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Why Romney is winning and why he will win

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http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/polls/226943-poll-romney-opens-up-big-lead-nationally

Mitt Romney has opened up 7 percent lead over President Obama nationally, according to the latest survey from conservative polling outlet Rasmussen.

Romney took 50 percent of the vote against Obama’s 43. It’s the first time Romney has hit 50 percent in the poll and is his largest lead over the president to date.

The disappointing jobs data released last week could be weighing the president down. Rasmussen found that only 38 percent of those polled said they approved of the president’s handling of the economy, versus 48 that disapproved.

Still, the poll could be an outlier, as most polls show a considerably tighter race. According to Gallup’s daily tracking poll, Romney holds only a 1 percent lead over Obama, while the president holds a one-point lead over Romney in the Real Clear Politics average of polls.

The RCP average includes Romney’s seven-point Rasmussen lead, as well as a few other potential outliers, including an Associated Press poll that shows Obama up by eight and a Reuters poll that shows Obama up by seven — both of which were released this week.

The Rasmussen daily tracking poll of 500 likely voters has a 3 percent margin of error.

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1. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 248 threads 4,722 comments

   146   2:31pm Mon 23 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (2)   Presidents have to chose their words carefully, everyone else has the liberty to not be so selective. Do you know who calls "Roads" "That"? A "C" grade student, you guys would be taring Bush apart if he made that kerfuffle.

2. Bellingham Bill Follow Befriend 30 threads 1,488 comments Bellingham, WA Premium

   147   2:50pm Mon 23 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Protected   clearly, LOL. I find it impossible than anyone can honestly be a conservative these days. It's all performance art, right?

3. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

   148   3:10pm Mon 23 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (3)   dude...dude....dude....u r confusing me with another poster. I never posted any of that. tell me, when your eyes cross in the middle of the night, do you see 1 or 2 noses...? Delurking says xrpb11a says If you think I did, show it. "I am saying he doesn't understand what it takes to start a business and have employees, etc, or he wouldn't make statements that glibly toss off the hard work and personal sacrifice that business owners go through" Obama made no such statement. In his quote that you objected to, he was clearly talking about the general environment, not any invesment in the business itself: Here's Obama again:

4. Bellingham Bill Follow Befriend 30 threads 1,488 comments Bellingham, WA Premium

   149   3:17pm Mon 23 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Protected   You stood behind this statement: http://patrick.net/forum/?p=1214412&c=847037#comment-847037 Helloeeze says: am not claiming Obama is against business. I am saying he doesn't understand what it takes to start a business and have employees, etc, or he wouldn't make statements that glibly toss off the hard work and personal sacrifice that business owners go through. Delurker says: that's just right-wing bullshit and not what Obama in his speech said at all. and then: xrpb11a says It's precisely what he said. you know it. I know it. full comment from you per the above link: It's precisely what he said. you know it. I know it. Delurking says that's just right-wing bullshit and not what Obama in his speech said at all.

5. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

   150   9:28pm Mon 23 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (2)   what's pathetic is you attributing quotes to me, that others typed in the not so distant past. I wonder if this is intentional, or you are just some old fuck drooling all over your underwear...boy oh boy do I wonder.... Delurking says It's really quite pathetic that you're still denying this.

6. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

   151   9:55pm Mon 23 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (2)   If he meant what you say he meant, it would have come out like this: 'If you've got a business- you didn't build those roads and bridges' It all boils down to what he meant by "that". Let's let SlickWilly be the decider on this....he's good at redefining prepositions and demonstratives.... Delurking says Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business–you didn’t build that.

7. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

   152   10:10pm Mon 23 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (2)   If he was referring to "roads and bridges", he would have said it. Plain and simple. Instead in the same sentence, he uses the object "business", and immediately refers to it with the demonstrative "that". While one could make a feeble argument that taken in context with the whole paragraph, he was actually referring to "roads and bridges", Occam's Razor applies the stamp of approval to my interpretation, that he was referring to "business". Case Closed. Delurking says Here's the context again: "Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business–you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen." vs your: "But the way he phrased it is a direct insult to everyone who's ever taken the risks involved in starting up a successful business."

