Mitt Romney to be elected President in 2012

[Teatownclown]

I think I'll short this baby...

http://www.intrade.com/v4/markets/contract/?contractId=743475

[guido911]

http://www.intrade.com/v4/misc/electoral-map/

[YoungTulsan]

http://www.intrade.com/v4/misc/electoral-map/

Help me understand the odds in Oklahoma.  0.1% Obama to 97.0% Romney

Our Ballot only has the two options, and no write ins.

Are they saying there is a 2.9% chance of anarchy to break out to the 0.1% chance of Obama winning without an insurrection?

[guido911]

Are they saying there is a 2.9% chance of anarchy to break out to the 0.1% chance of Obama winning without an insurrection?

Yes.

[erfalf]

Well, the polls have to start thinking about next year, so they've got to start getting real. I never thought this thing was going to be a blow out. Don't necessarily think Romeny will win, but I don't rule it out either. And this time just feels completely different than 2008. There is no passion for Obama. It's just "our guy sucks less than yours".

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/general_election_romney_vs_obama-1171.html
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map_no_toss_ups.html

[guido911]

This should be of grave concern to the left:

Barring some dramatic change in the final ten days or so, Mitt Romney will win the popular vote in the 2012 presidential election.

In the 22 national head-to-head polls with Romney conducted in the month of October, Obama has hit 50 percent once, 49 percent four times, 48 percent three times, 47 percent eight times, 46 percent once, and 45 percent five times. (He hasn't hit 48 percent in a national poll since October 20.) Mind you, in most of these polls Obama has trailed narrowly, with Romney at 48 to 50 percent, and in a few, he's led Romney, with the GOP challenger at 45 percent or so. But the polling this month points to a strikingly consistent percentage of support for an incumbent president.

http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/331739/barring-some-sudden-change-romney-will-win-popular-vote#

[Townsend]

This should be of grave concern to the left:

http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/331739/barring-some-sudden-change-romney-will-win-popular-vote#

Well for everyone's sake, we should all hope Jim is incorrect then.

[Townsend]

Tulsa, a tad smarter than the rest:

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney continues to lead President Barack Obama by a wide margin in Oklahoma but is only even with him in Tulsa, according to a SoonerPoll.com survey released Friday.

(per TW FB post)

[guido911]

Well for everyone's sake, we should all hope Jim is incorrect then.

Finally, someone that gets my teasing....

[Townsend]

Finally, someone that gets my teasing....

Oh I got it...the minute you put that glove on.

[Townsend]

Romney and Obama Tied in Tulsa County

http://www.publicradiotulsa.org/post/romney-and-obama-tied-tulsa-county#.UIrbPnFjK9U.facebook

Republican Mittt Romney continues to lead President Barack Obama by a large margin in Oklahoma, but is only even with him in Tulsa.

That's according to a SoonerPoll.com survey released today. The phone survey of 305 likely voters, taken October 18-24, shows Romney at 58 percent statewide and Obama at 33 percent.

Obama picked up 4 points since the last survey in August, while Romney remained unchanged. In Tulsa, Romney and Obama are both at 46 percent.

Romney leads by 26 points in Oklahoma City and 42 points in the rest of the state.

http://soonerpoll.com/romney-still-commands-oklahomas-seven-electoral-votes/

REVOLUTION!

[Hoss]

Haha!

[Teatownclown]

Romney and Obama Tied in Tulsa County

http://www.publicradiotulsa.org/post/romney-and-obama-tied-tulsa-county#.UIrbPnFjK9U.facebook

http://soonerpoll.com/romney-still-commands-oklahomas-seven-electoral-votes/

REVOLUTION!

Cool beans. Looks like a south Tulsa secession proposal in the making....

[nathanm]

Apparently moderate Mitt wasn't so moderate.

http://bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2012/10/24/mitt-romney-overruled-state-agency-and-rejected-new-birth-certificates-for-children-born-gay-parents/TqOHBb99V98H6nGQqUQrjO/story.html

[TulsaRufnex]

MARK CUBAN - I Would Vote for Gov. Romney If He Were a Democrat
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-cuban/romney-election-2012_b_2020584.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics

What are two of biggest, if not the biggest issues in this presidential election? Health care and the economy.

Consider the following:

1. Who invented Obamacare and has the most successful implementation to date?

2. We are in a period where the government is borrowing money at a net effective rate of less than zero percent. Who has made hundreds of millions of dollars and a career of borrowing significant amounts of money to acquire companies in heavily leveraged deals?

It's crazy, but true.

In this time when we need to grow the economy and create jobs, we need to cut ineffective and inefficient government spending in bureaucracy and administrative and increase investment where we can get the greatest return for the American people. And you know what makes my approach all the sweeter? We are borrowing money from China DIRT CHEAP and I will invest that to create American jobs!

My plan is to let that growth continue to accelerate and to also continue the existing Bush tax cuts with the exception of an increase in individual taxes from 35 percent to 39 percent for those earning more than $1 million. I will also increase capital gains from 15 percent to 20 percent and eliminate the advantages of carried interest.

I believe in America. I believe our future is bright. I will do what corporate America is not doing and no amount of effort to manipulate the tax code will make them change, I will invest in America and create jobs.

My Republican friends on the other hand, believe that if you reduce tax rates, large corporations hoarding cash will miraculously bring that cash back to the U.S. and invest and hire. Trust me. I know investment. That won't do it. They can borrow money so cheaply there is no reason to bring it home and it certainly won't lead to jobs. If they had something to invest in that would generate a return, they would. They haven't.

Again, they won't invest in America. I will.

As a long-time investor, I have never turned down an investment because of tax rates. I was just as successful investing when capital gains were much higher. I was just as successful investing when individual tax rates were much higher. No smart investor turns down a good deal because of tax rates. I always remind people you only pay taxes on profits. And if you make more than $1 million in profits, whether through capital gains or ordinary income, you should pay more taxes.

Now look at the alternative my Republican opponents are proposing. The Republican candidate is trying to convince us all that it is going to be easy to convince both sides of Congress to come together and figure out at what number they can cap individual tax deductions. He is also saying that he is going to reduce corporate taxes AFTER he is able to get consensus on which corporate deductions to eliminate. That is not going to happen unless we outlaw corporate lobbyists. Everyone is for eliminating all deductions other than their own. The idea that everyone will happily agree to compromise is not consistent with the actions of this Congress and not going to happen.

It's not going to happen. He is not going to be able to get anyone to agree on which deductions to eliminate.

"And isn't it ironic...don't you think
A little too ironic...and, yeah, I really do think..."