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Grimes Re-Do

After stumbling from the gate Alison Lundergan Grimes seemed to have no traction whatsoever.  Yesterday she tried again with a splashy roll out of her campaign.  Surrounded by big names in the Democrat party, including a video endorsement by Bill Clinton, with a huge banner as a backdrop, Grimes made a splash.

But she also made a big mistake.  Just like the fizzled start of the Matt Bevin campaign, the only thing Grimes talked about was getting rid of Mitch McConnell.  That's a failed strategy.

Running against someone requires that the incumbent have committed some sort of scandal, such as say, letting a young intern give you oral sex in the Oval Office, or ordering troops to stand down as you Ambassador to Libya is killed and his dead body dragged through the streets.  The only complaint about Mitch is that he has been TOO effective.  And that's just silly.

Grimes made it clear, though she may have some as yet undefined disagreement with Barack Obama over some as yet unspecified details of Obamacare, she wants to go to Washington DC to give the democrats another vote in the senate and help remove the most effective counter force to the Obama agenda from his position as what could very likely be the majority leader.

Sure, there is a small group of anti-McConnell people in the democratic party, but for the most part the biggest players in Kentucky politics have all been embraced by McConnell in some way or another, and to send him packing in exchange for another democratic vote in this day and age is about as far fetched an idea as John McCain ever becoming president.

Once again, Grimes designed and pulled off a big rally with good looking props.  But it will be the best day she has for the next year plus as she once again announced her official role as "sacrifical lamb 2013" albeit with great fanfare.

Romney Pulled This Ad And It Never Ran

Another head shake over the glove handed campaign of Mitt Romney comes when you realize that though the RNC had this ad ready to go last fall, Romney's people apparently had it pulled.

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Political Disservice

The New York Times makes an interesting observation.  They have counted the number of visits each presidential candidate has given to certain states and as it turns out Ohio, Florida and Virginia have accounted for over 2/3 of recent visits by the candidates.  Their conclusion is likewise notable.

They say that considering how much higher the turnout is in states which get attention over states which do not, that the shrinking battleground is doing a disservice to the public.  So many states are either solidly red or solidly blue that the fight for the White House really comes down to very few people.

In the analysis the question is raised whether the "winner take all" electoral college vote count needs to be re-visited.

You might want to read the article.  It's certainly a break from campaign mail and Christmas catalogs.

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Las Vegas Paper Says Obama "Unworthy Commander-In-Chief"

As the days tick by with more and more damning information being discovered by the media and no credible explanation coming from the White House, it won't be long before the mainstream has no choice but to call the Benghazi affair what it is: Dereliction of Duty, or worse.  A Las Vegas paper has started.

U.S. Ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens and three other Americans died in a well-planned military assault on their diplomatic mission in Benghazi seven weeks ago, the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. So why are details surfacing, piecemeal, only now?

The Obama administration sat by doing nothing for seven hours that night, ignoring calls to dispatch help from our bases in Italy, less than two hours away. It has spent the past seven weeks stretching the story out, engaging in misdirection and deception involving supposed indigenous outrage over an obscure anti-Muslim video, confident that with the aid of a docile press corps this infamous climax to four years of misguided foreign policy can be swept under the rug, at least until after Tuesday's election.

Not only did the White House do nothing, there are now reports that a counter-terrorism team ready to launch a rescue mission was ordered to stand down.

This administration is an embarrassment on foreign policy and incompetent at best on the economy - though a more careful analysis shows what can only be a perverse and willful attempt to destroy our prosperity.

These behaviors go far beyond "spin." They amount to a pack of lies. To return to office a narcissistic amateur who seeks to ride this nation's economy and international esteem to oblivion, like Slim Pickens riding the nuclear bomb to its target at the end of the movie "Dr. Strangelove," would be disastrous. [Las Vegas Review Journal]

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Momentum: Papers Endorse Romney

Four major Iowa newspapers have endorsed Mitt Romney, including the Des Moines register.

The Detroit News has endorsed Romney/Ryan.

And now the Los Angeles Daily News, The Boston Herald, The Orlando Sentinel, The Richmond Times Dispatch, The Florida Times Union, The Los Angeles Press Telegram, The Grand Rapids Press, The Columbus Ohio Dispatch,  The Pittsburgh Tribune Review all from critical states have also endorsed Mitt Romney.

I'd say this is progress.

Momentum

I Hear A Bandwagon Coming!

At one time political campaigns used "band wagons" to get attention.  A wagon filled with musicians rolling along the streets drew attention and the music inspired people to sing and dance along.  Eventually other politicians wanted a seat on the "bandwagon" so they too could get some of the attention.

In today's world the concept of jumping on the bandwagon usually refers to a form of "group think", where people perceive someone to be winning and want to be part of that victory.  It is called "the bandwagon effect".

Well guess what?  The Detroit News just endorsed Mitt Romney.  That's right, the heart of the auto industry, the place where the UAW and General Motors put food in people's mouths, the place where Obama/Biden had to have calculated that they were ahead, would stay ahead and would never have to worry about.

As poll after poll shows Romney inching ahead, closing the gender gap, gaining in democrat strongholds and looking more presidential than the president, this endorsement in my humble opinion, sounds like the rumble of the wheels and the sounds of the horns as the bandwagon approaches.

All aboard!

 

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