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"Sometimes politics can seem very small"

Anne --

Sometimes politics can seem very small.

But the choice voters face in this election couldn't be bigger.

Over the past two months, we have been outraised by our opponents. They've used that advantage to distort the truth and mislead people, over and over, on TV and the radio in battleground states.

Tonight is one of the most critical fundraising deadlines we'll face.

If we win this election, it will be because of what you did in moments like this to close the gap.

Please make a donation of $3 or more right now:

https://donate.barackobama.com/Deadline-Midnight

Thank you.

Barack

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Andrew Malcolm writes at Investors.com:

Obama tells a joke that pretty well sums up his term, accidentally

.... Barack Obama has refined the art of money-raising, having pulled in about $745 million last time. This cycle he long ago broke the record for fundraisers, coming up on 200 now, including one last night in -- where else? -- New York City....

 

The Presidential limousine is seen parked outside the NoMad Hotel, site of President Barack Obama's private fundraiser in New York, Monday, July, 30, 2012

 

 ... about 60 one-percenters and vulture capitalists had each paid $40,000 to hear Obama -- $2.4 mil. That works out to a little more than $4,400 per minute per listener. So, he'd better be a Real Good Talker.

[....]

Obama said he was reminded of the following story involving a young family that was understandably "very excited" at the mere sight of an Obama photo:

"This does also remind me of the season that we’re in. Jim Messina tells this story, my campaign manager. He was in some event, and this young couple who was there with their adorable four-year-old son, and I guess there was a picture of me somewhere, and so they were very excited. 

"They said, 'Sammy, who’s that?' And he said, 'That's Barack Obama.'  'And what does Barack Obama do?' And the boy thinks for a second and he says, 'He approves this message.'"

Obama laughed and so did his wealthy audience....

 

 

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, Who's the most racist of all?

Rasmussen:

25% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way Obama is performing as president. Forty-three percent (43%) Strongly Disapprove, giving him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -18.

 

 

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows Mitt Romney attracting 47% of the vote, while President Obama earns support from 44%. Five percent (5%) prefer some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided.

The president’s support has stayed between 43% and 45% for ten straight days. During that stretch, Romney’s support has been between 46% and 49% every day. 

Romney has a 20-point advantage among white voters.

Obama is supported by 91% of black voters and 57% of other minority voters.

 

In other words, Obama has four times the advantage with blacks that Romney has with whites. So who's racist?

OBAMACARE: The Rationing Begins

(CNSNews.com) – 

16 states have set a limit on the number of prescription drugs they will cover for Medicaid patients, according to Kaiser Health News.

7 of those states, according to Kaiser Health News, have enacted or tightened those limits in just the last two years.

In Alabama, Medicaid patients are now limited to one brand-name drug, and HIV and psychiatric drugs are excluded.

Illinois has limited Medicaid patients to just four prescription drugs as a cost-cutting move, and patients who need more than four must get permission from the state.

See Full Story: http://cnsnews.com/news/article/rationing-begins-states-limiting-drug-prescriptions-medicaid-patients

Romney was right

The Telegraph (UK): 

Mitt Romney's Olympics gaffe overshadows visit to London

Mitt Romney’s visit to Downing Street was overshadowed by a diplomatic spat on Thursday, after the Republican presidential candidate cast doubt over London’s readiness to host the Olympics.

Four days later, the media (and others) look a little silly now for having castigated Romney before the verdict was in. You see, he was right. They weren't ready.

 

LONDON (AP) -- Prime Minister David Cameron says he shares British frustration at seeing empty seats in London Olympics venues but he believes organizers will soon improve the situation.

The empty-seats problem has lingered beyond the first weekend of competition, taking some shine off Friday's opening ceremony, which was hailed with lavish praise from most British. Locals have been outraged at the television images of empty stands, since many had spent months trying - and failing - to buy Olympic tickets online

"We can do better," Cameron acknowledged Monday...

 

 

Top 10 Democrat Slogans

Clever... and very funny.