8. oliverks1 Follow Befriend 79 comments Aptos, CA

   153   12:16am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   xrpb11a says OB was wrong. Government did not create the internet. Taxpayers dollars funded the government, allowing them to invest in research.... oh wait. Taxpayers dollars did not create the internet, Hard working people created income by offering services, that allowed them to pay taxes to the government.... When did DARPA stop being part of the government? Or are we talking about a different set of intertubes here? Oh perhaps you mean the World Wide Web (WWW). That was created by the uber capitalist at CERN was it not?

9. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,546 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

   154   5:26am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike (2)   Protected   xrpb11a says Another self-proclaimed successful business owner without one iota of proof... How come a board troll who claims to own a large corporation but fails to even name the company implies that anyone who also claims to run a business is lying? Explain it to me.

10. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

    155   6:59am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike (3)   for the same reason a board troll proclaims ownership of several bankruptcy companies, along with a smattering of real estate, without any proof whatsoever. Still waiting for those tax returns confirming your housing empire.... iwog says xrpb11a says Another self-proclaimed successful business owner without one iota of proof... How come a board troll who claims to own a large corporation but fails to even name the company implies that anyone who also claims to run a business is lying? Explain it to me.

11. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

    156   7:13am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (2)   Some internet forum tidbits for you to gnaw on.... * Anybody can assume any identity along with the perks in this type of venue * Given the wide range of types of individuals that frequent these places, it is obviously foolish to divulge personal, private information, for so many reasons it's not worth listing... * If you work for a public company, that information is in the public domain. Limited disclosure would be acceptable. Although comments made here can work their way back to people in positions of power that can influence your workplace. * I mean, seriously....do you want ApocolyspeFuck showing up at your door in full regalia?? HRHMedia having a hissyfit with jpeg chasers in front of your workplace?? etc..etc..etc... iwog says xrpb11a says Another self-proclaimed successful business owner without one iota of proof... How come a board troll who claims to own a large corporation but fails to even name the company implies that anyone who also claims to run a business is lying? Explain it to me.

12. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

    157   7:21am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Because you set the precedent by claiming I was lying...So I guess it must an acceptable practice. Thanks for teaching me that... ps..BTW, I never said i owned a "Large" corporation. Stop Lying.... iwog says xrpb11a says Another self-proclaimed successful business owner without one iota of proof... How come a board troll who claims to own a large corporation but fails to even name the company implies that anyone who also claims to run a business is lying? Explain it to me.

13. Honest Abe Follow Befriend (41) 91 threads 1,806 comments

    158   11:05am Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (3)   http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-07-23/poll-romney-obama-economy/56439758/1 Obasma's anti-success, anti-business policies are being seen as what they are - FAIL.

14. Honest Abe Follow Befriend (41) 91 threads 1,806 comments

    159   4:52pm Tue 24 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike (3)   Hopefully Romney will be able to repair the damage perpetrated on the United States for the last 3 1/2 years by radical liberal policies and practices.

15. kentm Follow Befriend (1) 117 threads 971 comments

    160   1:57am Wed 25 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Hahahahahahahahahahaha It's like you live in some other world, away from the rest of us. Your determination is epic though, but really sad.

16. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

    161   5:36am Wed 25 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (3)   Wrong. Al Gore created the internet, tucked away in his 20,000 sqft mansion, while writing up green energy policies.. Delurking says xrpb11a says Taxpayers dollars did not create the internet, Hard working people created income by offering services, that allowed them to pay taxes to the government.... Wrong. Noncommercial Government research accelerated the development of the internet. Government money created it and it would not have existed when Omidyar was doing his work.

17. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

    162   5:38am Wed 25 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (3)   you sound like my wife.... Delurking says xrpb11a says It's precisely what he said. you know it. I know it. The Bullshit is strong with you.

18. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

    163   5:42am Wed 25 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (2)   "the top blah blah of this country are taking blah blah blah etc etc etc...." wwwaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh..... Look, do you want the US to be debt free and rich again, or do you want to be PC?? Put the criminal in charge and let him steal from China/Russia/Iran... Delurking says >Government money = Taxpayers dollars = sweat from hard working people. The top 5% of this country are taking 33% of the national income. They're not sweating for it. Much of that rake is naked rent-seeking. Ask iwog for how hard he's working for his real estate returns this year. Free money, from the people who actually work for it. Multiply that by ten million, and that's the poor excuse of the economy we have today.

