Everybody in the Romney camp is well aware of the consequences of sharing a party with idiots such as the bozos from Missouri and Indiana who blew guaranteed seats in the Senate. People like that are finished. The GOP will never have another statewide candidate who openly voices such stupidity.

GOP will do a better job with Hispanics next time. Rubio will run for president, and if he falters he will be the running mate. Nobody in America can better connect with Hispanics who came to America for freedom and opportunity, not those who still believe in Chavez, et al. (they can take that garbage back to South/Central America, thank you very much).

Democrats now own the deficits, the debt and the economy. Blaming Bush for four more years is not going to save you in the next two elections. Boehner will compromise on anything other than taxes, so you better provide some reasonable ideas both sides can work on or you're definitely screwed. Be like Clinton when he worked with Gingrich, or be a lame duck like Bush in his last two years...

this debunks the myth that Romney is a fact-based and highly rational person.

Sorry, but you do not build a net worth of $200+ million by NOT being fact-based and highly rational. Connections only get you so far. For example, look at George W. Bush.

Obviously the campaign did not bank on Democrats being able to replicate the persuasion of Jim Jones. The kicker in the Kool-Aid kicks in, in about a year or two. Enjoy 2012 because 2014 and 2016 are going to be brutal. Alas, it will probably be too late to turn around the ship by then. We are indeed on a path towards a transformational change of America, but it's going to make 2008 look like happy days.

Obama owes Clinton. Clinton should get whatever he wants, whatever that may be.

Let's cut the BS and call it like it is: The vast majority of Hispanics and blacks were never going to vote for the "rich white guy" when they had Barack Hussein Obama as a choice.

Good luck winning in 2016 with a white guy, Democrats. Are you really going to turn to Michael Corleo--err, Andrew Cuomo, or California Lt. Gov. Patrick Bateman? Hillary Clinton is going to be 69, and I doubt she will get involved after her thankless tour of duty (I salute her service one last time; maybe the country would not be such a mess today had she won four years ago). So who are you going to field to keep turnout up among minorities in 2016? Or did you really think minorities were voting for Barack's disappointing results and failed ideology? And a tip: You won't be able to blame Bush four years from now.

2016 is poised to be a Republican year especially with Rubio destined to be the running mate of Paul Ryan, John Thune or [insert name of popular governor not named Chris Christie, who is FINISHED]. Too bad it will be too late to turn around the country after four more years of this nonsense...

GOP will likely use Rubio to stonewall immigration reform. Then in 2016, Rubio will spearhead the effort to present a new Republican Party that is committed to embracing Latinos, who actually tend to have conservative values such as faith in God, working hard, and being committed to personal responsibility.

Democrats do not have an Hispanic with the charisma of Rubio. Democrats provided the first ticket with a black, and Republicans will provide the first ticket with an Hispanic. It is pretty much a guarantee after getting crushed by Latinos on Tuesday.

You are a loser.

You do realize what a disaster 2016 is going to be, right?

I think Republicans will never win with minorities because all they do is demean them.

When does the special ingredient in the Democratic Kool-Aid start to kick in?

Here's a secret about many professional Democrats: They do NOT want minorities to see their standard of living improve. Why? Because these Democrats want minorities to be dependent upon Democratic politicians every election season...

Here are some prominent Republican minorities: Marco Rubio, Susana Martinez, Bobby Jindal, Allen West, J.C. Watts, Condi Rice, Gary Franks, Herman Cain, Alan Keyes, Colin Powell, Claude Allen, Peter Boulware, Kenneth Blackwell, Michael Steele, Lynn Swann, Thurman Thomas, Clarence Thomas, etc.

Martin Luther King, Sr. was a lifelong Republican.

There were 32 African-American Republican candidates for Congress in 2010.

I am a Democrat, and I have been in meetings where union leaders cracked off-color jokes. I have never seen such behavior among professional Republicans (e.g., not even among Deep South delegates at the RNC).

The Republican Party of the 21st Century wants to improve the standard of living for people of all backgrounds. They do not believe that a culture of dependency, a mentality of entitlement, will move us forward towards a color blind society. Obviously Republicans are repulsed by people such as the "Obama Phone Lady," but race has nothing to do with it.

I was just trying to point a statistical truth.  Blue collar whites are declining in population share, rural culture is declining, advances in technology will make the working class virtually non-existant in America by the end of the century.  I guarantee it.  Some can't fathom this, but the West and perhaps the world shortly after it is ascending beyond blue collar.  

