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glennbob
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| glennbob wrote: | | glennbob wrote: | | theawfulwaffle wrote: | | You really have no idea that you republitards are going to lose in November do you? |
So perhaps a little wager is in line.
A GOP loss for POTUS, I will leave the forum for a year.
demon-craptics lose and you leave for a year.
Fish or cut-bait! |
chicken-waffleboi? |
waffleboi?
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| glennbob wrote: | | glennbob wrote: | | glennbob wrote: | | theawfulwaffle wrote: | | You really have no idea that you republitards are going to lose in November do you? |
So perhaps a little wager is in line.
A GOP loss for POTUS, I will leave the forum for a year.
demon-craptics lose and you leave for a year.
Fish or cut-bait! |
chicken-waffleboi? |
waffleboi? |
libtards like waffle, dipshitsky, pigfucker, chuck, suede (when he was alive) and meb know that obama is toast. Getting them to admit that is another story.
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Daninsky
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| Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 2:38 am Post subject: |
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This election is on track to be as close as Bush V Gore.
After discounting my partisan feelings, I've decided to hold back making any large bets anytime soon.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/152486/Election-Stands.aspx
| Quote: | Where the U.S. Election Stands Now
A review of key indicators that could help determine the outcome
PRINCETON, NJ -- U.S. President Barack Obama beats several of his possible Republican opponents in recent Gallup general election trial heats, but he is tied with GOP front-runner Mitt Romney, suggesting he could be facing a competitive race this fall. Aside from the degree of difficulty presented by his ultimate opponent, the president may face more challenging odds if a number of other key indicators do not improve over the next several months. These include his job approval rating, Americans' satisfaction with the way things are going in the country, the public's assessment of the economy, and the continuing dominance of the economy when Americans are asked to name the nation's most important problem.
Obama's job approval rating in Gallup Daily tracking is at 46% for the week ending Feb. 5. His weekly approval ratings have remained at the 45% to 46% level each week so far this year. Obama's current job approval rating in Gallup's tracking is below the historical threshold of winning incumbents, although it has shown marked improvement in recent months, after matching his term-low 40% weekly average in October. Obama's three-day job approval rating reached 47% in Gallup tracking at one point in January. Additionally, although Gallup did not conduct Daily tracking interviews Feb. 3-4, a separate Gallup poll conducted Feb. 2-5 found 50% of Americans approving of Obama, suggesting the president may have received an approval bounce after Friday's jobs report. These results indicate that Obama is generally not far from reaching a job approval situation more conducive to his re-election.
... historical pattern suggests that Obama would need to see his job approval rating climb to 50% to be in a comfortable position for re-election. History shows that by March of the election year, all winning presidents in the modern era, including George W. Bush, had job approval ratings above 50%, and all losing presidents had job approval ratings below 50%. This suggests that where Obama stands by next month may be an important indicator of his ultimate re-election chances.
Americans' current views of the U.S. economy also suggest some difficulty ahead for Obama. Americans continue to believe the U.S. economy is getting worse rather than better, although the extent of negativity has moderated in recent months. For the week ending Feb. 5, 56% of Americans say the U.S. economy is getting worse, while 38% say it is getting better.
Gallup's broader Economic Confidence Index is at -25 for the week ending Feb. 5, still in negative territory, but up slightly from -27 for the month of January, and up significantly from the overall average of -37 for 2011. In 1992, when George H.W. Bush was seeking re-election, the Economic Confidence Index was at -31 in June and -37 in August, and of course he went on to defeat. By contrast, the Index was mostly in positive territory in 1996 and 2004 when Clinton and George W. Bush, respectively, were re-elected.
Evidence from scholars who analyze the relationship between the economy and a president's re-election chances suggests that change in the economy is most important. Thus, the direction of the Economic Confidence Index in the months ahead will be a telling indicator of Obama's re-election probabilities. And that direction in turn at least partly reflects the direction of real-world indicators such as the unemployment rate, the price of gas, the stock market, and the gross domestic product.
The U.S. government's announcement on Feb. 3 that the unemployment rate had improved to 8.3% in January raises the possibility that the direction of the economy in 2012 could be positive, which would accrue to Obama's benefit if the American public's perceptions fall in line.
Summing It Up
Romney is the front-runner for the GOP nomination at this point, but his opponents vow to continue to campaign vigorously against him in the primaries and caucuses to come. With the vast majority of GOP delegates still to be voted on, and with a history so far this year of rapid changes in Republicans' preferences for their party's presidential nominee, his nomination is far from a sure thing.
At this time, Romney ties Obama among registered voters nationally, but the unsettledness of the GOP race makes head-to-head ballot tests with the incumbent president far from predictive.
Various other/structural measures continue to point to a tough environment for Obama this year.
Satisfaction with the way things are going in the U.S. is low, Americans' economic confidence is significantly more negative than positive, and Americans are much less likely to identify as Democrats than they were in 2008.
Obama's job approval rating appears to be improving at this point, and history suggests that his approval ratings in March will likely portend whether he is re-elected. The direction of change in Americans' views of the economy in the next several months will also be critically important. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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Well with stuff like this his numbers are sure to fall, assuming the left can understand what just happened, which is a stretch I know but.....
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/obamas-broken-deficit-promise/
Obama’s Broken Deficit Promise
| Quote: | ...President Obama did make that promise that day, saying, “today I’m pledging to cut the deficit we inherited in half by the end of my first term in office. This will not be easy. It will require us to make difficult decisions and face challenges we’ve long neglected. But I refuse to leave our children with a debt that they cannot repay — and that means taking responsibility right now, in this administration, for getting our spending under control.”
