Congrats to Sen. Romney!

 A hearty congratulations to new Utah Senator Mitt Romney!

Duh

Romney is obviously the better choice for Secretary of State than Ivanka Trump. This shouldn't even be a discussion.

1964 Redux

So Romney has cast himself as Nelson Rockerfeller to Trump's Barry Goldwater. It's 1964 all over again.

Election Night

 We took the kids with us to vote right as the polls opened, and it was quite a long line, looping around the hall and out the door, but it moved quickly. Voter #69 in my ward - not as cool as being voter #420, but still worthy of a snicker.

Ok, my prediction: Lisa anticipates an Obama landslide, but that's not going to happen. I think, in one of the lousier moments in American history, that Obama will eke out a win in a tight contest, finishing with ~290 electoral votes. It's a far cry from '08, and a sign that a lot of the country wised up and quit swallowing the Kool-Aid, but still a loss for the good guys. Still, many people wiser than me are predicting a Romney win, and I hope and pray that they are right. That said, their optimism brings to mind a quote from the great Winston Wolfe: "well boys, let's not start sucking each other's d**ks quite yet."

(don't worry - this was a sample ballot. No law was broken)

The kids' school held a mock election today and Romney beat Obama 104-90. The Big Three voted correctly (Smiley was very proud of his choice) but Feral Child (age 5) claims to have voted for Obama because she "wants him to have four mo' years".

ROMNEY wins GA, IN, KY, SC, WV... Obama takes VT . . . . still waaaaay early . . .

ROMNEY WINS: AL, GA, IN, KY, MS, OK, SC, WV...

OBAMA WINS: CT, DE, IL, MA, ME, MD, RI, VT...

ROMNEY WINS: AL, GA, IN, KY, MS, OK, SC, TN, WV...

OBAMA WINS: CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, ME, MD, RI, VT...

Romney up 82 to 79 electoral votes at present . . .

Wisconsin looks to go for Obama. No surprise, personally, as the weight of the Milwaukee and Madison electorate is forever an anchor around the throat of progress.

But on the bright side CNN is reporting that it's a given the GOP will retain the House. So, quoting Kristofer Frankenberg: should Obama win, after billions spent on this election, we will be exactly where we were. Nothing will change; nothing will get done. Here's to a fun four years!

Still neck and neck (CNN has Romney up, Fox has Obama up, but both by a hair) but the loss of WI and PA means it'll be a rough road to 270. Florida shows a slight edge for Obama but an entire county has yet to be counted, and if I remember my history it's a county heavily GOP. I have to leave for work soon but if I had to lay a bet I'd say its four more years of debt, apologies, and a lesser America. All Hail the magnitude of the propaganda machine!

Belling very insightful on WISN

On behalf of your Democratic sister and ( mom dad and Chrissy too they voted my way ) Hahahahaha we WON - Katie

Post-Debate

LOVING the morning headlines, where even pure blue sources like CNN trump Mitt Romney as "the clear winner" of last night's debate. CNN.com also brandishes a headline reading:  "Obama took it on the chin". Well done Mitt. Maybe some of this country will finally wake up and realize that Obama is nothing more empty promises and failed ideas.

Quote

If you do not want America to be the strongest nation on Earth, I am not your President. You have that President today. - Mitt Romney

On Romney

I'm reading Romney's book, and I just don't get many of these "Obama Lite"/weak principles accusations that I hear flying around all over the net. The man skewers Obama on foreign policy and clearly lays out a solid economic plan. He is a politician and unlikely to yak on air just to feed the press, but that doesn't make him weak. So far he has my vote.

I don't think his MA plan was a failure. There were problems, and things that should have been done differently, but that's different from flunking out. He just can't say that and still woo the base, which is ridiculous. What a state wishes to do, God bless. It's different than a invasive federal plan.