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OMG…….Am I first???????
beat me by few seconds. Only because I hesitated.
Oh, Chips! I am #2.
😆 Congratulations!!!!!
First!, maybe?
Me third 🙂 ?
Cool!
😉
Any place where we can watch the vote tally?
Des Moines Register, perhaps?
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/
Nate will be doing it as well at the NYT.
MSNBC I think. C-SPAN is showing an individual caucus underway.
any news on the clowns show yet ?
you will have to be more specific. there are too many that fit this category.
In a single paragraph, The Wall Street Journal does a good job of dismantling the I’ll-run-government-like-a-business nonesense:
The GOP’s Not-So-Great Communicators
No one should judge politicians on rhetoric alone. But to govern, presidents do need to interest, move and compel us: They need to be good speakers.
“Although a lot of Republicans keep wishing otherwise, running the federal government is nothing at all like running a business. Presidents don’t hire or fire members of Congress, and only a few thousand of the more than one million civilians that the federal government employs serve at the chief executive’s pleasure. An aptitude for reviewing business plans or a talent for wooing investors—useless.
Presidents must instead govern by getting the rest of us to see things they way they see them. They need to interest, move and compel us. In a word, they need to be good speakers.
Which brings us to Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and the rest of the GOP field. As the candidates continue their scramble, a scorecard:
Test One: Does anybody really want to listen to this person?”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203462304577134554163737674.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Wish I could watch, but blocked at work. Ugh. I hope Iowa enjoys the moment.
CNN had it listed all day in their livestream queue. I wonder if they don’t have enough channels because they’re going to cover as much RW garbage as they possibly can. ARGH.
Here are the live results-
http://iowacaucus.com/results/
Chips, that CNN link did not work for me. Any suggestions?
http://ynative77.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/a-message-from-nancy-pelosi-incredible-news/
Sorry COS, I’m having trouble with it too. This is the link with the four screens, but it’s all freak show stuff from Iowa at the moment:
http://edition.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=4
Will the cable shows broadcast PBO? HE IS PRESIDENT AFTER ALL!!
Wow, are you guys listening to that couple? He’s voting for Huntsman and she’s voting for Paul. They both say they are thrilled with any of the candidates. LOLz!!!!!!!!!
should read: AREN’T thrilled.
You mean they AREN’T thrilled with any of the candidates:)
i went back and forth through the four four awhile. Caught some lady talking about why she wanted Bachmann who sounded just as nutty as Bachmann sounds.
doesn’t work for me either. 😦
WATCHING THESE CAUCUS DAY CANDIDATES REMINDS ME OF A PARENT/TEACHER GATHERING AT KINDERGARTEN! I DON’T UNDERSTAND HOW THESE PEOPLE CAN POSSIBLY BELIEVE THEY CAN RUN A COUNTRY! FACE IT REPUGS…PBO IS THE ONLY,QUALIFIED,MATURE,INTELLIGENT,COMPASSIONATE ADULT IN CIRCULATION. ONE CHANGE WE ARE NOT GETTING IN 2012..IS IN PRESIDENTS! 4 MORE FOR 44!
You tell ’em SDS!
AMEN!
I want to see that smirkly Romney fall on his face tonite.
That link for PBO doesn’t work…404 error…whatever that means
YEP…NO CONNECTION THERE.
These caucuses ain’t got nothing on him.
Does not the The democrats also vote for the President?
I would like to know how many people came out for the President?
https://twitter.com/#!/SarahFriedricks/status/154368004216463363
Looks good, Tulips. I wonder where that is? My daughter and son-in-law are caucusing in Ames (I think), can’t wait to hear how it goes.
Wow this is awesome makes me proud to be apart of OFA!
Awesome!
So the iowans elected ronnie raygun ?
Try clicking on the link in the tweet, does that help?
What link do we use for PBO’s remarks?
Is anyone seeing the President anywhere?
no just Iowa republican voters
No Marilyn, couldn’t get it on CNN 😦
I kept trying to find it. Oh well, know we will get a good report. I am tired of hearing all the clowns on the other side.
Sometimes I wish Steve Schmitt was a Democrat……he is very smart.
He also has a nice, calm manner.
Maybe if he hangs with them long enough, he’ll switch!
Epic takedown of MSNBC…by Heather!
Bernard Goldberg: Fox and CNN Are Going to be Covering Iowa Caucus Night With Journalists, Unlike MSNBC
By Heather| January 03, 2012 04:00 AM
I hate to break it to both of them but if they think MSNBC’s coverage at night is “far left” then they don’t know what the “far left” looks like, or they’re pretending they don’t at least. They lean towards the Democratic Party, but far left… I don’t think so. I’ve got a few Socialists they could talk to around here if they want to know what the “far left” looks like. And calling CNN and Fox’s pundits on election night “journalists” is a joke. They’re pundits just like the rest of them in our corporate media. The nerve of either O’Reilly or Goldberg to be criticizing anyone else in the corporate media for biased coverage is simply laughable on its face. Sadly the two of them are counting in the misinformed Fox audience to not get the joke.
They did hit on one point I actually agree with, which is the corporate media’s obsession with the horse race instead of actually covering the issues and where these candidates stand. Sadly, their own network isn’t any better (and usually worse) at that than the other two they were criticizing….
~snip~
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/bernard-goldberg-fox-and-cnn-are-going-be-c
Have we missed it?
Not many people?
That’s a thin crowd.
That just a 1 county.
Okay that makes sense. The gatherings are at various locations all over Iowa – in different counties?
There are precincts everywhere, small and large.
That’s just one precinct.
Gotcha. Thanks.
That does not look like the pic from today.
CNN is showing a Republican link!
Is that PBO’s secretary now that Katie Johnson left?
Where is the link?
Rachel wishes she was there, voting for Ron Paul!
Lol!
She lives in Mass. She can sneak across the border into NH next week and vote for him without a voter ID card.
She probably will.
So far they’re saying 1% in and Paul has 43%.
That’s what I want to hear. Thanks Tulips.
Remember there is over 1700 caucuses.
Nice!
None of the CNN livestream links are showing the President.
https://twitter.com/#!/a_nem/status/154367591509532672
Good. You will let me know the vote tally the President gets?
The media is keeping it secret!
Above tweet’s twitpic shows a BIG crowd!
Hey, here’s another caucus.
CNN deceived Obama supporters by giving them a link to Republican caucuses.
I wish this Iowa thing would announce a winner so I can wash my hair already, damn! :p
I mean it though.
I’ve been following the results through this link
http://iowacaucus.com/results/
it was posted up thread. interesting
Rachel just loves Ron Paul 😦
Yes noticed that in many instances. Her whole tone and manner changes when she talks about him. Knowing what we all know about him, this does not make sense to me at all. Zero.
