Obama in Dead Heat with Romney, Perry, Paul, Bachmann in Gallup Poll

Regardless of today’s polls Obama is a near guaranteed one-termer. He’s an empty suit with no plans and no clue and people, even a rare few in the media, are finally catching on.
Unless something dramatic happens between now and election day we’ll see a continued economic slump (or worse) and no more Obama after January 2013.
That, at least, provides a glimmer of hope for our nation’s future.

Lord help us all of a Repub makes it to the White House in 2012! Most of the country will be sleeping in the streets!

How did Ron Paul get so competitive???? —because nobody has actually listend to his speak for a nanosecond. Give him MORE airtime. Just like Perry. The more moderates listen to him, the more Perry sinks. The only one who has a prayer against Obama is Romney. Dont kid yourself. Put up a stupid texan or a wingnut, and you better be prepared for Obama for 4 more years.

Romney is the only candidate that can beat Obama regardless of what these early polls say. The other candidates are too far right for most independant voters and for some liberals

Ron Paul is the only candidate that will actually fight for the people instead of for the big govt or corporations. His views differ from the norm, which is great because the norm isn’t working. He has a plan and its desperately needed.
Vote for Ron Paul!

Romney is the only candidate that can beat Obama regardless of what these early polls say. — I agree. I am the perfect example of this. Voted for Scott Brown but not this time. I’m disgusted what a republican congress has done. Perry came to NH and although not published in national newspapers, there were tons of people protesting him, no way he could win this state. It was NOT friendly to him. Romney comes and everyone follow him around like puppies. ROmney is respected. Sorry ,but that is a trump card some wackjob Ron Paul or dumb bunny Perry wishes they had.

Well, New Hempshire does better than Texas, low taxes and low poverty. New Hempshire people know that Perry like s the low taxes and high poverty rate of Texas. Granted, Texas as a lot more hispanics than NH.

At this point I would rather see a Tele-Tubbie in the White House than BHO===you’re a wing nut. You felt that way since day 1. I voted for Obama, and I’d vote for him again. Or not. I’d vote for Romney first. But I’m not voting for him in the primaries. Let’s see who the republicans put on their ticket. You put up radical wingnut, you’ll lose..HUGE. Promise.

Texas as a lot more hispanics than NH.
—as a percentage of population Texas has no more mexicans than Arizona or CA, yet it sucks, absolutely sucks at everything except making people poor WHILE they work. Texas has the most billionaires in any state in this nation, yet it is number 1 in child poverty, MUCH higher percentage of children in texas live under the poverty level than any other state in the nation, this is a state of billionaires and their education is dead last. Their kids are by far, the dumbest, the most behind, than any other state in the nation, WHILE They make hundreds of billions in revenue. Ok, you really have to try hard to suck that bad at being governor. Give someone a nanosecond to say this in a debate and Perry is sunk like a brick ship.

Nobody cares what little man thinks anyway. But I find it funny not to find Huntsman anywhere in sight who appears to be a left arm for Obama and is doing his best to push for his reelection. Americans have much more intelligence than Huntsman and Obama gives us credit for. Anybody with any sense and logic can see right through the humorus attacks made by the likes of Huntsman, Obama, Biden and most recently Maxine Waters.

Romney who created Obamacare.——again, you’re FAR FAR right. People in mass wanted it. They got it. A governor is supposed to give the people what they want. Mass has 7% unemployment rate right now. They have the best educated kids in the nation (Texas has the worse) Mass is one of the richest state in the nation, from brains and education, not drilling holes in the ground, and mass residents report having over 85% high approval rating on the healthcare in thier state. You can go to an ER and be in and out in 2 hours in Mass. In NH you go into an ER, and it’s like the rest of the country, it’s an 8 hour ordeal. All the uninsured in their for thier kids ear infections, sinus infections. You just do NOT get that in Mass. Polls show a majority of people dont want to repeal the healthcare law., they want to try it on, maybe improve it, but nobody wants to go back to rejecting healthcare for cancer survivors or college kids having to get thier own healthcare again. Sorry. You’re out of touch with REAL moderates.

As long as more than 50% of voters are receiving more from the govt than they contribute, it doesn’t matter who runs against Obama. He’ll win anyway. It’s called buying votes and he’s doing it one voter at a time.

What could Pres Barry have done differently the last three years?
* Made immigration a legislative focus instead of climate change & Obamacare.
* Lead with proposals from the White House instead of following Pelosi and Reid.
* Reform entitlements.
* Reform the tax code. Trade lower tax rates for higher cap gains taxes.
Too late, Pres Barry – You’re Fired!!

