Right Thomas.

That's the only way the GOP can put the state in play.

PA cannot be considered a swing state since it hasn't swung off the blue column for over 20 years.

Tom Smith's recent comments likening rape to childbearing out of wedlock aren't going to help the GOP cause any in PA. That's for sure.

At least the Republicans don't have to falsify votes by including the dead and people's pets.

But I guess that is "Voter Suppression" right there.

Am I right Holder?

Dude,

Pennsylvania Reps could not come up with one case of voter fraud to justify spending millions of their taxspayers money to change voting laws. Are you calling Bush jr. a liar? His own investigation found voter fraud to be essentailly non-exsistant.

Considering Romney's flip-flopping positions on the issues that matter most: the economy, jobs, healthcare, medicare, how likely is he to attract undecided voters? How can anyone trust him?

The big issue in Pennsylvania is voter suppression. State representative Turzai is on video admitting to why the Republicans enacted the photo ID law:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuOT1bRYdK8

And Obama has such an awesome record to vote on, right? I mean besides Solyndra, a credit rating decline, more people on welfare than ever before, massive debt, skyrocket unemployment close to 10% (if you include people no longer getting benefits) & STILL NO BUDGET, he's done a bang-up job right?

No wonder he's recruiting know-nothing Latinos.

“He plays really well in the suburbs of Philadelphia, where John McCain maybe didn’t and maybe some other people didn’t

He is counting on supressing the votes of poor blacks and old people that can't get their CURRENT ID on time. That is why he is making such outrageous comments.

PLEASE: HELP A PERSON THAT CAN'T DRIVE GET AN ID. DON'T LET THE GOP WIN THIS ELECTION WITH THEIR DIRTY TRICKS.

Pennsylvania's numbers definitely don't look promising for the racists and teabaggers of the Republican Party, do they?

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/pa/pennsylvania_romney_vs_obama-1891.html

LAKERSTEVE

It's Kind of like Romney recruiting our Uneducated White Trash

Obama does have a record to run on.

Google GDP graph: the economy has grown under Obama each and every quarter.

Google jobless claims graph and unemployment graph. Both have come down under Obama.

Google DOW average and you'll see the DOW started at 7000 when Obama came into office and its hovering around 13000 now.

All that with Republican obstruction at all levels.

If Republicans had passed Obama's jobs bill unemployment would be under 8% now.

No wonder he's recruiting know-nothing Latinos.

On the other hand, Romney appears to have the Bigot and Racist vote in the bag!

President Obama will to lucky to carry his own state.

President Obama will definitely carry his home state. Romney, however, is not going to carry the state in which he was governor (that would be Massachusetts for those teabaggers among us who hate to think for themselves). How can Willard possible expect to take the country when his own state has turned away from him?

http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/romney-vs-obama-electoral-map

Some of you people need to think about what you're saying. Democrats have an edge in voter registration statewide of over 1 million, and the margin is 6-1 in Philadelphia.

Why would Democrats waste a moment trying to get fraudulent ballots cast in Philadelphia? It makes absolutely no sense.

You'd have to be braindead to believe the lies you are telling. The failure has been the American Taliban Teahadists who have done nothing but obstruct for the last 2 years. The Tea Party downgrade lays squarely in their court.

I have lived in Pa. for 62 years came from a staunch Republican Family that participated in fist fights at the polling places. I was personally beaten once at the age of 10 by a Democratic poll worker he was arrested and released. Nearly my entire family is Racist Republican.

Having said that 42 years of being a Republican has come to the point of such embarrasment that i cannot believe where this party is today.

I cannot see in my wildest dreams why people would vote for the Republican Party to bring such shame on our country and state. Why the people in the state of Pa. would wish such ill thoughts and actions on their friends and neighbors.

The most frequent fact that i have heard for reasoning not to vote for Obama is, HE IS BLACK.

God help our great state.

I am proud to say i am now a Democrat with compassion for my fellow man not my brothers money

One thing Pennsylvania has going for it is a lower-than-average unemployment rate, currently at 7.5%.

No thanks to Republican Governor/ pedophile enabler Tom Corbett, who slashed spending for public education by $550 million, laying off teachers and other public workers.

Sure the Republicans can win with..... Voter suppression laws, Voter intimidation and By rigging the voting machines................. The Republican/Tea Party needs to be taught a lesson that this is not how we do things here in America. We need to kick every one of these Republican traitors out of office..................

VOTE DEMOCRAT!

Eric, nice try with your blame game. Good thing most of us aren't fooled.

Even the Democrats rejected Obozo's jobs bill.

100% of Washington for 2 years in 2008, 2009 and all we got out of that was a new tax....Obozocare.....no budget, no economy fix, skyrocket gas prices...

Face it.....Obozo is a complete an utter FAILURE....just like Carter.

REAL Presidents like Clinton & Reagan get Congress to work with them....not pull out the WHINE card.

Hey Kaybee.....come to Illinois, home of destruction after years of Demcrat criminals like Blagojevich.

If you can find a job here (over 10% unemployment) you'll love how the Demmy's in every county are laying off education....yet the spending still spirals out of control!!

Sailcat-2064101

No wonder he's recruiting know-nothing Latinos.

On the other hand, Romney appears to have the Bigot and Racist vote in the bag!

My wife is Mexican dude, but nice try. And I paid over 10 grand to make her legal, unlike the $465 Obozo is offering now. I suppose my $9,535 refund is in the mail??

And if you bothered to pull your head out of your --- you'd realize how much illegals like my sister-in-law cost your state (assuming you're in CA with that SF logo). Like the $15,000 eye operation she got last weekend for free, courtesy of the good old CA social services system. No SSN (at least one that isn't real) No green card, no driver's license....but the operation didn't cost her one red cent.

And you wonder why cities like Stockton file bankruptcy?

Irespond - He is counting on supressing the votes of poor blacks and old people that can't get their CURRENT ID on time. That is why he is making such outrageous comments.

It takes 10 minutes to get an ID. What a typical lie from someone who wants fraudulent votes to count.

8.9%

Can someone explain how is a requirement to show ID will suppreses a legitimate vote. In Wegman's no matter how old you are you have to show ID to buy a bottle of Wine. Does not seem to deter anyone

uaw-779887 post 1.17

I understand you completely, I to was a Republican until 2004 when I switched to the Democratic Party. I got fed up with the racism, lies and out right theft of public funds by Bush and company. The Republican Party does not exist anymore, in it's place is a greedy group of rich people that have nether love of country or compassion for their fellow Americans............

Of course the GOP still has supporters most of whom are underinformed people that are easily fooled by the never ending river of lies coming from Karl Rove.... Lets hope these folks wake up and see the light before November.

My wife is Mexican dude, but nice try.

That is no excuse for racism. Since you seem to be incapable of shame, your wife, at least, should be ashamed of you and for you.

It takes 10 minutes to get an ID. What a typical lie from someone who wants fraudulent votes to count.

The entire state of Pennsylvania has only 70 Department of Transportation offices, some of which are open only one day a week. There is nowhere else to go to obtain a state photo ID. Some counties do not have any DOT offices. It's simply incorrect to say it takes 10 minutes to get a photo ID. It could take all day.

The state does not have the capacity to issue ID's to over 750,000 registered voters in the next 70 days.

Can someone explain how is a requirement to show ID will suppreses a legitimate vote. In Wegman's no matter how old you are you have to show ID to buy a bottle of Wine. Does not seem to deter anyone.

The photo ID requirement is a burden on the elderly, the poor, those who have no driver's license (or car), students whose school ID does not have an expiration date, or those born in another state who do not have time to get a certified copy of their birth certificate in time to vote, not to mention the cost involved in obtaining a copy of the birth certificate (which is a de facto poll tax.)

To get a state photo ID, you need a birth certificate, social security card and two proofs of residence, such as a mortgage or lease and utility bill in your own name.

Bear in mind that in order to vote in Pennsylvania, one must apply to vote more than 30 days prior to the election and complete a signed application giving either a PA driver's license or ID number or a Social Security number, which is then reviewed by the county registrar.

There is already a system in place to prevent voter fraud. When a voter appears at his polling place, he shows his voter ID card and signs in. His signature is checked against the one on file on his voter registration form.

The photo ID law is voter suppression, pure and simple. It's going to cost Corbett plenty.