She’s either really into him or she is just trying to annoy those of us who are appalled by him. She’s showing her immaturity by being a contrarian just for the hell of it. I despise her so that I turned off MSNBC’s coverage when I saw she was anchoring.
Rachel is officially an idiot, in my book. How can any person who is an “outed” homosexual just “LOVE” Ron Paul. What an idiot she is.
Maddow’s favorite uncle is Pat Buchannan, so I could understand her love for Ron Paul.
Say what? RM likes R.P , but, but, but Ron paul dislikes GAYS how could that be possible?
https://twitter.com/#!/a_nem/status/154368772386463745
So far, they’re ALL crowded!
Photo of PBO speaking to Iowa dems
Where is this?!?! I want to hear too.
We wish we knew Halo 😦
Very frustrating, Chipsticks. One would think OFA would want supporters outside of Iowa to hear from PBO as well!
I wonder if, from a tech standpoint, OFA wanted to make perfectly sure that Iowans would be able to see and hear the feed. It might be a technical infrastructure thing… Just guessing, though…
You can follow the Tweets here
http://www.iowademocrats.org/2012/01/keep-calm-and-carry-on/
Never mind Obama to Iowa Democrats: ‘Because of you’ Iraq war ended, health care law passed – @AP
11 minutes ago via breakingnews.com
Thanks df,
And, they’re here, too: 😉
http://twitter.com/#!/ofa_ia
YES.WE.CAN…DO.(Much)More, Together!
FIRED UP & READY TO GO!
PRESS ON!
nice df – thx i’m retweeting these over to ofa_mn although i’m sure they are seeing them but what the hey. looks like a good turnout for our team 🙂
We’ve got another one.
http://yfrog.com/ocdqjcij
Thanks for the link anotherslyfox, appreciate this! 🙂
I wish we could see him!!!! 😦 😦
That legislation the President signed today is new rules for soldiers going through TSA!
Rachel Maddow IS not a Democrat. She is IN LOVE with Ron Paul, and Jon Huntsman.
Rachel would have to hide who she is again…..I don’t understand how you could wish that pain on anyone else….
I heard her mention those 2 as not being vulnerable no matter what the result tonight, that they could not be hurt no matter who comes out on top. Didn’t make sense to me, and everyone else had puzzled looks when she said that too.
Paul will finish top three and has probably the second best bank of the candidates raised at this point, and Huntsman didn’t even contest Iowa, so he can’t be hurt by any result. Huntsman is all in in NH next Tuesday – where anything less than a top three and he’s finished.
Nah, she’s bringing up valid points about how the Republican Party is afraid of Ron Paul doing well. She’s leading a panel covering a Republican caucus so she’s not going to be talking about Obama. She’s just doing her job.
No one is asking Rachel to talk about the President. Rachel is NOT a Democrat, she has an obsession with Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman.
But I think that’s what forus50 is saying…she’s talking about Republicans, in this case Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman, because that’s really all she can talk about right now while covering a republican primary. She’s picking who she thinks has some viability and Paul does seem to have some and Huntsman is trying to do it via NH.
I think it’s because the rest of the media disses and dismisses Ron Paul because that’s what their masters (Koch, Rove) etc demand. So I think it’s a valid point for her to bring up that he is getting as much support as Romney but the Republican establishment wants everyone to look the other way.
I say she’s a liberal libertarian at best.
I thins that she’s clearly a Liberal, and a good one. She can be an ass and she’s not mature enough, but she’s far better than most of the PL.
Agreed. I get frustrated with her at times but she said about NDAA the other day was very fair. I was surprised by that considering all of the noise
She may not be a Democrat, but damn, I don’t think she’s a Republican either. I think she tries to play impartial…you’re not getting Rev Al type pro-PBO talk from her, but that should be ok if we just want to get some analysis from various perspectives.
Yes, she’s an admitted chicken little when it comes to Democrats and President Obama. And yes she’s lost it at times with her analysis…specifically about DADT. But overall I just don’t see her as an enemy or particularly offensive to watch. I think she’s smart and covers topics a lot of her counterparts don’t cover as smartly.
I’m glad that Lawrence O’Donnell is pointing out Paul’s extreme bigotry to Rachel and Ed.
He was excellent there hopefruit, you can’t beat the truth 😉
I am glad also, while Rachel is fawning over Ron Paul just because he wants to get out of Afghanistan, in spite of his views on civil rights, gays and everything else. She is even trying to give his followers to Huntsman. She disappoints me tonght.
Are rachel and ed fluffing rp ?
Yes. Ed has the audacity to describe Paul’s supporters as “social liberals” who are fiscally responsible. A true “social liberal” would be filled with disgust by Paul’s views on civil rights among other things.
jeebus.
Paul’s supporters are there because they don’t believe in any laws or rules. They want freedom to do whatever they want. I believe that OWS consist of a lot of Paul supporters.
Rachel is a hypocrite. Just last summer she was grilling Ron Paul’s son about him not supporting the Civil Rights Act.
That audience where Ron Mott is speaking is all White with no diversity.
I think Ia. only has about a 10% minority population, and they won’t be at a Republican caucus.
91% of the state is white. The Iowa Republican party probably close to 100%.
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/01/03/397053/iowa-new-hampshire-government-funds/
Maddow nukes Pres. Obama fir the littlest thing she disagrees with him on, but will overlook everything else of Ron Paul and Jon Huntsman because she agrees with them on one thing. She is deranged.
That is how the seeds of injustice are sown. By being UNFAIR and holding double standards.
Absolutely spot on…
Rachel Maddow is shallow, immature and vindictive…
She would only be described as Liberal if one also believes Bill Maher and Glen Greenwald to be liberals”…
But then again, the election of President Obama has us dealing with the betrayal and conscious and subconscious racism of so-called “liberals” we all once strongly identified with…
No more however as many have been forever unmasked and exposed for the awful racists they are…
I see Bachmann is projected to come in last. Guess that miracle she was predicting will not materialize.
Repeal Obamacare! is working out just fine for Bachmann.
She should have known it’s hard for Amurrikan evangelicals to see a woman as president when it comes down to it.
Ugh Knoller tweets that Obama tried to grab some of the spotlight tonight—–as if he had no business as President of the United States speaking to Dem caucus attendees.
Just echoing Kristol who was interviewed by Meghyn Kelly on Fox and was bemoaning how the President shouldn’t do this and how he’s being too partisan and it will hurt him for being partisan so far out.
What I really feel like saying to Knoller – I will keep it to myself for now. I’m trying hard here.
Well, then, squeeze my hand real hard. I think I’m thinking the same thing.
I will say it for fuck Knoller: now you feel better? ha, ha,
LOL…well Knoller would be right. And is there something wrong with that? The president should not sit back and allow the Republicans to suck up all of the oxygen. He must make his presence known.
