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Giuliani: Biden “Unfit” for the Vice Presidency
Careful now, Rudy, or Obama will throw “Slow” Joe Biden over the cliff and pick Hillary Clinton as his running mate.
Giuliani’s comments were made after the Vice President’s remarks yesterday about ‘They’re Going to Put Y’all Back in Chains’.
Here is the video:
And, the transcript:
KUDLOW: You know, what did he say? ‘Y’all going to be put back in chains’? That almost has racial overtones, Rudy Giuliani. What’s your take on that?
GIULIANI: Well, I think if it came from somebody serious maybe we’d get all excited about it. But the — I think the vice president of the United States has become a laugh line on late night television. I mean, he — I’ve never seen a vice president that has made as many mistakes, said as many stupid things. I mean, there’s a real fear if, God forbid, he ever had to be entrusted with the presidency, whether he really has the mental capacity to handle it. I mean, this guy just isn’t bright. He’s never been bright. He isn’t bright. And people think, ‘Well, he just talks a little too much.’ Actually he’s just not very smart.
Again, is this a plot to get rid of Biden?
I cannot envision a weaker, gaffe-prone Vice Presidential candidate.
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Video: Romney Goes on the Attack to “Save Medicare” from ObamaCare
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan today unveiled an ad to be broadcast in key battleground states that attacks President Obama and his ObamaCare health reform legislation.In what is viewed to be a pre-emptive strike against Democratic criticisms of Ryan’s efforts in the House to reform Medicare, Romney is shooting the first shot across Obama’s bow.
Here is the ad:
Now, the Romney ad team will be able to build upon their own narrative not the negative portrayal of the national Democratic Party and their minions in the mainstream media.
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Romney Wants Obama to Disavow Biden’s ‘They’re Going to Put Y’all Back in Chains’
Of course, “The One” will NEVER apologize for “Slow” Joe over his obviously thinly veiled racist comments this morning. The comments were specifically about bank deregulation but everyone knew what he meant – especially before at least half an African-American audience.
Here is the video, once again:
In any event, Team Romney is outraged.
Mitt Romney’s campaign blasted President Obama’s team for hitting a “new low” after Vice President Biden suggested to voters that the Republican ticket’s economic policies would “put y’all back in chains.” Biden made the remark while campaigning Tuesday in Virginia, during a discussion of Wall Street regulation. “They’ve said it. Every Republican’s voted for it. Look at what they value and look at their budget and what they’re proposing. Romney wants to let the — he said in the first 100 days, he’s going to let the big banks once again write their own rules — unchain Wall Street,” Biden said. “They’re going to put y’all back in chains. He’s said he’s going to do nothing about stopping the practice of outsourcing.”
Romney’s campaign said the remarks showed the president is determined to run a negative campaign. “After weeks of slanderous and baseless accusations leveled against Gov. Romney, the Obama campaign has reached a new low,” Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul said. “The comments made by the vice president of the United States are not acceptable in our political discourse and demonstrate yet again that the Obama campaign will say and do anything to win this election.” Saul then called on the president to say whether he condoned Biden’s language. “President Obama should tell the American people whether he agrees with Joe Biden’s comments,” Saul said.
The gaffe-prone Biden has put his foot in his mouth again. But, wait, maybe it is a set up so that Obama could excuse “Slow” Joe and substitute in Hillary Clinton.
Maybe the polls are just that bad….
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Flashback Video: Ryan, Obama, Medicare and ObamaCare
Remmeber when Rep. Paul Ryan looked the President directul in his face and shredded him over the budget implications of ObamaCare?
Watch the video below and consider why some Republican strategists are worried about Mitt Romney’s choice of Ryan as his running mate?
I think the strategists that are fretting are in the White House and are feeding these stories to the Beltway press.
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Day By Day August 14, 2012 – Vegetables
Chris, should President Obama win re-election (which is more probable, since beating an incumbent President is always difficult), he would be the lamest of lame ducks ever in American history. Since the GOP control of the House will NOT flip this election cycle and the Senate will be almost evenly split, there will be NO further movement on ANY of Obama’s policy agendas.
But, will stagnation be good for America?
GOP reforms may have to wait, but election prospects look FAR better than in January 2009, when Obama was inaugurated.
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Obama Trying to Rekindle Hope and Change in Iowa?
I cannot help but laugh at Matt Drudge’s screencap of dry, dying Iowa corn in back of President Obama.Today, it has been all Romney and his Vice Presidential running mate Paul Ryan. No Hope and Change exuberant crowds for the President as he embarks on a three day campaign tour of Iowa.
President Barack Obama often says Iowa holds a special place in his heart. Iowans in 2008 lifted him from underdog presidential hopeful to Democratic caucus winner, and gave him 54 percent of the vote in that year’s general election.