The 2013 budget the president submitted today does not come close to meeting this promise of being reduced to $650 billion for fiscal year 2013.
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Look at that comment...he blames Bush "deficit we inherited" then he promises he'll fix it in hs first term and all we have is more debt and a budget that breaks his promise. 
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theawfulwaffle
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| Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2012 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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| glennbob wrote: |
waffleboi? |
What is with you and republicans wanting to bet.
Go bet Mitt Romney. He likes that kind of thing.
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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Go bet Mitt Romney. He likes that kind of thing.[/quote]
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TheGunslinger
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 5:25 am Post subject: |
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| Tard wrote: | | theawfulwaffle wrote: |
Go bet Mitt Romney. He likes that kind of thing. |
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Romney asked Perry to bet him $10,000 during a debate...
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Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney’s baffling decision to propose a $10,000 bet with Texas Gov. Rick Perry over a disagreement on health care policy during Saturday night’s Republican presidential debate dominated the after-action analysis of the event.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/mitt-romneys-10000-mistake/2011/12/11/gIQA9aEQpO_blog.html
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 9:28 am Post subject: |
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| TheGunslinger wrote: | | Tard wrote: | | theawfulwaffle wrote: |
Go bet Mitt Romney. He likes that kind of thing. |
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Romney asked Perry to bet him $10,000 during a debate...
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Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney’s baffling decision to propose a $10,000 bet with Texas Gov. Rick Perry over a disagreement on health care policy during Saturday night’s Republican presidential debate dominated the after-action analysis of the event.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/mitt-romneys-10000-mistake/2011/12/11/gIQA9aEQpO_blog.html |
Thanks Slinger! I remember that now.
I knew you'd like my bunny picture!
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:20 am Post subject: |
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| TheGunslinger wrote: | | Tard wrote: | | theawfulwaffle wrote: |
Go bet Mitt Romney. He likes that kind of thing. |
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Romney asked Perry to bet him $10,000 during a debate...
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Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney’s baffling decision to propose a $10,000 bet with Texas Gov. Rick Perry over a disagreement on health care policy during Saturday night’s Republican presidential debate dominated the after-action analysis of the event.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/mitt-romneys-10000-mistake/2011/12/11/gIQA9aEQpO_blog.html |
That archive seems to have brought glenbob, waffle and tard into some sort of harmony, Slinger. Like......wow.
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theawfulwaffle
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| Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 10:43 am Post subject: |
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| Tard tries too hard. He's a fail internet troll. He kind of makes me miss rude, although Rude pulled the same stunt every post, Tard atleast mixes it up. Aw crap, now I'm torn.
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TheGunslinger
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TRG
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:33 am Post subject: Obama's ratings drop as gas price soar |
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Even the lib slanted polls show obama's chance of re-election going down the shitter.
| Quote: | Survey: Obama's ratings drop as gas price soar
Published March 12, 2012 | NewsCore
A majority of Americans disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is handling the economy -- with a record number who "disapprove strongly" -- amid soaring gas prices and an uncertain fiscal future, a new Washington Post-ABC News survey out Monday found.
The poll found that 50 percent of those surveyed strongly disapprove of Obama's economic performance -- the highest in the poll's history. A total of 59 percent gave the president negative marks on the economy.
With rising gas prices hitting Americans at the pump, 65 percent said they found Obama's handling of the issue unsatisfactory. Of that number, 52 percent were said to "disapprove strongly" and only 14 percent "approve strongly" of Obama's performance on gas prices.
However, it appeared that the responses could have been based in part on political ideology, with Democrats less likely than Republicans to say that gas prices have taken a toll on their families, the study found.
The president also fared poorly on other issues. Sixty-three percent of Americans gave him negative marks on the country's budget deficit, while just 16 percent strongly approved of his work in that area. Asked about the White House's energy policy, 48 percent disapproved with Obama's performance.
Obama's handling of foreign policy, and specifically the war in Afghanistan, was almost evenly split between those who approved and disapproved -- 46 percent approved while 47 percent disapproved.
Regarding the president's overall job performance, 50 percent said they were unhappy with Obama and 39 percent strongly disapproved of his performance, while just 28 percent strongly agreed that he was doing a good job.
Asked who they would vote for if the presidential election were held today, 47 percent said they would vote for Obama if his opponent was former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney -- but he would not be re-elected as 49 percent threw their support behind Romney.
Pitted against former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, Obama received 49 percent to Santorum's 46 percent.
The telephone survey -- conducted from Wednesday to Saturday among 1,003 adults nationwide -- came as the Labor Department's employment report Friday showed that the US economy added 227,000 jobs in February, continuing an upward trend.
The survey had a margin of error of four percentage points. |
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/12/survey-obamas-ratings-drop-as-gas-price-soar/
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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The problem is that some libs may be willing to voice dissatisfaction in a poll, but when it comes to actually voting, they can't put logic ahead of their partisanship, and will still vote for him.
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theawfulwaffle
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| needmoredecibels wrote: | | The problem is that some libs may be willing to voice dissatisfaction in a poll, but when it comes to actually voting, they can't put logic ahead of their partisanship, and will still vote for him. |
Do you really believe Gingrich when he says he'll knock gas prices down to $2?
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glennbob
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2012 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| theawfulwaffle wrote: | | needmoredecibels wrote: | | The problem is that some libs may be willing to voice dissatisfaction in a poll, but when it comes to actually voting, they can't put logic ahead of their partisanship, and will still vote for him. |
Do you really believe Gingrich when he says he'll knock gas prices down to $2? |
Do you really understand that it will soon reach an all time high?
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