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Obama to leave White House
Thursday, campaign in Wisconsin

Daily Caller, by Neil Munro Original Article

Posted By: Bubbasuncle- 10/31/2012 12:55:29 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama is leaving the White House Thursday for the campaign trail in Colorado, Nevada and Wisconsin. Colorado and Nevada have long been seen by his campaign as states that can carry him over the 270-vote threshold, but Wisconsin has been viewed as a safe state for his campaign. Yet polls show a narrowing Obama advantage in the state. On Oct. 25, Rasmussen showed a tie with Gov. Mitt Romney at 49 percent. Obama is slated to attend a rally at Green Bay, Wisc. Vice President Joe Biden is also slated to hold is also slated to hold two events in the state Nov. 2.

Obamacare exempts millions--
prisoners, illegals, welfare recipients

Washington Examiner, by Paul Bedard Original Article

Posted By: Bubbasuncle- 10/31/2012 12:43:26 PM Post Reply

In just 14 months, Americans will be required to prove that they have federally "qualified" health insurance or face an Obamacare tax of $695 to $2,085. That is unless you are in prison, below the poverty line, or are an undocumented immigrant, according to the anti-tax group Americans for Tax Reform. When added together, those three groups total up to one-sixth of the nation's population of 314 million: 218,929 are in federal prisons, 12 million are illegals and 42 million are below the poverty line and eligible for welfare, though some fit into all three categories, according to federal reports.

Christie orders Halloween
in N.J. postponed until Monday

Star-Ledger [Newark, NJ], by Christopher Baxter Original Article

Posted By: rinohunter- 10/31/2012 12:41:03 PM Post Reply

Trenton — Gov. Chris Christie today signed an executive order to postpone Halloween until Monday because of unsafe conditions throughout New Jersey in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. “In too many communities in our state, the damage and losses from this storm are still being sorted out, and dangerous conditions abound even as our emergency management and response officials continue their work," Christie said in a statement. The governor has said for a few days he would probably issue the order, even joking that he might reschedule it for Election Day.

Give Romney a chance; Obama had his

Statesman-Journal [Salem, OR], by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/31/2012 12:36:56 PM Post Reply

Today the Statesman Journal Editorial Board endorses Mitt Romney for president. We do so despite endorsing Barack Obama four years ago. On Oct. 19, 2008, we wrote: “America needs a profound leader — a leader who can rebuild our economy, regain our respect around the world and restore our faith in our future. That person is Barack Obama.” Today our economy is still struggling and our national hopes have faded. We know this is not all President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden’s fault. Although Obama underestimated the nation’s economic challenges, he inherited that mess.

The Gospel According to Joe

American Spectator, by George Neumayr Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/31/2012 12:19:11 PM Post Reply

Joe Biden said at October's vice-presidential debate that he would never "impose" his Catholic faith on fellow Americans, describing it as "personally" important to him but publicly irrelevant. This stance hasn't stopped him in the finals days of the campaign from imposing his self-serving version of the Catholic faith on voters. In a recent campaign ad, complete with images of the crucifix, a solemn Joe Biden presents himself as a "practicing Catholic" who serves an administration that advances the "values" of "Catholic social doctrine." "Whatever you do for the least of these, you do for me,"

Liberals to Romney: Only We
Can Politicize Hurricane Sandy

Washington Free Beacon, by Andrew Stiles Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/31/2012 12:16:25 PM Post Reply

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste,” former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel said in November 2008. Democrats and liberal pundits are following Emanuel’s advice and refusing to let Hurricane Sandy, which has left at least 40 dead, distract them from their political mission of preventing Mitt Romney from becoming president. The storm and its aftermath, these liberals argue, illustrate the need for large government agencies funded by historically high levels of federal spending. “A Big Storm Requires Big Government,” read the headline of a New York Times editorial

Dem Early Vote Lead In
Florida Down 70% Over 2008

Breitbart's Big Government, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: Bubbasuncle- 10/31/2012 12:07:43 PM Post Reply