Who do you think is going to build future buildings, infrastructure, etc.? Robots? Capital can only get you so far with tangible production of most goods, especially with regards to infrastructure. It is difficult to make do without labor when it comes to construction of most infrastructure. For example, you cannot outsource carpentry, plumbing, electrical work, etc. Yes, 3D printing will transform traditional manufacturing, but mostly overseas. That technology is going to crush China, not us. We'll still need technicians to fix those machines, of course, which is a blue collar job when you think about it. Arguably the most blue collar job of them all is that of the soldier, and we'll always have soldiers even if robots become a reality someday in the distant future.

If anything, I see many traditional blue collar occupations gaining higher and higher wages moving forward. The primary reason: Much of today's spoiled youth is afraid to get their hands dirty, let alone bloody. Current generations of young adults and children today want lots of consumption, but many of them do not want to produce anything in exchange for their consumption preferences (there are exceptions, of course). After the Baby Boomers retire/die off, many blue collar occupations will be in robust demand with relatively low supply. Heck, we already have a shortage of welders despite the dismal economy.

Even after winning, the leftists are still ridiculously bitter and hatefull.

What do you expect them to do? Celebrate an unemployment rate well in excess of 8%? Celebrate falling disposable income levels? How about the fact there is no confidence in America anymore? How about the fact that Democrats OWN the debt now, and they are completely unwilling to deal with the hard realities involved with getting it under control (which is the only threat to Medicare and Social Security)?

They have nothing to celebrate. They will just keep blaming Bush for four more years, and finding ways to divide the nation based on race and income levels. Most of them cannot be happy unless everybody is equally poor, and some of them will never be happy until the day they die. I am ashamed to be affiliated with the Democratic Party. It is no longer the party I grew up with. It is merely a party of liberals, liberals-in-moderate-clothing, and socialists.

No doubt in my mind that Romney would have won if not for Sandy. The event made the president look presidential, something he was lacking up until then. It distracted from the unemployment rate going up. It also stiffled Romney's spending advantage, which was rolled back somewhat by the time out in the midst of Sandy.

Both party's internals showed Romney walking away by the time of the third debate. It's why Romney played it so safe in order to neutralize foreign policy, and keep the race unchanged. Nobody foresaw a hurricane derailing our plan. Obviously Pravda--excuse me, the national media, did not do their job. But it was out of our control.

Like the birthplace of the Der Führer is going to be open and honest about their feelings on Obama and the decline of America...

but that man in your signature has a lot to do with us only getting 44% of the female vote

You still don't get it do you? You lost because you pissed us off.

I'll give you another chance.

Will you fight with us for another 4 years? Yes or no, Politico?

Did those idiots in Indiana and Missouri lose because they pissed off social conservatives? Romney did not have to spend a penny in either state, both relatively conservative states, yet he won them both by comfortable margins. I strongly recommend reevaluating your position. It is fine to be socially conservative (I may have more Libertarian views with regards to tolerance of alternative lifestyles, very much a live and let live philosophy, but I personally live a very socially conservative lifestyle). However, that does not mean social conservatives need to speak their mind all of the time. That is the lesson to be learned from the 2012 debacles.

I told you what would happen if we only got 44% of the female vote. If Santorum had not ranted about contraceptives and dragged on the race, we could have ran the campaign we wanted to run. Instead Santorum got the ball rolling with this "war on women" BS. How in God's name did a Republican end up giving the Democrats that kind of ammo? And then those idiots in Indiana and Missouri? WTF was that? Even if you believe what they said, you keep it to yourself. You certainly don't say it on television. And then Chris Christie professed his love for Barack Obama days before the Election despite the fact FEMA was not doing its job? Screw him, and screw those goofballs in Indiana and Missouri who rightfully lost their previously guaranteed seats in the Senate.

Let's cut the BS and call it like it is: The vast majority of Hispanics and blacks were never going to vote for the "rich white guy" when they had Barack Hussein Obama as a choice.

Good luck winning in 2016 with a white guy, Democrats. Are you really going to turn to Michael Corleo--err, Andrew Cuomo, or California Lt. Gov. Patrick Bateman? Hillary Clinton is going to be 69, and I doubt she will get involved after her thankless tour of duty (I salute her service one last time; maybe the country would not be such a mess today had she won four years ago). So who are you going to field to keep turnout up among minorities in 2016? Or did you really think minorities were voting for Barack's disappointing results and failed ideology? And a tip: You won't be able to blame Bush four years from now.