“Lord help us all of a Repub makes it to the White House in 2012! Most of the country will be sleeping in the streets!”
Posted by: Lorrie | Aug 22, 2011 5:56:03 PM
Fire and brimstone coming down from the sky! Rivers and seas boiling!
Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes!
The dead rising from the grave!
Human sacrifice! Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!
LOL!

Obama still has time to turn things around and win the election. The only question is does he have the ability or the will to do it?
—–for me, I dont care. If Republicans put up Romney, I’ll vote for him. If they dont, I’ll vote for Obaman and I know Obama will trounce anyone else in the republican field. For once, I am just fine with whomever wins because the only ones with a shot, Romney or Obama, I’m ok with.

Does Jake’s blog ever mention how unpopular the GOP and its tea party are, or when the president is ahead despite being the underdog given the economy?
Does Jake’s blog ever think that maybe instead of spinning b.s. about the president’s working vacation that maybe they might want to note that Libyans are CHEERING our president along with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Prime Minister David Cameron, and U.S. Ambassador the U.N. Susan Rice?
Every one of the lame GOP presidential candidates fails to acknowledge Obama’s role in either the fall of Gaddafi or the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden. Maybe they’re too busy making outlandish statements and wrestling their own positions into submission and back again… or maybe they’re clueless tunas on foreign relations (ding, ding, ding)
Republicans are extremely unpopular with good reason. I do not think America, most of which is not conservative, will vote in a Republican for president. It seems like a fun idea to some now, a way to register irritation at the economy, but there is a heck of a lot of buyer’s remorse after 2010.

” the ACORN Crowd “—wingnut. Wingnut wingnut. No, anyone who complain about ACORN is not logical. You are the far far right. You’ve hated Obama since he walked in the door. You cling to ANYTHING negative or even, fiction that is made up that is negative. No, moderates dont do that. No, Romney and Perry are NOT equal. Perry would be creamed by obama. Iwould know. I am the moderates. the purple states. The swing voters. That’s not you! It’s me. And I’m telling you, keep your crazy in check, or be prepared to bang your head against the wall another 4 years. You go Romeny, or you lose. Period.

I suspect that between likely voters Ron Paul will fare even better. Ron Paul voters are, by far, the most passionate and loyal.

“I do not think America, most of which is not conservative, will vote in a Republican for president.”
——ROmney won governor in Mass. When people want problems solved, the majority of them go for whomever they think can solve the problem. About 20% of our population will vote for anyone who is against gays, or is against abortion, but that is such a tiny slice of the population who votes. We have problems and the majority of voters will vote for who can do the job. Obama has found and killed OBL, bush coudnt do. Obama did stabilize the economy, but he wasn’t able to revive it fully yet. So while folks will trust Obama more with a crises, if things look stable, they may give someone else a shot…IF they think that person can solve problem. Crying about abortion is just going to turn people off. Nobody cares about gays or abortion. The moderates win elections and after this debt crises fiasco, I’m not voting for Scott brown! He was inpotent. He did nothing. Having yet one more republican following the Tea Party nuts did nothing for the country. So I bet you, he’s out. watch and see.

My main beef is being fiscally conservative so if he stays that route he has my support—-that’s who moderates are. Sociall liberal, fiscal conservatives. but to cut everyone and then kill the GDP does nothing for the debt crises and will kill the economy. Romney is too smart to do that. Ron Paul and Perry woudl do exactly that. but I’m still not worried. No way stupid texan or fruit loop little man will ever win. No possible way. I’m really not bothered by this election. I’d rather Romney, but I’m fine with Obama. I do think, however, Romney will honestly do a better job. Romney knows how to create GOOD jobs.

“I do not think America, most of which is not conservative, will vote in a Republican for president.”
Kimberly lives in her own fantasy world. This statement is 100% false. According to Gallup, 42% of Americans identify as conservative, 35% as moderate, while 20% identify as liberal. I’ll do the math for you: Conservatives outnumber Liberals in this country by a factor of more than two to one. You Libs just can’t ever come to terms with the fact that your economic, social, and overall view and philosophies are flawed and are NOT the mainstream views. Even with the entire media establishment on your side, you still can’t even gain enough ground to comprise half of the country’s population.
The fact that Ron Paul is giving Obama, an incumbent, a run for his money a year out from the election is very, very bad news for Obama. Look at the previous incumbent poll figures during their terms: Bush was way ahead of Kerry, and the election was close. Carter was close to Reagan, and Reagan crushed him. In other words, any time a sitting President is this close in the polls, especially with an unelectable candidate such as Ron Paul, it is very bad news for the incumbent. Lastly, the only buyer’s remorse I am seeing originated from 2008. Hope is not a plan and Change is not a plan.

but I’m fine with Obama. I do think, however, Romney will honestly do a better job. Romney knows how to create GOOD jobs.
Posted by: UR Little Friend | Aug 22, 2011 6:52:57 PM
Why don’t you try to set up a Democrat primary between Obama and Romney?

