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Carolyn Kaster / AP
President Barack Obama waves as he walks on stage with first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha at his election night party Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, in Chicago. Obama defeated Republican challenger former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
Published Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012 | 4:31 p.m.
Updated Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 | 8:55 a.m.
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Barack Hussein Obama was re-elected president of the United States on Tuesday, overcoming powerful economic headwinds, a lock-step resistance to his agenda by Republicans in Congress and an unprecedented torrent of advertising as a divided nation voted to give him more time.
In defeating Mitt Romney, the president carried Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, New Hampshire, Virginia and Wisconsin, a near sweep of the battleground states, and was holding a narrow advantage in Florida. The path to victory for Romney narrowed as the night wore along, with Obama winning at least 303 electoral votes.
A cheer of jubilation sounded at the Obama campaign headquarters in Chicago when the television networks began projecting him as the winner at 11:20 p.m., even as the ballots were still being counted in many states where voters had waited in line well into the night. The victory was narrower than his historic election four years ago, but it was no less dramatic.
“Tonight in this election, you, the American people, reminded us that while our road has been hard, while our journey has been long, we have picked ourselves up, we have fought our way back,” Obama told his supporters early Wednesday. “We know in our hearts that for the United States of America, the best is yet to come.”
Obama’s re-election extended his place in history, carrying the tenure of the nation’s first black president into a second term. His path followed a pattern that has been an arc to his political career: faltering when he seemed to be at his strongest – the period before his first debate with Romney — before he redoubled his efforts to lift himself and his supporters to victory.
The evening was not without the drama that has come to mark so many recent elections: For more than 90 minutes after the networks projected Obama as the winner, Romney held off calling him to concede. And as the president waited to declare victory in Chicago, Romney’s aides were prepared to head to the airport, suitcases packed, potentially to contest several close results.
But as it became increasingly clear that no amount of contesting would bring him victory, he called Obama to concede shortly before 1 a.m.
“I wish all of them well, but particularly the president, the first lady and their daughters,” Romney told his supporters in Boston. “This is a time of great challenges for America, and I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation.”
Hispanics made up an important part of Obama’s winning coalition, preliminary exit poll data showed. And before the night was through there were already recriminations from Republican moderates who said Romney had gone too far during the primaries in his statements against those here illegally, including his promise that his get-tough policies would cause some to “self deport.”
Obama, 51, faces governing in a deeply divided country and a partisan-rich capital, where Republicans retained their majority in the House of Representatives and Democrats kept their control of the Senate. His re-election offers him and Vice President Joe Biden another opportunity that will quickly be tested, given the rapidly escalating fiscal showdown.
For Obama, the result brings a ratification of his sweeping health care act, which Romney had vowed to repeal. The law will now continue on course toward nearly full implementation in 2014, promising to significantly change the way medical services are administrated nationwide.
Confident that the economy is finally on a true path toward stability, Obama and his aides have hinted that he would seek to tackle some of the grand but unrealized promises of his first campaign, including the sort of immigration overhaul that has eluded presidents of both parties for decades.
But he will be venturing back into a congressional environment similar to that of his first term, with the Senate under the control of Democrats and the House under the control of Republicans, whose leaders have hinted that they will be no less likely to challenge him than they were during the last four years.
The state-by-state pursuit of 270 electoral votes was being closely tracked by both campaigns, with Romney winning North Carolina and Indiana, which Obama carried four years ago. But Obama won Michigan, the state where Romney was born, and Minnesota and Pennsylvania, three states that Republican groups had spent millions of dollars trying to make competitive.
Americans delivered a final judgment on a long and bitter campaign that drew so many people to the polls that several key states extended voting for hours. In Virginia and Florida, long lines stretched from polling places, with the Obama campaign sending text messages to supporters in those areas, saying: “You can still vote.”
Neither party could predict how the outcome would affect the direction of the Republican Party. Moderates were hopeful it would lead the rank and file to realize that the party’s grass-roots conservatism that Romney pledged himself to during the primaries doomed him in the general election. Tea Party adherents have indicated that they will argue that he was damaged because of his move to middle ground during the general election.
As he delivered his brief concession speech early Wednesday, Romney did not directly address the challenges facing Republicans. His advisers said that his second failed quest for the White House would be his last, with his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, standing as one of the leaders of the party.
“We have given our all to this campaign,” said Romney, stoic and gracious in his remarks. “I so wish that I had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead this country in a different direction.”
The results were more a matter of voters giving Obama more time than a second chance. Through most of the year slight majorities of voters had told pollsters that they believed his policies would improve the economy if they could stay in place into the future.
Obama’s campaign team built its coalition the hard way, finding and motivating supporters who had lost the ardor of four years ago and, Obama’s strategists feared, might not find their way to polls if left to their own devices.
Up against real enthusiasm for Romney — or, just as important, against Obama — among Republicans and many independents, their strategy of spending vast sums of money on their get-out-the-vote operation seemed vindicated on Tuesday.
As opinion surveys that followed the first debate between Romney and Obama showed a tightening race, Obama’s team had insisted that its coalition was coming together as it hoped it would. In the end, it was not a bluff.
Even with Obama pulling off a new sweep of the highly-contested battlegrounds from Nevada to New Hampshire, the result in each of the states was very narrow.
The top issue on the minds of voters was the economy, according to interviews, with three-quarters saying that economic conditions were not good or poor. But only 3 in 10 said things were getting worse and 4 in 10 said the economy was improving.
Romney, who campaigned aggressively on his ability to turn around the deepest economic downturn since the Great Depression, was given a narrow edge when voters were asked which candidate was better equipped to handle the economy, the interviews found.