Well, for Pete’s sake, the Democrats are caucusing too, why should he NOT talk to them? What’s the matter with these nitwit pundits?
Wanker of the Day: David Brooks
by BooMan
Tue Jan 3rd, 2012 at 03:09:30 PM EST
David Brooks really is insufferable. He runs in the most elite, intellectual circles and, yet, he is completely obsessed with the working man. He works for the New York Times but he tells us that the Republican Party is the party of the white working class. What about being the party of Wall Street and rich, white people in general?
Think Progress ran a piece recently that had a chart showing that all seven Republican candidates support:
1. New tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans
2. New tax cuts for corporations
3. Ending Medicare as we know it
4. Cutting Social Security benefits
5. Repealing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reforms
6. opposition to the Buffett Rule, that would tax millionaires at at least the same rate as their secretaries.
All but Huntsman oppose:
1. cutting Big Oil subsidies
2. eliminating tax cuts for companies that ship jobs overseas
So, I think about why a working class person (white or any other color) would support a Republican or think that the party belongs to them. And then I read this:
http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/1/3/15930/39145
google has an interactive map
http://www.google.com/elections/ed/us/results
As of now paul 25% . lil rck and willard at 23%. I hope willard comes third.
NOBODY LIKES WILLARD! LETS GO RICK!
A vote for Paul is really a vote for Willard. Because he will prevent Santorum from taking the lead and Romney will win in NH where Santorum will be lucky to get 4th place. This is why MSNBC was pushing Paul so much.
That’s the same map as this: http://iowacaucus.com/results/ I came across one county where Mitt isn’t even in the top four.
The Iowa caucus page has Romney, Santorum, and Paul all at 23%, with Perry at 10%.
If I was in Iowa, I would have skipped the OFA stuff and voted in the GOP primary – either Santorum or Paul.
Well, the DEMS are doing a rehearsal, so I think it’s important that they show some solidarity.
Chuck Todd looks depressed. Maybe it’s just New Year or winter blues, but I don’t think so.
BREAKING: Gary Johnson drops his bid for Libertarian Presidency run and endorses Ron Paul.
I guess Greenwald’s endorsement will be next.
Rachel just said that was a hoax.
Ha Ha Rachel got punked on national tv. What if that had been Rev. Al?
Rachel says that was a hoax!
Comment retracted!
Any one reporting on the turn-out ? Is it better or worse than 2008 ?
For real! Goodness!
It looks like Iowa Dems came out tonight!
BWD>..This one’s for you 🙂
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.com/2012/01/while-were-waiting-for-iowa-results.html
Bahhhhhh! Hilarious. Thanks.
Welcome , love 🙂
“If a third to a half of teapartiers will NEVER vote for Romney in the general election, maybe that’s who we should be rooting for tonight.”
– Good point!
I saw David Frum tweet something funny—-some people at his caucus were still so undecided that they never even cast a ballot.
I don’t know if that’s a joke, but i actually was wondering if something like that would happen. My deep desire is that the whole GOP is depressed, uninspired and “undecided” right on through November 2012 😀 .
Looking at the coverage tonight and the contrast to 2008 is incredibly stark. These candidates (even wacky Ron Paul) are boring, bland and stiff. The talking heads keep pontificating, but with the possible exception of the always-excitable Tweety, not even they can muster up any of the usual drama.
I even peeked in on Faux…..looks more like a wake than a caucus night.
Pathetic.
A WAKE! That’s the description I was searching for! Perfect. Who knows……maybe it is 🙂
Yeah, but you have fun at a Wake…there’s booze and music and food.
I like this Steve Schmidt analysis on MSNBC. I think it’s a good panel. Trying to make the Clown Car candidates appear intersting…
He helped to re-elect President Bush with Karl Rove. Man knows what he’s talking about.
yup. I think he’s the one that came out after the election in favor of same sex marriage and assailed the Republicans for wanting the President to fail. I’ll have to look that up.
I also believe he was one of the chief people who helped force Sarah Palin onto the McCain ticket in 2008.
WORD!!
It continues to baffle…
The idea that some folks here want us to believe that Steve Schmidt is anything but the slimy, underhanded, racist asshole he always has been is quite amusing…
Steve Schmidt came out for gay marriage only after the elections and just like Dick Cheney, only because a close relative – Steve’s sister, is gay…
I hope nobody here buys what is being tossed around here lately as benign by a handful of posters…
TOD family, please remain alert and do not let anyone try to neutralize or try to sell you the contrived softened image of some of the most hardcore right-wingers who brought us Sarah Palin and will do everything to defeat President Obama…
The most rabid right-wingers are using a new approach – infiltrate and usurp Democratic and liberal leaning groups and media people…
Pose as a “moderate” and “reasonable” while getting as many liberals to begin to embrace some spoiler candidate posing as “left of President Obama” on matters relating to abruptly ending a war sure to create chaos…
And strip away as many supporters as possible from President Obama…
TOD be watchful as not everyone who says they are with us in our support of our magnificent President truly are…
Good stuff…
The Messenger
BY: Ta-Nehisi Coates
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/01/the-messenger/250685/
Thanks for video. It was good to hear his voice tonight.
Thanks for this video, Christi.
Omg, isn’t he gorgeous?! I wish they would’ve streamed the whole thing for us. Thanks Christi.
Thank you so much for this !!!!
He looks good doesn’t he?? It’s good to hear his voice.
Thanks ChristMTL, you are officially my new best friend!! 😀
lol
Yay! 😛
Someboay got some serious sun. Baby’s looking good.
And he’s got a new ‘Everyone chill the f**k out – I got this’ hair cut.
I love that hair cut. It makes his ears look extra pointy.
😆
O/T but a nice write up of ACA that we should ALL KNOW BY HEART 🙂
http://extremeliberal.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/the-truth-about-obamacare/
tweeted
Apparently Ron Paul sent out a nasty tweet to Huntsman.. Sam Stein is reporting that the Paul Campaign has since deleted the tweet
://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/01/03/ron-pauls-deleted-tweet-to-jon-huntsman/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
http://thepoliticalcarnival.net/2012/01/03/ron-pauls-deleted-tweet-to-jon-huntsman/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
wow. Little shitty.
I’m just happy that they are beating up on each other in public!!
Same here they are hilarious.
I won’t be surprised if Huntsman gets fed up with the GOP (after he fails to make #3 in NH) and endorses Obama in the general.
The fact that Huntsman was willing to sell his soul to the right wing and run against his former boss this year makes me question his character.
Looks like Santorum and Paul are neck and neck in Iowa, with Romney in a not too faraway third.