2016 is poised to be a Republican year especially with Rubio destined to be the running mate of Paul Ryan, John Thune or [insert name of popular governor not named Chris Christie, who is FINISHED]. Too bad it will be too late to turn around the country after four more years of this nonsense...

GOP will likely use Rubio to stonewall immigration reform. Then in 2016, Rubio will spearhead the effort to present a new Republican Party that is committed to embracing Latinos, who actually tend to have conservative values such as faith in God, working hard, and being committed to personal responsibility.

Democrats do not have an Hispanic with the charisma of Rubio. Democrats provided the first ticket with a black, and Republicans will provide the first ticket with an Hispanic. It is pretty much a guarantee after getting crushed by Latinos on Tuesday.

Ben, you cannot reason with today's liberals. They have been brainwashed into believing the world only consists of benefits, not costs and benefits. They believe they can have perpetual excess consumption without matching production. The list goes on and on. Hell, most of the people who voted for Obama would definitely fail a financial literacy test. Many of them can barely read "Obama," let alone comprehend the concept of cost-benefit analysis.

It is not liberals' fault, though. If you want to blame somebody, blame the National Education Association, communists in academia, and woeful parenting.

Well, let's fight together for the next four years and continue preaching the 'gospel of common sense.'

Deal?

I am exhausted. I did everything possible to prevent this. I hate to say it, but that man in your signature has a lot to do with us only getting 44% of the female vote and therefore losing the election (those f'ing idiots in Indiana and Missouri, who shall forever remain unnamed, did not help). Between those f'ing idiots, Santorum and Christie, men who mean well but have no idea what they have caused, the GOP basically handed Obama four more years. And the country will probably never bounce back from this.

America's glory days are over. We're going down with a whimper, buddy, just like the Roman Empire. This election was our version of "300." The "people," the brainwashed and the instigators, have spoken, and now we're moving "forward" off a cliff.

It's over...it's over.

The Republicans lost their last window of opportunity to repeal it last night.  The thing with major healthcare legislation is it's next to impossible to repeal it once it's fully implemented.  See Social Security and Medicare, both programs the GOP was adamantly against when they were first introduced.

And who is going to pay for it? The money simply isn't there. What happens when Social security and medicare go bankrupt?

Ben, you cannot reason with today's liberals. They have been brainwashed into believing the world only consists of benefits, not costs and benefits. They believe they can have perpetual excess consumption without matching production. They believe the world owes them a living. The list goes on and on. Hell, most of the people who voted for Obama would fail a financial literacy test. Many of them can barely read "Obama," let alone comprehend the concept of cost-benefit analysis.

It is not the fault of young people, though. They were brainwashed in the cradle and classroom, and most of them will remain brainwashed until they hit the grave. If you want to blame somebody, blame the National Education Association, communists in academia, Ted Kennedy for the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, and woeful parents.

Liberal policies work great! We just need most of America to be more like California and Illinois! *shakes head*

Both those states have a higher GDP per capita than the US average, I don't see why this would be so bad

They will go bankrupt. It is a matter of when, not if.

I am back from Florida, where I personally witnessed Democrats' successful efforts to make downtrodden masses drink Kool-Aid like Jim Jones did. Obama's America is beginning to resemble Jonestown if not something even worse. I am hearing the same thing from all of my contacts in all of the battleground states. Congratulations, Democrats! You did a great job of turning out the vote among spoiled brats and uneducated masses who can barely read "Obama"! Good luck blaming Bush for four more years!

Ultimately, Sandy and Christie screwed over Romney. Take those out of the equation, and Romney wins. I will work my butt off to ensure Christie is humiliated if he decides to run for president. He is from New Jersey, so I am sure it will not be tough to dig up the dirt. Romney's Mormonism also hurt among certain demographics, but it was not decisive nor would it have been had Sandy/Christie never happened.

As some of you may know, I have a sick relative abroad whom I am back to taking care of. It really saddens me to say this, but I am not sure if America is worth going back to down the road after the cancer and Alzheimer's runs its course. Indeed, it may be time to write-off America. Our days as a superpower are heading to an end. It is probably just a matter of time before the rest of the world realizes this, and after that happens obviously the proverbial sh*t hits the fan. I personally sold off all of my American assets yesterday except some real estate in the southwest, some grocery chain stocks, my TIPS and some cash. In five or ten years, and I am dead serious, we'll be lucky if most of America does not resemble a hybrid of Detroit's ghettos and Tijuana. But liberal policies work great! We just need most of America to be more like California and Illinois! *shakes head*

I am a man of my word, so my signature will be updated shortly after Badger provides the details...