The electorate was split along partisan lines over a question that has driven much of the campaign debate, whether it was Obama or his predecessor, former President George W. Bush, who bore the most responsibility for the nation’s continued economic challenges. But about half of independent voters said that Bush should be held responsible.
The president built a muscular campaign organization and used a strong financial advantage to hold off an array of forces that opposed his candidacy. The margin of his victory was smaller than in 2008 — he held an advantage of about 700,000 in the popular vote early Wednesday — but a strategic firewall in several battleground states protected his Electoral College majority.
“Whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you. I have learned from you, and you made me a better president,” Obama said in accepting victory. “I return to the White House more determined and more inspired than ever about the work there is to do and the future that lies ahead.”
As Romney gained steam and stature in the final weeks of the campaign, the Obama campaign put its hopes in one thing perhaps above all others: that the rebound in the auto industry after the president’s bailout package of 2009 would give him the winning edge in Ohio, a linchpin of his road to re-election.
Early interviews with voters showed that nearly 6 in 10 Ohio voters approved of the bailout, a result that was balanced by a less encouraging sign for the president: Almost 4 in 10 said they or someone in their household had lost a job over the last four years.
The strong early-voting program was central to Obama’s performance in Ohio. He defeated Romney 52 percent to 47 percent in Hamilton County, home to Cincinnati, but only because of the amount of votes he banked in the month leading up to Election Day.
Obama won despite losing some of his 2008 margins among his key constituencies, including among younger voters, blacks and Jewish voters, yet he appeared to increase his share among Hispanics and Asians. Early poll results showed Latinos representing about 1 in 10 voters nationwide and voting for Obama in greater numbers than four years ago, making a difference in several states, including Colorado and Florida. He held on to female voters, according to preliminary exit polls conducted by Edison Research, but he struggled even more among white men than he did four years ago.
Romney’s coalition included disproportionate support from whites, men, older people, high-income voters, evangelicals, those from suburban and rural counties, and those who call themselves adherents of the Tea Party – a group that had resisted Romney through the primaries but had fully embraced him by Election Day.
The Republican Party seemed destined for a new round of self-reflection over how it approaches Hispanics going forward, a fast-growing portion of the voting population that senior party strategists had sought to woo before a strain of intense anti-illegal immigration activism took hold within the Republican grassroots.
It was the first presidential election since the 2010 Supreme Court decision loosening restrictions on political spending, and the first in which both major party candidates opted out of the campaign matching system that imposes spending limits in return for federal financing. And the overall cost of the campaign rose accordingly, with all candidates for federal office, their parties and their supportive “super PACs” spending more than $6 billion combined.
The results Tuesday were certain to be parsed for days to determine just what effect the spending had, and who would be more irate at the answer — the donors who spent literally millions of dollars of their own money for a certain outcome, or those who found a barrage of negative advertising to be major factors in their defeats.
While the campaign often seemed small and petty, with Romney and Obama intensely quarreling and bickering, the contest was actually rooted in big and consequential decisions, with the role of the federal government squarely at the center of the debate.
In Chicago, as crowds waited for Obama to deliver his speech, his supporters erupted into a roar of relief and elation. Car horns honked from the street as people chanted the president’s name.
“I feel like it’s a repudiation of everything the Republicans said in the campaign,” said Jasmyne Walker, 31, who jumped up and down on the edge of a stone planter in a downtown plaza. “Everybody said that if he lost it would be buyer’s remorse — that we were high on hope in 2008. This says we’re on the right track. I feel like this confirms that.”
Michael Cooper contributed to this report.
Likely comes down to Ohio. If Romney loses Ohio, it's over. If he loses Florida, Ohio doesn't even come into play.
So the 2012 campaign keeps the status the same Conservative keep the House, a weaken Obama stays in, and the do nothing Reid Senate.
In a clear repudiation Obama was snubbed by Americans. Obama, who won with a landslide 53% in 2008, LOST independents, LOST seniors, LOST working Americans, LOST married women, LOST veterans, and LOST the popular vote.
Obama ran a campaign that was joyless, passionless and without meritoriousness - much like the last four years. But Obama got an outsized boost for his Sandy photo-op, won huge on free abortions, and giveaways of Government largess.
Obama got his REVENGE on Americans
Congratulations to liberal extremist Obama for his mediocre lame duck win -- or did they really vote for moderate Bill Clinton.
Incumbency is nearly always impossible to beat regardless of the worth of the candidate. Voters never want to admit a prior bad vote and the incumbent has the benefit of the trappings and power of the Office.
And in this case looks like the DEPENDENCY-CLASS has overwhelmed the votes of the working middle class and put Obama back in. The "win" was aided by the eight months of unrelenting personal character assassination of Romney.
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED
- Obama's election will established that SUCCESS IS BAD. As shown by the eight months of character assassination of successful businessman Romney and taxing job creators.
Obama exhorted for people to vote for REVENGE on Romney's SUCCESS. "You didn't build that." Instead espousing trickle-down government.
- With Obama win FAILURE IS THE NEW NORMAL. Meager economic growth has been rewarded.
GOP party has to alter their message. When you can't win against a guy who has really not lived up to his own predictions...you better start looking inward and make decisions to fix that message.
Discarding 47% was probably the single worst comment from a politician I've ever heard.
Congratulations President Obama!
It's now time to use your bully pulpit and brow beat the Grand Obstructionist Party. You have received a mandate from the American people on your policies and you admitted one of your faults was a failure to keep the American people informed. You need your cabinet speaking the facts on your policies constantly on every news network.
Time to pass the President's public infrastructure jobs bill.
If the Republican's refuse to compromise on the fiscal cliff"make it clear daily who refuses to compromise and hold firm to allowing Bush's tax cuts to expire on those making more than 250K.
If you hold firm and keep the public constantly informed you will be rewarded with a Democratic House and Senate in 2014.