Bachmann might as well throw in the towel now, she bet her chances on Iowa and failed.
a picture taken of President Obama during his address of the Iowa Caucus…….. from the video above….. you wouldn’t have thought someone was sitting next to him lol
http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/03/on-the-day-of-the-iowa-caucus-barack-obama-joins-instagram/
🙂
I did notice that he seemed like he was leaning to his right. I just thought the camera was a bit tilted… He loves techy stuff. And of course his campaign in ON IT, when it comes to cutting edge stuff.
I notice that all these bratty talking heads and PLs that want Obama to “fight” “get tough with republicans” “use the bully pulpit” “not compromise” are the same ones that fall all over themselves when talking to GOP candidates. 🙄
They are the same ones voting for Ron Paul!
And Romney puls ahead!
Which network? NBC has Paul and Santorum tied.
Cmn
MItt spent 20 MIllion wooow all of that was on nasty adds, so really i would like Mitt to be the nominne.
we will have a lot’s of fun and PBO will crash him just wait.!!!!!!
CNN and MSNBC have Romney, Santorum and Paul on 23% 😆
Santorum now in first with .2% lead and Willard behind, Paul in third… Paul really did crash and burn to fall into third and even allow WILLARD to take second, that’s gotta burn!
Romney now in first place. 🙂 This is a zoo also. 🙂
Wow, how much is it going to hurt that Willard might actually win Iowa? Ronulans going to be crying tears of sadness.
I may be in the minority, but I really want Paul to do very poorly tonight…..for several reasons. I’d take a Romney victory even before I’d like to see Paul win.
Santorum is #1 on my enemy list—-and it’s quite a list. But he has been accusing Obama of treason saying he “always sides with the enemy” among other ugly horrible lies. He’s outrageous in accusations against Obama—-he’ll say anything—- and so extreme on every social issue—–no birth control???? That’s just ridiculous—-as ridiculous as you can get. Just a cockeyed religious extremist, blinded by hate for everyone who doesn’t see the world with his same very narrow view. And has obvious racial issues.
I’m with you on that. He’s a creepy paranoid little racist.
I understand why you don’t want Paul to win as I am with you. I think Ron Paul could pull a lot of Independents and Dems as well as the GOP party. Even though he has so many problems that do not make sense for him to pull that many people I think he might. I notice Jon Stewart, and Rachel Maddow keep boosting Paul up.
I see that Ed Shultz thinks Santorum is as good a campaigner as Obama with the people. That is a weird assessment. Ed is not very stable with his support though. I am not thinking Santorum is that great but do not know.
I hate Mitt Romney and hope he is not the candidate as I hate hearing people might think he would be a viable candidate for Prez. He is the 1% representing corporate greed. He has no character or beliefs but then maybe that would make him an opponent.
Paul, Romney, and Santorum all at 23%….per NBC
Paul, Romney, and Sanitorium will never be presidents they are so fuking extremist for the country,
and dangerous.the will neverget, The Latino Vote, Asian Indian,irish woman and AA people, not to
mention the Siniors, and younger collage kidds. I not worried at all about PBO, the MSM can spin
all their bullshit they want, but is not going to work.
I can’t believe these young people are voting for Ron Paul.
A lot of them just want weed legalized.
I can.
Weed!
You owe me a Coke! 😆
cnn has R, S, P in that order…
They all complain about PBO, but they all are trying to take a page out of PBO’s 2008 election playbook. I would bet you big money that they all have a copy of Plouffe’ s book.
In most of the counties paul is leading, he is thrashing willard by double digits.
Romney has now got a 100 vote lead!
Are you following the election online AMK?
Yes. Mainly the google page I posted above.
All we need now is Chris Hayes giving us his expert opinion on Ron Paul.
Oh wait…
LOL.
http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/03/news/swiss_bankers_charged/index.htm?hpt=hp_t2
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Three Swiss bankers have been charged with helping American taxpayers hide more than $1.2 billion from the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan announced Tuesday.
Michael Berlinka, Urs Frei and Roger Keller face up to five years in prison for their roles in the scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. They are accused of helping more than 100 clients hide assets between 2005 and 2010.
PBO hasn’t done a thing. remember?
I think I read there is supposed to be a list coming out of our fellow “patriotic” citizens who are hiding their money to avoid taxes, some notable names.
Icing on the cake! FREELOADERS!
Hope the Americans get their five years inside as well, that seems fair!
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS FRACTURED BEYOND ALL REPAIR.
Champagne all around!!
And President Obama is quaking in his shoes, he isn’t able to get ANY sleep at ALL over this!
Maybe Michele Bachmann can call Tim Tebow in to conduct a prayer session with Jesus to ressurect her campaign!
Paul’s own fault for never attacking Romney in Iowa. Sure sink Gingrich, but never go after Romney – great strategy.
Regardless with all this being proportional, all three will get within one delegate of the other. If Mitt wins but gets less % or total votes than he got in 2008 what would that mean? Give all campaigns a talking point?
The winner in the end tonight is Willard. If he wins Iowa tonight it’s because he bought the election. If he “loses,” he’ll still go on to win in New Hampshire and South Carolina where he leads, gains momentum and goes into February with the nomination sealed up. If Bachmann were intelligent, she’d throw in the towel now and endorse Willard in hopes of getting into the VP selection pool, we’ve got Nikki Haley (SC Gov) already in that pool from her endorsement.
Oh please…
Throw her hat in the ring and endorse Romney in the hopes of a V.P consideration…funny…
That V.P spot has been promised to too many people but no matter in the end it’s really all about who goes down with Romney…
All of which amounts to jacksquat at the convention since the delegates are not bound today’s results. They can vote for anyone if it’s brokered.
I have a feeling that the glove will come off after tonight; especially from Newt.
Meant “gloves”.
Fins (Newt’s have teeny, tiny fins 🙂
Iowa Caucus Results Coming In
By Bluegal aka Fran| January 03, 2012 05:40 PM
IOWA – 22% reporting
Mitt Romney
6,297 23% 0
Rick Santorum
6,256 23% 0
Ron Paul
6,240 23% 0
Newt Gingrich
3,596 13% 0
Rick Perry
2,833 10% 0
Michele Bachmann
1,608 6% 0
Jon Huntsman
169 1% 0
http://crooksandliars.com/bluegal-aka-fran/open-thread-iowa-caucuses-anyone
Sorry, forgot to add this:
Via: Crooks and Liars Last Updated: 1/3/2012 9:44 PM
JC Watts 👿
YUK, YUK!!!!!
Read that he was drinking alone in the Des Moines Mariott bar.
Looks like he’s also angling for the minority appeal V.P spot…
If it stays 23 at 3 ways, they all get the same amount of delegates!
GOPOLITICO HEADLINE: Romney, Paul and Santorum in a threesome!
And even if the GOP goes for “a threesome,” I’m still not interested in seeing any more of them!
A Rick Perry fan in wingnut land is very excited:
Perry just won his first county, Clayton County, a river county on the far northeast end of the state. Low turnout but it’s a win nonetheless.