Voter suppression by PA repub officials should help republican candidates.

kaybeetoys

Anyone who doesn't bother to get photo ID in this country is not going to amount to anything. How can a person who refuses to get ID ever expect to move up in life? And for the lefty loons who say it is OK to not have ID, they should be ashamed of themselves for not helping a fellow American. Do you hate your fellow Americans? Don't you like to see your fellow Americans move up the ladder of success? Oh wait, never mind, the mindset on the left now is mediocre is best, success sucks.

kaybeetoys - More lies. IDs are required for all kinds of activities, including going to the Democratic National Convention. If they are a legitimate voter they can obtain an ID before the election.

How can a person who refuses to get ID ever expect to move up in life?

Drag your 95-year-old great-grandma out of the nursing home to a DOT office to get a photo ID, then we can talk.

Hate to break it to ya, fellas, but I have personally registered dozens of voters and helped others get photo IDs. Since you don't know what you're talking about, you should sit down and STFU.

Republican Mike Turzai, the state House majority leader from Pennsylvania, remarked a short time ago:

• "Voter ID is going to allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania."

That really says it all about THE REAL REASONS REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN PUSHING VOTER ID LAWS!

http://www.marinij.com/opinion/ci_21394864/marin-voice-voter-id-laws-are-reminders-60s

@laker steve

Except for solyndra, everything you mentioned was the fault of the republicans you moron.

Laker Steve-- did you ever take economics? Why didn't you just marry her before you spent the money and she would have been allowed to stay.

Why is it that so many of these conservative arguments can't help slipping in some exclusionary, even racist shot?.... Laker's reference to "know-nothing latinos".

This is what kills you party. Anything else you say looks racist, whatever your intent. And it is killing you into the future. Like it or not, racial demographics are changing w/more and more traditionally minority people, especially hispanics. You better start letting them in as one of you or you will have some pretty difficult times getting anything positive out that you might have been able to contribute.

Laker Steve ,

Obviously you are a small business owner paying minimum wage with no benefits and no wage increases. Your wife is probably one of the relatives of the obvious illegals you hire instead of AMERICANS.

You are a selfish jackwagon that is not worth the effort to argue with. I will CANCEL your vote for the MITTSTER, the man killing jobs and running to Switzerand with the money.

NO it is NOT illegal to have a Swiss bank account, just not really patriotic.

Is PA winnable for Romney? - YES, but it will be difficult.

With a 6% lead among Registered voters, that actually translates to only about a 2% lead among Likely voters because Republicans are much more likely to vote. That leaves the Undecided voters to decide the election, and most pollsters typically allocate about 75% of the Undecided vote to the Challenger (Romney), so if that happens, 75% of the 15% Undecided would result in a pickup of an additional 7.5% for Romney - easily enough to overcome the 2% lead among Likely voters for Obama. Just getting 60% of the Undecided votes could win it for Romney. The reason people are typically 'Undecided' is because they are not happy with the Incumbent (Obama), but just have not made that final decision to vote against Obama.

I suspect that the Romney camp will make a strong play for PA soon since the other 'Battleground States' are getting pretty well saturated with advertizing.

If Romney won Pennsylvania, he could lose Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin and Nevada and still win enough Electoral Votes to win the Presidency.

I find it humorous that the Democrats accuse the Republicans of 'waging war against women' because they think some women shouldn't have to pay $7 a month for birth control pills, but they have no problem with the average family paying an extra $2,500 per year for gasoline - that's the estimated amount of increase in a typical family's cost from the increase in gasoline prices from the $1.84 when Obama took office to the $3.80 per gallon now.

And how about the skyrocketing cost of food under Obama for the typical family? And no jobs? And an economy that never recovered, despite Obama's rhetoric? And Obama's plans to legalize millions of illegal immigrants to compete with American citizens for the few jobs available? And the $6 Trillion in new Debt that has been added since the end of fiscal 2008 - that our children and grandchildren will have to repay - WITH INTEREST?

No amount of fancy rhetoric can hide the TRUTH.

So, roy, if I understand you correctly, you are in favor of the US president, whoever he is, using federal power to intervene in the private oil and gas markets.

I doubt it, roy, but unless you can answer that you are indeed in favor of such action, I think you show yourself to be a liar. And stop whining about "our children and grandchildren." No republican in history has ever cared about that.

Roy Wilson
I haven't purchased birth control pills in years but I have to assume that the $7 you quoted is the insurance co-pay. And of course you know that a woman has to visit a doctor first, can't get them simply over-counter.

And birth control pills are used to treat a varity of women's health issues. I myself used them to try to control a severe case of endometriosis. I was taking triple doses at one time. this is in stark contrast to Viagra, that has fewer uses except for the main one. But insurance companies rushed to provide coverage for it.

The other thing you seem to just sweep under the rug is that the President didn't say anything about free, he said that insurance companies must cover the cost, just like other drugs.

One has to wonder about all the hoopla over birth control as opposed to Viagra. Sounds like a double standard to me. Even if just used for sex? Guess for men (especially old men, who seem to be the ones trying to control women's bodies) it's a bit like 'do as I say, not as I do'.

Colorado,

You obviously know next to nothing about Pa especially Philadelphia and Chester. It entirely voter suppression I know both the Republican and Democratic election officials in my district and I guarantee you no one will be challenged. That is because we 90% white and encompass no college population. In Philadelphia there are 5 penndot centers for IDs one in black neighborhood for many this means two busses and a subway or El. The ID cost $13.00 hence a poll tax. The hours only go to 4:15pm and 6pm on Thursday. There are Saturday hours but a long waiting time. Chester Pa. has no PennDot ID center and requires a 10 mile one transfer bus ride to get within a half mile. These are not that simple if you are elderly or handicapped. If you are a student your college or University had to apply to have their IDs accredited many never thought the stupid law would be enacted and are not accredited.

The city of Philadelphia volunteered to have mobile registration trucks with officials from both parties much like bookmobiles to provide IDs at the city's expense if the voter could not afford it. The Republican legislature and governor denied the request. I thought the idea was for everyone to exercise their legitimate franchise. There are also no plans for senior centers or nursing or retirement homes to be provided either on site facilities or transportation. Once again the Philadelphia and suburban Universities are being targeted by the GOP with the ID being even with their birth certificate, college ID and out of state license and fully registered with no doubt as to their identity will not be able to vote unless their college and ID requirements have been vetted. All of these are exercise's designed to discourage and inhibit voting, certainly not to extend the franchise. Long inconvenient lines and bussed in officials challenging ones right to vote is being done for one reason and one reason only, to suppress seniors, young people,the elderly and college students all of these Obama constituencies. Instead of Get Out the Vote or Rock the Vote this year it's Suppress the Vote.

And Obama has such an awesome record to vote on, right? I mean besides Solyndra, a credit rating decline, more people on welfare than ever before, massive debt, skyrocket unemployment close to 10% (if you include people no longer getting benefits) & STILL NO BUDGET, he's done a bang-up job right?

The funniest thing about this ignorant comment is that aside from maybe Solyndra... all Republican caused problems. Every single one. That's how stupid we are these days... we just don't understand how these problems are created and we'll believe anything these conservative cronies tell us.

Romney would be ill-advised to invite public support with One-Term Tommy sharing the same venue. I would hope his campaign manager can see the negative value hitching up with Corbett.

Understandably, Corbett is free to - and certainly in the position - cheer-lead his own party support as he sees fit but his rah rah rah's will ineffectually fall upon Pa. sway voters' ears. If there were a special election tomorrow in Pa. (silly, I know) to remove Corbett, he would be gone by an overwhelming tally. His capping the Penn State scandal to gain a Governorship has left him with few friends. Surely Romney won't find 'a friend in Pennsylvania' by siding up with Corbett.

Again for the "nothing to run on contingent...and each time I see this crap" I loved this post when I saw it so I copied it just for you all

• The partial Record of President Barack H. Obama:

He Returned
The Executive Branch To Fiscal Responsibility After the Bush Debacle

1. Within his
first week, he signed an Executive Order ordering an audit of government
contracts, and combating waste and abuse.

Why, He should
have Repuested Congress to do that (Someting Congress is susposed to do
anyway).

