Vote today... Mitt Romney or Barack Obama
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-- From watching the news earlier, it is very possible that we won't know officially who's the next president of the United States of America until Wednesday. ...Or if it will still be the same president; Barack (I'd say yes).
By the way, Obama had the worst performance of any other presidents, regarding the economy (factual statistics on jobs created or not; Obama is in the negative)!
It is only from recently that the economy has picked up some momentum, in particular from the construction sector (jobs).
And no, hurricane Sandy is not part yet of that equation.
By the way, Obama had the worst performance of any other presidents, regarding the economy (factual statistics on jobs created or not; Obama is in the negative)!
It is only from recently that the economy has picked up some momentum, in particular from the construction sector (jobs).
And no, hurricane Sandy is not part yet of that equation.
Now, the reverse seems to be true. Our country rewards you! Yea!
“They also believed in a country that rewards responsibility; a country that rewards hard work; a country built on the promise of opportunity and upward mobility”
Later, in the same speech...
“And that means providing a hand-up for middle-class families –- so that if they work hard and meet their responsibilities, they can afford to raise their children, and send them to college, see a doctor when they get sick, retire with dignity and respect.”
Parma, Ohio 2012
Or, to summarize...
"From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs."
Karl Marx
From today till the election, I am going to talk like a Presidential candidate.
"What are you going to have for lunch, Keith?"
"That is a great question - and an important one, not just for me, but for the nation, and for the world! I will give you my answer, but first ... ask yourselves ... what are you having for lunch today? And what are your neighbours having? Because ask not what your lunch can do for you, but for your nation! Our great nation! Yes, from our farmers, and our producers, who till the soil with their bare hands, and the banks who support them, and the network that brings their produce fresh to you, and the people who make your lunch ... all these people make our nation great, and proud, and strong!"
How am I doing so far?
"What are you going to have for lunch, Keith?"
"That is a great question - and an important one, not just for me, but for the nation, and for the world! I will give you my answer, but first ... ask yourselves ... what are you having for lunch today? And what are your neighbours having? Because ask not what your lunch can do for you, but for your nation! Our great nation! Yes, from our farmers, and our producers, who till the soil with their bare hands, and the banks who support them, and the network that brings their produce fresh to you, and the people who make your lunch ... all these people make our nation great, and proud, and strong!"
How am I doing so far?
From today till the election, I am going to talk like a Presidential candidate.
"What are you going to have for lunch, Keith?"
"That is a great question - and an important one, not just for me, but for the nation, and for the world! I will give you my answer, but first ... ask yourselves ... what are you having for lunch today? And what are your neighbours having? Because ask not what your lunch can do for you, but for your nation! Our great nation! Yes, from our farmers, and our producers, who till the soil with their bare hands, and the banks who support them, and the network that brings their produce fresh to you, and the people who make your lunch ... all these people make our nation great, and proud, and strong!"
How am I doing so far?
Nice one Keith!
Our country transited from this to 'Are you better off than you were for years ago?' A sharp turn in attitude and values.
Here's the latest from Nate Silver, a statician who looks at the aggregate of the polls here:
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/06/nov-5-late-poll-gains-for-obama-leave-romney-with-longer-odds/?hp
From today till the election, I am going to talk like a Presidential candidate.
"What are you going to have for lunch, Keith?"
"That is a great question - and an important one, not just for me, but for the nation, and for the world! I will give you my answer, but first ... ask yourselves ... what are you having for lunch today? And what are your neighbours having? Because ask not what your lunch can do for you, but for your nation! Our great nation! Yes, from our farmers, and our producers, who till the soil with their bare hands, and the banks who support them, and the network that brings their produce fresh to you, and the people who make your lunch ... all these people make our nation great, and proud, and strong!"
How am I doing so far?
Not bad. I'm wating for the part where you start ripping the other guy for destroying American farming jobs by eating Argentinian beef for lunch, or being out of touch because he is not brown bagging his lunch.
Your are way off , one pulls 3-5000 the other 15000-50000 , its not close , regardless of how its presented on the MSM...
Like I said before
"A post-election stock rally is in the cards
No matter who wins the White House on Nov. 6, history says a late-year stock rally is likely as uncertainty fades and investors get a better sense of what policies will impact businesses and economic growth.
8:23PM EST November 4. 2012 - Investors worried about the tight race for the White House should relax.
History shows that during presidential election years, November and December tend to be bullish months for stocks.
Stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 index have risen 0.9%, on average, in November during election years dating back to 1928, according to data compiled for USA TODAY by Bespoke Investment Group. December has delivered even bigger gift-wrapped gains, with an average rise of 1.7%, ranking it No. 1 of all 12 months in years voters go to the polls to vote for president.
