Charles meant to point to Politico in his first link.

"You didn't rebuild that..."

Obama vanquishes his enemies.

I'm having to say this more and more lately: Mudede is absolutely right. That last paragraph sums up the 2012 election nicely.

@4: I have a few Republican friends on FB. Most of them are okay as long as you don't get politics into things, and most of them (being in MA) are pro-choice, pro-gay marriage, etc. But despite the fact they're planning on voting for Romney, I haven't heard a one say anything good about the man. The only news stories they link to are the ones who say something bad about our President; not anything good about his opponent. Although the words 'Mudede is right' leave a foul odor about my keyboard, Mudede is right. Romney isn't a candidate or leader; he's merely an alternative, even to his supporters.

So is Nate Silver is out of the doghouse as far as The Stranger is concerned now?

Bu.sh ..L .ite (insert for proper perspective)

@6 LOL.

You have nothing. You never have.

I can't wait to watch you whither away as you scream/cry "I'M MELTING...melting...oh, what a world."

The R's have, basically, only one policy, one issue, and they've been hammering that issue constantly for the past four years: Obama is a big poo-poo head.

Outside of that, they have nothing to offer. And like all fanatics, they are impervious to reason. They're true believers that have drunk the kool-aid. That's why the "solution" offered above is a ludicrous wish, just like the R's pretending that the polls don't say what they say.

Last week, I finally worked up the nerve to facebook-stalk some of my Mormon relatives in a red state. These are the ones I am not actually "friends" with on fb because their views are too right-wing and extreme for me to read regularly without getting ill. I steeled myself for all the pro-Romney, anti-Obama vitriol that I could take for a few seconds...just to see how the other half lives.

Guess what? They aren't voting, or are voting third party. Blew my goddamned mind. They don't like Obama, and are depressed about the direction the country is taking...but do NOT like Romney and feel he's dishonest and only out to benefit the very rich. Middle-class, white, 100% Republican, extremely socially conservative MORMONS! Nothing could have prepared me for this.

I know this is purely anecdotal, but it cheered me up considerably and I had to share. If Mitt can't count on their support...I really don't know that he can do this.