2. Created the
post of Chief Performance Officer, whose job it is to make operations more
efficient to save the federal government money.

Doesn't this
do the same job as #1? Job reduncey is not a good way to save money.

3. On his
first full day, he froze White House salaries. Congrates on that, but why not
all public sector workers.

4. He
appointed the first Federal Chief Information Officer to oversee federal IT
spending.

Again that
makes 3 doing the same job #1 listed above.

5. He
committed to phasing out unnecessary and outdated weapons systems. To that end,
he also signed the Democratic-sponsored Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act,
which attempted to put a stop to waste, fraud and abuse in the defense
procurement and contracting system.

Another person
in charge of #1. That makes 4 in charge of this so far.

6. Through an
executive order, he created the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility
and Reform. Another persond doing #1, He as more people trying to save money
then what the govenment saves by hireing all these groups to try to save money.
Not to mention they have no Constitutional power to do anything with cutting
spending Besides the President didn't listen to the last board he appointed to
cut the national debt.

He Improved
the Economy, Preventing a Bush Depression

7. Pushed
through and signed the Democratic-sponsored American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act, otherwise known as “the stimulus package.” The bill passed, even though
only three Republicans voted for it. In a major departure from the previous
administration, he launched recovery.gov, a website that allows taxpayers to
track spending from the Act.

Actually the
stimulas program started under the Democrats during the Bush administration. It
was passed and signed after Bush left office, by Obama. That money went to the
largest banks, to help with home forclosures (something that the democrats
didn't bother to put into the bill. (they placed no guide lines on how the
money was to be spent.) So banks kept their money, and the rest was given to GM
and Soylendra, (ie. wasted) since we will not see that money back anytime soon.

8. The
Bush-led Great Recession was costing the economy nearly 800,000 jobs per month
by the time President Obama took office. But by the end of his first year, the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act created and sustained 2.1 million jobs
and stimulated the economyby 3.5%.

The Democrat
Controlled Congress created the law leading to the housing bubble that caused
the recession. While the privite sector created more then 2 million jobs, the
total loss of jobs were over 4 million from Feb 9th 09 to the end of the year
So it was a net loss of 2 million jobs. Obama likes to just count the Shovel
Ready jobs, and doesn't count the real numbers.

9. Not only
did he completed the massive TARP financial and banking rescue plan, he also
leaned on the banks and others, and recovered virtually all of the bail-out
money.

The banks
didn't want the restrictions Obama wanted to put on them so they returned the
money. appearently they really didn't need to tarp money if they could pay it
back so fast.

10. He created
the Making Home Affordable home refinancing plan.

How weill has
hat done so far? Again no real value to any homeowner in trouble.

11. Oversaw
the creation of more jobs in 2010 alone than Bush did in eight years.

12. Along with
Democrats, and almost no Republicans, implemented an auto industry rescue plan,
and saved as many as 1 million jobs. Many are of the opinion that he saved the
entire auto industry, and even the economy of the entire Midwest. This resulted
in GM returning to its place as the top car company in the world. Willard
Romney, on the other hand, advocated for the entire industry to go belly-up.

The US
taxpayer will be paying for this for decades. It would have cost the government
nothing to let GM and Chrysler go bankrupt. Both would have come out better and
very few jobs would have been lost. So those 1 million so called saved jobs
cost the taxpayer about $100K for each worker. Hopfully thier stock will double
so the US Government can get out of the car business. Funny thing is Chrysler
has proven to be much more profitible under Fiat, then GM under the
Government/Unions.

13. Doubled
funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, which is designed to
improve manufacturing efficiency.

This is money
that should have been cut, as businesses already do this costing the taxpayers
nothing. Waste.

14. Signed the
Democratic-sponsored Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act giving the federal
government more tools to investigate and prosecute fraud in every corner of the
financial system, and create a bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
to investigate the financial fraud that led to the economic meltdown.

John Corzine,
takes 1 billion dollars from investors and no charges, and goes free. This
program is a total waste of taxpayer money in order to pay lawyers to do
nothing.

15. Signed the
Democratic-sponsored Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure
(CARD) Act, which was designed to to protect consumers from unfair and
deceptive credit card practices.

This just
caused the banks to cancel cards for deadbeats, and allowed them to charge more
intrust ,and fees to cardmembers, with good credit. How is this better then 5
years ago?

16. Increased
infrastructure spending after years of neglect.

On What? I now
see 5 workers watching one instead of the old days when 4 workers watched 1
work. Besides that is what your gas tax (about 80cents a gallion.) .

17. Signed the
Democratic-sponsored and passed Helping Families Save Their Homes Act,
expanding on the Making Home Affordable Program to help millions of Americans
avoid preventable foreclosures. The bill also provided $2.2 billion to help
combat homelessness, and to stabilize the housing market.

Another total
waste of money. Millions were not saved the number is actually much smaller
less then 100K. So the banks got paid Do the math even using your figures that
is about $2K a home that is at most 2 home payments, so you extend the person
for 2 monthis before they loose their home, only the bank wins here (sound
familure?) instead of the 2.2 million they got for not exteding the loans.

18. Through
the Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009, he and
Congressional Democrats provided tax credits to first-time home buyers, which
helped the U.S. housing market recovery.

This only took
sales from other month. I boosted sales of home, but didn't stop home prices
from falling. The people with money bought homes and the Taxpayer paid.

19. Initiated
a $15 billion plan designed to encourage increased lending to small businesses.

To big banks
that hasn't helped small businesses. Luckly small local banks steped in to help
small businesses.

20. Created
business.gov, which allows for online collaboration between small businesses
and experts re managing a business. (The program has since merged with
SBA.gov.)

This was
starte decades ago. No real change with with.

21. Played a
lead role in getting the G-20 Summit to commit to a $1.1 trillion deal to
combat the global financial crisis.

Of which Euro
group gave to Greece, Italy, and Spain.

22. Took steps
to improve minority access to capital.

Actually Reid
and Pelosi did this back in 07. Which caused banks to lend money to people who
could not afforde to pay it back. Lending should be only on the basis of
ability to pay back the loan. Nothing else, Gender, race, have nothing to do
with it.

23. Signed an
Executive Order instructing federal agencies to review all federal regulations
and remove any unnecessary and/or burdensome regulations from the books.

Still waiting
for this one. It should have been easy to remove at least 2/3rds of them.
Instead he added more.

24. Through
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, saved at least 300,000 education
jobs, such as teachers, principals, librarians, and counselors that would have
otherwise been lost.

What a joke.
he hired the above groups for a year, then required the states to pick up the
costs of continued hiring them. The states couldn't afford them, so they got
laid off. If he was smart he would havve done this a year before the election,
to look good.

25. Dismantled
the Minerals Management Service, thereby cutting ties between energy companies
and the government.

I am surpised
the EPA didn't take this up.

26. Along with
Congressional Democrats, provided funding to states and the Department of
Homeland Security to save thousands of police and firefighter jobs from being
cut during the recession.

Again the same
as #24. A tempory feel good gesture, but with no real substance. Was done just
to keep the Unions happy.

27. Used
recovered TARP money to fund programs at local housing finance agencies in
California, Florida, Nevada, Arizona and Michigan.

Most states
rejected the money because of the costs to the states.

28. Crafted an
Executive order establishing the President’s Advisory Council on Financial
Capability to assist in financial education for all Americans.

Education
about financial education from the worst example on the planet? What are they
going to teach them? How to run up 100K in debt in 2 years sumular to the
government. kind of like a bank robber teaching students how to open up bank
accounts and withdrawing money.

He Fostered
Greater Transparency and Better Government, After the Excesses of the Bush
Years

This area
is such a joke very few comments were made.

29. Signed an
order banning gifts from lobbyists to anyone in the Executive Branch.

30. Signed an
order banning anyone from working in an agency they had lobbied in previous
years, and put strict limits on lobbyists’ access to the White House.

31. Held the
first-ever first online town hall from the White House, and took questions from
the public.

He hasn't
talked to the white house press in over 5 monthis and only once this year, Yet
can go to over 200 fundraisers.

32. Became the
first to stream every White House event, live.

33.
Established a central portal for Americans to find service opportunities.

34. Provided
the first voluntary disclosure of the White House Visitors Log in history.

35. Issued an
Executive Order on Presidential Records, which restored the 30-day time frame
for former presidents to review records, and eliminated the right for the vice
president or family members of former presidents to do the reviews. Provides
the public with greater access to historic White House documents, and severely
curtails the ability to use executive privilege to shield them.

