leader had come along who could live up to our highest aspirations. Yes, Obama was cool and played basketball and was conversant in ironical youth culture, but when it came down to it, he was overwhelmingly serious. The other guys were hauling unlicensed plumbers onstage and suspending their campaign at the drop of a hat, but Obama kept his eyes on the prize and played the grown-up. Now he's talking about "Romnesia."

Campaign Moods Shift as
Contest Tightens

New York Times, by Jim Rutenberg & Jeff Zeleny Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/23/2012 4:51:56 PM Post Reply

BOCA RATON, Fla. — With a last aggressive debate performance behind him and 14 grueling days ahead, President Obama is now facing what he worked so hard to avoid: a neck-and-neck race with a challenger gaining ground when it matters most. Over the last month, through the debates and a gradual moderation of the conservative tone he struck during the Republican primaries, Mitt Romney undermined the Democrats’ expensive summertime work of casting him as the candidate of and for the rich, emerging as a far more formidable opponent than Mr. Obama had ever expected.

Insane Anglo Warlord

Wall Street Jounal, by James Taranto Original Article

Posted By: BamaMan- 10/23/2012 4:46:33 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney missed a golden opportunity during last night's debate. "The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back," Barack Obama said. The perfect comeback would have been: "Oh yeah? Well, the ocean called, and they're running outta ships!" True, Romney delivered a version of this zinger, but much later. His timing was all wrong. Oh well, maybe Romney can arrange another meeting with the president and get it right this time. We understand Obama will be in Ohio.

Dow tumbles 240 points
to seven-week low

CNN Money, by Emily Jane Fox Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 4:37:07 PM Post Reply

New York - Stocks sold off Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average sliding nearly 240 points to a seven-week low following a slew of disappointing earnings. All but two of the Dow's 30 components were in the red. Only Intel (INTC, Fortune 500) andMicrosoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) eked out small gains. (Snip) Tuesday's sell-off came after three major U.S. industrial companies missed earnings expectations, igniting worries that the global economy might be on shakier ground than previously suspected. "Our trading partners have bigger economic issues than even we have, and that's why we saw September drop off significantly for

A Perfectly Plausible President

Wall Street Journal, by Bret Stephens Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/23/2012 4:32:32 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney needed to pass the usual tests for Republican presidential candidates in his debate Monday night with President Obama. There was the Ford test (alternatively known as the Palin/Cain/Perry test): Would Mr. Romney say something so obviously misinformed, so manifestly silly, so revealingly ignorant as to disqualify him from serious consideration as a prospective commander-in-chief? He said nothing of the sort. There was the Goldwater test (unfairly named, but reputations are stubborn things): Did Mr. Romney make pronouncements so belligerent as to make ordinary people fear for their children's safety—

Obama: 'Michelle and I
Will Be Fine No Matter
What Happens' in the Election

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/23/2012 4:30:58 PM Post Reply

In his latest fundraising email to supporters, President Barack Obama says, "Michelle and I will be fine no matter what happens" in the election. Instead, Obama's trying to win the contest "for our country and middle-class families." Here's the full pitch: I don't want to lose this election. Not because of what losing would mean for me -- Michelle and I will be fine no matter what happens. But because of what it would mean for our country and middle-class families. This race is very close.

Battleground Dispatches: Sequestration
a 'Main Street' Issue in Virginia

PBS, by Mike Melia and Beth Garbitelli Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/23/2012 4:28:07 PM Post Reply

In the battleground state of Virginia, voters are not only eyeing the candidates on the ballot, but looking beyond Election Day at the prospect of severe cuts to the federal budget triggered by the debt-ceiling stalemate last year. Known as sequestration, the automatic cuts set in motion by the Budget Control Act of July 2011 would reduce the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) by $215 billion and cost the country 2.14 million jobs, according to analysis by economist Stephen Fuller at George Mason University, funded by the Aerospace Industries Association. The issue of sequestration, particularly cuts to defense

Debate indiscipline, an
inherent problem for Democrats

Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/23/2012 4:26:07 PM Post Reply

If there’s a common takeaway from the four debates of this presidential cycle, it’s the indiscipline of Barack Obama and Joe Biden. The problem manifested itself in different ways in different debates. In the first debate, Obama apparently lacked the discipline to treat the event with the seriousness it required. He seemed comparatively unprepared, unwilling to treat Romney as a serious opponent until it was too late, and unable even to strike a serious pose for the camera. Biden’s performance in the vice presidential debate became an instant legend in the annals of indiscipline.

