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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-10-27
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-10-27 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. http://t.co/2VsTeNGL #tcot 22:32:28, 2012-10-27
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-10-27 http://t.co/oueb5B6I 22:01:50, 2012-10-27
- I have to say I have never seen such a poorly officiated NCAA football game than USC vs. Arizona. Disgraceful is the word. 13:34:33, 2012-10-27
- Flap's California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-10-26 – Flap's California Blog http://t.co/5PpK7MSb #tcot 05:49:33, 2012-10-27
- Flap's Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-10-26 – Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/SsF0Za3k #tcot 05:49:33, 2012-10-27
- Off soon to Venice Beach and @LAMarathon training with the LA Roadrunners. 10 miles today and then Ronnie's Diner after. Temps in 70's. 04:50:48, 2012-10-27
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-10-26 http://t.co/x6d8BkmO 04:02:57, 2012-10-27
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-10-26 http://t.co/NtVoAw2h #tcot 03:01:18, 2012-10-27
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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-10-26
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-10-26 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. http://t.co/OgEx8TX1 #tcot 23:04:19, 2012-10-26
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-10-26 http://t.co/L5eBN9Xu 22:01:27, 2012-10-26
- Political Cartoons / Disgraceful…..but not surprising! http://t.co/VVfxPK8R #tcot 12:07:07, 2012-10-26
- Disgraceful…..but not surprising! http://t.co/lrjydZ5T via @pinterest #tcot 11:57:04, 2012-10-26
- Flap's California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-10-25 – Flap's California Blog http://t.co/slfXTxUv #tcot 04:45:51, 2012-10-26
- Flap's Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-10-25 – Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/DQYEO6LK #tcot 04:45:51, 2012-10-26
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-10-25 http://t.co/RTehl1ff 04:04:27, 2012-10-26
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-10-25 http://t.co/8p9DHjVF #tcot 03:02:40, 2012-10-26
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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-10-25
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-10-25 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. http://t.co/OwDCY3A6 #tcot 23:25:20, 2012-10-25
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-10-25 http://t.co/7x0VnUCP 22:03:12, 2012-10-25
- Capitol Alert: Food labeling initiative Proposition 37 sliding in the polls http://t.co/rVN5jRXf #tcot 18:09:43, 2012-10-25
- Capitol Alert: Food labeling initiative Proposition 37 sliding in the polls http://t.co/ftQWFFY1 #tcot 17:38:38, 2012-10-25
- Capitol Alert: Food labeling initiative Proposition 37 sliding in the polls http://t.co/A6al1hr1 #tcot 15:34:28, 2012-10-25
- Food labeling initiative Proposition 37 sliding in the polls http://t.co/ad69uhDg #tcot 13:59:37, 2012-10-25
- RT @JonahNRO Funny that Obama calls Romney a "bulls***er" given that he told a reporter "I actually believe my own bulls***" #tcot 09:22:49, 2012-10-25
- The Morning Flap: October 25, 2012 – Flap's Blog http://t.co/mlJnpdmB #tcot 07:47:06, 2012-10-25
- AP poll: Romney erases Obama advantage among women http://t.co/CEmCRVWg #tcot 06:13:16, 2012-10-25
- RT @romenesko: ICYMI: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel decides not to endorse in the very tight presidential & US Senate races. http://t.c … 06:07:00, 2012-10-25
- From the background of Obama's Tampa rally, looks like today's pander is to white women. Gender gap gone, I suppose? #tcot 06:06:02, 2012-10-25
- The Morning Flap: October 25, 2012 http://t.co/V0kVQpUi #tcot 05:54:37, 2012-10-25
- Support plunges for Prop. 30, Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative http://t.co/IbBavKoS #tcot 05:41:58, 2012-10-25
- Colorado remains big prize as Romney, Obama hold campaign rallies http://t.co/B9igSqpm #tcot 05:41:58, 2012-10-25
- They don't need to = plenty of $ 4 both RT @Steve_Lombardo At what point does team Romney make strat choice to move resources from OH to WI? 05:34:07, 2012-10-25
- RT @HumanEvents CBS News Releases Video Showing Obama Knew Benghazi Was a Terrorist Attack: http://t.co/WGhfKthq The clip we couldn't see 05:18:15, 2012-10-25
- Rove: Strategies for the Stretch Run to Nov. 6 http://t.co/lq5llT6q #tcot 05:10:06, 2012-10-25
- Suburbs Swing to Debate-Tested Romney http://t.co/Xts3hUhx #tcot 05:10:06, 2012-10-25
- Obama’s Blunder Was in Ceding Political Center to Romney http://t.co/dY4WvnJC #tcot 05:10:06, 2012-10-25
- RT @jimgeraghty Undoubtedly Colin Powell is endorsing Obama again based upon his exceptional work ensuring the safety of State Deptemployees 04:53:50, 2012-10-25
- RT @thehill AP poll: @MittRomney ahead 47-45, erases 16-point deficit with women voters http://t.co/9ACKISUH #tcot 04:47:10, 2012-10-25
- RT @HotlineReid Obama campaigning with Bill Clinton on Monday, will hit rallies in VA, OH and FL 04:42:15, 2012-10-25
- RT @HotlineJosh News of the day: Hillary Clinton says she may stay on in second term as Sec/State, post-Benghazi http://t.co/8B8ShLSo 04:41:47, 2012-10-25
- Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.
