Posted on 08/26/2012 5:11:31 AM PDT by Alas Babylon!
The Talk Shows
August 26th, 2012
Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann.
MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Republican former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush; Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
FACE THE NATION (CBS): Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.; Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus; Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.; Republican former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour.
THIS WEEK (ABC): Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, chairman of the Republican Platform Committee; Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, chairman of the Democratic National Convention.
STATE OF THE UNION (CNN): Priebus; Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas; Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis.
Your love for socialized medicine, death panels,
and taxes precedes your repetitive comments heralding
your innate fear that somewhere, someone might be pushing
a conservative principle.
The American people WILL NOT be fooled by a
substitute of RomneyCARE for ObamaCARE.
"When National Journal buries a lede, man, they really bury it. A new poll from Mason-Dixon in Missouri of 625 likely voters shows what everyone already suspected — that Todd Akin had blown a five-point lead in Missouri’s US Senate race and now trails by nine, 50/41 [see update], to Claire McCaskill. But what many didn’t expect was that the crash-and-burn of Akin would not damage Mitt Romney at all. In the 9th paragraph out of ten, we find out that Romney leads Barack Obama in the critical swing state, and it’s not all that close."
McCaskill’s lead is a testament to the damage caused by Akin’s remarks. She remains less-than-popular, as slightly more voters view her unfavorably (41 percent) than favorably (39 percent). And, despite worries that Akin’s remarks could also harm the candidacy of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor leads President Obama, 50 percent to 43 percent. Obama’s favorable-unfavorable split of 38 percent-48 percent is worse than McCaskill’s."
"As far as the US Senate race, it’s amazing that Akin’s still within nine points — a testament to the weakness of McCaskill. On the question of whether Akin should withdraw, a slim plurality of McCaskill voters say he shouldn’t (44/40) … but a majority of Akin’s self-described voters think he should, 50/34. Independents think he should withdraw by thirty-two points, 57/25, but 35% of them will still vote for Akin. His favorables are at -39, 17/56, and yet he’s still getting 41% of the vote. Like I said … amazing."
Give me 100-1 odds Obama wins the women vote and I will bet you $100 if you are so confident. The women’s vote went Repub in the 2010 election FYI.
Gee that’s so helpful I’m so glad you posted that.Post to someone else next time. Someone who actually cares what you have to say.
Looking at the polling data a third party write in is only going to fracture the MO GOP base.
Akin and MO is a dead issue. Unless Akin gets out voluntarily, any attempt to add a candidate to the race is doomed to failure. Akin has enough hard core support in MO to play spoiler.
We did and still do trust God and worship him. If the hard left has a problem with that then they should all migrate to Cuba or Venezuela where they can be more with like folk.
Will do bud thanks.
Exactly! Repubs are not used to fighting the establishmedia and always surrender their morals to accept their premise. If the requirement is to resign after every stupid statement we would have nobody to run let alone become Dems.
Many of us see it as an opportunity rather than a burden. He can easily win the race if the Party would fight back. When Obama has no comment on abortion for choosing a sex of a baby, why not the race?
Haley Barbour with IB:
This election is going to be nothing less than a referendum on Obama’s Presidency, and the democRATs want to talk about any thing else.
They gotta be praying for rain.
I think this Republican panel with doing a good job laying down the GOP message over obvious democRAT Scheiffer.
And Candy Crowley is going to moderate one of the debates this fall. At least I think so.
THAT is NOT what is going to happen!
See: HR3000
Since Candy is so openly biased, how in the world did she get selected as a debate moderator?
If Akin stays in the race as he has vowed to do, shouldn't the GOP support him over McCaskill? When should the GOP stop their attacks against him? It is a self-fulfilling prophesy if they keep going negative on him and asking him to step down. McCaskill is still very vulnerable. As the hysteria dies down, the race will tighten as the focus goes on McCaskill's record, including her support of Obamacare and being against repeal. In a recent referendum in 2010 (not a poll) on Obamacare, 71% of Missouri voters want no part of Obamacare. Akin is for repeal and replace. Is Akin's verbal gaffe so powerful that it will cause the majority of Missouri voters to reelect McCaskill who will vote to keep Obamacare in place and voted for it in the first place? We will see if they are smart enough to sort this out.
Well, I hope your poll is better than Rasmussen’s. Romney certainly needs to win Mo., and Akin’s insane remarks certainly did NOT help him.
I just don't see a future for Akin. I say let Sarah be Sarah and do her thing.
I LOVE Marsha Blackburn! Where’s she been all our lives?
I think she really laid it down, clearly and succinctly, with IB.
I do not think getting into the weeds on science will help. The MSM will cut and slice any statement.
My answer would be something like “Obama voted twice for infanticide as a solution to failed abortions. That is the Democrat platform. We offer something much less extreme/radical”
Checkout #135 John.I would agree a third party challenge is dumb,I would never want that.We need him to get out.
This idea of Palin/Steelman riding in on white horses and saving the wished-for Senate majority is exactly that—wishful thinking.
For what it’s worth, I hope it happens.
Chances it will?
Zero.
You might want to read Rasmussen's poll.
From Rasmussen about MO.
Obama’s Democratic support in the state remains largely unchanged at 96%, and voters not affiliated with either major party still favor Romney by 20 points. But Republican support in Missouri for the party’s likely nominee has fallen from 94% in late July to 85% now,”
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