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Old 11-11-2011, 10:24 AM   #151
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Can you imagine just how badly Mitt Romney feels during this GOP campaign ?

Here's a man who has committed himself to becoming President.
He's wealthy enough to pay his own campaign expenses.
He's been Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
He's experienced in campaigning, having run for the Presidency before
He's willing to say anything, at any time, to appeal to his current audience.
Yet, throughout the campaign, polling shows 75% of Republicans do not choose him.

Can you imagine Romney's humiliation over the past two days,
when his nearest opponents in this race have day's like this:




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Old 11-11-2011, 03:36 PM   #152
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Obama's musings on a possible campaign strategy to win over immigrants.

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"I don't think it requires us to go negative in the sense of us running a bunch of ads that are false, or character assassinations," Obama said. "It will be based on facts … We may just run clips of the Republican debates verbatim. We won't even comment on them, we'll just run those in a loop on Univision and Telemundo, and people can make up their own minds."
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Old 11-11-2011, 04:10 PM   #153
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That would be unfair. Effective, but dirty though.
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Old 11-11-2011, 04:18 PM   #154
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Old 11-12-2011, 07:13 AM   #155
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[quote=classicman;770444]

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Just for the record, accusations of wrongdoing against Republicans are always the result
of an obsessively liberal media, left-wing conspiracy or rank partisanship.

Accusations of wrongdoing against Democrats are always the result of
an objective analysis of the facts. No exceptions.

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From a friend of mine - sarcasm intended.
How true.
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Old 11-12-2011, 10:07 AM   #156
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CNN 's article today has an interesting discussion of the upcoming GOP debate.
It's mostly about the recent "errors" and "goofs" of the candidates,
but there are some good questions...

CNN
By Peter Hamby, CNN Political Reporter
November 12, 2011

5 things to look for in GOP debate
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The tenth debate of the topsy-turvy Republican campaign
will take place at Wofford College in
Spartanburg, South Carolina on Saturday night.

The theme? Foreign policy and national security,
crucial topics that have largely taken a back seat to economic
concerns throughout the GOP race.

Here are five questions to consider as you prepare for yet another Republican showdown:

Will Perry remember his lines?

Can Newt seize the moment?

How competent is Cain?

Will Huntsman step it up?
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The article concludes with discussion of the scheduling this debate
and conflicts with Saturday football: Pigskin or Politics ?

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Penn State's hotly anticipated game against Nebraska also happens to be at noon,
but a hyped match-up between Stanford and Oregon, two top 10 teams,
will take place just as the candidates are debating in Spartanburg.
And besides all that:

????? What is the 5th question we should be looking for ?????

Is Romney the totally forgotten man ?

Are Republicans in complete denial of Romney's existence ?

What about Santorum and Bachmann ?

Was the number of questions devised by a Repubican ?
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Old 11-12-2011, 10:38 AM   #157
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ANYone but Obama.
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Old 11-12-2011, 04:50 PM   #158
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Strategy for Obama?

Both Napoleon and Sun Tzu are reported to have said something like "when the enemy are making mistakes, don't interrupt."

Mouth shut, powder dry, try to run the country.
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Old 11-12-2011, 05:08 PM   #159
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ANYone but Obama.
Out of this bunch, Huntsman gets the nod over Obama, the rest are not close.
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Old 11-13-2011, 10:00 PM   #160
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For whatever reason the most intelligent and capable man in the race just cannot seem to gain any traction with his party.
Hmmm.... perhaps as VP.

I'm still thinking the best the R's can do is a Romney/Huntsman ticket.
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Old 11-14-2011, 12:26 AM   #161
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For whatever reason the most intelligent and capable man in the race just cannot seem to gain any traction with his party.
Hmmm.... perhaps as VP.

I'm still thinking the best the R's can do is a Romney/Huntsman ticket.
Romney / Huntsman does seem to be the best out of this lot.

Maybe these two are keeping their heads down, their powder dry and their mouths shut (to avoid gathering feet) for a few more mnths, while the pretenders entertain the media. Maybe we'll see them emerge more as things progress.

As of right now, I think it would fall to Romney by default.
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Old 11-14-2011, 07:35 AM   #162
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At the turn, here comes Newt on the outside...
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Old 11-14-2011, 07:43 AM   #163
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Newt, Mitt...what's up with the weird name thing?

Biff for President!

Now, about Barack. Oh.
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Old 11-14-2011, 08:49 AM   #164
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If Cain is guilty of sexual harassment, these quotes will be end his career

Christian Science Monitor
David Grant
November 14, 2011

Gloria Cain says Herman Cain 'totally respects' women
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Gloria Cain, wife of GOP candidate Herman Cain,
has given her first televised interview ever, to Greta Van Susteren of Fox News.

The interview is scheduled to air Monday night,
but according to partial transcripts already released,
Mrs. Cain strongly defends her husband against the allegations of sexual harassment.

“You hear the graphic allegations and we know that would have been
something that’s totally disrespectful of her as a woman.
And I know the type of person he is. He totally respects women.”

“I’m thinking he would have to have a split personality
to do the things that were said," according to Mrs. Cain.
<snip>

A Reuters/Ipsos poll last Thursday and Friday found Cain*,
with 20 percent support, was second to former Massachusetts Governor
Mitt Romney, who polled 28 percent, among Republican voters
in the race for the party's presidential nomination.
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Old 11-14-2011, 01:26 PM   #165
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If someone changes their name to Nott Romney, they could probably get the nomination.
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