So much for
this one, Right Eric Holder?

36. Improved
aspects of the Freedom of Information Act, and issued new guidelines to make
FOIA more open and transparent when processing FOIA requests.

No real change
here (Fast and Furious) even the congress and still not get information, what
chance does a common citizen have.

Wall Street
Reforms and Consumer Protection

37. Ordered 65
executives who took bailout money to cut their own pay until they paid back all
bailout money.

Of what they
quickly did. The bailout money was quickly paid back. Sounds good, but no
substance.

38. Along with
Congressional Democrats, pushed through and got passed Dodd-Frank, one of the
largest and most comprehensive Wall Street reforms since the Great Depression.

This bill
alone killed more jobs, and since the large banks helped write it. It placed
huge restrictions on the smaller regional and local banks. Allowing the largest
banks to buyout smaller ones and get evern larger. Banks win again.

39. Through
Dodd-Frank legislation, created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

That is did,
but it has no power.

40. Through
Dodd-Frank, the Executive Branch fashioned rules that reduce the influence of
speculators in the oil market.

I am so glad
about that, except it didn't work. They still drive up and down the price of
oil. If you haven't noticed Oil is still high. It did nothing,

41. Fashioned
rules so that banks can no longer use YOUR money to invest in high-risk
financial instruments that work against their own customers' interests.

I think
someone should tell the banks about this.

42. Supported
the concept of allowing stockholders to vote on executive compensation.

Another joke.
Stockholders have been doing this for over a century.

43. Endorsed
and supported the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 that would close
offshore tax avoidance loopholes.

Again this was
already the law, duplication. But it sounds good.

44. Negotiated
a deal with Swiss banks that now permits the US government to gain access to
the records of criminals and tax evaders.

The US has to
prove criminal actions. question how do you prove someone is avioding taxes on
a account you do not know exists? Maybe he uses his cristal ball.

45. Signed the
American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, which closed many of the loopholes
that allowed companies to send jobs overseas, and avoid paying US taxes by
moving money offshore.

Another joke.
GE, Tesla, Solor companies moved jobs overseas after taking the money. So not
only did we loose the jobs, We Paid them to move the jobs out of the country.
How stupid is that. This is a Plus?

46.
Established a Consumer Protection Financial Bureau designed to protect
consumers from financial sector excesses.

Who protects
the business from the consumer criminal?

47. Oversaw
and then signed a Democratic bill constituting the most sweeping food safety
legislation since the Great Depression.

Yss, so now
you too can buy a home in a hole, and get the government to pay to get you a
new home in a hole should yours get flooded.

48. Through
the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, extended the False Claims Act to combat
fraud by companies and individuals usingmoney from the TARP and Stimulus
programs.

So many have
done this already with no prosicution that it has become another joke.

He Ushered
Through Many Changes That Enhanced Civil Rights and Anti-Discrimination

He gives
blacks special treatment for school funs, he gives illegal students work
permits, he gives special treatment to special people and companies.

49. Along with
Congressional Democrats, advocated for and signed the Matthew Shepard
and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which made it a federal crime
to assault anyone based on his or her sexual orientation or gender identity.

Hate Crime.
Another Joke. People Kill others. You kill someone it makes no differance how
you feel about their gender, race, social standing, It is wrong to kill anyone,
nothing else matters, especially to the victim. I am sure the victim doesn't
feel any better or worse, for the person killed them. What a brainless act.

50. Pushed
through, signed and demanded the Pentagon enact a repeal of the discriminatory
“Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy that forced soldiers to lie in order to be
eligible to fight for their country, and put our troops at risk by
disqualifying many qualified soldiers from helping.

51. Extended
benefits to same-sex partners of federal employees.

52. Appointed
more openly gay officials than anyone in history.

53. Appointed
first openly transgender Cabinet Official in History.

So what, when
I hire a person, I want the best qualified, eveythng else is garbage. Bush had
more minoritys than even Obama, so what. how good is the person does their job.

54. Changed
HUD rules to prohibit gender and sexual orientation-based discrimination in
housing bit.ly/9RxEnP

55. Changed
his mind and publicly expressed support for the right to enter into a same-sex
marriage.

Please don't
use the Tern "Marriage" Civil Union is much better, since Marriage is
used by Religion to express the joining of a Man and a Woman as expressed in
the religious teaching through out the Centuries.

56. Issued a
Presidential Memorandum reaffirming the rights of gay couples to make medical
decisions for each other.

This should be
under Civil Unions.

57. Wrote and
signed an Executive Order establishing a White House Council on Women and Girls
to ensure that all Cabinet and Cabinet-level agencies evaluate the effect of
their policies and programs on women and families.

How sexist is
that? What a waste of money. they should do that for every person.

58. Signed the
Democratic-sponsored Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which restored basic
protections against pay discrimination for women and other workers. This was
after the GOP blocked the bill in 2007. Only 5 Republican Senators voted for
the bill.

So, say a male
worker with the company for 15 years, makes 40K doing accounting work, they
hire an new female with no experance get paid the same amount of money to
start? I just hope it does the same for a female who works for a company for 25
years get paid the same as a new maie worker, doing the same job. In my
business you get pay increases for experiance, I guess that no longer holds
true. Now wonder business is not hireing. When a new hire must be paid the same
as your most experanced employee.

59. Expanded
funding for the Violence Against Women Act.

Forget the
Gender, Go after the crime, After all Crime is not concerned about gender.

60. Under his
guidance, National Labor Relations Board issued final rules that require all
employers to prominently post employees' rights where all employees or
prospective employees can see it, including websites and intranets, beginning
November 2011.

This repeat of
a law that is over 30 years old. Redundency.

61. Advocated
that United Nations adopt a policy supporting gay rights worldwide.

62. Issued an
order requiring hospitals to allow visitation by same-sex couples.
reut.rs/llNJek

63. Appointed
Kareem Dale as the first ever Special Assistant to the President for Disability
Policy.

64. Helped
Democrats in Congress pass and signed the Civil Rights History Act.

He Made
Major Improvements in Foreign Relations and American Status Around the World

I wish they
were for the good, instead of for the worse.

65. Visited
more countries and met with more world leaders than any previous president
during his first six months in office.

And cirtized
the country for what it did. Without this country, the world would be a totally
different place today, Thank God, the world is a better place today, because of
this country.

66. As he
promised, he gave a speech at a major Islamic forum in Cairo early in his
administration.

67. Helped to
restore America's reputation around the world as a global leader that does the
"right thing" in world affairs, at least according to the rest of the
world.

What a sack of
sh@t. Just about ever country in the world has a lower impression of this
country.

68.
Re-established and reinforced our partnership with NATO and other allies on
strategic international issues.

He sold out
Poland, and central Europe to Russia. After Obama broke an agreement with them.

69. Closed a
number of secret detention facilities.

Of the public
ones, Getmo and others still exist.

70. Improved
relations with Middle East countries by appointing special envoys.

We have lost
influnance in Egypt, Syria, Libia, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afganistan, Lebinon,
Saudi aribia, Jorden, Turkey, and now are not considered friendly toward us. We
have better relations wth 0 middle east countries, we now have worse relations
with at lest 10 of them. How is that better. Name one that is better?

71. Pushed for
military to emphasize devlopment of foreign language skills.

72. Offered
$400 million to the people living in Gaza, called on both Israel and the
Palestinians to stop inciting violence.

I am sure that
money was well spend on rockets and making human bombs.

73. Refused to
give Israel the green light to attack Iran over their possible nuclear program,
and thus avoid another war that Republicans wanted.

Isrial will do
what ever it feels is nessary to prevent Iran from getting a nuclar bomb. It is
sad that it now gives Iran the idea that we will not do anythng to prevent it.
Uncertianty causes war, a strong coountry is not attacked, but if there is a
question thn war will result, just as Iraq attacked Kwait ,because Saddam
didn't beleive we would react. Iran has to know we will react, thus prevent
war. The same story happed in Libia. Lean from history. Obama has not leaned
this yet.