There's all kinds of spin out there regarding early voters, especially from Team Obama and their allies in the CorruptMedia, but I don’t believe in tea leaves, I believe in numbers. Gallup provided numbers and those numbers (with a huge 3,300 sample) show Romney winning early voters by a margin of 52-47%. And now we have hard numbers out of Florida showing Democrats well behind their early vote lead when compared to this time last year: But a Republican yesterday noted that at this point in 2008, Democrats held a 134,774-vote lead in Florida. As of yesterday. Democrats led by less

The Get Along to Git-Along
Buoys of New Jersey

Canada Free Press, by Judi McLeod Original Article

Posted By: snowcloud- 10/31/2012 12:07:30 PM Post Reply

We knew even before its landfall that Hurricane Sandy would be fully exploited by election-bound politicians.[Snip]It was only yesterday that Christie had criticized Atlantic City mayor Lorenzo Langford as a “rogue mayor” for supposedly encouraging residents to ride out the storm in designated shelters rather than leave the area entirely (TodayNews.today.com, Oct. 31, 2012). “I feel badly for the folks in Atlantic City who listened to him and sheltered in Atlantic City, and I guess my anger has turned to sympathy for those folks, and we’re in the midst now of trying to go in and save them,”

The Statistical Significance of Sandy
Could Alter Electoral, Popular-Vote Math

National Journal, by Major Garrett Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/31/2012 12:04:16 PM Post Reply

One of more absurd notions to crop up in the latter stages of the presidential campaign is that GOP challenger Mitt Romney could win the popular vote and lose the Electoral College vote. Until Hurricane Sandy, this was a cable TV notion in search of historical and mathematical mooring. That it bobbed aimlessly through the occasionally mindless waters of talking heads made it no different from any other might-this-happen adventure in televised banality. But think about it for just two seconds. The concept is built on the theory that Romney could run up the vote in Southern

Roanoke College poll has
Romney up by 5 in Virginia

Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff Original Article

Posted By: DaddyO- 10/31/2012 12:00:46 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney leads President Obama by 5 points in Virginia, 49 to 44, in a poll conducted by Roanoke College between Oct.23-26. The sample consisted of 638 likely voters. The margin of error is 4 points. Using a more selective screen for identifying likely voters, Roanoke College’s poll found Romney ahead by a comomanding 54-41 margin. Thus, if these results are accurate, Obama will need a strong turnout just to be competitive in Virginia. But this wouldn’t be the 2012 presidential election without countervailing polling news. And, sure enough, Quinnipiac has released a poll of likely

Little change in newspaper
circulation numbers

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 10/31/2012 11:48:08 AM Post Reply

New York — A media industry group says U.S. newspaper circulation was almost unchanged in the six months ended Sept. 30. The Wall Street Journal kept its position as the No. 1 newspaper. Its average circulation grew 9.4% to 2.3 million. USA Today was second at 1.7 million, followed by The New York Times at 1.6 million. Circulation at the Times grew 40% from a year ago. More than half of the Times' circulation was for digital editions Average daily circulation in the April-September period slid 0.2% for the 613 newspapers included in the semiannual study by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

Problem found at board of elections

Marion Star [Marion, OH], by Nick Bechtel Original Article

Posted By: Bubbasuncle- 10/31/2012 11:45:28 AM Post Reply

Marion — Joan Stevens was one of several early voters at the polls on Monday. But when Stevens tried to cast her ballot for president, she noticed a problem. Upon selecting “Mitt Romney” on the electronic touch screen, Barack Obama’s name lit up. It took Stevens three tries before her selection was accurately recorded. “You want to vote for who you want to vote for, and when you can’t it’s irritating,” Stevens said. Stevens said she alerted Jackie Smith, a board of elections member who was present. Smith declined to comment, but Stevens says she mentioned that the machine had been having problems

After Sandy, FEMA
Goes From Goat to Glory

ABC News, by Abby D. Phillip Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/31/2012 11:42:34 AM Post Reply

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, usually the favorite whipping boy of politicians during disasters, is basking in unaccustomed glory. FEMA, ridiculed after Hurricane Katrina and the subject of proposed budget cuts after the financial crisis, is being praised by governors and mayors from storm-ravaged states along the East Coast. "I have to say, the administration, the president himself and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate have been outstanding with us so far," said Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on "Good Morning America" Tuesday. "He worked on that last night with me?