Levin Legal Group Sues EPA For
Records Of Controversial Regs
Delayed Until After Election

Cybercast News Service, by David James Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 4:25:25 PM Post Reply

Mark Levin says his legal group is suing the EPA to obtain records about the controversial regulations the EPA is "sitting on until after the election and ready to unleash." On Monday's radio show, Levin announced and explained the importance of the lawsuit: “As most of you know, I run a little legal foundation. And it is a little legal foundation. It’s called Landmark Legal Foundation. And today we filed a suit in Federal court in Washington D.C against the Environmental Protection Agency. (Snip) “So today the EPA turned it down, we had a lawsuit ready to go because we

Ozzie Guillen fired as Marlins
manager after one season

USA Today, by Peter Barzilai Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/23/2012 4:22:34 PM Post Reply

Ozzie Guillen is out as manager of the Miami Marlins after one season, the team announced Tuesday. He had three years and $7.5 million remaining on his contract. "After careful consideration following the disappointment of the 2012 season, we decided to dismiss Ozzie," Marlins president Larry Beinfest said in a statement. "Our hope is that a new manager, along with roster improvements, will restore a winning culture." Guillen's brief stint in South Florida was marked by poor results on the field, with a 69-93 record, and controversy off it. The season was barely a week old

Raw Food Not Enough
to Feed Big Brains

Science Now, by Anna Gibbons Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 4:21:59 PM Post Reply

Eating a raw food diet is a recipe for disaster if you’re trying to boost your species’ brainpower. That’s because humans would have to spend more than 9 hours a day eating to get enough energy from unprocessed raw food alone to support our large brains, according to a new study that calculates the energetic costs of growing a bigger brain or body in primates. (Snip) Humans have more brain neurons than any other primate — about 86 billion, on average, compared with about 33 billion neurons in gorillas and 28 billion in chimpanzees. While these extra neurons endow us

Obama’s mopey new fundraising e-mail:
‘I don’t want to lose this election.’

Hot Air, by Mary Katharine Ham Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/23/2012 4:20:32 PM Post Reply

As with the second debate, Monday night may have looked like a victory for President Obama on the top line numbers, but if you looked a little deeper, the results for Mitt Romney were pretty good. More on that below, but a fundraising e-mail sent out by Team Obama this morning may be as clear an indication as any that they don’t feel like the president’s performance moved the ball last night. Yeesh: I don’t want to lose this election. Not because of what losing would mean for me — Michelle and I will be fine no matter what happens.

Last Night's Presidential Debate Proves
That Al Gore's Life Has Been In Vain

Reason Magazine, by Shikha Dalmia Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/23/2012 4:17:58 PM Post Reply

Sometimes silence can reveal more than words. And the complete silence of both candidates during last night’s (and previous nights’) presidential debate on climate change speaks volumes about just how dead the issue now is. Indeed, this is the first time in 24 years that neither candidate thought it fit to mention what Al Gore has billed the biggest threat ever to “human civilization as we know it.” That Obama didn't feel the need to devote even a lame half-a-sentence to it in the 270 minutes of free airtime he has gotten shows what a remarkable fall

Donald Trump to reveal
‘divorce papers of Michelle
and Barack Obama’, claims
respected financial pundit

Daily Mail (UK), by Daniel Bates Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/23/2012 4:15:07 PM Post Reply

Donald Trump is to claim that he has unearthed divorce papers of Michelle Obama and the President, according to a respected financial pundit with links to the tycoon. It is alleged that the eccentric real estate mogul will claim that the documents show the First Lady and the President were at one point in their two decades of marriage seriously considering splitting up. Trump set the hare running on Monday by claiming that he was set to make an announcement on Wednesday that would be ‘bordering on gigantic' and that it would ‘possibly’ change the Presidential race.