Paul Hickey, co-founder of Bespoke, predicts stocks will close out this year on a positive note.
"We would expect … the market to rally following Election Day as some of the uncertainty from the market is lifted and the poor third-quarter earnings are digested," he says. Corporate earnings, of course, have been so-so, with only 62% of companies in the S&P 500 that have reported topping forecasts, in line with historical trends, Thomson Reuters data show. But only 39% of companies have beat expectations on revenue and sales, which suggest demand for goods and services in the economy remains tepid.
Wall Street hopes that once the next president is known, whether it be a second term for President Obama or a first term for Republican challenger Mitt Romney, many unanswered policy questions related to taxes, Wall Street regulation and health care will have more clear-cut answers.
Investors also say they will most likely have a better idea after the election if a grand bargain will be hatched between Democrats and Republicans in Congress to resolve the so-called "fiscal cliff." The cliff is a potential growth-stunting mix of tax hikes and government spending cuts that could occur Jan. 1 unless Congress acts to avert it.
"The U.S. presidential election should dominate the headlines" this week, Lewis Alexander, U.S. chief economist at Nomura, said in a client note titled, Hail to the chief.
The stock market's ups and downs this year have closely tracked the peaks and valleys normally associated with the fourth and final year of the so-called "presidential stock market cycle," Hickey says. There's typically an early-year rally, a spring setback, a summer rebound and another pullback in the fall, which normally sets the stage for a post-election rally.
Comparing stock charts from 2012 with historical patterns since 1928, the presidenial market pattern appears intact. The stock market rallied sharply from the start of the year through the spring. It then suffered a pullback of nearly 10% in late spring before rallying into October to fresh five-year highs, before cooling heading into the vote on Nov. 6.
Friday, the Dow fell 139 points, or 1.1%, to 13,093.16.
Courtesy of Bespoke, here are a few more November market tidbits of the past 100 years to consider as we go to the polls Tuesday:
• When a Democrat has won the election, the Dow has fallen 0.7%, on average in November, compared with a gain of 2.5% when a Republican took the White House.
• When the incumbent candidate has won re-election, the Dow has gained 1.3%. But when a Democrat incumbent won, the gain dwindled to 0.2%. When a challenger to a sitting president has won, the Dow has declined 0.1%.
• There has only been one time in the past 100 years when a Republican challenger has defeated a Democrat incumbent. That was in 1980, when Ronald Reagan beat Jimmy Carter. That year the Dow soared 7.5% in November."
I had no idea the odds were so far against Romney getting elected! Carter's downfall was the super high interest rates and hostage crisis. Wonder if the current situation is comparable.
Strange ,
Historically its very rare for Democrats to get re-elected , they are usually one term presidents , plus the Redskins lost ...
FYI: Last night on the Charlie Rose TV program, they said Obama's approval (50.2?) rating is actually slightly higher than George W. Bush's at re-election in 2004. And it's been going up the last several months as the economy improves.
Saturday Night Charts & Graphs – Obama v. Gore, First Term Private Job Growth « polentical
This seals the election, see aticle below.
Gasoline prices post biggest fall in nearly 4 years: survey
Gasoline prices post biggest fall in nearly 4 years: survey - Yahoo! News
Too bad for Mitt Romney, aren't gas/energy prices one of the five cornerstones of his "plan"?
Life is funny that way.
I found the use of Path Analysis to be very interesting as well.
512 Paths to the White House
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/11/02/us/politics/paths-to-the-white-house.html?hp
Video: Black Panthers Return to Philly Polling Place. Is that what Obama needs to win...ie: Voter Suppresion...white voters to be specific ?
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/...illy-Black-Panthers-In-Repub-Poll-Workers-out
http://www.breitbart.com/InstaBlog/...illy-Black-Panthers-In-Repub-Poll-Workers-out
The guy looks like a bouncer. I would feel very safe voting at a location monitored by him.
Now, bogus voter ID laws is a different issue altogether....
I can't believe you actually have the balls to post a link that reeks of a racial slant.
actually an ID requirement is a good thing. Imagine going through life with no valid ID ? Funny how democrats are the only one's against it (Id Requiremnt). They seem to not care if they win fair and square or not...anything to get the win. Sad if you ask me.
So, the really old guy handling voting last time- who when he asked 'howareya' and i responded 'I'm groovy,' told me to get in "Line G" (which happened to be right in front of him) was there today. He's older, and even more deranged by senility.
We don't need to worry about voter fraud.
We don't need to worry about voter fraud.
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