–Louis Pasteur
Happy Thursday! 04:36:41, 2012-10-25
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-10-24 http://t.co/se4rgSfu 04:05:31, 2012-10-25
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-10-24 http://t.co/cLZxnOOL #tcot 03:03:06, 2012-10-25
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-10-24 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. http://t.co/AFdPY2U9 #tcot 00:53:15, 2012-10-25
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The Morning Flap: October 25, 2012
These are my links for October 24th through October 25th:
- AP poll: Romney erases Obama advantage among women– What gender gap?Less than two weeks out from Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney has erased President Barack Obama’s 16-point advantage among women, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. And the president, in turn, has largely eliminated Romney’s edge among men.Those churning gender dynamics leave the presidential race still a virtual dead heat, with Romney favored by 47 percent of likely voters and Obama by 45 percent, a result within the poll’s margin of sampling error, the survey shows.After a commanding first debate performance and a generally good month, Romney has gained ground with Americans on a number of important fronts, including their confidence in how he would handle the economy and their impressions of his ability to understand their problems.
At the same time, expectations that Obama will be re-elected have slipped: Half of voters now expect the president to win a second term, down from 55 percent a month earlier.
- Support plunges for Prop. 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative– Support has plunged for Proposition 30, Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to raise billions of dollars in taxes, a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll shows, with less than half of voters planning to cast ballots in favor of the measure.Only 46% of registered voters now support Brown’s initiative, a 9-point drop over the last month, and 42% oppose it. The findings follow a lackluster month of campaigning by the governor, who had spent little time on the stump and found himself fighting off attacks from backers of a separate ballot measure that would raise taxes for schools.
- Colorado remains big prize as Romney, Obama hold campaign rallies– It was after sunset as the flashing lights of Mitt Romney’s motorcade began the steep and winding climb up the hills west of Denver on Tuesday. By the time the Republican candidate arrived at the Red Rocks Amphitheater, the rocks were rocking.Blue lights bathed the rock walls flanking the seating area. The Romney campaign’s stylized “R” logo was projected in white against the rocks. At the opposite end of the vast open-air setting, five American flags were hanging high up at the back of the big stage. The stage had a faux-autumn, western setting of fence posts, artificial grass, rocks and shrubs. The night air was seasonably warm.
- Rove: Strategies for the Stretch Run to Nov. 6– This year’s presidential election was transformed between the first debate’s opening statements in Denver and the closing statements in Boca Raton. As a result, most of the negative impressions created by the Obama campaign’s five-month, $300-million television advertising barrage were destroyed. Seen unfiltered, Gov. Mitt Romney came across as an earnest, straightforward, thoughtful conservative with a concrete plan for the nation’s future.Wednesday’s RealClearPolitics.com average of polls showed Mr. Romney with 48% support to President Barack Obama’s 47.1%. On the eve of the Denver debate, Mr. Romney had 46% and Mr. Obama 49.1%.More revealing, in the past week’s 40 national surveys, Mr. Romney was at or above 50% in 11, with Mr. Obama at or above 50% in one. Mr. Romney leads 48.9% to 46.7% in an average of these surveys. At this same point in 2004, President George W. Bush led Sen. John Kerry in this composite average, 48.9% to 45.8%.So what are each candidate’s strategies for the stretch run?