U.S. Economic Confidence
Down Slightly Last Week

Gallup, by Jenny Marlar Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 4:14:36 PM Post Reply

Washington, D.C. - Gallup's U.S. Economic Confidence Index declined slightly to -19 for the week ending Oct. 21, from -17 the week prior. Despite the slip, this is little changed from the trend since the week of Sept. 3, when confidence significantly improved from one of the lowest points of the year. (Snip) Both Democrats and Republicans saw a slight decline in confidence last week to 23 and -62, respectively, while independents improved modestly, to -20. Democrats and Republicans continue to be increasingly polarized as the election nears. The two parties have been sharply divided for all of 2012, with

So who won the presidential debates'
fashion face-off? Michelle Obama comes
out on top as style set deal their verdicts

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/23/2012 4:08:34 PM Post Reply

Last night marked the third and final presidential debate, where, on the sidelines of policy disputes and quips on Big Bird, binders and bayonets, a fierce First Lady fashion face-off has been taking place. From their power suiting debut, to bolts of hot pink, and finally, last night's easy, elegant comfort, Michelle Obama and Ann Romney have gone head to head with their mirroring outfit choices in the race to the White House. At Florida's Lynn University Monday night, the First Lady stepped out in the same lace-detailed Thom Browne dress she wore a month ago to the Democratic National

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll 10-23

Rasmussen Reports, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 4:05:43 PM Post Reply

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 50% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns the vote from 46%. One percent (1%) prefers some other candidate, and two percent (2%) are undecided. Other than brief convention bounces, this is the first time either candidate has led by more than three points in months. . See daily tracking history. Romney attracts support from 89% of Republican voters. The president earns the vote from 82% of Democrats. Among those not affiliated with either major party, the GOP challenger leads by nine.

Election 2012: Minnesota President

Rasmussen Reports, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 4:03:38 PM Post Reply

President Obama earns just over 50% of the vote in Minnesota. A new telephone survey of Likely Minnesota Voters finds Barack Obama with 51% support to 46% for Mitt Romney. One percent (1%) prefers some other candidate, while another one percent (1%) is undecided. (Snip) The survey of 500 Likely Voters in Minnesota was conducted on October 21, 2012 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

Here's The Reason Why The Military
Still Has Horses And Bayonets

Business Insider, by Geoffrey Ingersoll Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 3:51:33 PM Post Reply

In the run up to last night's debate, the Army Old Guard used its caisson horses in the burial of six veterans at Arlington, and certainly since twitter was ablaze with Obama's "horses and bayonets" line, a few more have been buried. This is not about a fact check (yes, the military still uses bayonets, and even does bayonet charges, just not as frequently), rather it's about remembering why the military still uses horses and bayonets, and how they both still play a valuable role for ceremonial purposes and in actual combat. (Snip) Most notably horses saw use in the

Time is Running Out for
Obama to Reset Race

Fox News, by Chris Stirewalt Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 3:41:58 PM Post Reply

President Obama needed a knockout performance in his final debate with Mitt Romney, but instead managed to reinforce the trend line of the election. Obama avoided what might have been a disaster on the top task in any president’s job description and achieved a win on points on his strongest suit in the election. Those are good things. But neither did he do anything in his larger goal for the night: to show voters that Romney was unfit for command. Romney again came through looking plausibly presidential and said or did nothing to suggest to voters that he would be

UK Newspaper Co. Shares Fall
After Hacking Claims

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: abuela10- 10/23/2012 3:39:49 PM Post Reply

LONDON -- The publisher of the British tabloid once edited by Piers Morgan lost more than a tenth of its value after a prominent lawyer revealed that the newspaper stood accused of hacking into people's phones. Shares in Trinity Mirror PLC closed down just over 10 percent at 64.5 pence (roughly $1.03) Tuesday on the London Stock Exchange, reversing recent gains by the troubled newspaper group.

Bank of America accused
of favoring white
neighborhoods in Chicago

Chicago Tribune, by Mary Ellen Podmolik Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/23/2012 3:34:57 PM Post Reply

A national fair housing group has added Chicago and two other cities to its complaint charging that Bank of America Corp. takes better care of foreclosed properties in white communities than those in predominantly minority neighborhoods. The inclusion of Chicago, along with Milwaukee and Indianapolis, brings to 13 the number of cities included in the National Fair Housing Alliance's complaint originally filed with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in September involving eight cities. Two other cities were added earlier this month.

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