Fires raging in New Jersey shore
town hit hard by Sandy; 14
homes already destroyed

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 10/31/2012 11:40:43 AM Post Reply

Mantoloking, NJ — Fires that destroyed about 14 homes in a New Jersey shore town that was hit hard by Sandy have rekindled, fueled by natural gas. Video from WNBC-TV in New York shows flames reaching over Mantoloking. There's a large cluster of flames and smaller fires spread out from it. An official with the Ocean County Emergency Management Office says authorities believe natural gas lines are fueling the flames. The official says the homes burned down two days ago when Sandy pounded the affluent town. The official, who would not give his name, says firefighters can't reach the scene

Poll: Romney closes gap
on Obama in Michigan

Detroit News [MI], by Marisa Schultz & Kim Kozlowski Original Article

Posted By: barbcrose- 10/31/2012 11:39:13 AM Post Reply

Mitt Romney is within striking distance of Barack Obama in Michigan in the final days before the election, buoyed by more who are convinced the Republican is a viable alternative to the president, with the ability to turn around the economy. Obama's lead over Romney has shrunk to just under 3 points, 47.7 percent to 45 percent, with 3.8 percent undecided, according to a new Detroit News/WDIV Local 4 poll of likely voters. Obama's lead was 6.7 points earlier this month and has eroded to within the poll's 3.8 percentage point margin of error. It's the smallest advantage for the Democratic

NASA's Curiosity finds
Martian soil like Hawaiian sand

Computerworld, by Sharon Gaudin Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 10/31/2012 11:28:57 AM Post Reply

In initial tests, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has discovered that Martian soil is an awfully lot like Hawaiian sand. The super rover, which has been working on Mars since this past August, ran its first soil samples over the past few weeks, analyzing it for its mineralogical makeup. The soil tested appears to be similar to dust and fine soil widespread on Mars, say NASA scientists. And that soil is testing out to be very similar to weathered basaltic soil produced by ancient volcanoes. Similar soil is found in the Hawaiian islands. "Our team is elated with these first results from our instrument,"

PBS newsman sees danger
in fragmented nation

Bellingham Herald [WA], by John Stark Original Article

Posted By: HaraldBluetooth- 10/31/2012 11:13:32 AM Post Reply

Bellingham - A fragmented nation and a fragmented audience for news is making the country more difficult to govern, PBS News Hour co-anchor Jeffrey Brown said during a weekend talk at Western Washington University. A generation ago, before cable news channels and internet news sources, most people got their news from the same small collection of sources: three major TV networks and a hometown newspaper or two, Brown said. People gathered around their televisions for the assassination of a president, a walk on the moon, and other major events. "It was an age of mass media news,

Romney pressures Obama by
expanding electoral map

Washington Examiner, by Michael Barone Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 10/31/2012 11:02:54 AM Post Reply

As the East Coast recoils from Hurricane Sandy, the political news is of new states suddenly inundated with presidential campaign ads. First Wisconsin, then Pennsylvania, more recently Minnesota. Ann Romney is campaigning in Michigan, Bill Clinton in Minnesota. All these are states Barack Obama carried by 10 points or more in 2008. Why is the electoral map scrambled this year? One reason, which I wrote about last week, is that Mitt Romney seems to be running better in affluent suburbs than other recent Republican nominees. That's one reason he made big gains after the first debate

Why Hurricane Sandy might cost Obama
the popular vote—but not the presidency

Yahoo! News, by Jeff Greenfield Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/31/2012 10:58:14 AM Post Reply

This year’s black swan arrived on a rush of wind. Once again, a highly unlikely, unanticipated event has roiled the waters—literally—late in the campaign cycle. Twelve years ago, it was the revelation of George W. Bush’s long-ago drunk driving arrest that likely cost him the popular vote and almost cost him the White House. Four years ago, the September collapse of Lehman Brothers and the near-collapse of the global financial universe turned a likely Obama victory into a certain one. And this year, the impact of Hurricane Sandy makes it more likely that we’ll see a presidential election where

