The Fact That Romney Is NOT At Least 15 Points Down In The Polls Is ----

[TheMastersNemesis]

a tribute to the stupidity of too many Americans. He and the GOP have nothing to offer the country except misery, division, hatred and austerity.

[RagAss]

1. We're still a nation full of shit kickers.

[unblock]

2. austerity? hell no, he's not offering austerity. his people feed at the trough.

he might TALK about austerity, and he might give a big middle finger to those in need, but don't think for a minute that it's austerity he's pushing.

republicans are masters of heavily funding the federal government through taxes on the poor and middle class and debt on future generations, then absconding with the loot via tax cuts and lax enforcement for the rich and big businesses; preferential, overpriced, no-bid government contracts; and wholesale giveaways of government properties.

that's not austerity. it's looting and pillaging.

[reformist2]

4. Tax cuts for the rich - austerity for everyone else.

Dems should educate voters what "austerity" means, and to be wary of wealthy Republicans when they use the word. And they will use it... but never regarding themselves.

[unblock]

5. my point is that austerity is not the right word at all. theft, perhaps, but not austerity.

"austerity" involves minimal spending in order to shore up finances. there's no such thing as "austerity" for ANYONE if it doesn't shore up finances.

as long as they continue to siphon funds out of the treasury, then whoever they're short-changing isn't getting "austerity", they're getting screwed.

[reformist2]

8. True - if they come up with a plan to slash Social Security, that would be theft.

Cutting most of the other programs though which are already running deficits and have no trust fund to speak of, that would be austerity in the true sense of the word.

[unblock]

13. agreed -- but also they have to balance the budget if they want to call it austerity.

reducing the debt by 1% or whatever by ending wic and then adding 8% to the debt by jacking up military expenditures is NOT austerity.

reducing the debt by 1% and actually freezing everything else, actually paying down the debt, that would be austerity. it would still but stupid and unfair and unwise and immoral, but at least the term "austerity" would be appropriate then.

[liberal_at_heart]

3. I think the reason Romney is not down more

is because of the economy. If Obama can win this election he will be one of the first presidents to win in a bad economy. His favorable stats are looking good and the economy is not doing as bad as it was. As much as we would love to crush Romney and win by a landslide, I think it will be closer than most of us would want it to be. But I do believe Obama has a good chance. Of course we also have Citizens United to contend with. This is unprecedented. We will not know the full extent of the how it will affect the election until election night. We have to do what we did in 2008 and get the grassroots organization going again. Small donations from lots of people and lots of ground work getting the vote out.

[AverageJoe90]

12. I don't think it's the economy that's hurting him anyway.

The economy was a lot worse just 3 years ago, and many people have woken up and realized that the GOP was to blame for most of that mess. Although that won't be enough if we don't stop fighting voter suppression.

[BlueJazz]

6. From polls I've seen, it's the dumb-ass MEN that's causing the upcoming election to be close.

Women are far more likely to vote for Obama.

(I'm a white man and this post gives me no pleasure)

[LittlestStar]

7. Well if you met my 65 year old paranoid mom

you wouldnt feel so bad. She has 3 very liberal daughters (no sons) and still thinks the R ticket is the way to go, because right wing radio has her turned into such a paranoid fruitcake that she votes out of completely illegitimate fear. It is really the worst, she is not even senile yet. Or perhaps she is.

[abolugi]

11. she's not talking

to empty chairs yet, is she?

[savalez]

19. That's too bad.

I have a family member like that. It's annoying as can be. I minimize my contact with that person and talking politics is a no no (although they can't help themselves). The Right Wing lie machine is relentless.

Welcome to DU!

[reformist2]

10. Sadly, most white guys are still afriad of being called "liberals" - it's almost a macho thing.

[AverageJoe90]

9. A lot of the national polls are kinda skewed, too. That doesn't help.

That and terribly flawed polling methods as well.

[CoffeeCat]

14. Just wait for the debates...

Romney will be hoping for the days when he wasn't down by 10+ points.

Obama will kick his ass.

[jimlup]

15. Maybe we should say "distracted" and "inattentive" instead of "stupid"

I mean some of them are but most are just ignorant of the scope of the situation and the depravity of the Republican side.

Imagine if you were not paying attention and then you decided to tune in to the conventions and you were watching from the window of FOX news because it was the only news window of which you were aware. Would you be able to see through their crap? Some of them will. It may take the "debates" but many of them will...

[progressivebydesign]

16. Considering the size of the Fox "news" audience, I'd say "brainwashed" is a much better term.

Those poor saps think that they're watching "news."

[jimlup]

20. Yeah brainwashed is a good term for it

[Zorra]

17. We definitely have the full array of stupid on display here.

No sense putting sugar on a stone cold fact.

[discopants]

18. poll genius Nate Silver may give you a better feeling about Obama's standing

Obama has a bump from the GOP convention.


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