Candidate Votes %
Perry 20 – 27%
Romney 17 – 23%
Paul 16 – 22%
Santorum 13 – 18%
Bachmann 5 – 7%
Gingrich 4 – 6%
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Yes, Rick won with 20 votes 😆
Didn’t you hear chips, he’s the Tim Tebow of the Republican Party! He’s winning, Tim Tebow style!
Bachmann called herself Tebow too. Lots of Tebows running. The magic has worn off though—-they should have checked—he’s lost the last 3 games—last Sunday’s game an embarrassment.
As a Pittsburgh Steeler fan, I am salivating at my team putting the final nail in the Tebowmania coffin on Sunday!
Rick Perry in case you haven’t being paying attention, Tim Tebow isn’t that good of a NFL quarterback. So I guess you are saying you ain’t that good of a candidate.
A tense President Obama watches the results from Iowa:
lol oh Chips, that’s hilarious
More than perfect 🙂
BWWAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!!
Jon Huntsman holding down that 1% 😆 😆 😆
Matching his fund raising.
At least Michele Bachmann has SOMETHING to be happy about, she’s getting MORE votes than Huntsman!
And he seems to think that he will surge to 99% in the NH caucus.
I notice with Al Gore sitting across from him, Cenk is not anti obama. Not one bad word.
Hmmmm!
The emoprogs are realizing that the Ron Paul train is crashing and burning, so they’ll run right back to President Obama and kiss his ass for all the money they can, then after he’s re elected get right back to sniveling about every fight he “sells out” on.
Really Jovie? That’s hilarious! I wonder if Al had a word with Cenk about his Ron Paul leanings? Although, quite why Al hired a ‘former’ hardcore right-winger for Current I’ll never know. Cenk is an embarrassing fraud.
THIS!
He made Cenk say as frustrated as I am with the President, supreme court nominees for the right would be dangerous..
Good job Al!
Ah yes, the progressive Cenk: “I was so conservative judicially that I went to Federalist Society meetings.” He was a Clarence Thomas fan too 🙄
I’ve been deeply disappointed in Al Gore about this. There is no possible excuse or reason for hiring Cenk. He has no business getting any air time at all and he brings no credit to Gore or Current. Bad, bad hire.
+1,000,000,000 Jackie – the guy is a 100% fake.
Absolutely spot on Jackie…
With all the really great liberal minds out of work as the corporations buy up and control things, how hard would it have been for Al Gore to find a half decent, smart, articulate, responsible liberal…
Why settle for the embarrassingly mediocre, half-baked, paranoid, deluded, petty, malicious, small-minded, short-sighted, greedy, uninformed and confused 3rd stringer right-winger opportunist…
No way! Not a bad word? lol
I was so pissed at Cenk…So I emailed Al Gore 2 days ago..and Tweeted this directly to AL Gore:
@algore Sir.U Should know what’s like 2 have an election stolen> allowing Ur Network (Cenk) 2 sabotage votes, It’s UN-Democratic #wematter
#Kahsai
Excellent tweet!
Absolutely fantastic Kasai…
Thank you so much…
Why is this Army Corporal talking about politics on national tv? I was in ROTC and it’s an absolute NO NO to talk about politics especially in uniform!
Remember that LT. Army birther who said he wouldn’t deploy because he didn’t believe President Obama to be a citizen? And then there was Lt. Choi who was ripping President Obama on the DADT repeal fight. You’ll be surprised at how quickly these military folks will sell their country out for TV/media fame.
Speaking of that little weasal Choi why isn’t he calling out Paul and the plethora of other gay-hating GOP candidates. I mean Paul (and now Santorum) is catching steam this would be the perfect time to call him out for his nasty ways but I highly doubt he’ll do that. He probably even endorse Ron Paul.
It’s disgusting!!
Huh? What’s happening?
There was an Army Cpl on CNN in full combat uniform talking about his support for Ron Paul.
The military absolutely cannot talk politics – you are right – especially in uniform.
I used to be a Navy public affairs officer and if a candidate even wanted to visit during an election year to make remarks on an unrelated topic, we’d arrange for him/her to be hosted off-site, so there was no hint of impropriety.
ObamaCare’s Hidden Trigger Paves The Way For Single Payer
By Ray Medeiros| January 3, 2012
Principal Financial Group had already announced late last year that they were leaving the health insurance business, impacting on some 840,000 insured. Another key player in the business, Cigna, has decided to quit the small business market in states like California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. In Colorado and Michigan, insurance giant Aetna is bailing on both the small business and individual markets.”
In fact, even further into the MLR requirements is the fact that Aetna is estimating they will have to pay out $100 million dollars to their subscribers in 2012 for failing to meet the 85% threshold. As more and more health insurance companies refuse to use 85% of their billions of dollars in premiums to pay for your medical care, they will drop off the face of the earth and will ultimately pave the way for the American government to expand Medicare for everyone.
Read more: http://www.politicususa.com/en/obamacare-single-payer
Won’t this dropping out by insurance companies add fuel to the GOP fire and argument against the ACA? Won’t they say the government cannot afford to replace the independent insurance companies?
People will have to ask themselves just how much they were being gauged if the insurance companies are refusing to use 85% of the money for providing health care, instead of salaries. If the GOP say this is the basis of their argument, we can simply say this is the free market at work. Health care shouldn’t be driven by profit alone.
Al gore and granholm are pretty hood with the President.
I like when they are on!
Good.
Rev. Al is making a lot of sense. Willard will continue to go farther right, as long as Santorum is in the race. At some point he will go so far right until he will be at the point of no return.
And yet the media continues to sell the lie that Willard will be the most difficult candidate to beat.
Well—the polls have shown Romney doing better against Obama than any of the others.
True, but that doesn’t take into account all of the ammo Willard has handed OFA and the DNC for his multiple flip flops and as COS pointed out, how Willard is kissing the ass of the far right for votes. Also this is the same Willard who LOST to John McCain in 2008, if McCain could beat Willard, then Obama certainly can!
Sick Rick leading again, Paul beginning to drop off, down 1% to 22%!
But but but Rachel Ed and Chris said he is an isolationist and he likes smoking bowls and…
I want Rick to win. Ed has said twice, that Rick is just as good a PBO campaigning. Lawrence refuted that.
Ron Paul FADING
😥
Why are you sad, Chips? We need Santorum to win!
I was just being sarcastic Halo, thinking of all those Firebaggers and PUMAs who assumed Ron Paul would sweeeeeeeeep to victory in Iowa 😆
I haven’t decided who the President can beat easier. Paul, Romney or Santorum. They’re all beatable but I would love to see him crush Paul and Romney equally.