74. Worked
with Democratic Congress to make donations to Haiti tax deductible in 2009.

New flash,
Giving to charities that helped out in Haiti have always be deductible for more
then 60 years.

75.
Established a new U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue.

76. Issued
Executive Order blocking interference and helping to stabilize Somalia.

77.
Established new, more reasonable policies in our relations with Cuba, such as
allowing Cuban-Americans to visit their families and send money to support
them.

78. Ordered
the closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay. It was Republicans (and,
unfortunately, progressive Democrats) who prevented follow through.

79. Ordered a
review of our detention and interrogation policy, and prohibited the use of
torture, or what Bush called "enhanced interrogation." He ordered
interrogators to limit their actions to the Army Field manual.

80. Ordered
all secret detention facilities in Eastern Europe and elsewhere to be closed.

81. Released
the Bush torture memos.

82. On his
second day in office, he signed a detailed Executive Order that banned torture,
reversed all Bush torture policies, and put the United States in compliance
with the Geneva Convention.

83. In response
to the emerging "Arab Spring," he created a Rapid Response fund, to
assist emerging democracies with foreign aid, debt relief, technical assistance
and investment packages in order to show that the United States stands with
them.

84. Passed the
Iran Sanctions Act, to prevent war, and to encourage Iran to give up their
nuclear program.

85. Ended the
Iraq War.

86. Authorized
and oversaw a secret mission by SEAL Team Six to rescue two hostages held by
Somali pirates.

He Took a
More Realistic Approach to “Defense”

87. Created a
comprehensive new strategy for dealing with the international nuclear threat.

88. Authorized
a $1.4 billion reduction in Star Wars program in 2010.

89. Restarted
nuclear nonproliferation talks and built up the nuclear inspection infrastructure/protocols
to where they had been before Bush.

90. Signed and
pushed through ratification a new SALT Treaty.

91. Negotiated
and signed a new START Treaty that will lst until at least 2021.

92. Through
the Defense Authorization Act, reversed the Bush Administration and committed
to no permanent military bases in Iraq.

93. Developed
first comprehensive strategy with regard to Afghanistan and Pakistan designed
to facilitate the defeat of al Qaeda and the withdrawal of most troops, as well
as the rebuilding of Afghanistan.

94. Returned
our focus to Afghanistan, stabilized the country, and began the process of
withdrawing our troops from the country.

95. Negotiated
a deal with Afghan govenment, to withdraw troops and military support, while assisting
in rebuilding and modernizing of the country.

96. Took steps
to severely weaken al Qaeda and limited their ability to terrorize the world.

97. Negotiated
and signed a nuclear nonproliferation treaty with India.

98. Took
decisive action to use NATO to limit the slaughter of innocents in Libya, so
that the Libyan people could topple a despotic government and determine their
own fate.

His
Administration Treated Soldiers and Veterans with Respect That Was Missing
Previously

99. Along with
Congressional Democrats, not only reauthorized families of fallen soldiers to
be able to visit when the body arrives at Dover AFB, but also provided funding
for it. Ended the media blackout on coverage of the return of fallen soldiers.

100. Funded
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) with an extra $1.4 billion to improve
veterans’ services.

101. Provided
active combat troops with better body armor.

102. Created
Joint Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record program for military personnel, in order
to improve the quality of their medical care.

103. Put an
end to the Bush-era stop-loss policy that kept soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan
beyond their enlistment date. (personal note: my son will be in harm’s way for
six fewer months with Obama as president, so you know I love this one.)

104. Along
with Congressional Democrats, supported and signed Veterans Health Care Budget
Reform and Transparency Act, which made more money available to enable better
medical care for veterans.

105. Along
with Congressional Democrats, ushered through largest spending increase in 30
years for Department of Veterans Affairs, with money to go to improved medical
facilities, and to assist states in acquiring or constructing state nursing
homes and extended care facilities.

106. Created
the Green Vet Initiative, which provided special funding to the Labor
Department to provide veterans with training in green jobs.

107. Initiated
and signed a recruitment and employment plan to get more veterans into
government jobs.

108. Oversaw a
$4.6 billion expansion of the Veterans Administration budget to pay for more
mental health professionals.

109. Signed
the Military Spouses Residency Relief Act, which ensures that spouses of
military personnel who are forced to move because their spouse is posted for
military duty will be able to avoid state taxes in their temporary residence.

He
Refocused the Federal Government on Education

110.
Repeatedly increased funding for student financial aid, and at the same time
cut the banks completely out of the process.

111. Reformed
student loan program, to make it possible for students to refinance at a lower
rate.

112. Through
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , invested heavily in elementary,
secondary and post-secondary education.

113. Created
the Race to the Top program, which encouraged states to come up with effective
school reforms and rewards the best of them.

114. Oversaw
major expansion of broadband availability in K-12 schools nationwide ,

115. Oversaw
major expansion in school construction.

116. Also
through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, he put $5 billion into
early education, including Head Start.

117. Signed
the Democratic-sponsored Post-9/11 GI Bill, also known as GI Bill 2.0

118. Oversaw
expansion of the Pell Grants program, to expand opportunity for low income
students to go to college.

119. Along
with Democratic Congress, passed and signed Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, which provided an extra $12.2 billion in funds.

He Pushed
Through Improvements in National Safety and Security

120. Restored
federal agencies such as FEMA to the point that they have been able to manage a
huge number of natural disasters successfully.

121.
Authorized Navy SEALS to successfully secure the release of a US captain held
by Somali pirates and increased patrols off the Somali coast.

122. Has
repeatedly beefed up border security

123. Ordered
and oversaw the Navy SEALS operation that killed Osama bin Laden.

Science,
Technology and Health Care

124. Created a
Presidential Memorandum to restore scientific integrity in government
decision-making.

125. Opened up
process for fast-tracking patent approval for green energy projects.

126.
Eliminated Bush-era restrictions on embryonic stem cell research, and provided
increased federal support for biomedical and stem cell research.

127. Through
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, committed more federal funding,
about $18 billion, to support non-defense science and research labs.

128. Signed
Democratic-sponsored Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, the first
comprehensive attempt to improve the lives of Americans living with paralysis.

129. Expanded
the Nurse-Family Partnership program, which provides home visits by trained
registered nurses to low-income expectant mothers and their families, to cover
more first-time mothers.

130. Obama EPA
reveresed research ethics standards which allowed humands to be used as
"guinea pigs" in tests of the effects of chemicals, to comply with
numerous codes of medical ethics.

131. Conducted
a cyberspace policy review.

132. Provided
financial support for private sector space programs.

133. Oversaw
enhanced earth mapping, to provide valuable data for agricultural, educational,
scientific, and government use.

134. Along
with Democrats in Congress, ushered through and signed a bill authorizing FDA
to regulate tobacco. As a result, the FDA has Ordered Tobacco Companies to
Disclose Cigarette Ingredients and banned sale of cigarettes falsely labeled as
“light.”

135. Through
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, provided $500 million for Health
Professions Training Programs.

136. Increased
funding for community-based prevention programs.

137. Oversaw a
50% decrease in cost of prescription drugs for seniors.

138.
Eliminated the Bush-era practice of forbidding Medicare from negotiating with
drug companies on price.

139. Two weeks
after taking office, signed Democratic-sponsored Children’s Health Insurance
Reauthorization Act, which increased the number of children covered by health
insurance by 4 million.

140. Urged
Congress to investigate Anthem Blue Cross for raising premiums 39% without
explanation. Democratic Rep. Waxman responded by launching a probe, and Anthem
Blue Cross put increase on hold for two months.

141. Ushered
through and signed Affordable Care Act, which expanded health insurance
coverage to at least 30 million more people, ended many common insurance
company practices that are often detrimental to those with coverage. He also
established healthcare.gov, so that taxpayers could keep up with developments.

142. Through
ACA, allowed children to be covered under their parents’ policy until they
turned 26.

143. Through
the ACA, provided tax breaks to allow 3.5 million small business to provide
health insurance to their employees, and 29 million people will receive tax
breaks to help them afford health insurance.

144. Through
the ACA, expanded Medicaid to those making up to 133% of the federal poverty
level.

145. Through
the ACA, health insurance companies now have to disclose how much of your
premium actually goes to pay for patient care.