New television spots reveal the Romney campaign’s closing message. One says another four years for Mr. Obama would mean more debt, up to 20 million people losing their employer-provided health insurance, higher taxes, rising energy prices and Medicare cuts. Other ads emphasize Mr. Romney has a plan for jobs and showcase his success as a Republican governor in a Democratic state
- Suburbs Swing to Debate-Tested Romney– Back in May, I wrote a column laying out possible scenarios for the 2012 campaign different from the conventional wisdom that it would be a long, hard slog through a fixed list of target states like the race in 2004.I thought alternatives were possible because partisan preferences in the half dozen years before 2004 were very stable, while partisan preferences over the last half dozen years have been anything but.Now, after Mitt Romney’s big victory in the Oct. 3 debate and his solid performances in the Oct. 16 and 22 debates, there is evidence that two of my alternative scenarios may be unfolding.The list of target states has certainly not been fixed. Barack Obama’s campaign spent huge sums on anti-Romney ads to create a firewall in three states that the president won narrowly in 2008 — Florida, Ohio and Virginia. But post-debate polling shows Romney ahead in Florida and tied in Virginia.
National Journal’s Major Garrett reported last week that Obama strategist David Plouffe omitted Florida and Virginia in a list of key states but mentioned Ohio, Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada. Obama carried the latter three by 10, 10 and 12 points in 2008.
- Obama’s Blunder Was in Ceding Political Center to Romney– The third and final presidential debate did little to change the race between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, who are tied with just two weeks to go. Even so, this week’s inconsequential contest provides a key of sorts to understanding the election.In the first debate — which was consequential and then some — Romney abruptly changed from the severely conservative Republican he’d presented to voters during the primaries to the reassuringly pragmatic moderate he’d seemed as governor of Massachusetts. It was an audacious move, and one that strains credulity, in two respects: for the sheer distance in ideology he had to walk back, and for the timing, because he left this second outrageous pivot so late in the campaign.In the last debate, focused mainly on foreign policy, he moved further toward moderation. He struck a conciliatory tone and found little in what Obama said to disagree with, making the encounter in one sense a nonevent. He was cautious to a fault, careful to avoid seeming recklessly hawkish, allaying concerns that under his leadership the U.S. might blunder into another war. This peacemaking Romney couldn’t have won the Republican nomination. But he could very well win on Nov. 6.
- How Bill Clinton May Have Hurt the Obama Campaign– When the histories of the 2012 campaign are written, much will be made of Bill Clinton’s re-emergence. His convention speech may well have marked the finest moment of President Obama’s re-election campaign, and his ads on the president’s behalf were memorable.But there is one crucial way in which the 42nd president may not have served the 44th quite as well. In these final weeks before the election, Mr. Clinton’s expert advice about how to beat Mitt Romney is starting to look suspect.You may recall that last spring, just after Mr. Romney locked up the Republican nomination, Mr. Obama’s team abruptly switched its strategy for how to define him. Up to then, the White House had been portraying Mr. Romney much as George W. Bush had gone after John Kerry in 2004 – as inauthentic and inconstant, a soulless climber who would say anything to get the job.
- Paul Ryan to Campaign and Trick or Treat in Wisconsin– In a week Paul Ryan will campaign in the battleground state of Wisconsin but the visit was partially designed so the GOP vice presidential can be with his kids on Halloween.Ryan made it clear he won’t miss being with his kids on the dress-up holiday in a radio interview earlier this month.The seven-term congressman, wife Janna and three children live on the same block that Ryan grew up on in Janesville.“I’m taking my kids trick-or-treating, and so, that’s a big tradition we have in my neighborhood. We trick-or-treat at the same houses I trick-or-treated in as a kid growing up,” Ryan said in a radio interview on the Jerry Bader Show on Oct. 19. “And so, around that time, I’m going to spend a good deal of time in Wisconsin.”
The race in Wisconsin is considered a “toss up” on CNN’s Electoral Map. The state took on greater importance after Ryan became Mitt Romney’s running mate and recent polls show President Barack Obama still has a slight edge in Ryan’s home state.
In the same interview that aired on WTAQ in Green Bay he said, “I’m planning a swing through the state and throughout the major cities, as many as I can get.”