Obama didn’t kill OBL—everyone gives him credit except the far right. YOu dont know the purple states, my friend. You are too far right. I am very fiscally conservative, and socially liberal. I am the typical moderate. I like Obama fair enough. That is the consensus of the moderate. They like him ok, but may be looking for someone else to do the job better if possible. People who are unable to even give the president credit where credit is due, is the wingnuts. Moderates are fine saying Obama did someting ok. Or, that Romeny or someone else is better than Obama, or that Obama did something wrong. you can’t say he’s done anything well, can you????? You’re too far gone. You heard it here. It’s Romeny or Obama. Promise.

Why don’t you try to set up a Democrat primary between Obama and Romney?
—-ROmney is a good old fashion fiscal conservative and I like that. Ihate welfare.I hate handouts…TO ANYONE, including oil compaines and rich folks who DO NOT need them. I dont support all this coddling of people for making bad decisions. Romeny is perfect in that sense and he is not liked by the far left because Romney is NOT liberal. Not at all. The moderate democrats like him, and elected him in mass, because he IS smart and he CAN bring hte jobs and it all comes down to self interest. Ok, welfare gets cut, touchy feely programs got cut, but ya know what, my pay went up, unemployment went down and he attracted alot of new business to mass, so, even democrats loves him, except the die hard liberals. both ROmney and Obama are pretty centrist. So either is fine, but I’m not right center than left. So I prefer Romeny, but no way ROmney woud get a democratic nomination. He is way too conservatives fiscally.

I saw a great quote that sums up Obama getting Osama. Guessing it originally came from a comedian but don’t know.
“Thanking Obama for killing Osama bin Laden is like thanking Ronald McDonald for your burger. Thank the guy who put it in the bag not the clown.”

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! RON PAUL is the only candidate who can beat Obama! Here’s why… First, he just makes sense. He’s the modern day version of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Second, he has enthusiastic support from ALL sides. (liberals, conservatives and independants) HE WILL TAKE VOTES AWAY FROM THE LIBERAL BASE BY THE MILLIONS. (Pay attention) Democrates will NEVER vote for Romney, Perry or Bachman. The republican base will never vote for Romney or Obama. That leaves Perry who reminds everyone of George Bush and the struggling country is simply not ready for a conservative woman president (Bachman). (Are you still with me?) Anyone with a brain knows the country can’t afford four more years of Obama’s failed policies or partisan gridlock. Whoever can pull from both bases and the center will win. The only cadidate that can do all that is RON PAUL!!!!! All he needs to do is get past the RINO’s in the primaries. Do your reseach on Ron Paul. He is the man with the plan!!!!

Ron Paul doesn’t cut taxes. He kills them with his bare hands.
RON PAUL 2012!

Lord help us all of a Repub makes it to the White House in 2012! Most of the country will be sleeping in the streets! – Your kidding right? The country is just clicking along under Obama’s leadership…

RON PAUL 2012!
—-put him up. Go crazy. I’m fine with Obama for another term, though I have to admit, I will be a little bummed, because ROmeny could have done better, I know ROmney wont run again. It’s our one chance and it would be a waste to lose such a good chance for such a stupid idiotic pipe dream that was so predictable. So, have your fantasy if you must, but I’m telling you, ROmney or you lose. Period. Good day

HE WILL TAKE VOTES AWAY FROM THE LIBERAL BASE BY THE MILLIONS—?????????? Excuse me???? He’s rabid anti choice. He would get rid of the department of education. He would NOT have helped ANY national crises, such as the oil spill, or hurricanes or ANY disaster. NOT the feds job, according to him. I mean, really, you are have completely off your rocker on this one. Paul hardly has support from republican, far right republicans, he is a laughing stock joke for liberals. His views are SO radical, he is literally a walking punch line.

I think all polls such as this really say is that the country is evenly split like it has been for several elections.

