Meet The Candidates: 2012 GOP Thread

[12thMan]

Exactly. "Obamacare" was a Republican idea, successfully implemented by Gov. Willard Mitt Romney, the candidate Slingin's voting for in November.

The irony here is too rich.

[12thMan]

Actually President Obama carried all those states last cycle. The only state leaning red right now is Indiana.

[12thMan]

These are the states which are solid blue. In other words, Romney doesn't have a chance at winning them. They put the President at 247 electoral votes. 270 is the magic number.

Washington
Oregon
California
Minnesota
Illinois
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Maryland
Washington D.C.
Delaware
Maine
Rhode Island
Vermont
Mass
Pennsylvania (leaning blue)

Not included in this scenario is New Hampshire (4 electoral votes). Currently Obama has a double digit lead in the state.

[dmek25]

ummm...no way Romney wins here in Penn. just aint happening

[12thMan]

Obama up 6 points in Pennsylvania, poll finds - The Hill's Ballot Box

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Obama up 6 points in Pennsylvania, poll finds - The Hill's Ballot Box

Anything Can Change in a Presidential Year - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Defense contractors put Congress on notice | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

more good news for Obama

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

Defense contractors put Congress on notice | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

more good news for Obama

What I don't understand from this, is why would the OMB be counseling others not to prepare for sequestration.

Without clear guidance from the Pentagon, which has been counseled by the White House Office of Management and Budget not to start planning for sequestration...

Wouldn't it make the most sense to be saying something to the effect of "look for ways to reduce that result in the least harm/lack or readiness, present proposals that get to [insert your percentage here, ie 75%] of the sequestration numbers, and we can go to Congress with a plan to preserve and protect our capabilities". Rather, it seems like "stick your head in the sand, and if we have too, we will just cut a little lump off your neck"

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by Slingin Sammy 33

Defense contractors put Congress on notice | HamptonRoads.com | PilotOnline.com

more good news for Obama

boy and people bitch about unions. If you want to cut government, government contractors are to be included. Everyone knows contracting for the effing government is the gravy train. If you want to cut government, their needs to be a massive scale back in governemnt contractor spending which Im in full support of.

funny to hear the right talk outta both sides of their mouth.

[Slingin Sammy 33]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

boy and people bitch about unions. If you want to cut government, government contractors are to be included. Everyone knows contracting for the effing government is the gravy train. If you want to cut government, their needs to be a massive scale back in governemnt contractor spending which Im in full support of.

funny to hear the right talk outta both sides of their mouth.

Pentagon has already absorbed close to $ 500B in cuts over 10 yrs. Sequestration will be another $ 500B. When you cut that much there will be layoffs, plus the fact that House and Senate keep changing the Pentagon's proposals.

I've been involved in Gov't contracting for over 20 yrs. Is there fraud, waste and abuse, just like any other gov't program, yes. But it isn't a "gravy train" it's very competitive and contractors often operate on very skinny margins. I would argue that many of the inflated costs in defense contracting are due to BS regulations and requirements.

That being said there is more FWA through entitlement programs and Fed loan programs than in defense contracting.

The whole point of the post wasn't to start a "cut defense or SS/Medicare" debate, but rather to bring up the point that this isn't good news for Obama....massive layoff notices going out 4 days before an election.

[RedskinRat]

Obama bypasses Congress on DREAM Act, stops deporting young illegals


The extraordinary step comes one week before President Barack Obama plans to address the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials’ annual conference in Orlando, Fla. Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is scheduled to speak to the group on Thursday.


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[saden1]

Originally Posted by RedskinRat

Obama bypasses Congress on DREAM Act, stops deporting young illegals


The extraordinary step comes one week before President Barack Obama plans to address the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials’ annual conference in Orlando, Fla. Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney is scheduled to speak to the group on Thursday.


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You have to give it to the man, he is Slick Willie 2.0....without the womanizing and cigar fetish of course.


Big trump card played by obama today....I'm calling it, pay me!

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by saden1

You have to give it to the man, he is Slick Willie 2.0....without the womanizing and cigar fetish of course.


Big trump card played by obama today....I'm calling it, pay me!

Big buy of votes at the expense of tax payers and Americans who's jobs they are taking just to send the money to Mexico. Obama will do anything for votes he is a scum sucker.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Big buy of votes at the exspense of tax payers and Americans who's jobs they are taking just to send the money to Mexico. Obama will do anything for votes he is a scum sucker.

Dude, you crack me up sometimes!

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Dude, you crack me up sometimes!

Well you know its true.