Open Thread

9 Comments

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   ejmw on October 11, 2012 at 2:04 pm

   Here you go.  

   Paul Ryan Has Already Lost the Debate Based on These Workout Photos

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     BooMan on October 11, 2012 at 3:11 pm

     Too funny.  

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     boran2 on October 11, 2012 at 3:16 pm

     Conservaporn.

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   ejmw on October 11, 2012 at 2:05 pm

   And a little bit more seriously, I had been meaning to post this a couple of days ago, but I thought this was a very interesting piece and would be curious to hear your thoughts on it.

   The New Price of American Politics

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   blindtrust9 on October 11, 2012 at 2:11 pm

   

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   Ulysses S Grunt on October 11, 2012 at 2:22 pm

   Pretty interesting Atlantic squib on the “original” October surprise (in the 1948 election). Crazy to imagine how small our diplomatic/FP corps still was back then. I’m skeptical of the author’s “Truman was playing 12-dimensional chess” theory though:

   http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/the-original-october-surprise-harry-truman-and-t
   he-vinson-plan/263473/

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   MNPundit on October 11, 2012 at 2:43 pm

   I thought this was a pretty good piece of the fallout of Obama’s performance.

   http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/10/as_i_noted_this_morning.php?ref=fpblg

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   lamh31 on October 11, 2012 at 4:54 pm

   Obama on the trail today:

   “He’s trying to go through an extreme makeover. After running for more than a year in which he called himself severely conservative, Mitt Romney’s trying to convince you that he was severely kidding,” said Obama at a campaign event in Florida.

   Suddenly he loves the middle class. Can’t stop talking enough about them. He loves Medicare. Loves teachers. He even loves the most important parts of Obamacare. What happened? Now, what does he have to say this new version of Mitt Romney about all the things he’s actually promised to do as president? Tax breaks for outsourcers? Never heard of such a thing. Saying we should cut back on teachers? Doesn’t ring a bell.

   http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/obama-romney-now-severely-kidding

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   JCK on October 11, 2012 at 5:47 pm

   This hasn’t been talked about much, but may explain the recent divergence between swing state polls and the national polls.

   http://www.eclectablog.com/2012/10/obama-campaign-blowing-romney-out-of-the-water-in-swing-state-gro
   und-game.html