His views are SO radical, he is literally a walking punch line.
Posted by: UR Little Friend | Aug 22, 2011 7:17:35 PM
The same can be said of Bachmann, Perry, Palin and Santorum– and Herman Cain is working on it. He’s attending Glenn Beck’s courage rally. How many gaffes will he make THAT day?

Well I don’t know about moderates, but I do know about democrats such as myself and my dad. We are both voting against Obama this next election.

You better go with ROmney, or Obama will win. Remember you heard it here, and remember who said it. Because I will, and I’ll be sure to rub it in when it happens.

I can just add that I’m an independent who would rather vote for a dirty sock than Obama. The national lesson in socialism has gone far enough.

most Republican candidates for president have no foreign relations experience and are more practiced at talking tough and cowboy movie worthy swagger than actually understanding foreign affairs. —I have to go, but I read something like this and it is just so wrong. You cannot compare a cow boy idiotic swagger to ROmney’s claSs and style and his ease with foreign relations and leaders of all types. Romney walked into the Winter Olympics at Utah that was way behind schedule, over spent and was looking like a huge international embarressment and got the whole HUGE international, sports, business, and construction probject along with interpreters and residences that conformed to cultural requirements and did it picture perfect, even taking a project in the red and bringing it home, done on time, in the black! Romeny is no country bumpkin. He is a polished intelligent man. he is NOT your typical republican yahoo “Jethro pass the possum soup” texan or wingnut religious taliban wanna-be freak. Romney is the real deal. He did a fabulous job in Mass and while he is conservatives, he was respectful of what the people who elected him wanted and was perfect stayingin bounds to what his job demanded and didn’t push any social agenda. Romney is head and shoulders above the field. Im’ sure the more you know about him, the more moderate democrats would like him. good night.

Foreign affairs experience? I can’t believe you wrote that. Candidate Obama HAD NO EXPERIENCE IN ANYTHING, except that of community organizer – whatever that is.

How about considering the Rasmussen Poll? Not exactly great for Obama

Jake, maybe your pollster could do a quick one on those who may still declare.I may have seen a Sarah Palin match up a few weeks ago. It is a good bet with her future plans documented that she will run. Jeb Bush is another as is former New York Governor George Pataki.

Repubs are so stupid. A moderate candidate (Romney or Huntsman) would have a very good chance of beating Obama. However they are more concerned with ideological purity rather than practicallity and will nominate one of their wackos (Bachmann or Perry) and hence their candidate twill get shellacked.

“Repubs are so stupid.” Right now the country has indicted that it would prefer “Donald Duck” to Obama. Sad truth!!

“anyone who complain about ACORN is not logical”…ummm, okay. Where have you been hiding? You do not sound like a moderate, UR little friend. You sound like an Obamabot trying to fool people. News for ya, it’s not working!

Repubs are so stupid. A moderate candidate (Romney or Huntsman) would have a very good chance of beating Obama. However they are more concerned with ideological purity rather than practicallity and will nominate one of their wackos (Bachmann or Perry) and hence their candidate twill get shellacked.
Posted by: atilathehun101 | Aug 22, 2011 8:36:38 PM
’tis true. they aren’t the sharpest arrows in the quiver. They don’t understand that the majority of Americans are not conservative. (they misunderstand 40-ish % as a majority when close to 60% of Americans do not identify as conservative.)
the tea party is very unpopular. they’ll elect a tea party type to their detriment. Ultimately, Sharron Angle and the “I’m not a witch” chick didn’t win… and neither did Palin as VP.

“the tea party is very unpopular. they’ll elect a tea party type to their detriment.”
Posted by: Kimberly | Aug 22, 2011 9:21:58 PM
Why do you care? Isn’t that what you want? Being so logical, you should be ENCOURAGING the Tea Party if that’s the case.

I vote, and it not be for either party. Obama lied met behind closed doors with health care mafia, gives our money away to other countries.
GOP robbed social security time and time again, as if trying to break it.
Praying for the right person to come along, if not I will vote for a third party simply to make a statement.

Posted by: Don | Aug 22, 2011 9:34:47 PM
It made perfect sense. Obviously, you’ve made assumptions that lead you to believe I should be rooting for/encouraging the tea party in order to achieve what you think I want based on that assumption. So what is the assumption? Or are you so used to making unconfirmed assumptions and arguing from them that you have no idea?

Very simply put:
No Plan
No Clue
NOBAMA!
WAY TO GO, GOP CANDIDATES! IN 2012, AMERICA WILL EVICT BARACK OBAMA FROM THE WHITE HOUSE!

