Dave:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/11/maddow-republican-voter-suppression-efforts-are-deadly-serious/

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/06/25/505953/pennsylvania-republican-voter-id-laws-are-gonna-allow-governor-romney-to-win/

To steal the words of a top blogger at thinkprogress.org:

Well, I guess if you can't win an election based on the issues, you simply figure out a way to steal it. The Republicans did that in 2000 too, and got away with it.

I can't say it any better than that.

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Dave:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/11/maddow-republican-voter-suppression-efforts-are-deadly-serious/

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/06/25/505953/pennsylvania-republican-voter-id-laws-are-gonna-allow-governor-romney-to-win/

Ok, maybe Gore. But really, what the hell were they thinking?

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PutAnotherFailedSocialistDEMLibOnTheBarbieFourthAngel

I'm sorry, can you point at the last DEM/LIB that was a "failure"????


'Cause I cant recall one in the last 30 years.

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For a change, I hope you're wrong Barry. I know anything's possible, but I'm counting on the high sway of the non-swing states to hold firm here.


I could be mistaken, worst case I'll be giving Seti@home 50$, and paying more taxes while being exploited more by the rich.


And on an added note. R-money sure does bend to the will of the people around him. I think even if he is our president, we will continue to see these 'socialist' advancements.


Being as I live in a very blue state, I will not see any of these last minute Romney ads targeted specifically at the swing areas. But I will be watching the net to get a feel of these things.

Guy made a scarily good point around here that elections are won on the last minute ads, and unfortunately I have to agree there, as our countrymen are impulsive as opposed to informed and unbiased.

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R-money has a decent chance, it may well depend on how the Republicans 'manage' the vote in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Florida. With careful manipulation they can swipe the election much like the Democrats did in 1960 (via Illinois and Texas).

(BTW, I am not as convinced as some people that Romney even has a chance. I almost laugh at the sureness that a few of the fellas here possess.)

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(BTW, I am not as convinced as some people that Romney even has a chance. I almost laugh at the sureness that a few of the fellas here possess.)

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You may be right about the Supremes -- after all, that branch of the legislature has a 5/4 Teapublican majority.

What about The Commodores?

Oh dear, the Dullster has changed his handle yet again. He's all of a sudden gotten ID faith and wants men to drink scotch.

Team Obama campaign video

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Every presidential candidate runs on change. And every president in the past 80 years has asserted executive authority when Congress has not moved on something they feel is needed. In that sense, no change there at all.

Regarding SCOTUS -- when Roberts was allowed in (before the idea of pushing Senate rules to their current paralysis level), in hearings he talked about building consensus. He stated he wish to avoid the appearance of SCOTUS being a partisan entity. During his first year or so, that seemed to be his intent. I think Scalia and Alioto 'got to him' though, especially with the election of Obama. As a result, the decisions there have been much more of the 5/4 partisan nature. In this sense it doesn't matter if Kagan is 'center' (she's not), center-left (I think that would be more accurate) or 'left' (she's not) -- since she is one of the token 4 in a 5/4 split.

In the past year or two, it has been very clear that decisions of the court have a decidedly partisan texture and will continue in this regard with the current court. You have what increasingly looks like a core TeaPublican group (Scalia, Alioto, Thomas, and Roberts), plus one Republican who is 'voting with his party' increasingly. That is all it takes to make decisions.

Well, we can definetly see change in how President Obama is handling things as they occur now-a-days, if that's how we want to define "change."

And it seems to me that when you say things like "the SCOTUS has a 5/4 'TEAPUBLICAN' majority" that you have a shifted view of what is left and what is right these days.

Do you think supreme court justice Elena Kagan is at the center of the political spectrum now?

As to hope and change -- what surprising mantra for a Presidential campaign. Do you think McCain ran on more of the same? How about Romney -- well not sure about the hope thing, but regarding change -- he's demonstrated change in his own political positions so many times that we can certainly expect more change from him.