Dancing in the End Zone

CNN today has downgraded Arizona from "Safe McCain" to "Leans McCain." And today's Res. 2000 poll shows McCain ahead by one point, 48-47.

Suffice to say, I don't think McCain will lose Arizona, but it's sort of cool to see Obama and the Democrats bring the battle to his home turf, and force him to defend several of his 13 homes.

Obama ads in Arizona: It must be nature's way of calling McCain home.

Wow.. the right wing smears/talking point paid ghost writers, fake puma people, and just plain un-informed and mis-informed ARE OUT IN FORCE, AND ARE IN OVERDRIVE TODAY...... you would think they would all be blogging on Fox or Limbuger's sites.... wonder why they are HERE???? do you think, maybe, it is to spread their garbage smears? it really is all they have left.

Posted by: ConcernedDemocrat | Oct 31, 2008 5:48:18 PM

Bryan T , Thanks for the info. However, the latest figure I heard was $120,000 which is not represented in the calculator you referenced. Also...
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Hi ConcernedDemocrat,

You're welcome.

About your comment of the $120,000, if you click on the Obama tax calculator, select the range of

$100,000-150,000

since 120,000 is within this range... You know this, right? (I'm sorry, but I find it hard to believe that you're making 120,000/year and have trouble finding the 120k on that tax calculator.)

About your comment of small businesses will get 'screwed by Obama's tax' -- I highly doubt it. My family has a restaurant big enough for around 300 people. We've been in business for about 10 years, and our annual income is WELL BELOW the $250,000/year range! Under Obama's plan, our tax will NOT go up (it will even go DOWN!)

So, I really don't understand why you're worrying that your tax will be increased when you make around $120,000?

And on further reading, I realized that you're really not here to find information about the tax, but to just appear as if you are!

Anyhow, if you're going to support McCain or whoever, just say so, but please don't pretend that you're an undecided "Democrats" and spreading false rumours about Obama's Tax plan.

lowes4321, President Bush was able to get the economy growing again after 9/11 and Katrina. It was only after the Democrats took over Congress that the economy started to go down hill.

Obama and the Democrats are against creating 100s of thousand of new jobs and lowering energy cost by blocking drilling for new oil, building new refineries and new nuclear power plants. The so called "green jobs" that Obama is talking about will have to be paid for by the tax payers. The jobs McCain is talking about creating by opening up drilling, building new refineries and new nuclear power plants will pay for themselves and help improve the value of the dollar, not to mention help reduce our deficit.

Obama and the Democrats are the cause of our current economic crisis. Obama was paid more money from Freddie and Fannie than any other Senator other than Dodds. The Democrats refused to regulate Fannie and Freddie which coerced banks into giving loans to people who could not afford to pay for them.

Shayla My son goes to Hofstra University and tells me the students vote there is pretty much even among McCain and Obama supporters. What do you think it is at your school. Honestly?

Bryan T , Thanks for the info. However, the latest figure I heard was $120,000 which is not represented in the calculator you referenced. Also if Obama plans to raise the taxes of gross family income, I'm screwed and will have to lay off at least one of my part time staff. I bet you a lot of small businesses like me would be hit hard by an Obama tax increase and would have to lay off people. Sorry, can't take that chance. For the first time in my life I will be voting Republican.

Obama has absolutely no record of significance. America does not need "fundamental change" we need to rely on our constitution. That has what has gotten us this far. Yes things are bad now but it is just as much the Democrats faults. In the case of Fanni Mae/Freddie Mac stuff...even more so. Obama is a great speaker but that's it. He's proven already that he has no problem with lying and he never answers a direct question with a direct answer. Off teleprompter...he is quite unimpressive. If we elect this man. We deserve what we get. He is dangerous.

James - Before this week, did you even know who Rashid Khalidi is? Have you ever read any of his objections to U.S.-Israeli policy? Regardless of whether or not you agree, his objections have been to the fundamental right of the world to decide that Palestinians could be forcibly removed off of their land. If you were in his shoes, would it make you a "radical" if you argued against that policy? What if the world community decided to push you off of your land? Would you just walk away singing, "We Are The World"? Give me a break!