Posted by: Tom Barnow | Aug 22, 2011 9:36:07 PM
For decades, liberals wanted us to be more like Europe. Now that Europe has abandoned Keynesian Economics and is rapidly moving toward mandated balanced budgets, American liberals want us to move in the opposite direction, toward a nanny state society that buried Europe in unsustainable debt and threatens to collapse the economies of several EU countries.
“Liberalism is a mental disorder.” – Michael Savage

Gee, a week ago Bachmann was second behind Romney, and with Perry jumping in Gallup (listing her last on the poll)
is putting her fourth behind Paul. If you watch objectively, the media is throwing the kitchen sink at her.
You can bet your retirement that the checked-pants Republicans are thrilled that Perry (amnesty on-a-stick) is in the fray with Romney (deep roots in Mexico). One of these amnesty-sucking RINOs in the White House with a GOP-controlled Congress is suicidal.

Posted by: Tom Barnow | Aug 22, 2011 9:36:07 PM
Well, sure I believe what I post. What am I supposed to believe? That the GOP has NOT moved so far to the right that they’re NOT in danger of falling into a Horowitz Singularity and emerging as weirdly religious Trotskyites, when all the evidence is to the contrary???? Puh-lease. I can back up my assertion that Republicans– at least on here– don’t get that the majority of Americans aren’t conservatives by pointing to Posted by: Bobby | Aug 22, 2011 6:56:11 PM and my correction of the peculiar math at 7:06:40 PM. Fact of the matter is some 55-60% of Americans, a majority, are not conservative.
And the tea party is very, very unpopular with approval ratings no better than 20% while recent polls show the GOP UNfavorability at a whopping 59%.
An op-ed written by David E. Campbell, Associate Professor of Political Science at Notre Dame, and Robert D. Putnam, Professor of Public Policy at Harvard, the co-authors of American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us is getting a lot of attention because it exposes what a lot of people have noted—
Tea partiers aren’t grass roots; they’re the religious right, who have now applied their literalist narrow-minded thinking and faith in far right wing ideology. Sure, they’re joined by a handful of conspiracy theorists but, hey, Campbell and Putnam have put their research in and the tea partiers are not libertarians, and they were never some new grassroots group.
Their concern about the Constitution and economic uncertainty and the deficit is all feigned. Their unifying attributes are (1) a desire for more God in gov’t, (2) their status as hard-core Republicans who found themselves disappointed and in need of calling themselves something else given how bad the GOP brand was, (3) nativism and a higher rate of being anti-immigrant and anti-minority than the American mainstream and even the former Republican mainstream, (4) an imperial vision of America, the vision that took us into Iraq (and which is not remotely libertarian), (5) a heightened state of being anti-communist and assuming everyone who thinks to the left of them is communist (or Socialist, which for them is exactly the same) (6) tribalism and a strong belief that anyone who is not one of them is the enemy.
All of this has created a backlash against them as they are way out of step with the American mainstream and American values.

Tom, my question @ 9:46:14 PM was who is the candidate for president that you think knows what works and what does NOT work? If the primary were tomorrow, who would you vote for and why? Are you saying you like Cain, Romney and Perry, all equally? What do you make of their foreign relations/policy experience and positions?
At some point, you have to pick one or choose not to vote. Who’s it going to be?

DON posted “Very snarky, immature comments.”
Sadly, DON also posted “”Liberalism is a mental disorder.” – Michael Savage”
Having a different point of view/outlook on life is NOT a mental disorder. Most adults WELCOME such differences.

Funny how you left out his many years in the Illinois Senate and the U.S.Senate.
Posted by: Faurtz | Aug 22, 2011 10:16:59 PM
Funny as in odd, and yet purposeful and hence deceitful. No mention of the committees he served on either. But that’s not all…
Tom also left out Obama’s work in a law office which is a business, the year he spent as a financial researcher and writer in New York City, for a firm that catered to multinational corporations, his work as a teacher/law professor, his work as an author (which is self-employment).
He also can’t say which GOp presidential candidate knows what to do and what not to do, focusing solely on business and governor experience and ignoring the foreign policy angle to a presidency. I personally think he just wants to bash Obama without having to concede how lame– almost treasonously lame– the GOP presidential field is.

