Mitt Romney to be elected President in 2012

[Townsend]

Mitt Romney Likely To Face Ethics Complaint From UAW For Allegedly Hiding Auto Bailout Profits

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/01/mitt-romney-ethics-complaint-uaw-auto-bailout_n_2056941.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

The United Auto Workers (UAW), the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and other groups plan to file an ethics complaint against Mitt Romney for allegedly failing to disclose his profits from the auto bailout, the UAW has told The Huffington Post.

The groups are calling for an investigation by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics to investigate Romney's alleged violation of the Ethics in Government Act, which requires presidential candidates to disclose their personal finances. The ethics complaint comes on the heels of an Oct. 17 article in The Nation, which alleged that Romney has hidden his personal gains of at least $15.3 million from the auto bailout.

"He made his fortune off the misfortune of others," Bob King, president of the UAW, told The Huffington Post on Wednesday. "Why should we have to find out from the media about this?"

The Romney campaign could not be immediately reached for comment.

The allegations are ironic given that Romney has been a staunch critic of the auto bailout. Romney called for the government to let the auto industry go bankrupt in an op-ed in The New York Times in 2008. The Romney campaign also released a misleading ad in October that claims Chrysler has moved all production of Jeeps to China following the auto bailout.

Romney and his wife allegedly made millions from the auto bailout through their investments in the hedge fund Elliott Management, which held a stake in the auto bailout recipient Delphi Automotive, according to The Nation. The return on this investment amounted to more than 3,000 percent, according to The Nation.

That said, the magazine didn't say that Romney broke the law. From The Nation:

In their 2011 and 2012 Federal Financial Disclosure filing, Ann Romney's trust lists "more than $1 million" invested with Elliott. This is the description for all of her big investments—the minimal disclosure required by law.
The UAW is holding a press conference on the planned ethics complaint at 2 p.m. on Thursday in Toledo, Ohio.

[carltonplace]

NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg endorses President Obama.

[Townsend]

NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg endorses President Obama.

[Conan71]

NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg endorses President Obama.

I don't see that swaying a major voting bloc Obama's way since NYC generally votes Democrat for POTUS every four years, and outside NYC I doubt many people care what Bloomberg thinks.

[Townsend]

I don't see that swaying a major voting bloc Obama's way since NYC generally votes Democrat for POTUS every four years, and outside NYC I doubt many people care what Bloomberg thinks.

The interwebs and the liberal media do.

[nathanm]

In the most hilarious poll of the season, the race is 47-47:

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/921161/UpworthyPPP-SwingStatePollResults.pdf

Stewart would edge out Colbert, but Eastwood would beat Winfrey handily.

[TulsaRufnex]

I don't see that swaying a major voting bloc Obama's way since NYC generally votes Democrat for POTUS every four years, and outside NYC I doubt many people care what Bloomberg thinks.

See.... and I think that if Bloomberg had endorsed Romney, you would have suddenly trumpeted what a WONDERFUL, BI-PARTISAN, INDEPENDENT Mr. Bloomberg is and how this would affect the outcome of the election...

Hmmm.   

[Townsend]

Obama just retook the lead on RCP...just barely.

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

[guido911]

Obama just retook the lead on RCP...just barely.

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

My take is Obama wins in a close one.

[Townsend]

My take is Obama wins in a close one.

Four more years of Oklahoma government making strange choices because our glorious leaders can't be seen agreeing with the Federal Administration.

[RecycleMichael]

My take is Obama wins in a close one.

There is still time to vote for a winner!

[heironymouspasparagus]

Four more years of Oklahoma government making strange choices because our glorious leaders can't be seen agreeing with the Federal Administration.

Goes to some of my previous comments about how we elect idiots to be Governor...and legislators.  We need smarter voters to vote for smarter public servants.

[guido911]

Four more years of Oklahoma government making strange choices because our glorious leaders can't be seen agreeing with the Federal Administration.

That borders on one of the most ridiculous posts you've ever made. We need to vote for federal government clones in Oklahoma? This state has little if anything in common with those D.C. bozos. And I will take Sally Kern over a Mark Foley or this guy any day.

[guido911]

There is still time to vote for a winner!

I wrote in myself.

[Townsend]

That borders on one of the most ridiculous posts you've ever made. We need to vote for federal government clones in Oklahoma? This state has little if anything in common with those D.C. bozos. And I will take Sally Kern over a Mark Foley or this guy any day.

Even my "most ridiculous" makes more sense than the choices made by our state government.

I will take Sally Kern

No

We need to vote for federal government clones in Oklahoma?

Not like the Tea party special eds voted in this last term, no.