A Ryan aide confirmed the Halloween-day visit but would not elaborate what stops he will make or how long the visit will be.
- Josh Kraushaar’s post on Capitol Hill Insiders | Latest updates on Sulia – RT @HotlineJosh News of the day: Hillary Clinton says she may stay on in second term as Sec/State, post-Benghazi
- Obama Asks for Another Chance to Meet His Goals, Including Immigration Amnesty– President Barack Obama asked the Iowans who first voted for him as president to give him another chance to accomplish his goals, including the immigration overhaul that he predicts Republicans will want to accomplish if they are defeated in the White House race.The president kicked off the busiest day of his re-election campaign with an appeal to the Iowa voters who selected him in the first-in-the-nation Democratic caucus in 2008. Obama later won the state in the general election, but it’s a toss-up this year against Republican Mitt Romney and a suffering economy. Romney planned to visit the state later Wednesday with a stop in Cedar Rapids.
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-10-24 – Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-10-24
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-10-24 – Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-10-24 #tcot
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-10-24 – Locum Tenens (Temporary) Dentist – Gregory Cole, D.D.S. – My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-10-24
- How the Obama team views the race’s final stretch, ctd. – The Plum Line – The Washington Post – RT @philipaklein RT @ThePlumLineGS: Dem internal polling puts Obama up between 3 and 5 points in Ohio:
- Day By Day October 24, 2012 – Government Work – Flap’s Blog – Day By Day October 24, 2012 – Government Work #tcot
- The Electoral College: State of the Presidential Race – Flap’s Blog – The Electoral College: State of the Presidential Race #tcot
- Flap’s Dentistry Blog: Heartland Dental Care Worth $1.3 Billion? – Heartland Dental Care Worth $1.3 Billion?
- Netroots Bloggers Mark 10th Birthday in Decline and Struggling for Survival– Now, however, the Netroots, which were once thought to do to the political left what evangelical Christianity was supposed to do to the professional right, are 10 years old. In that time they vaulted Howard Dean to within a scream of the presidency, helped Democrats take both houses of Congress and several statehouses across the country, and gave the party what many in the movement believed to be some much-needed spine.But with another critical election two weeks away, politicians, political operatives, and even the bloggers themselves say the Netroots are a whisper of what they were only four years ago, a dial-up modem in a high-speed world, and that the brigade of laptop-wielding revolutionaries who stormed the convention castle four years ago have all but disappeared as a force within the Democratic Party.
- Dentists ask patients about sex lives to fight oral cancer– Dentists are being urged to probe their patients’ personal lives to help curb rising rates of oral cancer.A leading charity wants to see dentists take a more active role in fighting the disease, which is claiming increasing numbers of lives in the UK.This could mean practitioners asking patients about lifestyle risk factors such as smoking, drinking and sexual behaviour.’We would like them to be more aware of the risk factors so that they ask the right questions,’ said Hazel Nunn, head of health evidence and information at Cancer Research UK.
‘Dentists should be asking their patients if they smoke or drink heavily. That doesn’t necessarily mean following up with a lecture, but they should be aware.
‘If a dentist is looking at someone’s teeth and knows this person smokes 50 cigarettes a day and drinks well above the recommended amount, he might look that extra bit more carefully.’ - The Morning Flap: October 24, 2012 – Flap’s Blog – The Morning Flap: October 24, 2012 #tcot
- AP poll: Romney erases Obama advantage among women– What gender gap?Less than two weeks out from Election Day, Republican Mitt Romney has erased President Barack Obama’s 16-point advantage among women, a new Associated Press-GfK poll shows. And the president, in turn, has largely eliminated Romney’s edge among men.Those churning gender dynamics leave the presidential race still a virtual dead heat, with Romney favored by 47 percent of likely voters and Obama by 45 percent, a result within the poll’s margin of sampling error, the survey shows.After a commanding first debate performance and a generally good month, Romney has gained ground with Americans on a number of important fronts, including their confidence in how he would handle the economy and their impressions of his ability to understand their problems.
