Posted on 11/01/2012 8:12:49 PM PDT by teg_76
Grow a pair Mitt! This won't get any play unless you make it an issue.
The congress critters are home in their districts running for reelection, and you’re right, they should be raising he// about Benghazi.
All key office holders should be demanding guest spots on the news talk shows for the purpose of speaking about Benghazi, regardless of the questions they’re asked.
That’s the only way to get exposure of Benghazi on the networks.!!
I agree with your second option, the enemy is hanging himserlf, let him. The info is out there, anybody not already convinced and capable of being convinced will convince himself of herself. The 47% aren’;t going to be convinced of anything no matter what and it wouldn’t matter of God came down and told them they were wrong, they’d tell him to screw off.
Congress has the responsibility to keep the heat on. Credit McCain and Graham, for all their faults for continuing to apply pressure. Same for Issa and Chaffetz. I voted early today in Palm Beach County. Very long wait, 2 1/2 hours.
Huge crowd, very pro-Romney, lots of demonstrators with signs protesting Obama over Benghazi and the media blackout. Jewish Republicans out in force for Romney and Adam Hasner (Republican to take Allen West’s previous seat). The key takeaway from this is that everybody there was talking about Benghazi today. The word is getting out there. Our enemies are watching Fox to see how bad the situation is. You know human nature is that we are going to talk about hot topics, especially our enemies. They know this is big and are praying it holds until after Tuesday. They can’t help but talk about it. This I think is why Obama is stuck at 47% and will not go higher.
Congress has the responsibility to keep the heat on. Credit McCain and Graham, for all their faults for continuing to apply pressure. Same for Issa and Chaffetz. I voted early today in Palm Beach County. Very long wait, 2 1/2 hours.
Huge crowd, very pro-Romney, lots of demonstrators with signs protesting Obama over Benghazi and the media blackout. Jewish Republicans out in force for Romney and Adam Hasner (Republican to take Allen West’s previous seat). The key takeaway from this is that everybody there was talking about Benghazi today. The word is getting out there. Our enemies are watching Fox to see how bad the situation is. You know human nature is that we are going to talk about hot topics, especially our enemies. They know this is big and are praying it holds until after Tuesday. They can’t help but talk about it. This I think is why Obama is stuck at 47% and will not go higher.
When your enemy is destroying himself, don’t interfere.
His strategy is dead on.
It would also get them exposure for their campaign - unless they feel Bengazi is a non-issue (which in my book is damning if they do)
Some have said he could get a bump from Sandy.
I believed that may have been possible but if the news on post Sandy drags out, do you think he could actually lose points?
I saw the video of New Yorkers eating from a dumpster and photos of gas lines.
What do you predict Obama's approval rating and where it may go ultimately with Sandy?
Sandy is a wash for Obama (no pun intended). His misfortune is that the storm hit already Blue states. Given the extent of the damage, he only stands to lose votes. So many of those disappointed democrats in NJ and NY have a lot more to worry about right now than saving Obama’s sorry butt.
FEMA ain’t doing nothing to save coal miners in western PA and Ohio their jobs. Romney’s performance in the 2nd debate sealed the election for him. He will take PA and OH.
There has already been quite a bit of public record
material for Romney to make things uncomfortable for
Obama if he will only press the issue of what Obama did
or didn’t do. That is, it won’t help Romney to dwell
on issues that are “under investigation” at present.
Long before now Romney should have drilled Obama on
the “fog of war” BS. He could certainly lean on
Obama to explain his own actions. What is BO going to
say “Ah, ah, I’m having myself investigated so I can’t
respond to your question, Jake...”?
I really don’t think Romney can hurt himself too much
if he confines his challenges to the shady way Obama
and his administration handled public statements, so far.
Outside of Romney there is really no entity to compel
Obama to say anything. If Obama wins, everything goes
away. Had Romney been turning the heat up a little
at least Obama might have been forced to tell more
lies which may have provided Congress with a little
more ammo if/when there are hearings. On the other hand
there little evidence that the MSM would even push the
issue no matter what Romney says. Still, it should
have been tried.
Transparency is the hallmark of the Obama admin-
istration. Well?
This is obama’s problem, not future President Romney’s. The lefties are on a 24/7 alert status for Romney to venture into this territory. Only four more days to go.
AKA, “Mitt knows hes got this”
Interesting what you said about the blue states. I should have specified that I was wondering how Obama will look outside of the Sandy struck region of the US on this issue.
This is bs
playing it perfectly...you think msm would be following this if romney pushed it?
I have not been watching a lot of news on TV since the hurricane passed but what little I have been seeing it does not appear that things are going as well as I would want if I’m a President that used Katrina as a political issue four years ago.
I mean, I thought I have heard somewhere that even before this hurricane had struck there were people in the White House claiming they were going to shove Sandy “up Romney’s butt” and I’m sure the media welcomed the storm in order to get Benghazi off the front page.
Now that I’m seeing how it’s turning out (and this just may be my perspective) I wonder if anybody in the MSM may be having second thoughts about what they had wished for and what post-Sandy may do to Obama’s approval ratings (and not just among those having to live in that region).
In order to make the post-Sandy news dramatic they surely would have to continue to show the videos of the desperate, cold and hungry elderly digging through the dumpsters for something to eat. I don’t see that helping anybody who is a mayor, governor or a President that had recently signed a bill to make cuts from FEMA.
Maybe I’m wrong. That’s just how I feel at this point.
Are we getting closer to a point where perhaps Obama may hope for a new story or even welcome back Benghazi?
My son is out “there”.
Sick to death, can’t sleep. I’m sure every military family is going through the same.
It’s a nightmare.
Outside of the Sandy-affected areas, Romney is being very practical. He looks competent, has economic credibility, made an excellent VP choice, and by just being credible, he exposes Obama’s weaknesses. Obama does not handle pressure well. He says foolish things and just because the media doesn’t pick at it doesn’t mean that the people didn’t hear it.
In the 2nd debate I think Romney won the election on his responses to energy, especially coal, and on the response to the Black man who asked Obama why he should vote for him again. Obama stupidly answered both topics. On energy he said gas prices were $1.86 when he took office because the economy was on the verge of collapse. Well it’s only gotten worse since so how do justify the price doubling? I think a lot of people heard that and realized the guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Romney talked about opening up clean coal mining, the Keystone pipeline, and loosening the regulations on public land drilling. PA and OH heard that!
On the response to the disenchanted Obama voter, Obama is trying to convince the guy that he’s had all these middle class tax cuts and spending on nonsense and the voter doesn’t really understand or appreciate how much Obama has done for him. Selfish, poor answer. I have never heard a more powerful and damning prosecution of a failed administration in a 2 minute response than what Romney delivered in response. Romney climbed to 50% and has pretty much stayed there, and Obama remains stuck.
Sandy will do nothing nationwide to change voters’ minds. Romney will win.
Very good! Untwist again, like we did last summer!
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