146.
Provisions in theACAhave already resulted in Medicare costs actually declining
slightly this fiscal year, for the first time in many years, according to the
Congressional Budget Office. The increase in 2011 was 4%, which is very low
compared to the average 12% annual inflation rate during previous 40 years.

He Took
Steps to Strengthen the Middle Class and Families, and to Fight Poverty

147. Worked to
provide affordable, high-quality child care to working families.

148. Cracked
down on companies that were previously denying sick pay, vacation and health
insurance, and Social Security and Medicare tax payments through abuse of the
employee classification of independent contractor.

149. Through
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , cut taxes for 95% of America's
working families.

150. Tax rates
for average working families are the lowest since 1950.

151. Extended
and fully funded the patch for the Alternative Minimum Tax for 10 years.

152. Extended
discounted COBRA health coverage for the unemployed from 9 months to 15 months,
and he’s extended unemployment benefits several times.

153. Provided
a $20 billion increase for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food
Stamps).

154. Signed an
Executive Order that established the White House Office of Urban Affairs.

He Took
Concrete Steps to Improve Our Environment and Address Our Energy Needs

155.
Fast-tracked regulations to allow states to enact fuel efficiency standards
that exceeded federal standards.

156.
Fast-tracked increased fuel economy standards for vehicles beginning with the
2011 model year. It was the first time such standards had been increased in a
decade.

157. Oversaw
establishment of an Energy Partnership for the Americas, to create more markets
for American-made biofuels and green energy technologies.

158. Obama EPA
reversed a Bush-era decision to allow the largest mountaintop removal project
in US history.

159. Ordered
the Department of Energy to implement more aggressive efficiency standards for
common household appliances.

160. Ordered
energy plants to prepare to produce at least 15% of all energy through renewable
resources like wind and solar, by 2021. (As you can see, Republicans are trying
hard to kill it.)

161. Oversaw
the creation of an initiative that converts old factories and manufacturing
centers into new clean technology centers.

162. Bypassed
Republican opposition in Congress and ordered EPA to begin regulating and
measuring carbon emissions.

163. Obama EPA
ruled that CO2 is a pollutant.

164. Oversaw
doubling federal spending on clean energy research.

165. Pushed
through a tax credit to help people buy plug-in hybrid cars.

166. Created a
program to develop renewable energy projects on the waters of our Outer
Continental Shelf that will produce electricity from wind, wave, and ocean
currents.

167. Reengaged
in the climate change and greenhouse gas emissions agreements talks, and
proposed one himself. He also addressed the U.N. Climate Change Conference,
officially reversing the Bush era stance that climate change was a “hoax.”

168. Fully
supported the initial phase of the creation of a legally-binding treaty to
reduce mercury emissions worldwide.

169. Required
states to provide incentives to utilities to reduce their energy consumption.

170. Following
the neglect of Bush’s eight year reign, he reengaged in a number of treaties
and agreements designed to protect the Antarctic.

171. Created
tax write-offs for purchases of hybrid automobiles, and later he and Democrats
morphed that program into one that includes electric cars.

172. Mandated
that federal government fleet purchases be for fuel-efficient American
vehicles, and encouraged that federal agencies support experimental,
fuel-efficient vehicles.

173. Oversaw
and pushed through amendment to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 authorizing
advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil
spill.

174. Actively
tried to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to eliminate the liability limits
for those companies responsible for large oil spills.

175. Initiated
Criminal and Civil inquiries into the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

176. Through
his EPA, he asserted federal legal supremacy, and barred Texas from authorizing
new refinery permits on its own.

177.
Strengthened the Endangered Species Act.

178. Obama EPA
improved boiler safety standards to improve air quality, and save 6500 lives
per year.

179. Through
the EPA, attemped to take steps to severely limit the use of antibiotics in
livestock feed, to increase their efficacy in humans.

180. Increased
funding for National Parks and Forests by 10%

181. Announced
greatly improved commercial fuel efficiency standards.

182. Announced
a huge increase in average fuel economy standards from 27.5mpg in 2010 to
35.5mpg starting in 2016 and 54.5 starting in 2025

But That's
Not All...

183. Expanded
trade agreements to include stricter labor and environmental agreements such as
NAFTA.

184. Oversaw
funding of the design of a new Smithsonian National Museum of African American
History, which is scheduled to open on the National Mall in 2015. He protected
the funding during the recent budget negotiations.

185. Oversaw
and passed increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.

186. Nominated
Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Sotomayor is the first
Hispanic Justice in the court’s history, and the women represent only the third
and fourth women to serve on the court, out of a total of 112 justices.

187. Appointed
the most diverse Cabinet in history, including more women than any other
incoming president.

188.
Eliminated federal funding for abstinence-only education, and rescinded the
global gag rule.

189. Loosened
the rules and allowed the 14 states that legalized medical marijuana to
regulate themselves without federal interference.

190. Signed
national service legislation, increasing funding for national service groups,
including triple the size of the Americorps program.

191. Signed an
Executive Order that will speed up deployment of a more comprehensive broadband
infrastructure.

192. Signed an
Executive Order creating jobs immediately by instructing them to reduce the
time needed for review and permitting of infrastructure projects.

193. Signed a
bill that provided $4.3 billion in additional assistance to 9/11 first
responders.

And Did You
Know?

194. Despite the
characterizations of some, Obama’s success rate in winning congressional votes
on issues was an unprecedented 96.7% for his first year in office. Though he is
often cited as superior to Obama, President Lyndon Johnson’s success rate in
1965 was only 93%.

Ignorance is voting for a failure- AGAIN! Way to go Obama- turn a state red that has been blue for over 20 years. November is going to be a shellacking!

2012 Romney/ Ryan the end of an error.

Swallow, next time write your book somewhere else!

Do you really think anyone is going to read 194 points?

Also, Swallow, that looks to me like a fairly offensive example of copyright infringement, if as you say, you "saw it" somewhere and "cut & pasted" it here.

Just sayin'

ROY-- I have you on ignore, but every once in a while I open you up and I see the same stupid @!$%#. Gas prices Roy. Really? I knew it would be a waste of my time.

Roomney's plans have no depth and no substance. The only ratings we got on his tax plan shows that's it pure fantasy and adds 5 trillion to the deficit.

Barack Obama is doing well in upper middle class suburbia, where wealthier, better educated voters live.

It really is the ignorant and the extremely wealthy who will be voting Republican.

ZOMBIES for Romney/Ryan 2012 !!!!

It's so cute that the only analysis on his plan you can bear to read is from the TPC written by an ex-aide to Obama. Btw, the TPC has already backed away from their initial claims once other analysts pointed out that the TPC was listing assumptions that Romney nor Ryan made (Look at the back of the TPC report).

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/tax-policy-center-decides-romneys-tax-plan-is-less-impossible/2012/08/16/39f3a6ee-e7ef-11e1-936a-b801f1abab19_blog.html

But why would I assume you actually looked past left wing news Eric, it's all you spew.

At least he has a budget Eric.

Obama's answer is to just keep spending our way out.

Do tell, Aralee. You know he's spent less than Bush, right?

Show us the Obama Budget, Pedestrian !

Here ya go Jimbo! Obama has delivered a budget to the Republican Congress every year but the Grand Obstructionist Party has refused to act on it!

Current Fiscal Year

Prior Years:

Mike Turzai said the Voter I.D law Romney is sure to win PA.. Not so fast Mr.Turzai; the prople in Philly and Pittsburgh are going all out to help voters get that PHOTO I.D.. Even paying for the documents to get the I.D..

Shame on all of you defending the voter suppression laws in PA. And don't give me that BS that the laws are meant to discourage fraudulent voting - you all know full well what they are meant to do.

The piece of crap a-hole that sponsored the legislation pretty much said it straight out - he's not even bothering to hide his intentions anymore (www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuOT1bRYdK8).

How can you call yourselves American Patriots when you are willing to subvert democracy so that the guy in your uniform can win. SHAMEFUL!

Like that democrat Frederica Wilson from Florida that wears those horrendous cowboy hats- how stupid can you be to look in the mirror and think those pimp hats are ok? Now that's trash for Obama.

Crystal, you sound pathetic in your hate. Blah blah, doesn't the Right have anything original to say? No, because you barely high school educated red meat Righties take your marching orders from Rush and Fox. You've collectively been making the same insults as you did back in 2003 when AOL was big and there were live chat rooms. Come up with something new. Your poisonous rhetoric is droning and annoying and outright brain dead lazy.