The final vote should be a 6 to 8 point win.
How long until obama increases the national debt another $6 trillion while garnering an anemic 2% economic growth because of it?
His base won't care, most are already government dependent and figure "they gonna get theirs".
He was a failure his first term, he will be a bigger failure the second.
'eight months of unrelenting personal character assassination of Romney.'
I unfortunately was swayed by the unrelenting techniques of the DEMS in their slamming of Romney. I truly started to believe that Mitt Romney was a Socialist Muslim that wasn't even a US citizen. Boy those DEMS sure had me fooled. BAD DEMS.....BAD DEMS....
Congratulations to the President and all his supporters...
it looks like a great night overall for the Dem's!
Unfortunately, it appears as though Mr. Romney & his supporters are going to be, shall we say...less than gracious losers; SHOCKING!
Obama's win prove his point that success is bad.
Obama has failed at every turn so Democrats voted him back in.
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O B A M A / B I D E N 2 0 1 2 !
Besides the president's reelection the GOP is getting absolutely stomped in US Senate races. Democrats had to defend 23 (twenty-three!) seats vs 10 for republicans.
It's very possible that Democrats will PICK UP a seat !
Great, great day for a saner America !
If you followed the state polls, it worked out as they said. Not sure how some of you were just discarding those numbers..
Karl Rove...wrong on call
Charles Krauthammer...wrong on call
Hannity..wrong on call
Coulter...wrong on call
Again, unless your sole basis of info and numbers was Fox news...you should have seen how this election was going to turn out. State by state polls held true. That's all you needed. Fox news has been marginalized as their credibility takes a hit on all these guys making the wrong call.
To all of you naysayers :
God Bless America
And all of you!
Enjoy the day!
Are we working on the bases that Obama will now blame everything on what he inherited from Obama's first four years
Republican party with their Senate losses is getting marginalized more and more. They better find a way to attract those independents that voted Democratic.
GOP will have to moderate to the middle because the right wing agenda is going to send you further into the loser column. Friendly advice. It may not jibe with your beliefs, but if the choice is getting elected or getting shut out..you better find a way to get elected.
47% remark...beyond stupid to say
Picking a rabid pro lifer turned off a lot of independent woman
Hard line on alleviating tax burden for super wealthy...dumb.
Republicans are goiing to have compromise some of their ideals to get elected. They face the prospect of getting further marginalized. They had 23 Senate seats up for grabs and 12 were in real trouble..the Republicans went backwards and might likely lose ground there.
Better start looking in the mirror because you will get further marginalized if you don't change some of your positions.
The people have spoken and we got it right--again.
Congratulations to President Barack Obama.
I think the people proclaiming this as a mandate, as well as those proclaiming a wide margin of victory for the president, might wish to wait and actually see what the national popular vote is before making said statements.
Well done America, well done.
QSS
I think the people proclaiming this as a mandate, as well as those proclaiming a wide margin of victory for the president, might wish to wait and actually see what the national popular vote is before making said statements.
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Absolutely. But you have to remember if there was ever a candidate that was vulnerable based on his 4 year record..it was Obama.
He still won. Had he accomplished more he would have won by a landslide.
Republicans better find a way to attract more voters.
I think we can also trust the "liberal media" polling numbers a helluva lot more than the Fox News pundits who not only called it wrong but some of their predictions were beyond stupid based on the cumulative polls.
Dick Morris...Romney landslide
Steve Forbes..big Romney win.
The list goes on. Please. I think we know who the biased media is. They were beyond wrong.
My heart is broken over the Spiritual condition of our country! Jeremiah said the whole head is sick. Legalize gay marriage? Legalize marijuana? Legalize abortion with no restrictions? Not supporting Israel? Spending out of control? I am not celebrating a new president. We think we are progressing but we are descending into darkness. Good luck but this is going to drag our country down. This is not a righteous cause.America has dimmed its light!
Congrats George W. Obama, you lost the election and still get to be president.
Congratulations President Obama and Vice President Biden on your re-election!
Mr. Romney showed both class, dignity, and graciousness in his concession speech. He had very positive messages in it for many segments of our country. I am happy he didn't diminish himself by trying to fight results.
Now, hopefully, there will also be an end to obstructionism and the beginning of some bipartisan work on behalf of our nation.
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I cannot help but notice that some huge gambling entities lost their enormous bets.
Sheldon Adelson
Steve Winn
Wall St.
Well done America. America is dying and you are contributing to it by electing a "politician" to office instead of a "Leader". A true leader would unite this country, not split it 50/50. Spin the 47% any way you want, but the people that voted Obama in are the ones who "need" government or got a bailout. Where is my bailout? Where is my help? Oh yeah it's only for the people whom decide to stand in line or come into the country illegally or build a crappy car that can't compete with a foreign well built machine. excuses is what you're about, just plain lazy, lame, excuses.
The good news is Obama can't lie to the people anymore. Four years from now the Dems will cross party lines to get someone that has a little fiscal responsibility instead of a vote buying checkbook. He doesn't have a clue how to run a country, only how to get votes by catering to your "special needs". How about doing something for everyone like promoting business? Right,that actually takes someone with a brain, and a "bailout". They have to keep getting it free cause they can't earn their way and think the country owes them because their parents weere born here. Get off your rear and go to school, make something of your life. Oh, by the way your taxes are going up because someone has to pay for all this reckless wasted spending. Anyone with millions and a brain will just keep their money overseas and earn their income overseas. We're looking more and more like Mexico City with buildings falling apart, empty, no jobs. It will keep getting worse thanks to all you idiots.
So a state with 11.8% unemployment votes for Obama? Yeah that makes a lot of sense. I guess Nevada is more interested in being a welfare state.
teamster,
You were right! ;-)
Mitt Romney gave a gracious concession speech...
