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Why would you EVER watch a Bills game sober?!? You are clearly a glutton for punishment.

Rally I went to was in the evening the night before the election. Didn't miss a minute of work. Last campaign stop before heading back to his home base.

Went to one many, many years ago. Thought it was kind of cool to have a chance to see a sitting President come to the town I was living in. It was.

Yup. Although those are few and far between.

\Pretty muchly.

I really hope you're right, but I just can't help but have the feeling that the electorate is Ralph Wilson, President Obama is Dick Jauron, and we're on the verge of the 3rd season's bye week.

Hope I'm wrong, but I expect Obama to win the EC, eeking out enough swing states to end up w/ 290+. Still hoping road crews can clean up SW VA soon enough to not lower voting in that part of the state. The storm hit at about the perfect time for the President. A week earlier or later (or better yet, not hitting at all) and Romney would have been looking at 290+. I expect Romney to win the popular vote, especially as total voting in NY, NJ, and CT will likely be down a bit due to the storm. No.

Sheesh, it almost looks like a Kid Rock concert.

Nothing more than I'm more fiscally conservative than most. Which I already knew. Not sure. The snarky answer is: It says a lot of people like free stuff but don't quite understand that free stuff isn't necessarily free.

13 (I had Hagy as an answer to 1 of the Q's, just the wrong ####ing 1. ) Good trivia quiz. Thanks.

I thought that was 'Spaceballs 2.'

Well, he did stop the rising of the tides.

He was on Stephanopoulos on Sunday along with Gwen Ifill. She was rather incredulous at most of the items he was babbling about and was calling him out. At one point I was expecting her to ask him if he's nucking futs.

Barely any drizzle right now and winds aren't particularily excessive. I expect that to change later this evening.

MSM ignoring this will make they look extremely bad. Especially if what came out Friday ends up being close to reality. Unfortunately, this hurricane is giving them an opportunity to not cover Benghazi (at least for now). 'But, but, but, there's the biggest hurricane ever to hit the northeast; how can we not cover THAT 24/7?'

If the allegations are true, everything you wrote is understated. What also is embarrassing is none of the major networks (except Fox) covering this story at all. I missed the 1st few minutes of Stephanopolus yesterday but they didn't mention it at all in what I saw. If they talked about it in the 1st 7 minutes I missed, my bad, but if not that is shameful. Whether debunking it or reporting it, they shouldn't be ignoring it. Listening to the SEAL's dad, I felt awful. His version of events is truly sickening.

Also, along with that 'fun' comes the impression that the President is getting picked on by the right and that they'll criticize him for everything and anything regardless of how (ir)relevant or petty. The last thing the right should want to see right now is something relatively trivial drumming up sympathy for the President. Keep the narrative focused on the poor economy and what is looking more and more like a foolish coverup over what happened in Benghazi and also on the challenger's record of accomplishments at past jobs.

But, if that's as far as you're going with affirmative action, I don't have issues with it. It makes a lot of sense to go out and find the best available candidates and then choose the top ones from that pool. Not going back and reading all the details of how many women were interviewed, what %age of the revised applicant pool was now women, and what %age of the hirees were women; this looks, on the surface, an awful lot like women were provided equality of OPPORTUNITY but not equality of OUTCOMES. If one provides equality of opportunity then they'll end up a lot closer with the outcome that they should end up with - the top people getting the jobs. If there were, in fact, no women applicants then there was something wrong with the process. Regardless of who called attention to it, when it was brought to his attention, the Governor did something about it. I won't speak for any other conservatives, but I don't take issue with providing equal opportunity; I do take issue with providing equal outcomes.

Fixed it for you. You forgot one.

Yeah, it was strange seeing him go back to that again. I'd have thought he'd expect Romney to be ready for that tactic this time. Kind of reminded me of Wanny's non-existant halftime adjustments.

The bolded is what I'm curious about post-debate reaction. The President tried to frame it as 'I saved Detroit, you wanted to liquidate it,' but the challenger was ready with 'no, I wanted an ordered bankruptcy without government money but rather government guarantees.' The President essentially said 'you're a liar' and 'check the transcript' but the article shows that he did actually support what he said. If the R's can find a way to frame that into a 'there you go again moment,' I could see that exchange backfiring on the President. I also thought the challenger was smart to not frame it as violating standard bankruptcy law which the President probably would of pounced on as being 'anti-union and anti-middle class.'

I was a little surprised by Bob Schiefer. I thought he asked good questions and then got out of the way of the 2 candidates. I'd be expecting a bit of homerism towards the President but I didn't see that and I thought he was fair to both. I thought both seemed presidential and that on the surface it was either a draw or a slight win for President Obama. But if the latest polls are accurate and Mr. Romney is ahead, then he was the winner of this debate. He didn't sound like the scary war-monger the left has attempted to make him out to be and he looked presidential. Looks to me like Mr. Romney has a real chance, especially if he can parlay tonight's 'check the transcript' moment into something that blunts the lefts' attacks that he wanted to liquidate GM and turns OH to his column.

If there's credible evidence of mischief, then I'd expect your expectation of Romney hiring lawyers could play out. Whether he does or doesn't and regardless of who ends up winning, the electoral college is a good thing and should remain in place. We live in the United STATES of America, not the United Region of North America between Canada and Mexico. Much less chance of mischief when hypothetical cheating in Chicago could only turn IL or cheating in Dallas could only turn TX.

With as little time as there is until the election, it's gotta be around 3.5 days.

That would explain his "proceed" comment and smirk just before Romney launched into the attack that (I eat too much) Candy thwarted. EDIT: My take on the debate overall is that the President won but it definitely wasn't a knockout. It'll be interesting to see if independent women thought the 2 were 'too mean.' If so, then it was probably a draw.