President Barack Obama/Vice-President Joe Biden Re-elected to 2nd Term Thread

[Tulane Skins Fan]

Wow. The deficit is a bigger problem than I even realized.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/sites/...1A.preview.jpg

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/...on_657230.html

So, you're saying that you are going to start complaining about the deficit more often?

[NLC1054]

The deficit as explained by a young adults book author...

[visionary]

http://www.france24.com/en/20121024-...ist-france-usa

French PM breaks protocol with Obama endorsement

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has broken with diplomatic protocol by openly expressing his hope that Barack Obama wins the upcoming US presidential election.

"If I was an American citizen I wouldn't hesitate to vote for Obama," he told a radio interviewer on Wednesday.

While it is hardly surprising that Ayrault, a Socialist, would support the Democrat candidate in a US election, prudence normally restricts politicians from making such remarks given the possibility they will end up having to deal with their Republican rivals.

Ayrault is not however the first French minister to offer public support for Obama in his neck-and-neck battle with Republican Mitt Romney.

On Tuesday, Bernard Cazeneuve, the European affairs minister, said: "As far as I'm concerned, I totally support it (Obama's re-election) and I would be astonished if the government had any other wish."

[Wrong Direction]

So, you're saying that you are going to start complaining about the deficit more often?

Bigger than the entire defense budget? By $125 billion/year? That's not big. It's massive, and massively important.

[nonniey]

Stats in local voting are actually looking good for Obama in North Carolina. About 51% of votes cast in early voting (so far) were by Democrat.

Just more indicators that the Presidents reelection team is cutting bait on NC. (Probably a smart thing to do resource wise)


News Observer : North Carolina Excluded from lastest round of Obama ads

http://projects.newsobserver.com/und...d_of_obama_ads

[Jumbo]

Increasingly biased as the actions appear, Stewart just effing destroys Romney's lack of integrity/flip-flipping/two-faced/say-anything-you-think-the-taregt-demograhpic-want-hear and general weasel-ness in last night's show. Oh, and the endless krazy klown kapades of Fox Gnus helps in the first set-up. of course..

[No Excuses]

This is pretty awesome.

Missouri Pastor’s Fiery Speech Against Equal Rights for Homosexuals Has Stunning Twist Ending

http://gawker.com/5953357/missouri-p...g-twist-ending

[Hersh]

Increasingly biased as the actions appear, Stewart just effing destroys Romney's lack of integrity/flip-flipping/two-faced/say-anything-you-think-the-taregt-demograhpic-want-hear and general weasel-ness in last night's show. Oh, and the endless krazy klown kapades of Fox Gnus helps in the first set-up. of course..

You should see how he treated Donald Trump and Sarah Palin tonight.

[BRAVEONAWARPATH]

http://www.usatoday.com/story/theova...ement/1656491/

Colin Powell endorses Obama again


Colin Powell, the secretary of State for President George W. Bush, endorsed President Obama for re-election on Thursday.

Powell also backed Obama four years ago against John McCain.

Speaking on CBS' This Morning, Powell said Republican candidate Mitt Romney appeared to shift positions during this week's foreign policy debate. "So I am not quite sure which Gov. Romney we would be getting with respect to foreign policy," he said.

Powell said the economy is improving and that Obama got the United States out of war in Iraq and is starting to get the United States out of Afghanistan. "I signed on for a long patrol with President Obama and I don't think this is the time to make such a sudden change," he said. I think we ought to keep on the track we are on."

Powell, who flirted with his own presidential bid in the 1990s, said he did not tell Obama or Romney in advance about his decision. "This is my decision by looking at this as a citizen," he said, adding that he speaks to Obama regularly.

---------- Post added October-25th-2012 at 12:32 PM ----------

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...abc7_blog.html

Obama hits an approval mark


In October the head-to-head polls are better predictors of the final vote than are approval ratings. Nevertheless, I've been keeping my eye on the approval scores, and Barack Obama hit a minor milestone today

In Gallup’s latest sounding, Obama’s approval rating hit 53 percent. That’s among all adults, not registered or likely voters.

[The Evil Genius]

I'm sure some people will dismiss the Powell endorsement. But I think it might raise quite a few eyebrows in the red states.

[Corcaigh]

I'm sure some people will dismiss the Powell endorsement. But I think it might raise quite a few eyebrows in the red states.

Some people will find reasons to dismiss it. But Powell is very widely liked and respected by the center.

[Larry]

Some people will find reasons to dismiss it. But Powell is very widely liked and respected by the center.

And, unlike four years ago, he endorsed him BEFORE Obama had it locked up.

AND, I will point out, at a time when Obama is being attacked with claims of how terrible his military and foriegn policies have been.

[Rdskns2000]

Honestly, why would anyone think he would endorse Romney? Powell has nothing in common with today's Republican party, they left him. The only thing is, he's not being honest with himself and ending his affiliation with Republicans and become either Dem or Independent. Frankly, why boatloads of Republicans aren't leaving the party is beyond me.

[visionary]

Some people will find reasons to dismiss it. But Powell is very widely liked and respected by the center.

I'm waiting for him to tell us where Romney's hiding the WMDs....






But seriously, a good endorsement for Obama.
Nice to see some bi-partisanship.

---------- Post added October-25th-2012 at 01:11 PM ----------

The Washington Post endorses Obama.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...washingtonpost

Washington Post endorsement: Four more years for President Obama

MUCH OF THE 2012 presidential campaign has dwelt on the past, but the key questions are who could better lead the country during the next four years — and, most urgently, who is likelier to put the government on a sounder financial footing.

That second question will come rushing at the winner as soon as the votes are tallied. Absent any action, a series of tax hikes and spending cuts will take effect Jan. 1 that might well knock the country back into recession. This will be a moment of peril but also of opportunity. How the president-elect navigates it will go a long way toward determining the success of his presidency and the health of the nation.

President Barack Obama is better positioned to be that navigator than is his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.

We come to that judgment with eyes open to the disappointments of Mr. Obama’s first term.

[Stadium-Armory]

From The Washington Post

The U.S. economy is recovering well
By Fareed Zakaria, Published: October 24

The International Monetary Fund’s latest World Economic Outlook makes for gloomy reading. Growth projections have been revised downward almost everywhere, especially in Europe and the big emerging markets such as China. And yet, when looking out over the next four years — the next presidential term — the IMF projects that the United States will be the strongest of the world’s rich economies. U.S. growth is forecast to average 3 percent, much stronger than that of Germany or France (1.2 percent) or even Canada (2.3 percent). Increasingly, the evidence suggests that the United States has come out of the financial crisis of 2008 in better shape than its peers — because of the actions of its government.

Perhaps the most important cause of America’s relative health is the Federal Reserve. Ben Bernanke understood the depths of the problem early and responded energetically and creatively. The clearest vindication of his actions has been that the European Central Bank, after charting the opposite course for three years with disastrous results, has adopted policies similar to the Fed’s — and averted a potential Lehman-like collapse in Europe. (Mitt Romney’s two most prominent academic advisers, Glenn Hubbard and Gregory Mankiw, seem to recognize this, but Romney apparently doesn’t. As recently as August the Republican presidential nominee repeated his criticisms of the Fed and promised to replace Bernanke at its helm.)

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