TOM BARNOW posted “Faurtz – Experience in political office. You mean when Obama consistently voted “Present.”"
You just said that to the wrong person. The old “he voted present” bit won’t work on me because I’m from Illinois and I understand what voting present means.
In Illinois, as well as about 7 other states, there are three choices of voting on a bill : yea, nay, and present. Both nay and present count as nay votes. The difference between them is this : nay means “no, and that’s final”. Present means “no, but we’re really close. With a little more work I can change my vote to a yea”
Obama even voted present on a bill he presented because someone added something to the bill that Obama felt was unconstitutional.
I actually feel insulted by your post. Do you really think everyone is so naive that they would fall for that “present” bit?

“The Tea Party way out of step with American values?”
Yes. Only 20% of Americans view the tea party favorably. Americans are ticked off about the economy and unemployment; liberals are ticked off about a long list of things including war (Libya, Pakistan, Afghanistan), the ext. of Bush tax cuts, compromises on various reforms like health care, Wall Street, etc. — and yet Obama is still more trusted than the GOP and he’s hanging in there with the field of GOP candidates. When polled on most tea party positions, Americans disagree with the tea party.
You say don’t forget 2010, but one election isn’t enough. I say don’t forget 2006, 2008 and this is a centrist country… increasingly polarized in rhetoric but when you really talk to people, not just rant at them, but talk to them (try it) this is still very much a centrist country. Obama is center left. Huntsman is center right… and the rest of the candidates thus far are as out of touch as the tea party.

TEMAGAMI posted “Liberals tend vote with their “feelings,” instead of what actually has been proven to work.”
Oh, you mean like giving tax breaks for the rich thinking that they would use the money to create jobs and some how the money will trickle down to the middle and lower class?

Posted by: Tom Barnow | Aug 22, 2011 10:45:55 PM
I don’t really think he missed your point and he’s 100% correct, btw when he writes:
“In Illinois, as well as about 7 other states, there are three choices of voting on a bill : yea, nay, and present. Both nay and present count as nay votes. The difference between them is this : nay means “no, and that’s final”. Present means “no, but we’re really close. With a little more work I can change my vote to a yea”
Obama even voted present on a bill he presented because someone added something to the bill that Obama felt was unconstitutional.”
Obama was actually thanked by his constituents for voting present on various pieces of legislation.

The first thing a GOP president should do is to cut the corporate tax rate down to around 25 percent, (the US has the second highest corp tax rate in world, Japan first), eliminate the capital gains tax and get rid of at least some of the stranglehold regulations that are killing business. Then, get rid of Obamacare ASAP. If Obama did as I suggest – HE WOULD BE A SHOE-IN FOR REELECTION!! Why? Big jump start in economy with boom years to follow. But, Obama will not do it, because he is focused on “Fairness, Social Justice and Sharing the wealth.” All “Feel good” ideas, but do nothing to improve the economy.

It doesn’t matter who gets in. We set out on a course many years ago of big govt, dependent populace, no respect for life, and the unwillingness to discipline ourselves morally or financially. The spiral will continue no matter who is in the White House. Get used to the new normal, people. This is what you have asked for and voted for a long time ago. What’s that? You want to change your mind now? Sorry, too late.

Temagami. If your right, the occupant of the white house makes no difference. It’s all grass roots, always has been. I see nothing that gives me hope. The weakest intention to impose discipline is met with wailing and bellyaching. This isn’t our parent’s generation. Discipline in schools? Self discipline? Financial discipline at city hall or the state, let alone federal? Moral discipline? Courage, self restraint, putting our children before us, delayed gratification …these are traits that are quickly vanishing or are already in the ash heap of US history. There is no vision, and we are perishing.

MANITU posted “The first thing a GOP president should do is to cut the corporate tax rate down to around 25 percent, (the US has the second highest corp tax rate in world, Japan first), eliminate the capital gains tax….”
More tax breaks for the rich? That doesn’t work, never has, never will.
BTW, I LOVE the old story about us having the 2nd highest corporate tax rate. Companies here spend a great deal of money on tax lawyers to find and use the many tax loopholes that the don’t pay nearly as much. I’m fine lowering them down to 20% IF you take away their loopholes.

B-b-but how can this be?
Obama’s glorious world leadership (in Egypt, with bin Laden and now Libya) is supposed to assure his re-election (never mind what Egypt actually BECAME after Mubarak, or what’s headed Libya’s way, either)!!!!
What in the world is he doing merely ‘even’ with Ron Paul and Michelle Bachmann???
(all sarcasm intended)

“Oh, I hope, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly, golly wish that everything Obama wants to do to help America FAILS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” If intentions were all that mattered then it wouldn’t matter who was in office or what they did, would it? But when ideas that were “intended” to help the US fail miserably to achieve their intended purpose and are rooted in the discredited philosphy that those with more can carry the load for everybody else, then that person is doomed to fail regardless of whether or not anyone is wishing for them to fail.