He began a three-day bus tour through the state today on less sure footing, with polls showing Iowa up for grabs in November. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney sent his newly-announced running mate, Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, to the Iowa State Fair today to try to steal some of Obama’s thunder.
The Obama campaign is not playing to big “Hope and Change” crowds.
Of course, Obama is not running against a lame duck unpopular President George W. Bush (Iraq War and Katrina, among a number of issues) and an “aged” POL in John McCain with an inexperienced Governor of Alaska as the VP.
But, where has the Obama campaign “magic” gone?
Down the drain with disastrous policy choices, unemployment above 8 per cent and a stagnant economy.
With the Romney choice of Ryan, there will be no negative (“stupid POL”) Sarah Palin demonization. Obama and Biden will have to run on their records of governance.
Good luck with that…..
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Romney Attacks Obama Again Over Work for Welfare
This is the second television ad in which Mitt Romney has attacked President Obama over welfare.
Mitt Romney’s first television commercial since announcing House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate brings back a claim first brought up last week: That President Barack Obama is altering the federal welfare-to-work program by dropping work requirements in the law.
The narrator in TV ad, released Monday morning by the campaign of the GOP presidential challenger and by the Republican National Committee, says that “Barack Obama has a long history of opposing work for welfare.”
The spot then includes sound of Obama from June of 1998, with the then-Illinois State Senator saying “I was not a huge supporter of the federal plan that was signed in 1996.”
The ad continues with the narrator adding that “on July 12th, Obama quietly ended work requirements for welfare. You wouldn’t have to work and wouldn’t have to train for a job. Mitt Romney strongly believes work must be part of welfare.”
I believe this is a strong theme and will resonate well in Florida and the key upper-Midwestern states of Iowa and Wisconsin. This work for welfare meme will be pounding the President frequently.
Although the Romney Campaign will not release their ad buy, it appears this will appear in all of the key battleground states.
As is their practice, the Romney campaign would not reveal any details on where the new commercial will run or on the ad buy.
But according to data provided to their clients by Kantar Media/Campaign Media Analysis Group, which tracks political ad spending on broadcast and national cable TV, the new spot began running Monday morning in television markets in Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio; Jacksonville, Tampa, Orlando, West Palm Beach and Fort Myers, Florida; Manchester, New Hampshire; Denver, Colorado; Reno, Nevada; Raleigh, North Carolina; Richmond, Virginia; and Washington, D.C. (which covers much of northern Virginia).
Here is the ad, embedded below:
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Day By Day August 12, 2012 – Bunker Economy
Chris, your History Channel is correct.
President Obama’s campaign for re-election is division by demographics. It is a rather simplistic strategy in turning out your constituencies to vote and to hell with policy and actual governance.
My take on the state of the election is that Obama is hanging tough now but without a miracle, like a national security crisis, Obama will gradually fade going into October.
Then, the campaign will become VERY nasty.
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Does Paul Ryan Help Mitt Romney in the Electoral College?
This map is from the interactive site, 270towin.com
Why, yes, the selection of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s Vice Presidential running mate might just very well help the GOP recapture the White House.
The Electoral College map above illustrates why – namely, Wisconsin and Iowa are moved to red, while Nevada moves to blue from my previous prognostication map which is below.
Mitt Romney has decided to employ an upper-Midwestern Electoral College vote strategy as opposed to a Hispanic-voter Western states Electoral College strategy. In other words, the key battleground states of Nevada and Colorado will be de-emphasized or even written off (although having just returned from Las Vegas a few days ago, the Romney campaign and Crossroads GPS television ads are omni-present and frequent).
Most political pundits agree that Paul Ryan will help Romney in Wisconsin. With the failed recall of Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker, Wisconsin might be ripe for a flip from Obama to Romney (polling there shows Romney/Ryan tied with Obama). And, who better to team up with Romney than a “Wisconsin favorite son” in Paul Ryan. Iowa is right next door to Wisconsin and will also be in play.
Now, this punditry assumes that other key battleground states like Florida, Virginia, Ohio and Florida will also flip from Obama to Romney/Ryan. But, with the addition of Iowa and Wisconsin, Romney/Ryan could afford to lose Virginia and still reach the 270 Electoral College votes required for victory.
The key battleground states are taking shape – add Iowa and Wisconsin to the mix.
Tonight, the Electoral College numbers are looking a whole lot better for Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.
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President 2012: Obama Approval Sinks to 43 Per Cent
According to the latest Gallup Poll.
Gallup tracks daily the percentage of Americans who approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. Daily results are based on telephone interviews with approximately 1,500 national adults; Margin of error is ±3 percentage points.
And, the CNN and Fox News polls showing President Obama today with a large lead are – well, inaccurate.
This race with Mitt Romney will be close.