It's not 'likely' anyone is going to vote unless they are registered.

Karl Rove has already factored in the MILLIONS OF VOTES that won't happen because of the ID LAWS in Pennsylvania

MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET YOUR ID. DON'T LET KARL ROVE WIN THIS ELECTION.

Don't forget the Texas poll police.......there to intimidate voters.

Texas wants to make sure dead people don't vote too often .......... they tend to vote Democratic !

Jim
Yeah rrrriiiiggghhhhtt......

I live in TX. My mother would have been disenfranchised. We took away her DL when her eyesight went south, she lived in a small town, had a checking account with the same bank for 50+ years, never needed her ID to write a check because everybody knows everybody and she didn't fly. She got along quite well without a picture ID for many years.

She was born in a house in Ranger TX, no doctor. Getting a birth certificate is very difficult if not impossible in those cases. Plus TX didn't provide any resources to aid in the influx of applications.

Think about it, why the sudden rush to implement these laws just in states where the Repubs controlled the state legislatures? Why now when no voter fraud has been proven. The timing in and of itself smells. Would really say the same if the Democrats were behind this?

Yes, my mother, who lived for 84 years, paid her taxes like everyone else would have been disenfranchised and that is not only wrong it's unConstitutional.

BS, if she wanted to vote, she could get an id.

Yep I live in Illinois.....and the state is a disaster. Massive debt forcing the Dems to lay off EDUCATION, skyrocket unemployment to the point where I had to get a job in WISCONSIN to survive.

But Obama will still win the state, people there are too stupid to know anything else.....heck, they'd vote for Blagojevich again if they got the chance......and he still might get some write in votes while he rots in jail!!

Steve - If Obama fails to carry Illinois, there's a lot of other "sure" Dem states that will go Republican and you'll be saying hello to President Romney. While the Demcratic Illinois governor (Pat Quinn) might have been booed by union activists, do you really think the AFL-CIO, Teamsters and SEIU members are going to vote for Romney?!?!? City of Chicago and Cook County's MASSIVE Dem majority vote overules the rest of Illinois 102 counties. That's how Quinn got elected in the first place....

Illinois Politics = Corruption like no other... and I'm from Illinois as well. Quinn couldn't get his pension reform bill through if his life depended on it, he is a crook...

I've been watching the polls. There are quite a number of Traditionally Democrat states edging toward Romney.

California has dropped from 18-21% to as low as 11% in Obama's favor

Connecticut has slipped from 13% to 7%

Pennsylvania was down to 3% Obama lead in July, until the polling companies added 6 points to the number of democrats being polled. And as far as the Republicans supressing the votes goes, there have been allegations in the past of dead people voting.

In New Jersey the Registered voters had Obama with a 10-20 point lead. That is now 8 in likely voters.

In New Mexico the Registerd voters say 4% down from 13%. Likely voters says 14% down from 17%

Oregon was 12% and is 8%

Washington was 15% and now is 9%

Keep in mind, most of the earlier polls were using a 4-6 point edge in Democrats to Republicans and are now using 8 - 12 point edges in Democrats.

This, when in the 10 Swing states Democrat registrations slipped 800,000 since the beginning of the year while Republicans slipped 80,000 and independents gained 400,000.

We are being played by the the poll takers. I think the whole thing is a tie and may actually be in favor of Romney at the end of the day.

The funny thing is that the voter ID laws would also affect poor people who vote republican.

The funny thing is that the voter ID laws would also affect poor people who vote republican.

You may call it funny...I prefer to call it 'wonderful'. :)

I'm a Democrat and I call it unConstitutional and unAmerican. If the people want these laws, then implement them with the time and resources to ensure every citizen can be registered in time.

Our right to vote is the only power we really have. The ballot box is the only weapon we have against corrupt government.

Shame on anyone who wants to disenfranchise ant citizen, Republican or Democrat, or Independent.

Our right to vote is the only power we really have. The ballot box is the only weapon we have against corrupt government.

Shame on anyone who wants to disenfranchise ant citizen, Republican or Democrat, or Independent.

I agree fully, dsb. My comment was made half in jest, and made out of frustration that Democratic voters in Pennsylvania are being disenfranchised by a law that was passed by a Republican governor, a Republican legislature and upheld by a Republican judge.

The GOP deserves a taste of their own medicine...I hope the photo ID law they railroaded through comes back to bite them in the butt.

The actual quote was from Mike Turzai, a GOP state legislator, and it goes like this... "Voter ID, which is going to allow Governor Romney to win the state of Pennsylvania, done,"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuOT1bRYdK8

Just one example of a grand ole plutocrat (GOP) party shill speaking the truth. Want more look into Ohio voter suppression.

No Ohio and Mittens can start writing his succession speech. There's no way he can win in November without Ohio. Even if he wins Florida and Iowa, he'd have to sweep almost 4 other swing states to get to 270. It's no secret why Ohio's voter suppression is the most fierce.

Hey Rosso, if its Romney's "succession" speech, that means he won. You mean "concession", but I won't quibble with your statement because I think Romney will win -- and by a lot!!

No Ohio and Mittens can start writing his succession speech. There's no way he can win in November without Ohio. Even if he wins Florida and Iowa, he'd have to sweep almost 4 other swing states to get to 270. It's no secret why Ohio's voter suppression is the most fierce.

He'll have eight years to write his succession speech. Oh wait, it's the Libs who are the intelligent ones. (I forgot).

The Columbus Dispatch poll out yesterday shows a tie. The only poll in the last 30 days that shows Obama winning Ohio by a significant margin is Quinnipiac shows Obama winning outside the margin of error. In that poll Quinnipiac was using a 9 point Democrat advantage when in 2010 the Democrats only turned out in a 3 point advantage over Republicans, and in 2008 Republicans in several key counties didn't turn out because of McCain leaving Ohio with a 6 point advantage of Democrats turning out over Republicans.

That said, Romney is tied with or has a small lead in Ohio right now.

After Obama wins re-election, we'll be gunning for Corbett.

One and done for him.

How quickly you forget November, 2010 !

"We got shellacked". Now who do you suppose said those words ?

TeaBag time has come and gone... good riddens!! TEA PARTY is the worst thing to happen to this country since 9/11

Jim

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How quickly you forget November, 2010 !

"We got shellacked". Now who do you suppose said those words ?

Then what are you Repubs afraid of? If your message is the right one you should be able to win fair and square.

That was all over the map.

Happy Valley, home of Penn State and pedophile Jerry Sandusky, is Republican territory.

Are you counting the student body as Republican!

College students tend to vote Democratic.

Centre County, where the main PSU campus is located, went for Obama in 2008.

For your information, Joe Paterno was a big time Republican supporter.

I've lived in PA all my life, and as a non-partisan voter - I'm going for President Obama AGAIN in 2012.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AI7Bls60mQ&feature=plcp

rush limbaugh is a downer freak. Thats as bad as a junkie, well maybe not its worse. Why do you think the man went deaf? Why do you think rush is full of s#it?Downers block up your system. I find it interesting that the republican/tea party have a downer freak as their spokesman.

You seem to know a lot about "downers". Sounds like personal experience!!

Well, I'm at least relieved to know that know ones disputing the fact that Rush is despicable and speaks for the christian conservatives of the Rep party.

And don't forget Rush is a dopehead who flunked every course he took at a small college. Why would anyone believe someone like that much less follow him???

Woody,

Because, it's easier to point fingers and blame people that don't look like you, than roll up your sleeves and work it out. For Limbaugh it's very lucrative to incite and excite - he's just a whore lining his pockets and ego.

Darn that pesky freedom of speech. Drives you libs nuts doesn't it? You are laughable- such tools.

Romney/ Ryan 2012 Send Obama back to Chicago where he came from.

How many illegals do you know risk their illegal status and go to the polls on election day to vote? Do you know of any, or are you just spewing what you hear on Faux News.

No, that is a lot of living, breathing registered voters who might not be able to cast their ballots because the GOP doesn't have the courage to try to win this election fair and square.

We are talking about people who have been registered and who have voted for fifty years or more. Now, they're too old to drive so they don't have the mandated photo ID.

