Storm Clouds

Good Joke Courtesy Of Dick Morris
If Obama wins, Liberals will all say: "Just look at the mess he inherited."

Musings
In the last several days we have heard the president use profanity to describe Mitt Romney and seen the release of a sexually suggestive ad encouraging young women to vote for Obama. Debasement of the culture is a hallmark of Liberals and now it has found its way into the Obama campaign. How does this square up with 'Obama the Family Man?'  Some intrepid journalist should ask Obama the question that they always ask Republicans: "Are you proud of the campaign that you have run?" 

If the Benghazi attacks had occurred in the waning days of an election campaign in which a Republican was the incumbent, and the president's handling of the event mirrored that of the Obama administration, the race would be over. Liberal news media would be devoted exclusively to this story alone and the incumbent's poll numbers would be driven down to 35%. Back here in the real world, however, we have only Fox News waging a lonely fight to hold Obama accountable. The rest of the media is focused exclusively on which Republican said what about...abortion. Journalism is dead. 

Clearly
Thursday was a busy day for the polls, with some bright spots for each candidate. But it made clear that Barack Obama maintains a narrow lead in the polling averages in states that would get him to 270 electoral votes. (Nate Silver, NYT, 10/26/2012)

Forget those polls that show Romney ahead, Nate Silver says that Obama has a 74% chance of winning the election. 74%? Obama might win, but if he doesn't, do you want to be the guy who said 74%? 

Does this look like 74%?:

Ohio poll: Obama, Romney tied at 49
Obama hopes fade in Nebraska
Romney's road to Ohio victory
Fla insiders: Romney will win state
(headlines from POLITICO.com, 10/27/2012)

Another one we will remember if Romney wins: 
The right wing has lost the election of 2012. (E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post, 10/24/2012)

The Churn
Carnival barker and Mitt Romney surrogate Donald Trump (R-Absurdity) set the gossip mill churning this week when he declared he would make a “major announcement” about President Obama. (Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 10/24/2012)

Trump is an ego-driven grandstander (much like Obama actually), but forget that for a moment. What about his offer to give $5 million to Obama's favorite charity if Obama would only release his college and passport records. Obama is a genius, correct? The smartest guy to ever hold the office they tell us. Why wouldn't he call The Donald's bluff? His is also the most open and transparent administration, correct? Let's see those passport records so that we know where Obama went and when. Why, Obama could really stick it to Trump by donating the money to Planned Parenthood. That would show those Republicans! Why doesn't he do it? And why isn't the Liberal media encouraging him to do it?