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This week on the the podcast currently known as Goldberg, Long, and Podhoretz (or its street name, GLoP), some reflections on last week’s VP debate, the curious way the President describes his wife, parsing the polls, and some bold predictions about the election in November.
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Getting mighty bossy around here lately.
Brilliant visual to match the hilarious heading.
I know that I made a big effort to praise my husband this morning after smiling at the recap of Obama saying his wife was his biggest critic. Did Obama do an interview with Diane Sawyer? He must be confident that the media will love him to go on so many shows.
also, I just saw a clip of him on The View and the show ‘s Republican, Elizabeth, asked him a political question and he does not answer but says happy birthday to Barbara Walters. That is incredible rudeness. No winder he lost the debate.
Barack Obama 294
Mitt Romney 244
I hope I’m wrong.
Romney: 275 EVs, 50.5% PV
Obama: 263 EVs, 49.0% PV
Mark it, Dude.
Someone please ask Jonah what has happened to his mom’s website ?
I feel so lost without Lucianne.com
It is the most useful site on the web.
Anybody know ? Jonah ???
Romney: 320
Obama: 218
From GLOS to GLOP.
What is the meaning of it all?
I feel so lost without Lucianne.com
It is the most useful site on the web.
Anybody know ? Jonah ??? ·30 minutes ago
It’s working here….
Riots in Detroit: 58% chance
Riots in Chicago: 62% chance
Riots in Compton: are You sure there ain’t riots right now?
Romney, with a unanimous popular vote. That’s right, 100%!
Romney will win the popular vote by .5%, but will lose the electoral college vote 263 to 277.
Romney 279 with 49.9% of the popular vote.
Obama 259 with 47% of the popular vote.
Ultimate prediction. Ohio ends streak and picks Obama.
Obama 259 with 47% of the popular vote.
Ultimate prediction. Ohio ends streak and picks Obama. ·7 minutes ago
Edited 1 minute ago
Exactly which state does Romney pick up to make up for Ohio?
Call it The Threesome and be done with it!
If Barack and Michelle divorce, who gets custody of Valerie Jarrett?
Romney 281
Obama 257
Obama 259 with 47% of the popular vote.
Ultimate prediction. Ohio ends streak and picks Obama. ·7 minutes ago
Edited 1 minute ago
Exactly which state does Romney pick up to make up for Ohio? ·30 minutes ago
Of the ‘undecided’ Romeny carries FL, VA, NC, CO, NV, IA and WI. He can lose PA & OH and still win. I have more faith in the people of WI and IA, and that makes up a lot of the difference!
Someone on the podcast mentioned that Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball doesn’t look too good for Romney.
Well, let me tell you about my experience with Larry Sabato and his “Crystal Ball.” As a newish political junkie in 2002, I obsessively followed that election cycle, including Sabato’s site. He was a respected source, and seemed to track everything thoroughly and honestly. So I thought I knew what to expect election night 2002.
Imagine my great surprise and joy that night when Republican candidates blew all of Sabato’s predictions out of the water. It was great but I felt annoyed and a little betrayed, even, that Sabato’s predictions had been padded towards the Democrats.
Ever since then I have pretty much ignored him and his “Crystal Ball.” Has he been more accurate since 2002? Am I being unfair?
By the way, I really enjoyed this podcast. Great combination. I thought Podhoretz was spot on when he took issue with the assumption that town hall style debates automatically give the advantage to Democrats. I’ve been thinking this to in the runup to tomorrow’s debate.
If Jonah, John and Rob all drop the ball and misses the magic number – the money goes to the Ricochet Art Department.
I hope you this consensus opinion is right! I like Romney’s chances to carry Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida, Virginia, New Hampshire, and Colorado and winning the election.
The bottom may soon fall out for the Obama campaign. Between Libya and every other sentence that crosses Uncle Joe’s lips, they must have difficulty keeping their lies straight, but less remembering the truth.
I hope some of John’s optimism rubs off Rob!
Let me quote Dennis Miller:
Michelle Obama looks like a long day…
Romney 291
Obama 247
2012 Electoral College results:
Romney: 371
Obama: 167
Popular vote results:
Romney: 51.5%
Obama: 48.5%
EC: R 257 0 281
PV: R 49.6 O 48.7
Yes, I know I am giving Obama the Electoral College but not the popular vote, it can happen. Actually I think this prediction is probably wrong, but I need carve out my own prediction niche to give me better odds of winning.
Romney 318 Electoral Votes 52.8%
Obama 220 Electoral Votes 46.2% Popular Vote
3 weeks until the Romney-Ryan win.
I should have read the comments more carefully, I guess I’m not the only one making that prediction.
Between debate limbo: “We know the president is his own harshest critic and he knows that Mitt Romney had a better debate,” a spokeswomen for the campaign, Jennifer Psaki, said.
This is a Freudian id nightmare train wreck thing–mom and dad, judging from their abandonment had to be rather harsh as well. Could Frank have been harsh on the pubescent teen as well? OMG–tell the media to ease up on the harsh tones…
Obama Campaign Feels ‘Good’ About State of Race http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/15/obama-campaign-feels-good-about-state-of-race/
PV: Romney 53% / Obama 46.5%
EC: Romney 300 / Obama 238
I hate to be picky guys but I believe I’m entitled to a book