Anonymous wrote:I can't see this playing well in Northern Virginia. Most voters downstate that Romney's veneer of toughness appeals to were already voting for him, but Northern VA has the Romney voters that can be peeled away from him between now and the election.

I was down around Culpeper last weekend and was surprised how few Romney signs I saw.

I can't see this playing well in Northern Virginia. Most voters downstate that Romney's veneer of toughness appeals to were already voting for him, but Northern VA has the Romney voters that can be peeled away from him between now and the election.

Anonymous wrote:foreign service employees vote liberal anyways

And they tend to be very well educated, very thoughtful people who like to be considerate of their fellow humans whether home or abroad. Do you see a connection?

Anonymous wrote:foreign service employees vote liberal anyways

Gee, I guess we shouldn't support the foreign service because even though they just got killed for their country, they are liberals.

foreign service employees vote liberal anyways

I don't think Romney's gaffe was a game-changer, but even among right wingers who've served overseas - and in this area I'd say we have a pretty substantial number of men and women who have served in some capacity - they must see that Romney threw those foreign service employees under the bus to make a weak and incorrect point. My husband was fuming last night and continues today at Romney's incompetence.

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Anonymous wrote:Romney leads with independents. Since the country is divided I thought the independents chose the president

Go back to civics class. Retake the class about the Electoral College.

Right now Obama is leading 312-212 in the Electoral College, based on state-by-state polls.

This is interesting...so you think that Obama has already won the race with 312 votes. That's interesting. You'd think that if Obama had already passed 270 votes, we'd have heard about it since that's what he needs to win. In reality, it's more like 237-191 with about 110 votes remaining of which the biggest of those (FL 29, OH 18, NC 15, VA 13) are all very much in play and definitely swayable.

Here's what I don't get. Yes, if the embassy in Cairo had issued its statement after the deaths in Libya, that would have been terrible. And we now know that the statement was issued before the protests occurred in Egypt or Libya. But even disregarding the timing issue, the embassy statement says that we condemn bigotry against all religions. Then Romney replies by saying that we are apologizing for our values???? That makes it sound like he believes it's a good thing to express bigotry against other religions. Sorry, Mitt, those ain't my values! Now obviously he doesn't mean this - but fer gosh sakes, what does he mean? Could he just get it straight for once?

What the Embassy said:

The Embassy of the United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims — as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions. Today, the 11th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, Americans are honoring our patriots and those who serve our nation as the fitting response to the enemies of democracy. Respect for religious beliefs is a cornerstone of American democracy. We firmly reject the actions by those who abuse the universal right of free speech to hurt the religious beliefs of others.

What Mitt Romney said:

“The embassy in Cairo put out a statement after their grounds had been breached,” Romney told reporters on Wednesday. “Protesters were inside the grounds. They reiterated that statement after the breach. I think it’s a terrible course for America to stand in apology for our values.”

Here's a WaPo factchecking column on this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/an-embassy-statement-a-tweet-and-a-major-misunderstanding/2012/09/12/a2d32a8c-fd24-11e1-b153-218509a954e1_blog.html

Romney and his team are just incompetent. It is just one mistake after another. Where are the professionals on his staff. This mistake will cost him. He is now Palin with a tie.


Yes, compared to Obama and his team, who are so .... astute...

I do not think anyone on team Romney will be hired to run another campaign. My god their rep is in the crapper. It settled down a bit with Ryan coming on, but now the lackies have regain control. Within a week there will be a changes in his campaign staff...someone will be shit canned. It's a reflection of candidate.

Anonymous wrote:The world is laughing at B O

Typical pathetic attempt by the BO poster to make a point.

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Anonymous wrote:sorry, based on current POLLS.

I hear you, but it's September. I know it feels like the campaign has been going on forever but two months is still an eternity and anything can happen. Just ask Mittens after his utter and complete FAIL over the last 24 hours. If Dems want their guy to win, they can't start getting all fat happy and complacent two months before the election.

I agree. I'm not counting my chickens before they hatch.

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Anonymous wrote:Romney and his team are just incompetent. It is just one mistake after another. Where are the professionals on his staff. This mistake will cost him. He is now Palin with a tie.

Yes, compared to Obama and his team, who are so .... astute...

I'm always wary of people who criticize a politician for sounding too intelligent, or as they put it, "wonky". The convention speeches were a perfect illustration; Clinton delivered a brilliant policy-focused speech, with concrete ideas, and republics slammed it for being too smart. Same for Obama's past speeches. Republicans can't relate to intelligent substantive debate, so they go for pretty and polished and full of platitudes.

The world is laughing at B O

Anonymous wrote:Romney and his team are just incompetent. It is just one mistake after another. Where are the professionals on his staff. This mistake will cost him. He is now Palin with a tie.

Yes, compared to Obama and his team, who are so .... astute...

Obama looks like Carter. Weak and incompetent . Right before the election....sweet.