Category Archives: Elections

5 Things To Watch During Tonight’s Debate

The AP helpfully provides what to watch for 1. A REBOUND? After taking a drubbing in the first debate, Obama’s under big pressure to step up his game Tuesday night. He’ll try to show energy and passion. And look for him to challenge Romney’s claims more often. Obama’s comfortable taking audience questions at campaign events, […]

VP Debate: The Joker Vs. Paul Ryan

I’m not going to spend much time on the specifics of the debate, since this will be cross-posted at Right Wing News and John Hawkins has done a great job at breaking the debate down. Here’s what I noticed the most Every time Biden smiles I think he’s going to say “you know how I […]

5 Things To Watch During Ryan/Biden Debate

Tonight’s the night. After Barack Obama’s disastrous (hoorah!) debate performance against Mitt Romney, it’s now Biden’s time to attempt to save face and turn the election back towards Obama. So, 5 things to watch How many gaffes will Biden make, and will he use interesting dialects? If Biden has a decent debate, how bad will […]

Bummer: Nickelodeon Upset That Romney Declined To Appear With People Who Can’t Vote

Perhaps Nick’ should be a bit more concerned with a President who decided to campaign the day after our Libyan consulate was attacked and the ambassador was killed, as well as a president who blows off world leaders, including the Israeli P.M., in order to go on The View and be eye candy (Mediaite) Nickelodeon’s […]

Romney To Go After Obama On Libya

This should create a lot of whining and complaining from Team Obama, and force them to either defend or refute their terrible handling of Libya (Politico) Using his harshest language yet, Mitt Romney will go after President Barack Obama on Monday over the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Libya. In a tough foreign policy […]

Good Grief: Washington Post Complains That Romney Should Be Worth More

The media, including opinion writers, spent oodles of time and planet killing paper and energy writing about Haditha, Korans in toilets, soldiers peeing on dead Taliban bodies, loud music and cold temps at Gitmo, but can’t find it in themselves to write about the Taliban resurgence in Afghanistan, al Qaeda growing in Egypt and Libya, […]

New Romney Ad Highlights Disappointment In Obama

Oh, and Hitler found out that Obama lost the election, via Zilla.

Bummer: “Greatest Threat Facing Humanity” Not Mentioned During Debate

Warmists are inconsolable, via Grist And once again, the greatest threat facing humanity, climate change, is totally ignored. #climatesilence #debate2012 — David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) October 4, 2012 Bummer If you watched the real-time reaction to the debates, the disappointment among folks within the energy and environment community over the lack of attention to climate was […]

If A Picture Says A Thousand Words….

…this one tells quite a bit about who won and who lost Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney gathers his notes while President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle try to leave the stage following the first presidential debate at the University of Denver, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Chris Matthews Loses It Post Debate

I’m not going to bother with a long debate wrap-up, since this is a crosspost. John Hawkins (and many others) have done a fine, fine job in digesting the debate. I will say one thing: I listened to most of the debate on the radio, and it was somewhat like the Nixon-Kennedy debate, where those […]

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