I wish his supporters would follow his lead.
Continued hand-wringing & teeth gnashing & 'Obama bashing' will not win the day.
Time to give Barack Obama big-time props; he's won the Presidency of America...TWICE.
tomD1228...
Remember those 'R' polls that had lil' Tark with a BIG lead against Senator Horsford?
A BUNCH of Political 'Pollsters' have been outed as FRAUDULENT today; we should all take notice of them!
Fox in particular has egg ALL OVER their faces...
what an abject failure of political punditry!
lil' Tark is now '0 for 4' in political races; time to give it up!
Congrat's to Congressman Heck...
I have NO IDEA how he does it; but the peep's have spoken.
I wonder...
is Hank Jr. on 'suicide watch' tonight?
Congratulations to Obama and his supporters.
To the jobless and recent college graduates, I'm sorry. I went to battle for you but came up short. With an anti-business president who doesn't understand economics and private sector job growth, you have quite an uphill climb to find a job/career. Best of luck to you.
The right can scream all they want about biased media..the fact that every single one of their Fox news pundits was predicting a Romney victory (some by a landslide) shows you who the real biased media is. The true polling numbers held spot on.
Not sure what the hell Fox news was getting their info from but one thing is certain...if there is biased media, they are first in line. This election screw up for them proved it.
What an dip. You want me to congratulate a president that is going to continue to destroy all I have "worked" for. Key word is worked. I am not a politician, I don't shake hands of my opponent when my country loses, I fight and continue to fight. You can roll over and pat you and fellow losers on the back. The Republicans didn't lose, the country lost only 50% are to blind to see.
Exactly why they voted for Obama. 11.8% unemployed need more free stuff.
Gmag, I see some of you fellow libs are very gracious.
Congrats Mr. Obama....... You'll need every vote you will never get to do anything. Welcome to the new gridlock. Thanks Harry.
The only mandate I see is Carl Rove and Dick Morris
Im depressed! four more years! Sickens me!
I figured Democrats out a long time ago. They never tip, donate, or do good deeds. They expect the governmewnt to fund all of that. they pat them selves on the back for taking care of the poor people because they think it makes them important. Oh, I voted for that president, he bailed out the auto industry. The same auto industry that built crappy cars for years. If I want to make a donation I give cash to the person who needs, it, drop dog food off regularly at the rescue shelters, or volunteer at the senior center. I don't have the government spend money that is wasted on someone who doesn't need it., only later to wait for a fiscally resposible President that has to raise taxes to pay the bills of the prior Presidents. You cry about the rich people yet your President elect gave them billions in a "bailout", while they smoked cigars and received large bonuses. The memory span of Dem must be less than 6 months. You think Romney was for the rich? Really that blind?
@go-rebels
The Republican party needs to be remade or they will find themselves further marginalized. Look at it this way...If there was ever an election that could and should be won, this was it. You can continue to complain about the nonsense "free stuff" garbage or you can find a way to get your candidate elected. If the mindset of the people is changing then republicans better damn well find a way to cultivate that or they will go the way of the Whig party.
Part of the problem is there's just too many angry Republicans. Anger solves nothing and drives people away. My father, a Goldwater Republican says he can't believe what his party has become...angry middle aged white men who have the compassion of a bald eagle over its prey. In essense, none.
Your party is getting marginalized..and with that, so are you. Better find a way to get your guy in there.
I see the losers are just as bitter and hateful as they were when they were convinced they weren't going to lose.
For the record I voted for Gary Johnson, and I knew he wasn't going to win...but I would rather have Obama than Romney (who doesn't pay much of anything in taxes, is against abortion and birth control insurance manadates, but doesn't want to help poor women with kids, and wants to get the US involved in more wars).
Congratulations Obama!
R's, as I have said in my posts.. you cant just lie and repeat rhetoric that is proven wrong and expect to win..
Trickle down is a failed policy and at least half the people know that..
R's have no more street credibility to make their claim.. failed policies lost this race.. If the republicans have a future they will need new policies not the same old policies that everyone now know's don't work!
So no more talk about the failed policies.. lets talk about the future of America and our economy and what NEW policies will get us there!
Alright now i will try to get as much free stuff as i can from the government!
I see the losers are just as bitter and hateful as they were when they were convinced they weren't going to lose.
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It's become the republican party. Disconcerting, and frankly, scary.
WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW!
WE DID IT!
Congratulations, PRESIDENT OBAMA and
VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN!
And everyone on this post that helped.
YES....
FOUR MORE YEARS FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA!!!
Great day for America.
Congratulations, President Obama !
The sore losers are hilarious. Congratulations President Obama. The party of NO is not happy. That make me smile.
ALRIGHT!!!!! i love Obama!!!!
The country is still divided, grid lock, and more grid lock, to President to United States of Mexico.
Congratualtions to President Obama. I'm shocked he won beings the state of the country, but he did it and we all must now live with the countries decision. I'll be very curious to see what this country will look like in four years. I do know the debt will be much higher and un-employment won't change much. More businesses will close and the part time work week will become more of a known. The stalemate in Congress will continue and a budget probably will not be passed.
Hopefully America made the right choice.
Please do not underestimate the power of truth, no matter how much you camouflage it. Deep within ourselves is that power. If we listened to it, it will not steer us wrong. Despite the din of speeches, accusations, and half-truths, truth always prevails, and it has spoken.
Peacelilly and Kepi:
Here's to you both! Cheers!
Tehehe!
Too cool!
Yeah for PREZ OBAMA*=
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Jeff, Teamster, Sam, Gmag, Vernos, LongtimeVegan, Antigov, and all those who took time to tell the truth:
Keep going. We need to break through amid all the suppression. Remember:
"Never doubt that a small thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." .......Margaret Mead
The GOP did surprisingly well after branding 47% of the general population as moochers and another 40% category as sluts.