Considering his policies, the economy that he did nothing to repair, and the disrespect he has shown women, seniors, and the left, he could stick a rose between his teeth and I still wouldn’t vote for him.

The silent majority is not buying what the democrats are selling, and it shows with polls such as this.
America learned an important lesson. Don’t elect someone with no experience running a single thing to president based on hope and change.
Fortunately for the sake of the country, the silent majority are going to vote against Obama and his job and economy killing leadership. Or should I say the lack of leadership.
Americans are not buying into the hate that the desperate democrats are trying to sell with their hate-filled rants toward conservatives.
The continuation of 2010 rolls on.

The left is demonizing the group (not the Republicians) that wants to help the country, not tear it down like our liberal friends. You know when liberals are running scared is when they start the name calling. The name calling has started in a big way. lol

I agree. The democrats have become so nasty on these blogs and comments sections on the internet. I’ve NEVER seen hate as what they are spewing out.
Didn’t they take the advice of Obama when he said to tone down the rhetoric. Obviously that was code for turn it up to the max.

Obama flew Air Force One nearly four hours roundtrip to Columbus, Ohio for a 10-minute speech about how well the stimulus was working.

NEPHRON | Aug 23, 2011 8:52:26 AM:
“Things are worse now than the day he took office…”
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LOL!…Oh give me a break. You clearly have no clue how we got to this point in our nation. Just to educate you, the loss of jobs in the nation has a ripple/domino effect over months and years. And during the last 2 years of G.W. Bush (2007 and 2008), we were witnessing that domino effect of job losses in the nation:
March 2008 = 40,000 jobs lost
June 2008 = 200,000 jobs lost
July 2008 = 246,000 jobs lost
October 2008 = 278,000 jobs lost
November 2008 = 710,000 jobs lost
December 2008 = 744,000 jobs lost
January 2009 = 1,123,000 jobs lost
President Obama stopped that domino effect of job losses, and is slowly turning the economy around:
2008 we had net job losses of 2.9 million
2010 we had net job GAINS of 1.2 million
2011 we had net job GAINS (so far) of 90,000.
You right-whiners are good at seeing “THE TREE”, but have a hard time seeing the FOREST…. LOL!

I hope Obama is gone in 2012 I for one have had enough of his hope and change.

Rasmussen daily tracking poll, approval index (strongly approve minus strongly disapprove)
8/19: -20
8/20: -21
8/21: -22
8/22: -24
8/23: -26
This is an ALL TIME LOW for Obama on this poll.

Do some research: the media predicted Carter would beat Reagan. What to start telling the truth-the people know what it is!

And Obama trails Mickey Mouse by 20 pts with a 40/60 showing.

“Obama is putting his reelection AMBITION ahead of what is good for the country.”
I guess it depends upon what you consider ‘good for the country’. Republican Bloomberg actually wanted to prevent people on food stamps from using the subsidies to buy soft drinks. Is it good for the country that Conservatives want to tell people what to do just because they’re living off of public assistance? I don’t think so, and I think it’s good that the government told him food stamp recipeints can eat and drink whatever they want.

Is it good for the country to want to tell people what to do just because they are living off of public assistance?HELL YES! IT IS OUR MONEY. If you don’t like the rules,GET A JOB!

Carter gave us Reagan and it now looks as though Obama will give us another true, small government, personal liberty, deregulating conservative. My personal dream ticket is Perry-Cain, (Perry-Bachman a close second) but I will back with all my energy and money any of the current contenders over Obama.

“Right-wing baloney….Right-wing nuts…on and on…” Try to keep it on a adult level, this is not a high school election for class President….This coming election isn’t about personalities…It’s not personal, it’s business…If Obama had come through for the American economy, I would have voted to re-elect…but he is headed in the opposite direction breaking records…Spending…Housing…S&P…consumer confidence. I just can’t afford to keep him on the Country’s payroll another four years….