19. Honest Abe Follow Befriend (41) 91 threads 1,806 comments

    164   4:32pm Wed 25 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/virginia-politics/post/va-state-senator-blames-racism-for-romney-gains/2012/07/24/gJQAArsQ7W_blog.html Reverse racism in the senate.

20. omgbacon Follow Befriend 82 comments

    165   5:31pm Wed 25 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   in this thread we learn that small business owners are an incredibly whiny bunch of people.

21. PockyClipsNow Follow Befriend 19 threads 1,534 comments Los Angeles, CA

    166   5:36pm Wed 25 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   The big question is why was Solyndra allowed to fail? I would have expected endless blank check bailouts for them. Loan upon loan forever. Did someone piss off the white house?

22. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 248 threads 4,722 comments

    167   7:42pm Wed 25 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (4)   omgbacon says in this thread we learn that small business owners are an incredibly whiny bunch of people. and stupid and fat and lazy and opinionated can't be in indoctrinated no good sons of bitches that vote Republican every God Damn time! gasp while entitle recipients on the other hand...

23. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,546 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    168   1:13am Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Protected   xrpb11a says Still waiting for those tax returns confirming your housing empire.... What kind of idiot demands public disclosure of tax returns when he's totally failed to even name his company? Let me ponder that question........

24. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

    169   5:22am Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   Let me help you ponder........ Nunja Inc. iwog says xrpb11a says Still waiting for those tax returns confirming your housing empire.... What kind of idiot demands public disclosure of tax returns when he's totally failed to even name his company? Let me ponder that question........

25. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,546 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    170   6:57am Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   Protected   xrpb11a says Let me help you ponder........ Nunja Inc. Good. Now all you have to do is post your tax returns, and you wont be a spamming hypocrite. Sales Range: Under $500,000 Now I see why you were afraid to reveal it. You lied about how much in corporate taxes you were paying. What else have you posted that isn't the truth?

26. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

    171   8:22am Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   LOL!! I thought HRHMedia was bad inserting shit into comments that nobody ever said...but now you too?? I think Ruki's kicked your ass so bad you are hopelessly trying to save face here.... I wonder if iwog and HRHMedia are one and the same person...boy oh boy do I wonder..... iwog says xrpb11a says Let me help you ponder........ Nunja Inc. Good. Now all you have to do is post your tax returns, and you wont be a spamming hypocrite. Sales Range: Under $500,000 Now I see why you were afraid to reveal it. You lied about how much in corporate taxes you were paying. What else have you posted that isn't the truth?

27. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,546 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    172   10:49am Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Protected   xrpb11a says I thought HRHMedia was bad inserting shit into comments that nobody ever said...but now you too?? I looked up details on your corporation. Under $500,000 per year in gross sales. How does that mean you pay more in corporate taxes than many others here pay? Also how is your total failure to post your own tax returns NOT make you a pathetic hypocrite? That's two questions.

28. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

    173   11:00am Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   You did? Did you research it the way you research all your investments and holdings? The way you research all the data you provide in your comments? Good Job! Good Job! BTW, here's my company website... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=nunja Please clean the egg up after your done..... iwog says xrpb11a says I looked up details on your corporation. Under $500,000 per year in gross sales.

29. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,546 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    174   11:01am Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Protected   Two questions totally unanswered: Fail That's not your company website: Fail Two posts in a row totally without content and only intended to troll: Fail You're doing well here.

30. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,546 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    175   11:06am Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Protected   Board: So what's the name of your company? xrpb11a: None of your business!! Iwog: i don't mind telling you the name of my business. xrpb11a: Show me your tax returns or you're a liar!! Show me your tax returns!!! Show them!!!! AGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRR! Fail.

31. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

    176   12:35pm Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   boy, you and Iwog piling on at the same time, consecutively, with the same IP ADDRESS.... Looking more and more like you two own the same set of gonads... HRHMedia says xrpb11a says xrpb11a so your other login is ? zzyzzx or honest abe? Social Media Guru Since 1999

32. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

    177   12:39pm Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   ok.....what do you want me to do about it?? HRHMedia says I doubt myself every single minute of every single day.....

33. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

    178   12:42pm Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   Ok. HRHMedia says xrpb11a says I think That's an ox up my ass. don't disturb it!. Social Media Guru Since 1999

34. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

    179   12:43pm Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (2)   stop talking to yourself. HRHMedia says nope, Iwog, tell'em' lol

35. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

    180   12:46pm Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   in 7 languages... HRHMedia says I am me and no other user, can you say the same?

36. iwog Follow Befriend (48) 274 threads 12,546 comments 47 male Lafayette, CA Premium

    181   3:25pm Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Protected   xrpb11a says boy, you and Iwog piling on at the same time, consecutively, with the same IP ADDRESS.... If you can't answer questions, just lie. Very ethical.

37. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 248 threads 4,722 comments

    182   3:34pm Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (3)   He's clearly NOT Iwog.

38. xrpb11a Follow Befriend (4) 2 threads 787 comments

    183   4:02pm Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   If you say so.... iwog says xrpb11a says boy, you and Iwog piling on at the same time, consecutively, with the same IP ADDRESS.... If you can't answer questions, just lie. Very ethical.

39. mdovell Follow Befriend (4) 28 threads 776 comments

    184   5:00pm Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   I'm from Mass. Romney was our governor for four years and prior to that ran in the closest election against Ted kennedy in '94. Infact in my town there's a romney bumper sticker someone put up on a stop sign that is STILL there (torn and faded a bit). I'm not exactly a fan of Romney. I don't like his stance on patents. But I think he'll probably win at this point. It won't be a landslide that's for sure but someone can win with just 51%..or 43% in the case of Clinton Why? Obama's ads aren't working. If this was March or maybe May I could see it differently but it is nearly August.Think about it this way. Romney has a ad about the economy. Obama slams Romney for not releasing tax forms...huh? Obama has ads about Bane capital showing north eastern warehouses empty and empty factories. I'm sorry but how is this new again? There are PLENTY of old empty mills and factories all across the north east! Some are being made into condos. The closing of plants has been around here for 80 or so years! Every time I see an Obama ad I think i'm seeing a scene from Rodger & Me by Michael Moore! If this was new I could see it but frankly it isn't. Another ad illustrates that Romney has a swiss bank account. Ok..but what it doesn't say is it only takes $5,200 to open one up! I've seen tuition bills for a semester larger than that! A simple google search revealed that which leads me to think that Obama isn't really targeting anyone specific as a voting block. Obama says he needs more time to get thing done. OK fair enough but he also needs gridlock to end. Tea Party republicans aren't going to work with Obama for the most part. So how is he going to convince people to vote for him again and get congress "back" ? If Obama dabbles into local issues he'll get burnt against just like he was when he called police "stupid" and called the firing of teachers a "good thing". There is also too much Obama does not answer. What specifically is the mission in Afghanistan with OBL dead? When Bush started that in '01 all he said was Obl dead or alive. simple enough. How can we go from a president who said "Mission Accomplished" when it wasn't over to one that doesn't know when to call when it is over? What exactly has Obama done for his base? Since Obamacare was held up it starts fully in 2014. And if it is congress that wants to repeal it why reelect obama then? Isn't that mission accomplished? If congress overturns it then it doesn't matter who is in the white house. Four years ago people thought obama would close camp x ray, legalize drugs, end the war on terrorism, pass single payer, pass employee free choice act etc As the time went on the economy became the greater factor but again there isn't that much specific.

40. gbenson Follow Befriend 16 threads 385 comments

    185   9:35pm Thu 26 Jul 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   mdovell, keep in mind that Romney was a Democratic governor back then :) As for the Swiss Bank account, talk to your accountant about Swiss Bank Accounts. He didn't open the account with the minimum balance to get the free Ipod. Swiss Bank accounts have one purpose and one purpose only, avoidance of tax liability. ‘I’ll Be Better Than Ted For Gay Rights!’ -Mitt Romney 1994 Bay Windows Interview

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