Chicago welcomes Farrakhan's Nation of Islam army, but not Chic-fil-A

 

Warning: This is so mind-bogglingly horrendous that it will make your head spin. It's simply unimaginable that this could happen at all, but both in the same day?  That's just too WEIRD.

 

Chicago Sun Times:

“Chick-fil-A’s values are not Chicago values. They’re not respectful of our residents, our neighbors and our family members. And if you’re gonna be part of the Chicago community, you should reflect Chicago values,”

Emanuel said Wednesday.

 

Chicago Sun Times:

Ignoring Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s history of anti-Semitic remarks, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday welcomed the army of men dispatched to the streets by Farrakhan to stop the violence in Chicago neighborhoods....

 

 

Oh, and by the way, while we're talking about famous Chicagoans... let's not forget Obama's mentor, Jeremiah Wright. Not only did he travel with Louis Farrakhan to visit Qaddafi in Libya in the 80s, but he - together with Barack Obama - "helped organize" Farrakhan's Million Man March in Washington in 1995.

 

Early Warning Systems Broken

 

Is the U.S. on the verge of a lost decade?

... markets rallied on July 27 on news of the anemic 1.5 percent growth number, claiming it had beaten expectations.

But everyone should be taking the Bureau’s advance estimate with a big grain of salt. 

 

GDP numbers through the first half of 2008 failed to show that we were in a recession, when in reality the downturn had already begun at the end of 2007.

Once again, the economy is visibly slowing down, but are we already in another recession? At best, we’re at stall speed, but we may already be contracting.

In fact, in 11 of 16 economic quarters from 2008-2011, the Bureau’s advance estimate of GDP has been revised downward. As a result, there is a greater than 68 percent likelihood that July 27’s 1.5 percent growth number too will be lowered.

 

On average, in the past 4 years, the Bureau’s advance estimate has been revised downward by 1.1 percent for every quarter represented.

Our early warning systems are broken, and economists are left only to extrapolate that we are in serious trouble.

Meanwhile, Obama has done nothing to get the economy back on its feet. His only plan is to raise taxes on job creators, wage his war on business, and spend us into oblivion....

 

It's the JOBS, stupid!

CNS News:

Gallup presented Americans with 12 issues and asked them to choose those that are extremely or very important to them:

• 92 percent of respondents said creating good jobs was extremely or very important;

• 87 percent said reducing corruption in the federal government; and

• 86 percent said reducing the federal budget deficit was extremely or very important.

 

In addition to those top-three priorities, Americans listed the following issues as extremely or very important, in descending order:

-- Dealing with terrorism (86%) 
-- Ensuring the long-term stability of Social Security and Medicare (85%)
-- Improving public schools (83%)
-- Setting high moral standards for the nation (76%)
-- Overcoming political gridlock in Washington (76%)
-- Making health care available and affordable (74%)
-- Making college available and affordable (69%)
-- Dealing with environmental concerns (52%)
-- Taxing the wealthy (49%)

 

According to Gallup, 51 percent of Romney supporters said reducing the federal budget deficit is the top priority for the next president, slightly more important than job-creation (48%).

Among Obama supporters, 50 percent chose health care as the most important priority for the next president, followed by job creation (48%).

 

 

With 99 Days To Go...

 

Rasmussen has Romney with a minimal (three-point) lead over Obama. As frustrating as this is, just be patient. We're not likely to see a breakout until... say, September.

 

 

 

Look, squirrel!

 

Clarice Feldman has the scoop, leaked by anonymous sources in Chicago: "Wile E. Coyote has joined the Obama campaign."

 

• "The private sector is doing just fine."
• "You didn't build that"
• "We tried our plan - and it worked." 

.... Those three departures from the script have the Wile E Coyote Obama ("Sheer Genius!") Strategery Team so off guard they keep flailing and sinking into the quicksand even deeper.

The one thing they hoped for was to play "look, squirrel!" with the media's help to distract voters from the horrific economy and Obama's management of it.  Instead, they cannot stop focusing attention on it....

Read more at American Thinker.