They know they CAN'T win it fair and square. What they don't realize is that the same 'community organizer' with his ground game and get out the vote skills, is literally killing them.

Honesty is not one of their priorities. Win by any means, at any cost: that's the Republican way this year.

Do you people really believe that these folks in PA are stupid enough to fall for that crap. They will get ID and vote just like everybody else those that don't already have it.

I myself have driven hundreds just on Sat. mornings to the DMV in my state to make sure they have the proper ID.

You people are so stupid, you call these folks the Welfare, Food Stamp Voters. Well you must have a State ID card to sign up for any of that. Look on the The Jobs and Family Services Web Site it says that is exactly what you need in order to qualify.

Teabaggers. Damn.

lol@Sailcat. They weren't going to vote for Obama anyway. He just needed to make sure that they hated Obama enough to go out and vote for him.

My wife is Mexican dude, but nice try. And I paid over 10 grand to make her legal, unlike the $465 Obozo is offering now. I suppose my $9,535 refund is in the mail??

And if you bothered to pull your head out of your --- you'd realize how much illegals like my sister-in-law cost your state (assuming you're in CA with that SF logo). Like the $15,000 eye operation she got last weekend for free, courtesy of the good old CA social services system. No SSN (at least one that isn't real) No green card, no driver's license....but the operation didn't cost her one red cent.

And you wonder why cities like Stockton file bankruptcy?

Well said, Rosso.

And speaking of your congress.....the Demwits owned 100% of Washington in 2008, 2009......where is the budget????

Probably in a crap pile on Reid's desk? Even he laughed at any Obozo budget proposals......that's what you get out of an unqualified community organizer from crooked chicago politics....

My wife is Mexican dude

That is no excuse for racism, my ignorant little friend. Since you seem to be incapable of it, your wife, at least, should be ashamed of you.

the Demwits owned 100% of Washington in 2008, 2009......where is the budget????

LakerSteve really needs to go to school: Bush was still prez in 2008, so the Democrats did not "own" Washington that year. Still, here are the federal budgets for the years 2009 and 2010, if it will make you feel any better.

Here is the 2010 budget:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_United_States_federal_budget

Here is the 2009 budget:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_United_States_federal_budget

Feel smarter, Steve? No? I'm not surprised.

What "racism", Sailcat? Talking about someone he knows bleeding the system is racism? WOW!!

Who is bleeding the system, CME? Would it be those "know-nothing Latinos" Steve was railing against in post #1.7? Since you seem pathologically incapable of recognizing it when you see it, Steve's crack was a racist statement.

Teabaggers. Damn.

And Wikipedia is such a reliable news source......

Not to mention those were budgets put in place by the previous administration.....

Bottom line is the Dems had Washington for 2 years and all we got was a new tax put on us called Obozocare.

And Wikipedia is such a reliable news source......

Since it was based upon federal records, yes. You're reaching pretty far, my racist little buddy!

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionGPO.action?collectionCode=BUDGET

Not to mention those were budgets put in place by the previous administration.....

The 2010 budget was formed the Bush administration that ended in 2008? Seriously, Steve, you need to go back to school, man. You are in way over your head...

Sailcat, you need to put down the BONG dude..... first you reference a "2009 budget" then you switch to a 2010 budget reference ..... trying to pull a fast one.

The reality is the President is to submit a realistic budget proposal to be acted on by Congress .... first the House and then the Senate.

Obama's proposals have been sooooo bad, that not even ONE DEMOCRAT from his own party has voted for an Obama proposal.

Poor Jim. Your reading comprehension skills appear to be as poor as your cognitive skills. Please allow me to explain: LakerSteve originally made the ridiculous claim "the Demwits owned 100% of Washington in 2008, 2009..." Now that would mean the budgets passed on those years would be for the following years: 2009 and 2010. That is why I offered links to those budgets to prove they existed.

Now do you feel smarter? Not yet, eh? Still not surprised. You and Steve should both go back to elementary school.

Teabaggers. Double damn.

Hopefully, your criminals in Philadelphia will be watched, to keep their vote theft to a minimum (for which everyone involved should be stood up against a wall and shot).

Voter fraud is just a lie to justify the GOP's attempts at preventing minorities and the elderly from voting because they know they aren't going to get many votes from those two voter blocs. Lies are the only thing the GOP has to cling to these days, isn't it, Chesty?

Here is a report from The Brennan Center of Justice at New York University School of Law that shows voter fraud is almost non-existent in the US:

http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/policy_brief_on_the_truth_about_voter_fraud/

Tell that to the judge in Nevada that found ACORN guilty of voter fraud.

As much as they try I think it may not work. They were hoping that these laws would have been passes with little media coverage and no one knowing. Fortunately, many minorities and elderly people are being made aware of these laws and the only way to fight it, is to just go get the ID, which people are doing. Everyone won't get it before November but at least the public is aware that it's going on. Obama and his team is employing a lot of lawyers at the polls as we speak. Every legitimate vote MUST count whether you have an ID or not.

It is damned shameful that the GOP is deliberately trying to keep minorities and the elderly from voting simply because they are two voter blocs that are not likely to support Romney and his evil sidekick, Ryan. Voter fraud is a non-existent problem in the US and the only purpose served by instituting such prohibitive restrictions would be to prevent anti-GOP voters from exercising their rights as citizens. The Republicans' best friend these days is Jim Crow, sad to say.

http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/policy_brief_on_the_truth_about_voter_fraud/

Ironically, it was the Pennsylvania State GOP Chairman, Rob Gleason, who fought to keep Pennsylvania a 'winner-take-all' state in terms of electoral votes.

That will enable Obama to win all the state's 20 electoral votes.

Thanks, Mr, Chairman.

Hey Kaybe, please educate yourself before posting nonsense -- every state is a winner take all state for electoral votes. Get the most votes and you take ALL the electoral voters. You must be referring to primary voting, not the general election.

Post your own nonsense if you wish, CME. I cannot and do not speak for what other states do.

Republicans in Pennsylvania are currently discussing a change to the way in which the state's votes in the Electoral College are allocated. Some want to eliminate the current "winner take all" system in which all electoral votes go to the candidate who wins the most popular votes, and replace it with one in which electoral votes are apportioned to each candidate based on the popular vote within each congressional district. This system would give 18 of the state's 20 electoral votes (which it is slated to have following the 2010 Census, and would affect the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections) to the winner of each congressional district, while the other two votes would go to the winner of the state's aggregate popular vote. If this change had affected the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama would have received 11 of the state's 21 electoral votes (which it had at time based on the 2000 Census), even though he won the state by a 10-point margin.^[7]

There are also some State Senators, of both parties, who want to change the electoral college vote apportionment process to a proportional one based on the popular vote. Supporters assert that such a system would allow each voter and region of the state to decide which candidate is best, and electoral college votes would be apportioned accordingly.^[8]

source: wikipedia.org

It worked in 2004 in Ohio. When hundreds of thousands of people were in the lines for hours, got pissed off and returned home without voting, Karl Rove and his crooks accomplished what they set out to do. They placed very few voting machines in highly populated democratic areas and some of them weren't even working well. As a result, you had thousands of people waiting all day to cast a ballot on no more than a dozen machines. It was obvious that people would just go home and not vote...MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! (according to Bush)

Hey Look! Dems are projecting their crooked tactics onto the Republicans again!

Deb_— I am a strong democrat and I am betting odds that Romney wins !! Hope he doesn't. Too bad for us elderley, the disabled,the unemployed ,poor etc . What will be worst is he most likely be able to appoint three supreme court judges for life so the votes there will be 8-1 instead of the 5-4 as it is now. GOOD BYE A TRUE DEMOCRACY

Clayton- If you are elderly you should do a little research on your boy's hijacking of $700+billion from future medicare payments to providers to subsidise the "Affordable" Health Care act. Those providers, hospitals, nursing homes, doctors, etc. have no intention of not collecting thier fees. The difference is the money won't be there in Medicare to cover them so you will pay the difference out of pocket or through sublimental insurance whose cost will increase because of his disregard for seniors. The military and seniors have always been Obama's first choice to throw under the bus. He's counting on you being as dumb as he thinks you are.

lies..... It's the GOP who is throwing the seniors into the ocean.