In America, people who fight against unfair tactics are called revolutionaries. I guess that does not apply to brown and black folks!

james== you really need to cut back on the Rust Limburger diet

I went out to vote today in Georgia, the lines were AMAZING!! Even though the lines were long, people were patient and waited. I felt great after voting for Obama. I think the Republicans are underestimating the number of young people who are voting. I saw a few older people, but, it was mostly young voters. The college in my town was running a bus route and dropping off bus loads of students every half hour. It was awesome to see.

stf== while your voting for your childern== you might want to check if there will be any clean air for them to breathe, or water fit to drink, becauce your pres Bushy is at this moment subverting as many enviromental regs as he can to enrich the
"SACRED REPUBCON CORP"

myvotewillcount, The Obama campaign contributed $830,000 for get out the vote efforts to a sister group of ACORN than tried to hide the fact by saying it was for "lighting and staging" until they were caught red handed and had to fess up. Obama lied about his connections to ACORN by saying his only connection was as an attorney until a document and picture of Obama appeared showing Obama conducting training sessions for ACORN workers.

Yes I do hold Obama accountable, if he becomes President, God forbid, the buck stops at his desk and he must be held accountable for whatever his staff does. Nixon was.

Obama has been proven to be a liar countless times regarding his alliances with ACORN, Ayers and the anti Semite Rashid Khalidi. Obama cannot be trusted.

"By Tim Reid, The Times of London

Barack Obama's senior advisers have drawn up plans to lower expectations for his presidency if he wins next week's election, amid concerns that many of his euphoric supporters are harboring unrealistic hopes of what he can achieve.

The sudden financial crisis and the prospect of a deep and painful recession have increased the urgency inside the Obama team to bring people down to earth, after a campaign in which his soaring rhetoric and promises of "hope" and "change" are now confronted with the reality of a stricken economy.

One senior adviser told The Times that the first few weeks of the transition, immediately after the election, were critical, "so there's not a vast mood swing from exhilaration and euphoria to despair."

The aide said that Obama himself was the first to realize that expectations risked being inflated."

You people are such blind fools...!...

I love that the foaming at the mouth republicans only start spewing their "liberal media" load when the media isn't carrying the water for them like it has for the last 8 years. The media was great when it was showing everything bush did, all the bombs dropping, etc. But they couldn't show the flag draped coffins coming home. They couldn't show the grieving families at Arlington. When they did, they were "unamerican, elite, liberal sympathizers". Again, and always, the GOP wants to have a different set of rules and standards for them and another set of rules and standards for the rest of the country.

stfchbb

If your interpretation of Mr. Obama’s views is a message of entitlement, then your interpretation of Mr. Obama’s views is wrong. He ALWAYS talks about people taking personal responsibility for their lives.

John Biden

The LA Times has not released the video because they wouldn't even HAVE it if they had not promised to keep it unreleased.

And once again, how do you know what is on it, if it hasn't been released. Has Rush or Drudge made something up for you all?

You are all fools, following a pied piper down to the river. There will be war; there will be times of good and bad economics. But we are a democracy built on capitalism. The backbone of our nation was built on Calvinistic values of hard work, not entitlement. My interpretation of Mr. Obama’s views is a message of entitlement. My father worked 3 jobs, never once excepting any assistance from the Government. I worked my way through university and climbed up the corporate ladder. I do not feel any of my hard earned cash should be distributed among those who choose not to take the risk or the opportunities to better themselves. They do not deserve my welfare. I donate substantially to charity three times a year and do not consider myself as a selfish person. I will vote for my children and for my grand children. I will vote for the candidate that is the best representation of American Values and will uphold the American Dream. And not the Candidate that will forge a nation of lazy bums.

I stood up in my classroom and saluted the flag...I believed in American values as I was taught...for the [people by the people...] as an adult I've seen... I've learned it's all for the rich and powerful... I have been to Germany,France,England and Mexico...they hate our intrusions...

The buzz words here are "on-going communications with Obama campaign". It did not say on-going with Sen. Obama. I guess you're holding Obama responsible for what hundreds of workers are doing illegally?

From a poster on The Confluence..
“Did anyone already post the breaking news that a former ACORN employee testified in PA today, exposing rampant fraud, non-existent quality control, and on-going communications with the Obama campaign? The AP has picked the story up, and Frank Lund of the WSJ spent an extensive amount of time with
her. He will be putting out an article asap. She was fired for using an ACORN credit card for expenses, so they will try to discredit her, but apparently it was powerful testimony and it could reveal that the Obama Campaign has been actively working with ACORN and lying about it.”