God help America...

30 days to go, and I must go (Flying to Florida and will not have time to play on here). I'll be back at some point after Mitt Romney is officially declared president-elect. I will accept my accolades as I bestow upon the Honorable Badger a signature that publicly shames him for his support of a president who is clearly in over his head.

Predictions Down The Stretch:

- 21st Century Nero continues to fiddle with his teleprompter while America burns. If only his administration and ideology were as good as his speechwriters!
- Embedded (mostly closeted) LGBT activists within the media will continue their games until the truth can no longer be distorted.
- GOP retains control of the House. Hopefully Democrats dump that shrill San Francisco liberal.
- Democrats retain control of the Senate, or it ends up roughly split down the middle. Too close to call at this point.

Liberals, I recommend bracing yourselves because there will probably not be another liberal in the White House for another generation. Good luck trying to convince America that we want four more years of the last four years...

Non-liberals, be afraid. America will burn to the ground if Nero is re-elected.

God bless America!

30 days to go, and I must go (Flying to Florida and will not have time to play on here). I shall return at some point after Mitt Romney is officially declared president-elect. I will accept my accolades as I bestow upon the Honorable Badger a signature that publicly shames him for his support of a president who is clearly in over his head.

Predictions Down The Stretch:

- 21st Century Nero continues to fiddle with his teleprompter while America burns. If only his administration and ideology were as good as his speechwriters!
- Embedded (mostly closeted) LGBT activists within the media will continue their games until the truth can no longer be distorted.
- GOP retains control of the House. Hopefully Democrats dump that shrill San Francisco liberal.
- Democrats retain control of the Senate, or it ends up roughly split down the middle. Too close to call at this point.

Liberals, I recommend bracing yourselves because there will probably not be another liberal in the White House for another generation. Good luck trying to convince America that we want four more years of the last four years...

Non-liberals, be afraid. America will burn to the ground if Nero is re-elected.

God bless America!

Yeah, Colbert and Stewart are just hilarious...until you realize that America is burning while the 21st Century Nero fiddles with his teleprompter. If we do not change course soon, if we do not end this economic malaise and restore the beacon of light on the hill, America will burn to the ground. These modern day court jesters could care less. Heck, maybe they enjoy watching America burn? Either way, shame on them. Shame on all liberals, whose ideology is rotting America from within.

You know that if the Euro collapses, your dollar collapses too, right?

The collapse of the Euro would increase demand for the greenback, so I have no idea what you are talking about. Ultimately, the Eurocrats will probably find a way to convert away from the Euro and back onto single currencies while keeping the other aspects of the EU intact. The only thing that will change is the end of the monetary union. The Eurocrats will find a way to reverse the adoption of the Euro, or they are really screwed. I have faith in Germany's ability to solve this conundrum without severe ramifications abroad. Obviously Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy are in trouble, but I am confident that the contagion will be largely restricted to the weaker, irresponsible areas of Europe.

If things get really bad, obviously people will seek shelter. All else equal, people will choose the safest part of the world, which will be North America (i.e., USA and Canada). All else equal, people will be especially interested in having the world's reserve currency (i.e., USD).

But, by all means, defend Europe instead of America. I would expect no less from a liberal. Just don't forget what was sewed in Osama Bin Laden's jacket, and what denomination Saddam Hussein wanted to trade Iraqi oil in...

No, you misunderstood what data I was asking you for. Fact checkers seem to think Romney's college grad numbers are from a 2011 report. I provided two sources to show that's not accurate. If he's truly using May 2012 grads in this claim, prove to me he's not pulling this claim out of his ass. Where has anyone other than Romney said this about May 2012 grads?

Obama's plan is to get them dependent upon food stamps for life.

“My job is not to worry about those people,” Mitt Romney said. “I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.”

We've gone from 35 million people to 47 million people on food stamps. Romney misspoke. Romney admits he was wrong. Romney has been around the country, and realizes that the vast majority of people on food stamps do not like being dependent upon government. These people want to be independent again. This will not happen until job opportunities return. The trickle-government approach out of Washington just is not cutting it. It's time to change course.

Wait- did Romney flp flop on gay marriage? You can get married to someone of the same gender if you have a job?

You can in Massachusetts. Romney believes marriage is between a man and a woman, just as Obama did in 2008, but he also believes that gay marriage is a state issue, not a federal issue.

Like everybody else, gays are struggling in this economy. Lack of job opportunities is the number one problem facing gay people, not gay marriage.

Furthermore, 50% of college graduates this year have been unable to find work.