GoRebels, this is for you:
You are still young and you need years and years to learn. Saying Democrats NEVER tip, NEVER do good deeds, etc. shows your limited frame of reference.
Go out there and find out about life. Then, after a few years, come back here and redeem yourself.
LEARN MORE.
" "As a mother and as a grandmother who raises boy children, I think that the symbolism of having a black man occupy the highest office is something that can make my children very aspirational to know that this is possible, you know, in their lifetime" _ Zindzi Mandela, daughter of former South African President Nelson Mandela."
"Give me ur tired, ur hungry,ur poor.."
"...all are created equal.."
FromThe Bronx to Compton, to South Africa, yes, ALL are being allowed to aspire to GREATNESS as EQUALS!
kepi, peacelily,Nancy, Longtimevegan, Cognastics, El_Lobo, CREATEDEQL(sp?) Colin, Sam Pizzo, Brad, teamster, Rowar, JoeLamy(how's ur knee?) Sunjohn, tomd1228,Det_Munch,(who'd i forget?..yeah!)
Comment removed by moderator. Personal Attack
Oh yeah, gmag39, antigov, jahreb, vernos branco..
@->->
" ASadTeacher, this is for you:
You are a young 63yo teacher making over $80,000 a year but you still have much to learn. Calling republicans a bunch ofold white men showed your limited frame of reference.
Go out there and find out about life. Then, after a few years, come back here and redeem yourself.
LEARN MORE."Jeff garner
Nah, ur one of the "ole white men" she's talking about!
Oh yeah, bimmerdude ..
go *=Obama *=
...And Nancy, maybe u can take roll call; seems to b some folk missing from CLASS today...(I LOVE double entendres!)
"Nah, ur one of the "ole white men" she's talking about!
....and Nancy Navarro Agustin is a minority. Big deal. Race should never be a factor in deciding who to politically support. Calling republicans a bunch of old white men was disappointing and disrespectful.
kepi & Sam, may this be the BEST morning coffee you've had in quite some time!
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Bsafe ;-)
It looks like the Republican party loyalists are still in soreloser mod.
Y'all will be able to survive. We won't kick you out.
There is one fella missing from here though - oh Carmine, come out, come out wherever you are.
" My father, a Goldwater Republican says he can't believe what his party has become...angry middle aged white men who have the compassion of a bald eagle over its prey. In essense, none."tomd1228
Garner..u made me reread EVERY post..Nancy never called color, tho 'white' tom, in quoting his father did!
I responded to ur ERRONIOUS accusation at her, while YOU called HER a minority by adding a second "surname "to "prove" ur RACEBAITING post!
I personally think ur seeing stars from the 1,2 PUNCH the DEMS just hit ur grand OLE party with!
tehehe-ing
Dude:
Sadly, I do not make that much. How about close to $30,00 less. And, I have a doctorate degree! I do like teaching - a lot. Enough to sustain me amidst ignorant attacks. My rewards are enormous. They are now in place to make change possible. They just elected Obama.
I did NOT call all republicans white old male. I have many friends who are Republicans and they are awesome. What I said was Big time contributors are white old rich men as in Koch bothers, Adelson, and corporation owners. The ones that are bringing down the ideals of the Republican party and caused its defeat.
Yes, I have a broad frame of reference. More than you ever would. I was born colored; I am an immigrant; I have lived in various cultures in various countries; and I have probably read more books than you ever would. I have been rich and I have been poor. I was a republican and now a democrat. I have been married and now single. I have been the boss and have been a peon. I am a Catholic and now simply Christian, I have four children and have taught for a hundred years. I have been trough hell and back.
Now, give me your qualification. It's your turn.
Good luck to you.
DJIA is dropping like a stone..and gold is going up
The Wall Street Journal has a ticker and it is ticking like the US Pop Clock..
Wow. reading the newspapers of the world this morning has been exhilarating.
Did you hear Obama invite Romney in to share ideas on generating jobs and new business? It would be awesome to see Mitt the new secretary of American Business. They will meet soon. It would be brilliant to deploy Mitt in a role of US business advocacy.
He showed me he wasn't a useless idiot in the debates and that is why it got as close as it did, but if he has some ideas and Barack is open to them. Count me in.
Nancy Augustin.
Every time someone takes a shot at you just know that me, Kepi, TomD, Teamster, Vidi, Colin and many more that my coffee deprived fingers forget for the moment love you, honor you, and are proud of you.
You don't need to respond to these negative people anymore unless it makes YOU feel happy.
My Lord I love you, and I am sure a lot of other people do too.
God Bless you and everyone and thing you touch.
As a fan of good workers, good jobs and a healthy economy, I stand up for President Obama and for Nancy Agustin. In my current job, I have had the pleasure of creating quite a few good jobs - many paying family wages ($35 -$50 per hour) while providing guidance
Nancy Agustin helps folks create healthy minds, vigorous attitudes and self-reliance along with skills they'll need to get their lives rolling.
Whacking Nancy may be the best some folks can do to express their disapproval of the outcome of the presidential election. Sad.
Where's Carmine this morning?
The stock market is diving! A glimpse of what we can look forward to.
ASadTeacher,
Are you sure you make $30,000 or less? When you type in your name, Nancy Agustin, in the search it shows your total compensation, including benefits, was $82, 571 in 2011. A PHD making $30,000 or less??? Perhaps transparentnevada has bogus data.
http://transparentnevada.com/
Re Freeman Nov. 6, 2012 10:38 p.m.
COMMENTED:
Congratulations to Obama and his supporters.