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Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-10-24
- My Daily Twitter Digest for 2012-10-24 http://t.co/Y8gSedPq 22:04:54, 2012-10-24
- How the Obama team views the race’s final stretch, ctd. – The Plum Line – The Washington Post http://t.co/lvnO3fin #tcot 14:27:43, 2012-10-24
- RT @jpodhoretz Just half an hour ago, a Democratic polling firm came out with a 600 likely voter poll of Ohio at 46-44 with 9 pct undecided. 13:37:00, 2012-10-24
- RT @JRubinBlogger @philipaklein in real world bouncing frm +2 Obama to +2 Romney for nearly 2 weeks If O were up that much wouldn't be there 13:27:11, 2012-10-24
- RT @philipaklein RT @ThePlumLineGS: Dem internal polling puts Obama up between 3 and 5 points in Ohio: http://t.co/aLVl1yPR 13:24:40, 2012-10-24
- The Electoral College: State of the Presidential Race – Flap's Blog http://t.co/C9S1dmwT #tcot 12:54:55, 2012-10-24
- Day By Day October 24, 2012 – Government Work – Flap's Blog http://t.co/HApmXJeJ #tcot 12:54:55, 2012-10-24
- Flap's Dentistry Blog: Heartland Dental Care Worth $1.3 Billion? http://t.co/aYYmAPV3 #tcot 12:54:54, 2012-10-24
- RT @gallupnews: Registered Voters: #Obama 48% (+1), #Romney 47% (-1);
Voters: Romney 50% (-1), Obama 47% (+1)… http://t.co/W9iTQMk5 12:02:38, 2012-10-24 - The Electoral College: State of the Presidential Race http://t.co/zr48vdWL #tcot 11:25:35, 2012-10-24
- Day By Day October 24, 2012 – Government Work http://t.co/ST78nNWN #tcot 11:25:35, 2012-10-24
- Netroots Bloggers Mark 10th Birthday in Decline and Struggling for Survival http://t.co/ObsObJ1g #tcot 11:22:23, 2012-10-24
- Heartland Dental Care Worth $1.3 Billion? http://t.co/VuUKxZro 10:41:57, 2012-10-24
- Dentists ask patients about sex lives to fight oral cancer http://t.co/IQBBdt70 #tcot 07:01:22, 2012-10-24
- The Morning Flap: October 24, 2012 – Flap's Blog http://t.co/jIwYbUBJ #tcot 07:01:22, 2012-10-24
- The Morning Flap: October 24, 2012 http://t.co/8RwfnTzc #tcot 06:00:00, 2012-10-24
- Clint Eastwood: 'Obama's Second Term Would be a Rerun of the First' http://t.co/UsuZ8Fyo #tcot 05:58:58, 2012-10-24
- Study: People Who Exercise Have Larger Brains Later in Life – Lindsay Abrams – The Atlantic http://t.co/xE2ek2Yb #tcot 05:58:58, 2012-10-24
- The Big Head RT @TheAtlanticHLTH Study: Exercise minimizes brain shrinkage. http://t.co/fHvl3vkc 05:41:59, 2012-10-24
- Delusional RT @jaketapper That OH poll from 2 days ago. Obama team expects to win OH but not by 5 points, they say. Will be smaller margin. 05:40:59, 2012-10-24
- Des Moines Register editor: Obama off-the-record comments deserve to be shared with voters http://t.co/z3WBO4Lv #tcot 05:27:42, 2012-10-24
- White House told of militant claim two hours after Libya attack: emails http://t.co/lD9fSSJ0 #tcot 05:27:41, 2012-10-24
- Gallup: Gender Gap in Election Fueled More by Men Than Women http://t.co/qK8ScaAK #tcot 05:27:41, 2012-10-24
- RT @jamiedupree Rasmussen poll shows tie in Ohio; 3 of the last 7 polls in the Buckeye State have been Obama-Romney ties #tcot 05:23:54, 2012-10-24
- RT @justin_hart Rasmussen: Ohio: Obama 48%, Romney 48% #tcot 05:23:34, 2012-10-24
- RT @HotlineJosh The 4 prez battlegrounds to decide control: NV, WI, VA, OH –with PA as a possible sleeper (2/2) http://t.co/G5r8pKT8 #tcot 04:59:35, 2012-10-24
- RT @jamiedupree Romney has events in Nevada & Iowa; he will be in Ohio on Thursday while Obama hits Florida, Virginia & Ohio #tcot 04:57:49, 2012-10-24
- Clint Eastwood Is Back in a Campaign Ad for Romney http://t.co/KsPXekc3 #tcot 04:55:28, 2012-10-24
- If you are going through hell, keep going.