Another Romney lie. You seriously want to claim this guy understands math?

http://studentactivism.net/2012/10/04/romney-unemployment/

According to official government statistics, the unemployment rate for all Americans aged 20-24 currently stands at 13.9%, and hasn’t crossed the 15% threshold at any time in the last year. Unemployment among Americans aged 16-24 who have college degrees is, as you’d expect, considerably lower.

He was talking about 50% of people who graduated in May 2012. We're on a downturn again. This year is worse than last year, and last year was worse than the year before. For example, only 114,000 jobs were created in September of this year whereas over 200,000 jobs were created in September of last year.

Trust me, Obama and Co. would be all over this if it were untrue.

I'm not convinced they would be all over it.

It is a figure that is devastating for the youth vote, so of course they'd be yelling loud about this one if the employment picture were good for recent grads. It is not.

The overall jobs numbers you cite are a different figure. It's your claim- you back it up.

Look at the trend:



We're flat-lining again. This is not good. The recovery has not even matched the weak recovery in the early/mid 2000s, and that recession was NOWHERE near as bad as this one. We need 262,000 jobs per month for an extended period just to eventually break-even:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/us-needs-generate-262k-jobs-each-month-get-back-breakeven

It would take 17 years for 114,000 jobs per month to create 23 million jobs. 17 years!

I think one graduation speaker told them to borrow money from their parents.

Obama's plan is to get them dependent upon food stamps for life. Maybe give them an Obama Phone, too...

With regards to young gay people, how are they ever going to have a successful relationship, let alone a successful marriage, if they cannot even start a successful career?

I'm sorry but what is the logic of this statement?

The logic: Being unable to find a job is a bit more troublesome than not being able to marry somebody, especially since not many people are going to want to be in a relationship with you, let alone marry you, if you cannot find a job in the Obama Economy.

Obama did not just lose; it is becoming increasingly clear that he was defeated like no president since George H.W. Bush, if not Jimmy Carter. The image they built up about Romney, telling everybody for months that Romney is some kind of risky monster--well, that image was destroyed once and for all (it was merely a figment of Democrats' wild imaginations). As a result, Team Obama has ZERO credibility with Independents now. These Independents were expecting to see Donald Trump versus "Hope and Change." Instead, they saw Reagan Vs. Carter set in 2012. They are startled that they were fooled so badly by Obama's Hype Machine.

To summarize: One, Independents will not be fooled again. Most of them are pretty much lost to Romney moving forward. Two, I do not see how Democrats can get as fired up as Republicans are right now, especially when you consider that there are only four weeks to go. I mean, it's not like Obama's pro-gay marriage plank would legalize gay marriage across the nation, and there's really nothing else there to fire up Democrats moving forward (And Biden killed that momentum tactic back in May). Three, I have never seen Republicans so fired up before, 1980/1984/1994/2004/2010 included.

Bottomline: In the next debate, Obama needs to somehow match or surpass what Romney accomplished in the first debate. He needs THE performance of his entire career. If he fails to do this, the question on everybody's mind will start becoming "how badly will Obama lose?" not "can Obama bounce back?"

So where is Romney's big bounce? Why hasn't he taken the lead yet?

According to Rasmussen, he is in the lead now. Gallup has it as a statistical tie that is trending towards Romney.

All signs point towards a shift, not a bounce, that may last the rest of the campaign.

Furthermore, 50% of college graduates this year have been unable to find work.

Another Romney lie. You seriously want to claim this guy understands math?

http://studentactivism.net/2012/10/04/romney-unemployment/

According to official government statistics, the unemployment rate for all Americans aged 20-24 currently stands at 13.9%, and hasn’t crossed the 15% threshold at any time in the last year. Unemployment among Americans aged 16-24 who have college degrees is, as you’d expect, considerably lower.

He was talking about 50% of people who graduated in May 2012. We're on a downturn again. This year is worse than last year, and last year was worse than the year before. For example, only 114,000 jobs were created in September of this year whereas over 200,000 jobs were created in September of last year.

Trust me, Obama and Co. would be all over this if it were untrue.

BTW, I may be wrong, but I think college graduates did not expect to finish their degree only to end repeating ad nauseum "do you want fries with that?" in the Obama Economy.

With regards to young gay people, how are they ever going to have a successful relationship, let alone a successful marriage, if they cannot even start a successful career?

This economy is not working for anybody except those in Washington, DC, the masters of this "trickle-down government" approach. Romney will change this because we must change if we want any hope of actually moving forward over the next four years.