Unless we’ve awoken in the Twilight Zone, Regan and Bush mean nothing to me as far as the economy goes…Try to keep it in the present tense and look toward the future….

goodtallviking | Aug 23, 2011 11:38:13 AM:
“Carter gave us Reagan…”
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LOL!…. and Reagan taught every president after him, how you can borrow to pay for BIG GOVERNMENT, and fool your followers that you’re a “small government, less taxes, fiscal-conservative” type-of-guy… LOL!
National Debt Increases, by President, Before Reagan:
Nixon/Ford (8 years) = $292 Billion
Carter (4 years) = $280 Billion
Then, Reagan comes along…LOL… that “smaller government”/”fiscal conservative” type-of-guy:
Reagan (8 years) = $1.7 TRILLION
LOL!… In fact, Reagan accumulated more debt that all the Presidents before him, COMBINED. Debt before Reagan took office was $935 billion, and Reagan raised it by $1.7 Trillion to $2.6 Trillion.
Republican followers are constantly fooled by these Republicans, that their candidates are “fiscal conservatives”…LOL… when the facts show that none of them have been (Reagan, Bush # 1, and Bush # 2).

History has plainly shown that spending and debt are only considered to be problems by Republicans when a Democrat is in the White House.

What in the world is he doing merely ‘even’ with Ron Paul and Michelle Bachmann???
(all sarcasm intended)
Posted by: Lee | Aug 23, 2011 1:06:52 AM
That shows you– the intended sarcasm– that despite the economy and war and Obama’s status as an underdog, the Republicans are performing weakly due to a field of GOP candidates that is not only absurd but also extremely weak. there are numerous reasons the GOP and its tea party are extremely, extremely unpopular. They are simply out of step with America and American values. On top of that they focus on slavish adherence to ideology over practical solutions and common sense.
This is a centrist country. The GOP has no room for centrists.

Just wait until the Republican candidate has to explain why we need to reduce Medicare and Social Security but not tax the rich. No Republican candidate wants to raise revenues. Have fun getting the seniors to vote for that.

Just wait until the Republican candidate has to explain why we need to reduce Medicare and Social Security but not tax the rich. No Republican candidate wants to raise revenues. Have fun getting the seniors to vote for that.
Posted by: Dawn | Aug 23, 2011 1:26:50 PM
Perry has been wrestling around with his own position on social security already, popping popovers to avoid manning up.
Rick Perry’s political manifesto Fed Up says that Social Security should be privatized and advocates for a much more radical overhaul of the tax code than most conservatives support. Hope his campaign has bags of popovers for him to stuff in his mouth while campaigning at debating. lol.

Posted by: Kimberly | Aug 23, 2011 1:42:37 PM
Take it up with Gallup. What a loony post. lol

Posted by: Kate | Aug 23, 2011 1:49:11 PM
The left sure spends an inordinate amount of time and energy disparaging a movement they claim is irrelevant, don’t they?
Through their actions, the left always tells you who they fear.

Posted by: Kimberly | Aug 23, 2011 3:01:31 PM
You’re not convincing anyone. lol

Posted by: Don | Aug 23, 2011 3:41:35 PM
What are your assumptions about my aim and your role?
I don’t have to convince anyone… it’s reality. I realize some folks don’t visit reality that often. For example, many far right “conservatives” are extremely confused and blinded by fear and hate and other strong emotions that block all reason from penetrating.
A study called Cultures of the Tea Party was presented to the American Sociological Association today. It breaks down the cultural attitudes of Tea Party loyalists. Through an analysis of polling data and interviews with tea partiers, it found that the four primary characteristics most associated with Americans sympathetic to the Tea Party are “Authoritarianism, ontological insecurity (fear of change), libertarianism and nativism (negative attitudes toward immigration and immigrants)– never mind that authoritarianism and libertarianism are in direct conflict. (sheesh!)
The study also found that there are many inconsistencies in their views of the Constitution. (surprise!– not)

Actually the latest Gallup shows Romney slightly ahead. Rasmussen poll show both Romney and Perry ahead.

If the Presidential election hold today. “headwinds” beats Obama by a wide margin.

Kimberly, you make a lot of sense. Watch your back, TTP does not like people who make a lot of sense.

BOBBOB – Must be in denial. Both Gallup and Rasmussan BOTH showing Romney ahead of Obama. Rasmussan shows both Obama ans Perry ahead of Obama. Sorry bout that.

Friday breaking news: Mr. Obama will give a speech today and the subject is a non-political one, the hurricane Irene.
From the Oldweek magazine, the speech will be focused on the hurricane and the safety of civilians only. Mr. Obama will not use Irene as one of his strategy for his failed economic policy.
This is a real CHANGE, no more blaming on headwinds.