I think Romney owuld be the toughest because MSM would prop him up and let him lie lie lie lie lie lie
New York City Council to vote on ending corporate personhood
By Eric W. Dolan| Tuesday, January 3, 2012
The New York City Council is expected to vote Wednesday on a resolution asking Congress to pass an amendment overturning the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. In 2011, lawmakers introduced four different constitutional amendments to the U.S. House and Senate aimed at overturning the Citizens United ruling. Any constitutional amendment will need to win the support of at least two-thirds of lawmakers in both chambers of Congress.
~snip~
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/03/new-york-city-council-to-vote-on-ending-corporate-personhood/
Now we get to hear all the Ronulans sniveling about the great huge conspiracy to bring Paul down!
BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
I love Rev. Al calling Willard
WILLARD
WILLLLLLLLLLLLLARD!!!!! 😆 😆 😆 😆
Ed: Santorum is as good as PBO on the stump.
😆 😆 😆 😆 😆
Oh Jeebus on wheat toast, Santorum is Howdy Doody.
Guess we were on the same wavelength (see my comment below). See how easily these mediahoes as impressed by getting just the teenies bit of access?
Ed is horrible at punditing. He should stick to broadcasting from Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan.
GEEZE. What a headcase.
Santormentum!!!!! 41% of the vote in, and he leads Mittens.
Ed is so foolish when he tries the punditing thing: Santorum is as good as Obama on the stump. Fool. Lawrence slapped that nonsense right down. 😆
Ed is babbling nonsense. Santorum has been talking to crazy people. He’s incapable of communicating with the sane.
Turn out for the republicans is DOWN 10% down from 2008.
hehehehhehehehehehehhehehhehe
They had the state all to themselves, no Democratic campaigns to draw away registered Independents, and their turn out STILL DROPPED 10%.
Not that the MSM will notice the drop off in enthusiasm.
“So far, reporters who observed that there did not seem to be huge waves of enthusiasm at the events held around Iowa look to be vindicated. ” ~ NYTimes
Omg—-Ed Schultz just said that Santorum is as good as Obama—-in speaking at his events. Ay yi yi.
Dotster he said the same thing on his show Friday. What is he smoking???
I guess Ron Paul must’ve passed Ed some of that good libertarian weed!
Lawrence smacked him down with the quickness.
We always knew Ed Schultz can be a jackass. He is like all those other cable pundits out there.
Hee
The Axe is too cool. Go Bulls!
AXE!!!! Damn, he’s already married!!!
Looks like Santorum is going to win Iowa, apparently Iowa Repub caucus is a contest for whomever can thump the bible the hardest, and Paul wasn’t able to do it.
Let me play a tune on the world’s smallest violin for all the upset Ronulans:
Very funny, Nintendowii. 🙂
Military budget cuts: Defense Secretary Panetta to introduce revamped defense strategy
Lillian Rizzo| January 3, 2012 12:10
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will present his strategy to help the Pentagon cut billions of dollars from the defense budget this week, The New York Times reported. The review of the nation’s military budget was announced last year by former defense secretary Robert Gates, who said it was important for the public and Congress to fully understand the strategy choices the military faced due to $450 billion in additional reductions through 2021, including about $261 billion through 2017, Bloomberg BusinessWeek reported.
Panetta’s upcoming plan will provide basis for the fiscal year 2013 Defense Department budget. The exact numbers will come later in January as a part of President Barack Obama’s budget and will reflect the second year of a 10-year plan to cut $489 billion from defense spending, the Washington Post reported. Panetta has said a reduction of $1 trillion, or 17 percent of the base budget, would be harmful to national security, The Times reported.
~snip~
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/united-states/120103/military-budget-cuts-defense-secretary-panetta-i
Expect Man-Dog to get a big bump in SC and FL in post IA polling.
Good. Romney need to be taken down a notch.
If Newt had fought back, he probably would have won b/c Willard knocked Newt down by at least 10 percentage points with all the negative ads he ran against him. And a lot of Newt’s people went to Santorum, and maybe a few to Willard.
He’s Secretariat!!!! Santorum Secretariat!
So we have Paul, Bachmann potentially calling it quits after tonight, how much longer will Perry last? Maybe he’s going to pull a Giuliani and bet his entire campaign on Florida? Perry, Santorum AND Gingrich need to start attacking Willard more.
Paul is NOT going to call it quits after tonight. I don’t remember exactly but didn’t he stay in the race for quite a long time four years ago? Remember, for him it’s not about winning the nomination, it’s about promoting his libertarian ideology. And I think this time, he may be very tempted to go third party.
I think Backman will quit either tomorrow or after NH and endorse Santorum. Perry will call it quits pretty soon; I seriously wonder if the man is mentally stable…
As for Gingrich, I don’t know. He’ll certainly stay for a little while, just to spit on Romney who humiliated him in his attack ads.
Huntsman? A lot depends on New Hampshire, and on what the GOP big money backers ( the real power brokers) will decide to do about him vs Romney…
Just did a little math. About 110K GOP voters will take part in the IA caucuses. IA has a population of 3m. That’s 3% of the population. I so love democracy.
I’m usually good at these things, but will someone explain ’emoprogs’ to me? I know WHO is being referred to, but is it an anagram?
“Emoprog” is a portmanteau word combining “emo” and “progressive”. “Emo” is a type of overheated, overearnest rock music with a lot of yelling about how unfair the world is and how everything sucks sucks sucks. It’s an appropriate monicker for the PL.
Thank you, LL. Greatly appreciated………..makes perfect sense. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Thank you, LL, I would never ever have known that emo bit!
And to me, too, please, I really can’t figure it out.
10:06 p.m. ET — @davidaxelrod: One of the closest,most exciting contests I’ve seen in years! Bulls and Hawks tied at 62 with 6 minutes to go. Oh, how are the caucuses?
Axelrod, have a great sense of humor. I’m sure part of him is keeping up with the comedy how going on in Iowa.
Bulls wins 76 to 74 over Hawks! So, Axe & PBO are having a fun night.
bj posts
Carville says that Romney is to the GOPers like a dog with a pill: You keep feeding it to them, and they keep spitting it out.
Santorum comes out of nowhere, stinks up the place
Almost 50% in and Sick Rick with just a slight lead over Willard and Paul stuck in third place.
Thank you guys. You are great doing a wonderful job with this play-by-play of this live version of “The Night On Elm Street”. I still cannot watch MSM. It is difficult to sleep and I wake up miserable. I just want it all to be over and done with. What a bunch of losers, every one of them.
They are all the same, so let’s finish this circus already!
Bill Kristol on Fox urging Perry to drop out. STFU Bill! Rick is his own, very heterosexual, man.
Steve King: “Michele Bachman’s force and energy has taken her this far.”
What? Second last in Iowa? 😆
Believe he also used the word ‘intellect’. Suuuurrrrrreeeee. hehe
That would just about sum it up! Hee!