Analysis: Doing his job,
Obama a subtle campaigner

Associated Press, by Ben Feller Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 10/31/2012 10:56:27 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON- It may look to America like President Barack Obama is off the campaign trail. He's really not. By commanding the response to a ferocious October storm a week before the election, Obama is employing a political advantage in the race to be president. He is the president. Clearly, Obama's imperative to act transcends the election. Superstorm Sandy's wrath is real. At a time of death and danger, any president is expected to lead for the people of every state, battleground or otherwise. Yet in a political sense - and politics are absolutely part

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Rasmussen Reports, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 10/31/2012 10:54:02 AM Post Reply

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 49% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns the vote from 47%. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate, and three percent (3%) remain undecided. (Snip) Sixteen percent (16%) of white Democrats now support Romney. New surveying Monday night finds Romney ahead of the president 50% to 47% in the key swing state of Colorado. That marks little change from a week ago, and the state remains a Toss-Up in the Rasmussen Reports Electoral College Projections.

Eurozone unemployment
rises to new record

Associated Press, by Pan Pylas Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 10/31/2012 10:53:22 AM Post Reply

London — Unemployment in the 17-country eurozone hit a record high of 11.6 percent in September, official figures showed Wednesday, a sign the economy is deteriorating as governments struggle to get a grip on their three-year debt crisis. The rate reported by Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, was up from an upwardly revised 11.5 percent in August. In total, 18.49 million people were out of work in the eurozone in September, up 146,000 on the previous month, the biggest increase in three months. While the eurozone's unemployment rate has been rising steadily for the past year as the economy

It Is Time to Stop
Putting Food in Our Cars

American Magazine, by Ken Green Original Article

Posted By: eagleblurst- 10/31/2012 10:51:06 AM Post Reply

The ethanol mandate continues to do more harm than good — inflicting environmental damage, raising food prices, and distorting energy markets. Two recent developments warrant a reexamination of the fuel ethanol issue. First, on August 20, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a call for comments on suspending the renewable fuel standard (RFS), sometimes known as the ethanol mandate: EPA is seeking comment on letters requesting a waiver of the renewable fuel standard and matters relevant to EPA’s consideration of those requests. Governors of the states of

Lack of white support could
cost Obama his presidency

Washington Examiner, by Brian Hughes Original Article

Posted By: Maryland_Patriot- 10/31/2012 10:50:58 AM Post Reply

Ames, Iowa -- If President Obama doesn't win a second term next Tuesday, he won't have trouble finding the root problem. As the president likes to say, it's simple math: Waning support among white voters could torpedo his re-election bid. America's first black president, who rode a wave of enthusiasm from both Democrats and Republican-leaning independents four years ago, faces a far more tenuous path to victory this time around. Polls show Obama winning less than 40 percent of white voters and having to make up that gap by mobilizing minority voters in force. The reasons for that sagging

Final CBS/NYT/Q-polls in
OH, FL, VA show Obama up …

Hot Air, by Ed Morrissey Original Article

Posted By: Bubbasuncle- 10/31/2012 10:28:04 AM Post Reply

We’re down to the final week of the election, where we’d normally expect to see pollsters fine-tuning their samples in order to get the most predictive survey results ahead of the election. It’s refreshing, therefore, to see the CBS/NYT/Quinnipiac partnership decide to buck that trend and stick with consistency. Their polls in the most hotly contested swing states of Ohio, Florida, and Virginia all show Barack Obama edging Mitt Romney — as long as voter turnout resembles Obama’s big win in 2008: President Obama has maintained a five-point lead in the crucial swing state of Ohio,

Hurricane Sandy might be
Obama's October surprise,
but history still says he'll lose

Telegraph [UK], by Tim Stanley Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 10/31/2012 10:26:49 AM Post Reply

There is a 74.6 percent chance that this is the last post I will ever write about polls. I’m sick of talking about them. Elections should be about policy and morality, not data sets and electoral statistics. We should be discussing the US election in terms of who will create jobs or who will bring peace to the Middle East, not who will turn out the biggest numbers in a handful of counties in a single state (damn you, Ohio). It’s become a numbers game. Gone are the war heroes, Hollywood actors, crusader priests and crazy hippies who once made American politics so colourful and epic. Now it’s run by geeks

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