To the jobless and recent college graduates, I'm sorry. I went to battle for you but came up short. With an anti-business president who doesn't understand economics and private sector job growth, you have quite an uphill climb to find a job/career. Best of luck to you.
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Freeman,
Yes, you did go to battle for what you believe in and for that you should be proud. Although I do not agree with you politically, you gave it your best as we all did. Good job!
All the best to you today and always. Now, keep up the good work fighting for yourself. Best wishes to you always! :)
JeffFromVegas Nov. 7, 2012 7:02 a.m.
COMMENTED:
Nancy Augustin.
Every time someone takes a shot at you just know that me, Kepi, TomD, Teamster, Vidi, Colin and many more that my coffee deprived fingers forget for the moment love you, honor you, and are proud of you.
You don't need to respond to these negative people anymore unless it makes YOU feel happy.
My Lord I love you, and I am sure a lot of other people do too.
God Bless you and everyone and thing you touch.
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Jeff and Nancy,
Jeff your comment was eloquently stated and I totally agree with you 100%!
Nancy you are a delight, you fought for what you believe in with class and dignity. I agree with every word of Jeff's comment 100%. Thank you Nancy. Please do ignore the negative. Do not take it to heart.
This is our day to celebrate.
America is in line to have over 12 million more jobs in the next 4 years and I am delighted to know that Rommney cannot claim not even one of those as his work.
The Republicans could have won if they would have had a plan that had details to it! Plans shrouded in mystery are ones to be wary of.
I hope the Republican party will now purge it's self of the cancer eating away at it's base called the tea party, This group hijacked the brave acts of persons long ago and are promoting them selve's as the same group to fight the civil rights fight 40 years later.
Two years straight all I heard on this thread from those promoting the tea party agenda was "Wait until November 2012" we will clean house and take full control. Or "77% of the people don't want this Obamacare" Well I guess You all are misinformed. But it's not entirely your fault I too have put a lot of faith in people and later learn that I too was mislead and I learned from it, I learned to diversify all data and then make an INFORMED decision before I act or speak. And if I'm wrong I can say I'm wrong.
Oh yeah I almost forgot to Mr. Mitch McConnell You have failed sir on your agenda to make sure Obama was a One term President.
TeheheAtSomeOfU Nov. 7, 2012 6:04 a.m.
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kepi & Sam, may this be the BEST morning coffee you've had in quite some time!
@->->
Bsafe ;-)
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HUM. Funny how I worry about strangers!
BE SAFE :)!
Bling Bling:
I think we get a bargain for a PHD teaching our kids at less than 150k a year.
I have many friends inside the classrooms of Nevada and have no problem with educator compensation.
Maybe you would recruit the french fry kid at Wendy's to teach Chemistry but I will keep Nancy, and know we are getting a very fair deal for her labor.
OBAMA KICKED BUTT! Now you right wingers, maybe you will start to understand that Obama is actually a moderate, and it is his moderate policies that attract the bulk of the American voters. WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE!
By the way, didn't you just love Karl Rove's meltdown on FOX? THE MOST entertaining TV I have seen this year!
Congratulation's to all the Dem's who won.
Let's see, The pres. won the National popular vote, the electoral college, gained a couple of seats in the Senate, gained a couple of seats in the House, and moved a few of the Tea Party out of their seats.
The best laugh of the day is all the WHINING from the right(wrong). Some of the usual suspects are missing today. I guess they're still in the bar drowning their sorrows. Now let's take the House in 2014!!!!!!
notacon said:
"By the way, didn't you just love Karl Rove's meltdown on FOX? THE MOST entertaining TV I have seen this year!"
I say:
I read a transcript of his meltdown, I think. Can you link to it so I know we are on the same page.
Karl Rove is a very talented divider of people, if he worked half as hard to be inclusive as he does to sow division, Michael Casler would be able to come out of the closet as the moderate democrat that the little voice in his head knows he really is :)
I guess now we'll get to see how Obamacare, Frank-Dodd, higher energy prices, increased taxes and regulation, and a 'green energy' fetish grows an economy. Good luck with that.
The icing on the cake for me is knowing that Sheldon Adelson and the Koch Brothers gave 100's of millions to the mainstream media they hate.
Fox News has been reduced to preaching to the choir and their 4 year effort to smear the President failed. (Most every economic indicator has IMPROVED since Obama took office on 1/20/09)
Senator Reid needs to hold to his promise and change the senate rules forcing filibusters to be carried out on the floor. Let the Republicans make fools of themselves speaking for days" showing who really has held up the full recovery...obstructionist Republicans.
" TeheheAtSomeOfU Nov. 7, 2012 6:04 a.m.
COMMENTED: kepi & Sam, may this be the BEST morning coffee you've had in quite some time! @->-> Bsafe ;-) ****************** HUM. Funny how I worry about strangers! BE SAFE :)! "
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tried to send u mail; wasn't effective!!
If u ever miss a Halloween stranger again, check a name from ur history book at Hotmail @->->
I MISSED YOU!! ;-)
Bsafe
Ernest,
Interesting, where are the regulars?
I sent you an email last week and it did not go through last week.
Be Safe :)
11.8% unemployment and you are celebrating. Something is wrong with that.
Nevada's UE rate is a direct result of the Governor and state legislature, not President Obama. That Nevada's rate is higher than the national rate is a direct result of GOP leadership - Gibbons and now Sandy. The critical thinker would ask themselves - what have they done to add jobs to this state? The lazy person would just rather blame Obama.
kepi, yea, I was moved from the maddening crowd. Sent a few of you letters and realized they landed in the "circular shaped file cabinet".