Otherwise, what? She’d actually have to do her REAL JOB?
The one she gets full medical benefits for life while running second last, as if she ever had a chance. She should have to pay it all back, wages, expense account, all of it.
OK, if Mittens, after spending a small fortune in IA, after campaigning for 5 years through two presidential cycles, if he comes in second, should we put Chuckles Todd on suicide watch?
Better remove all sharp objects from David Gregory’s room first. He’ll take it even harder than Chuckles.
And somebody handcuff Andrea mitchel to the water pipe!
No, we should hand over the biggest handgun to him and stat a countdown. Pathetic pos.
That was funny amk…
And God forgive me, but I do fantasize about the whole bunch of them that way…
Nah, let’s just check in the morning if he’s still breathing…
I may have missed it, but has anyone heard what the turnout is on the Democratic side?
I was asking that very thing on Twitter. Still no answer yet.
I haven’t seen any figures, but CNN is projecting that PBO will receive all delegates. So, OWS failed again.
Ot oh! It’s Al Gore and Jenny Granholm v. Cenk and the young Turks.
Cenk and the young Turks blame the President for everything, and Jenny and al are refuting everything, like a Lawyer would do.
Lol!
Why does gore give this arrogant ex-repub a platform ? Oh, that’s right, gore chose joe as veep.
Mr. Gore, if you have to argue against one of your own hosts, perhaps you should hire hosts more amenable to your views. Just a thought.
I wouldn’t even want Gore to hire someone more amenable, just someone who isn’t a conservative pretending to be a progressive because he reckoned he could make a media career out of his fakery.
I wonder who will be the first to go.
batshit bachmann followed by that guy in the slow boat from china.
Iowa Republican Caucus Turnout: Only 120,000
Fox News reports that turnout for the Iowa caucuses is being estimated at about 120,000.
This appears to be nearly the same as the Republican caucuses in the 2008 cycle, which were at about 119,000 — and when there were also very busy caucuses on the Democratic side, compared to the uncontested Democratic caucuses this time around.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/updates/3468
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Oh dear.
Feel the excitement!! Oh god, today is a gift just in time for the Feast of the Three Kings.
Tired Up! Ready to blow!
……but Chuckles just characterized it as a “record turnout” 🙄
I think Toad said it was the second highest after the record was broken in ’08. Doesn’t he look awfully sad tonight? In fact, all but Rachel – who guffaws all the time – everybody on MSNBC looks as though they all got their pink slips tonight. Tweety isn’t even spitting as much.
LOL. stolen.
Now THIS is a football game! Low scoring, good defense, lots of back and forth. I have no dog in the Sugar Bowl hunt, but it’s entertaining.
quite entertaining!!
Somebody, I think Tweety, brought up a good point: you would never know that Dubya had been the previous republican president — for two terms no less. The GOP simply pretends like he never existed.
I see over at BJ that there were actually 23 caucus goers that actually voted for Herman Cain.
😆 😆 😆 😆
Some people just couldn’t get that 9-9-9 song out of their minds, I guess.
I thought this was cute coming out of Iowa: President Obama wins the Coffee Bean Poll, for real. I guess it’s something that Iowans do.
http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20120103/NEWS01/301030025/Hamburg-counts-beans-as-party-leaders-prepare-for-tonight?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage
that’s fun. i’d love a cup of coffee but it’s way too late…..
A little over 50% in, Sick Rick lead building, Willard still remaining in second place but beginning to slide, and Paul REALLY beginning to fade off. I wonder what excuses the Ronulans will have for Paul losing to Sick Rick.
It’s the JEWS!!!
Or the ANTI-DRUG CZARS!!!
Whenever Ed opens his mouth, you can see the rest of the panel willing him to shut his mouth. He’s always wrong.
I like Steve Schmidt! He is actually pretty objective.
He is one of the cronies responsible for forcing Sarah Palin onto the John McCain ticket, so he isn’t without skeletons of his own.
I thought I remembered he did NOT want Palin on the ticket?? Maybe I am confused. Or, maybe he wanted her at the beginning and when things turned ugly, he realized/admitted his mistake……..????Trying to recall what I heard or read at the time.
Game change! He was the one who said we need a game change to Mcsame, we need a woman.
Mcsame then said, find me a woman!
doesn’t mean i can’t say that he’s pretty objective and gives good insight into the GOP. he’s not like Karl Rove who will lie lie lie.
Halo, your slip is showing again dear…
He plays the objective role pretty well.
Yet he obviously favors Republicans!
Lol!
They are talking about Romney’s 23% problem. I think it is to funny. He spent all that money with his pacs and Santorum did all of his own stuff and he is beating Romney right now. I am sure Newt is smiling about this.
Word. Thought I heard Randi say on her show today that $12 million(!) was spent in Iowa by these Klowns. The millions Romney spent in IA negative ads may have kicked Manky to the curb, but apparently it wasn’t enough to buy the top spot in a blow out. Poor, poor Mittens
B-o-o H-o-o. 😈
A divided GOP is BEAUTIFUL. If he eeks out a win by a few hundred votes, it’s still bad for his campaign. Especially for a man that though he could buy this caucus.
Go Rev. Al! He is hilarious!!!!!!!!
I know. I’ve been enjoying Rev. AL.
Rev. Al is thoroughly enjoying himself!!!!
Our4thEstate Bobfr
America – So, the GOP spent 3 yrs harming most Americans in order to destroy it’s 1st black President & instead it destroyed itself. #KARMA
#PRESSON
Perfect pitch on that one.
WORD!
YES.WE.CAN…DO.(Much)More, Together – WE MUST! (Bobfr @our4thestate) 😉
YES.WE.CAN, Again…Obama/Biden 2012!
FIRED UP & READY TO GO!
PRESS ON!
gold bob it’s gold! tweetin it
Thank you Jacqueline, snoopy, & Alice!
Yes We Can … DO More Together – We Must!
You dear Bob are exactly the sort of guy I will always want on my team…
Incredibly smart, witty, proactive, focused and never wishy washy…
You are amazing and I’m so proud to be on the same side as you…
I’m on the Bachmann press van with a few other reporters and Bachmann staffers— it is very quiet as we ride to her rally…
Bachmann set to make a statement at 10 PM CST — could this be her swan song?
As I posted earlier, if she’s smart she’ll throw in the towel and endorse Willard for a shot in the VP pool. Although I could see her endorsing Sick Rick, he’s just as crazy as she is!
They went from 49% to 88% in 2 seconds.
Tweety said that the republicans are “rejecting Romney like tissue is rejecting some organ in the body”. 🙂
MSNBC haz a sad. Tweety is pizzed and frustrated at the GOP. Romney is not doing as well as planned. Ron Paul faded.