–Winston Churchill
Happy Wednesday! 04:50:50, 2012-10-24
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-10-23 http://t.co/lQwUJJMr 04:06:22, 2012-10-24
- Flap's Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-10-23 – Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/e9sWobd2 #tcot 03:53:12, 2012-10-24
- Flap’s Blog @ Flap Twitter Daily Digest for 2012-10-23 http://t.co/MQbPVrlB #tcot 03:03:51, 2012-10-24
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The Electoral College: State of the Presidential Race
The above graphic is how the Presidential race will turn out in the Electoral College on November the 6th. I have Mitt Romney defeating President Obama 271 Electoral Votes vs. 261 Electoral Votes.
Most notable recent changes I have made have been the loss of Ohio to the President and the pick up of Colorado for Romney.
Here is my Electoral College map I made after Mitt Romney chose Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin for his Vice President running mate.
To say the least, the race is tight.
Mitt Romney continues to make a play for Nevada and I understand as of yesterday, he made a very large television ad buy in Northern Nevada – the Reno market.
Recent polling by Rasmussen and Gallup have Ohio all tied up – well within the margins of error. Ohio could go either way. I think Obama now needs Ohio more than Romney in order to win, which goes against the maxim that GOP Presidential wins go through Ohio.
Stay tuned as more polls roll in throughout the next few days.
However, I think, my first map with a 271 Electoral College Vote win for Romney will probably be the end result.
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Day By Day October 24, 2012 – Government Work
Chris, in this Obama-driven into the dumpster economy ANY type of work – even for the federal government works for me.
But, Zed, getting back into his home is a bonus for me.
Let’s hope that it is a trend that continues on the evening of November 6th.
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The Morning Flap: October 24, 2012
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These are my links for October 23rd through October 24th:
- Clint Eastwood: ‘Obama’s Second Term Would be a Rerun of the First’– Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood says “when someone doesn’t get the job done, you gotta hold them accountable” in a new ad from conservative super PAC American Crossroads. Eastwood famously endorsed Mitt Romney earlier this year at the Republican National Convention with an unconventional address.”Obama’s second term would be a rerun of the first, and our country just couldn’t survive that,” Eastwood says. “We need someone who can turn it around fast, and that man is Mitt Romney.”The New York Times reports that the ad will be airing on TV in seven critical swing states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, and Virginia.
- Study: People Who Exercise Have Larger Brains Later in Life – Lindsay Abrams – The Atlantic – The Big Head RT @TheAtlanticHLTH Study: Exercise minimizes brain shrinkage.
- Des Moines Register editor: Obama off-the-record comments deserve to be shared with voters– The Des Moines Register’s publisher and I spoke with President Barack Obama this morning — but we can’t tell you what he said.Just four days before the Register’s presidential endorsement is released, Laura Hollingsworth and I received a phone call from the president. He was calling from Florida, on the heels of a morning campaign appearance and about 14 hours after his debate with GOP nominee Mitt Romney at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla.The conference call lasted nearly 30 minutes and was an incredibly informative exchange of questions, answers and an insightful glimpse into the president’s vision for a second term. He made a genuine and passionate case for our endorsement and for reelection.Just two weeks before Election Day, the discussion, I believe, would have been valuable to all voters, but especially those in Iowa and around the country who have yet to decide between the incumbent Democrat and his Republican opponent.
Unfortunately, what we discussed was off-the-record. It was a condition, we were told, set by the White House.
- White House told of militant claim two hours after Libya attack: emails– Officials at the White House and State Department were advised two hours after attackers assaulted the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11 that an Islamic militant group had claimed credit for the attack, official emails show.The emails, obtained by Reuters from government sources not connected with U.S. spy agencies or the State Department and who requested anonymity, specifically mention that the Libyan group called Ansar al-Sharia had asserted responsibility for the attacks.The brief emails also show how U.S. diplomats described the attack, even as it was still under way, to Washington.U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the Benghazi assault, which President Barack Obama and other U.S. officials ultimately acknowledged was a “terrorist” attack carried out by militants with suspected links to al Qaeda affiliates or sympathizers.