In case I die again as swiftly, old nomdeplume @ Hotmail @->->
my bro-in-law, sis's ex husband has been in a punched one time coma since 9/28, so betwn supporting my family & working until exhaustion for Obama @ Organizing for America I'm pretty pooped! Also horrid rain for 24 hour periods each time we've had rain since 8/19, but I'm sooooo ecstatic for Our Victory I am completely INFLATED since I got a text from a NY girlfriend at 9:20...my poor phone internet was too pooped to open crammed sites, so I actually found out from text msg!
We did it girl!! We have a safe future! I predict Hillary will be next; what do u think?
Republican/TEAbaggers seemingly are sore losers. Get over it! The United States of America is/was NOT FOR SALE! to the highest bidder! The American People proved that last night!!!!!
The American people stood united; including, but not limited to the young, poor, elderly, disabled, 47%'ers, the minorities, and the women! Together as a people, we cast our vote for the candidate that we believed had our best interest at heart. We voted for President Barack Obama because he cares about all people and he cares about our country. He even cares about all of you sore losers!
I believe in President Barack Obama and always will!
So, all you sore losers get over it. You lost! I will bet your party continues with the obstructionism and the Party of NO position! Obstructionism and the Party of NO position is NOT good for the American People. I hope that there is compromise in the future.
The lazy person would rather blame Obama? Is that kind of like blaming Bush for the last four years?
Kepi the US wasn't for sale to the highest bidder? The two spent $2 Billion, I think the highest bidder won.
I agree with you on Hilary. You have a lot on your plate. I don't know what happened to you, but my email was not accepted then I went on a search for you and nothing. I was worried about your health. Thanks for everything you did as well. I am sure OFA was glad to have you as a volunteer. Sorry to hear about your sister's ex husband. Take care of you. How are you doing?
So, Yes We Will~Yes We Did~Yes We Did it Again with 4 More Years!!!!!!
P.S.
Be Safe :)
@ NOTACON please post a link I want to Seeee it.
I don't have a link. Try Youtube, it must be there.
Rove freak out http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/07/ka...
TeheheAtSomeOfU Nov. 7, 2012 9:04 a.m.
FYI: Nancy is a wonderful commentator, she has fought every day just like you and I for what she believes in and like other women in this discussion room has taken nasty comments primarily from men. Despite all of the mean-spirited comments towards Nancy et al., she continued her fight and forged ahead. That is an admirable trait. It is not easy; you know that. As you know, this discussion room can be very difficult. Nancy did not allow those obstacles to stand in her way, she continued commenting every single day.
With respect to the white men comment, Nancy explained that comment several times and it is not necessary for her to explain it again to these guys. Look at the comment and who is commenting. It has been like that for months.
I just wanted to share my opinion with you because I am not sure if you have been reading the comments.
Nancy and Peacelily are both wonderful, dedicated women. Just like you.
Be Safe :)
Nancy
Oops, my 10:06 a.m. ended with the word Nancy that is a mistake. It should say Kepi.
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Tomorrow Fox News will go back to being the Benghazi Channel. Papa Johns Pizza will go up about 15 cents to pay for the employees insurance. No problem though, I hate their pizza. Applebees will move to Chile and everything will be fine. I would like to ask Sheldon Adelson if he has a few dollars he can spare too.
Oh kepi, I have argued for Nancy against the ole geezers that get on her, and roslenda who also loves to peck at her; I often wonder if we were "face to face" whose lips would flap the same crap!
To pick on public school teachers is like picking on people who CHOOSE to WORK IN HELL, and anyone who does so should be simply embarrassed that they did so, if not also ashamed!
Which polling organizations were closest? Notice where Daily Kos, Rasmussen, and Gallup showed up?
1. PPP (D)
1. Daily Kos/SEIU/PPP
3. YouGov
4. Ipsos/Reuters
5. Purple Strategies
6. NBC/WSJ
6. CBS/NYT
6. YouGov/Economist
9. UPI/CVOTER
10. IBD/TIPP
11. Angus-Reid
12. ABC/WP
13. Pew Research
13. Hartford Courant/UConn
15. CNN/ORC
15. Monmouth/SurveyUSA
15. Politico/GWU/Battleground
15. FOX News
15. Washington Times/JZ Analytics
15. Newsmax/JZ Analytics
15. American Research Group
15. Gravis Marketing
23. Democracy Corps (D)
24. Rasmussen
24. Gallup
26. NPR
27. National Journal
28. AP/GfK
Don't ever tell me DailyKos is not a source of good accurate data again!
Thanks Jeff. It was good to see that sick little man that has serious "daddy" issues twisting in the wind like that. Rove is the prime example of all that is wrong with American politics. If Rove has any honor he would commit hara kiri in front of the Koch Brothers and Sheldon Adelson because of his failure. Of course, honor and Karl Rove should never be used in the same sentence...
First the bad news
1. Our nation has turned into more than 50% TAKERS. This was established in 2008 and re-validated in last nights election.
2. Those who rob Peter to pay Paul will always have the support of Paul...... until the money runs out
3. Republicans will never again hold the White House (see #1 & #2 above)
4. Mitt Romney lost
5. Obama Won
Now the good news
1. Those of us who are MAKERS are going to watch the economy stagnate for 4 more years. (Obama still doesn't know what to do)
2. We get to listen to Biden spew idiotic functionally illiterate statements on a hourly basis.
3. The concept of "Atlas Shrugged" is closer than you think.
Here is a video tribute to my antagonists (DiFazio, Casler, Future, Hairytic, etc):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zLfCnGVe...
Sour grapes from LV_Tom...this is the kind of drivel that lost the election for the Republicans. Time to get a new meme, the nation decided last night that it is sick and tired of Republican craziness and habitual lying.