From the entrance polls, Paul got a huge majority of 18-29, non college, low income.
That figures. Doesn’t sound like fiscal conservatives to me.
Just an inconsequential observation—in fact my husband first noticed—there’s something different in Eugene Robinson’s appearance. Botox for xmas? Something is diff and no wrinkles in the forehead. Maybe just well rested. 🙂
Funny how the entire coverage of the Iowa caucuses is so boring (not to speak for you and your husband) that some people are trying to figure out who got Botox. 🙂
yep— haha—–that’s where we’re at—–our attention is wandering. Hmmmmm, he looks different. Do you like his tie? Is that a new set? Rev. Al sure looks a lot thinner. Tweety just got a new blonde touch-up. Sposed to warm up tomorrow, right? etc. etc. etc. Not very exciting, these caucuses.
I noticed that, too! I think he also dyed his hair darker.
Nothing makes me happier then to see Ron Paulites cry. Paul for 3rd.
It’s sweet!! 😆
YUP!
Especially the glenbots heads exploding today is teh best.
With the MSM licking Romney’s ass for months it’s funny how nobody expected Santorum to be competitive in Iowa. Can’t buy all elections Willard. Ha
Not content to leave Iowa to the Republican Party, President Obama held a video conference on Tuesday night with Democratic caucus-goers in the state, urging them to gear up for the general election ahead.
“Although we’ve passed health care reform, we’ve passed Wall Street reform, there are a lot of forces that want to push back against us and want to undo some of those changes,” the president told onlookers. “And we’re battling millions of dollars of negative advertising and lobbyists and special interests who don’t want to see the change that you worked so hard to fully take root. And that’s why this time out is going to be in some ways more important than the first time out.” ……..
In addition to giving caucus-goers a pep talk, the president took two questions, one from Roseann Cook of Coralville and the other from Carol White of Cedar Rapids.
Cook asked first whether he still believed in the concepts of hope and change three years into his presidency.
“In some ways, I’m actually more optimistic now than I was when I first ran, because we’ve already seen change take place,” he answered. “And part of what 2012 is about is both reminding the American people of how far we’ve traveled and the concrete effects that some of our work has had in terms of making sure that people have health insurance, or making sure that our troops are coming home, or making sure that young people are able to go to college. But part of it is also framing this larger debate about what kind of country are we going to leave for our children and our grandchildren.”
White followed, asking the president how he responds to people “who say you have not done enough?”
“I think the main message that we’re going to have in 2012 is that we’ve done a lot but we’ve got a lot more to do, and that’s why we need another four years to get it all done,” he replied.
— Sam Stein
Haha! Take that Cenk
I saw that. Hah! OWS fails epically yet again.
Gobrooklyn, do you know if this “sfpelosi” is related to Nancy? Not exactly a common last name…
I did some Googling and it appears that this is her daughter Christine Pelosi
ok, Thanks. I thought there was some stuff about a daughter of Nancy’s saying that Nancy was going to retire? I don’t know how many children Nancy has. Do you know if this Is the same daughter that said that? I just want Nancy to be in that speaker’s seat….
Yes, I think the “sf” means San Francisco (meta would know!). She also retweeted BWD:
STUPID PERRY THINKS HE HAS A CHANCE AND WILL KEEP GOING
Wouldn’t want to waste his new cowboy boots by going home. Plus, it’s an ego thing, dontcha know.
At this point, he probably doesn’t even know where his car is. This is the most “big time” he’s had in his dull life, I’m sure. Probably is saying in his sleep, “Bring it on!”
A three way fight between Willard, Paul, and Santorum would be golden. Let them drag this thing out as long as possible.
Willard is leading now.
To all my fellow Latinos, we received an early gift for Epiphany. Go Rick S!
500 new Obama volunteers signed up in Scott County, Iowa. Fired up, ready to go!
OMG THIS GUY IS CRAZY
What the heck does that mean?
GOP candidates seem to be enamored with Austrian economics lately or some such nonsense.
His whiny freaky voice made me drop off, so I actually missed what the hell he was talking about! Austria?!
I can’t give any details. Every week these Repubs come up with some stupid scheme or fear mongering of some foreign country no one here gives a shit about. I just tune them out.
Soft support for Willard. 40% of his supporters in caucus say they have reservations about him. For Pete’s Sake!
Ron Paul not bowing out. Excellent.
I wouldn’t if I were him.
Romney still has votes in the big counties.
It’s his!
Holy Moley OFA is FIRED UP
Wait. A serving soldier speaking at a Ron Paul rally? WTF?
I said that up thread. He was speaking on CNN in uniform. You can get in trouble for that.
Oh, I saw at least an administrative reprimand in his future.
I saw that Chips. I am sure he wan’t drafted, so what’s the beef?
Just so you know, that corporal will be reemed! Al Qaeda might even use his statements as a recruiting tool.
He might of just endangered all of us.
Not kidding!
um isn’t it some unspoken rule that wearing your military uniform while campaigning in frowned upon?
It’s not unspoken. As far as I know, it’s forbidden by the UCMJ. Dude will not like waking up tomorrow morning.
And like clockwork Jon Stewart is back from vacay and is on Obama’s case, right where he left off. Did you know that Obama’s going to round up a whole glob of Americans and lock them up forever? You can definitely put Stewart on the list of those who has Obama “issues”. All the time, every day, always something. President Obama has never pleased him, not even for a minute.
Who cares about Stewboy. He can go kiss Ron Paul.
You don’t get it halo, Jon Stewart is where Ron Paul supporters come from.
Really who gives a dam about Jon Stewart, but Jon Stewart. I never like, never never never watched his show and that won’t change.
He gets great ratings from young viewers. It’s hurting the President!
Trust me, he is hurting the youth vote for the President.
That is why I don’t like him!
No he’s not. Many young people like him, but will vote for President Obama because he’s even more liked than Jon Stewart. My son is like that. He LOVES Jon Stewart, but LOVES President Obama even more and recognizes all that PBO has done. So don’t worry, it won’t happen.
PLEASE JOVIE…STOP!!!!!
Jovie, no we are not trusting you about the youth vote.
And the President is bleeding young support because of Stewart.
Where is your proof that the presidentis bleeding young supporters?
What type of hydraulics are involved in getting Calista Gingrich’s hair like that??? 😯
Ooops, time for a new thread, this one is getting longer than Michele Bachmann’s face tonight:
http://theobamadiary.com/2012/01/03/iowa-chat-away-part-2/
🙂 🙂 🙂
LOL. chips, you’re wicked.
If Perry and Bachmann weren’t in this race, Romney would totally lose.
politico – with 92.7%, ricky regains lead by about 50 votes
http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/President/2012/Primary/IA
Bachmann is staying in!!!???!!! If it weren’t for her daily diet of Hate Obama casserole, she’d starve to death.