- Gallup: Gender Gap in Election Fueled More by Men Than Women – Despite the great attention paid to the importance of the women’s vote in the 2012 election, there has been a larger change in men’s than in women’s preferences compared with 2008. Barack Obama’s support is down seven percentage points among men versus three points among women. In Gallup’s latest 21-day rolling average of likely voter preferences, based on interviewing conducted Oct. 1-21, Romney leads Obama by 14 points among men, whereas Obama and John McCain were tied among men in Gallup’s final pre-election estimate in 2008. Obama currently leads Romney by eight percentage points among women, whereas he led McCain by 14 among women in 2008.
- Senate Control May Hinge on Presidential Race – NationalJournal.com – RT @HotlineJosh The 4 prez battlegrounds to decide control: NV, WI, VA, OH –with PA as a possible sleeper (2/2) #tcot
- Clint Eastwood Is Back in a Campaign Ad for Romney– Clint Eastwood is back on the Republican stage. But this time there’s a script, a 30-second time limit and none of the potential tripwires of live television.Mr. Eastwood, whose long and sometimes incoherent monologue at the Republican National Convention in August left many ardent Republicans cheering but others dumbfounded, is the star of a new commercial from the “super PAC” American Crossroads.But if he was all jokes in Tampa, Fla., Mr. Eastwood is nothing but serious in this new advertisement, in which he indicts President Obama’s term as a failure and urges people to vote for Mitt Romney.“Obama’s second term would be a rerun of the first, and our country just couldn’t survive that,” he says. “We need someone who could turn it around fast, and that man is Mitt Romney. There’s not much time left, and the future of our country is at stake.”
Steven Law, the president of American Crossroads, said he had heard before the convention that Mr. Eastwood might be interested in starring in an ad. But he said he did not actually pursue the acclaimed director and actor until after his performance in Tampa.
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-10-23 – Flap’s California Blog – Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Digest for 2012-10-23
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Shouldn’t Jack O’Connell Pay the State for His Hearst Castle Birthday Party?
Hearst Castle Outdoor Neptune Pool
You betcha, former California Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell owes the State of California some serious coin. And, he should pay up.
While nearly 70 of California’s state parks fought to escape closure from budget cuts, the crown jewel of the park system – Hearst Castle – waived $611,000 in private event fees over the last decade for select individuals and organizations, including the politically connected.
Hearst Castle, the lavish 165-room estate on a San Simeon hill overlooking the Pacific coast and Highway 1, has been the venue of choice for 125 events since 2002, ranging from weddings to fundraisers, birthday bashes to cocktail parties.
Most of the excused events were hosted by local partnerships, but politics also played a role in deciding who had to pay full price and who didn’t, said Nick Franco, superintendent for the state Department of Parks and Recreation’s San Luis Obispo Coast District.
More than a fifth of the total – $124,450 – was waived for the birthday party of former state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell and a charity race led by Maria Shriver while she was California’s first lady. The race benefited an international nonprofit, Best Buddies.
Politics as usual where the POLS get a deal and everyone else would have to pay full price for the use of the State Park facility.
The state’s former schools superintendent got a significant discount, too. After leaving office in January 2011, O’Connell hosted a 60th birthday party on two nights, one in October and one in November, which typically would have cost $44,200 for the event permits alone. Hearst Castle did not require the longtime politician to pay the standard fee for two nights of bringing 55 anticipated guests to tour the facilities and swim in the famous Neptune Pool, followed by a reception, said Jim Allen, Hearst Castle’s marketing director.
“I honestly didn’t think about it that deeply,” Franco said. “If I think about it now, I certainly could have charged him that fee – whether or not he would’ve paid it, I don’t know.”
According to Franco, instead of directly paying the state park for his birthday party, O’Connell donated $10,000 to the nonprofit Friends of Hearst Castle – a cooperating association of the California Department of Parks and Recreation that supports the preservation of Hearst Castle and assists with community outreach and education. According to the nonprofit group’s tax forms, O’Connell also donated another $5,000 during the 2011 fiscal year.
O’Connell assumed he had paid full price to host the events, he said, and he wasn’t aware that his $10,000 check was considered a donation rather than a payment to the state park.
“I just sent what was requested,” O’Connell said. “I paid what was asked.”
Anyone want to bet that O’Connell’s donations were out of campaign funds?
Well, were they, Jack?
In any case, O’Connell owes the state at least $29 K.
Pay Up!