Here is how much more you will pay that Obama was elected:
Gas: Expect $5 gas. Obama said himself that $5 gas was needed to cut consumption and to get people to ride bikes and take buses, so he'll impost higher fed taxes on gas or a carbon tax to get it to $5 or higher during his second term. I guarantee this.
Food: Expect inflation to hit food and everything else delivered by trucks because of the rise in gas.
Taxes: Here are the Bush Tax cuts that Obama vows to end:
Tax Brackets - The 10% tax bracket will expire, reverting to 15%, which would apply to all incomes below $34,550. The 25% rate would rise to 28%, the 28% rate to 31%, 33% to 36% and the 35% bracket would go up to 39.6%.
Marriage Penalty - The standard deduction for married couples filing jointly will be eliminated, no longer a standard deduction double what it is for single filers.
Child Tax Credit - will fall from $1,000 to $500
Phase Out Personal Exemption -- The phase out was gradually eliminated over time, if no extension is passed the phase out will resume at incomes over $122,500.
Tax rate on qualified dividends and capital gains will rise.
What? You thought he was only going to raise taxes on the rich? WRONG! Making $34,000 is barely getting by and you're taxes are going up!
This is just the beginning. To try and get back the 5 trillion of our tax money he and Bush gave the banks so that they could gamble on the stock market, triple their money while not lending to anyone, and enable them to give their exec's million dollar bonuses for the past 4 years, he will have to take money from the rich, from the middle class, and from the poor and that won't help because I predict the financial sector will run into problems again and Obama will again throw trillions of tax dollars at them to try ans save off a banking melt-down. This is so predictable. Enjoy!
Dow down 300. lmao !!!
LV_Tom, it is not going to be 4 more years. More like 12 more at least. Hillary Clinton is taking a rest but she will return and mop the floor with anything the Grumpy Old People ( GOP ) has to offer. Or should I say anything they want to sacrifice.Turned out that the MAKERS are in reality nothing but a bunch of FAKERS.
Hey summerof69, Romney / Ryan lost. lmao.
The Wall St. hissy fit will be over soon, then Obama will quietly almost double the dow during the next four years like he did the last four.
Excellent imagination MickeyA, you must be living in TeaLand where fantasy becomes reality. There will be no tax increase for income levels below $250K
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I immediately switched to Fox News the moment that CNN called the election for Obama, just to watch the meltdown. It was as amusing as I thought it would be. I also found it interesting that, by their own admission, Fox was the last network to call the election - as if they believed that by holding out, some unanticipated miracle would happen and the electoral tide would shift to Romney's side.
Maybe Rusty and Micky should go have a drink and drown their sorrows today. Their usual confusion has been magnified to a stress induced delusion. Take a chill pill. Obama won the election, but the world still spins...Sure, your party got thrashed and needs to re-examine its basic principles, but don't worry, time will heal.
More reading for Republicans:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/100...
Nancy,
Cheers to you too! Keep on posting your great posts.
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Congratulations to Pres. Obama, V.P. Biden, their campaign staff and volunteers. People all over the world are celebrating our huge victory which has proved the GOP cannot win by lying, bullying and fearmongering, nor by buying and rigging elections, nor by voter suppression and intimidation. For once, hate lost, big-time. Moreover, the hysterical, meanspirited and threatening comments here and elsewhere by the rightwing sore losers prove they would rather ruin the economy of the USA than admit their mistakes, and work together with all Americans to build a brighter, safer and healthier future for all Americans and the world. If they cannot face reality, change their tactics and rid themselves of extremism, exclusionism and corruption, the GOP will soon be extinct.
To the sore loser commenters speaking of bailouts, your candidate, Mitt Romney and Bain Capital took $10-15 million of auto bailout money for themselves, then closed the Delphi factories. Romney and Bain caused the loss of at least one hundred thousand American jobs, and took the workers' pensions, making Romney's lies on the auto bailout even more disgusting. The rightwing is now clamoring for Romney to be appointed the head of Pres. Obama's new dept. of business. I hope Pres. Obama disregards that nonsense for the trojan horse it is, and hope that the vulture-capitalist scoundrel Mr. Romney consoles himself with his ill-gained fortune, retires from politics and fades into irrelevancy along with Limbaugh, Rove, Coulter, Palin, Beck, O'Reilly, Hannity, Huckabee, and the rest of the Fox News propaganda monster that was unleashed upon us by the unAmerican Rupert Murdoch.
Lets all come back to this post in 4 years and talk about it ok?
Health and Wealth 2016? or Down and Out 2016?
Health and Wealth - all Obama
Down and Out - Still bush's fault
It's so predictable it's almost scary.
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What a bunch of little babies, you TEAbaggers are such bad losers. But one think is constant you are still mean-spirited! Somethings never change.
The guys are still picking on the women, but I will bet when they get home it is "Yes Dear", "What can I do for you Dear?" I have seen it so many times; it is too funny. How about all you men show your wife or girlfriend what you have posted? Bet you don't! So take your toys and play nice in the sandbox.
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I think the 47% comment, evangelists, dressage, Todd Akin, Richard Mourdock and the fact that he was getting information from unreliable sources, namely Fox News, cost Mr. Romney the election. It's really quite tragic for the Republicans.
Good luck Mr. President!
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Dow down 300. In the words of Warren Buffet,"Buy when low,sell when high." lmao all the way to the bank!!!!
@ Donald Trump, that Kenyan guy got elected again.Doesn't that just ruffle your feathered hair?
Memo to the moderator:
If you have a new set of interpreting your rules, you could give a little bit of direction. It looks to me you are just being a little Napoleon.
"Our goal is not to limit the discussion, but rather to elevate it."
The Las Vegas Sun has proven, by selectively deleting comments as it has here, that they have no intention of abiding by their comment policy.
Next time, maybe you could be a bit less obvious in advancing your agenda.