Boulder is a Stoopid Place

I keep hearing how wooden Romney is on the stump. They must have meant some other Romney. This one was fluid, his voice at turns powerful and emotional. I don’t know how the crowd noise came across on TV, but in person, it was its own physical presence, vibrating everyone with its intensity. Except when Romney grew sober when relating a sad anecdote; then the crowd simply disappeared, for both the speaker and the listener. A rousing crescendo of a conclusion by Romney, capped off by a surprisingly good fireworks display, and the rally was over. It took some people more than three hours to escape the traffic.

Great read and as they say, read the whole thing.

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Obama: Have it your way on Benghazi

Posted on November 5, 2012 by ChrisA

What President Obama really said in that ’60 Minutes’ interview about Benghazi

In the interview, according to the latest portions, Obama would not say whether he thought the attack was terrorism. Yet he would later emphasize at a presidential debate that in the Rose Garden the same day, he had declared the attack an act of terror.

You can hear what you wanna hear out of this President. I hear indecision and someone who is not capable of running our country.

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Romney endoresments from retired Military brass

Posted on November 5, 2012 by ChrisA

PJ Media reports: GEN Tommy Franks, GEN Hugh Shelton Among 500 American Warriors to Run Full-Page Ad Endorsing Mitt Romney for President

The full-page ad says “We, the undersigned, proudly support Governor Mitt Romney as our next President and Commander-in-Chief.” A note at the bottom of the ad says that the officers all paid for the ad themselves. The list includes officers who served in the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the United States Air Force.

RomneyMACad–500final4NOV2012

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Posted on November 5, 2012 by ChrisA

Sarah Hoyt has political signs in her yard for the first time and also notes the interesting disappearance of her neighbor’s Obama signage:

OTOH my very liberal neighbor who always has signs, took her Obama sign (up before the primaries) down when the Denver reporter asked Obama questions about Benghazi and he didn’t answer. Is she alone? Who knows.

Well, we’re about to find out! Oh, and good luck with your neighbor’s Sara. Here in Boulder the citizenry is very open minded except when they’re not.

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Posted on November 5, 2012 by ChrisA

Breitbart.com: 30,000+ Rally for Romney in Pennsylvania

The Pa. rally comes on the heels of a massive rally in Cleveland just hours ago.

Go Mitt!

Regardless of the outcome, there’s going to be interesting reading generated from this campaign.

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“Never before have so many EPA resources been devoted to a single regulation. “

Posted on November 5, 2012 by ChrisA

The death of coal.

Next stop: The death of fracking or a Romney administration.

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Obama: “Weve excluded lobbyists from policy making jobs”

Posted on November 5, 2012 by ChrisA

But sitting in the front row of the House chamber were four former lobbyists whom Obama had appointed as Cabinet secretaries. His Internal Revenue Service general counsel had lobbied for the Swiss Bankers Association. His Treasury Department chief of staff was fresh off a gig as a Goldman Sachs lobbyist.

As Obama spoke those words, more than 40 ex-lobbyists held policymaking jobs in his administration.

The moment embodied Obama’s greatest failures: his failure to play it straight with the American people, his failure to wrestle power from the lobbyists and his apparent failure to even try.

Timothy Carney: Obama abused the public trust for political gain

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Obama losing the Colorado Yoga vote

Posted on November 5, 2012 by ChrisA

From a Colorado based Instapundit reader:

Was away from Colorado for three weeks. Yesterday while wearing my Romney cap, I had these experiences.

1) One of my yoga instructors told me she loved my cap.

2)Went to Floyds for a haircut…home of the multiple tramp stamp barbers…young girl cutting my hair said she loved my hat. Said most the employees were voting for Romney and that they are mostly young mothers.

3) Went to the yoga clothing store. TWO employees, both blond, young, beautiful, fit, said they loved my hat and couldn’t wait to vote for Romney. That they would say that at this store was a revelation.

If Obama has lost the yoga vote, it is over.

Sweet!

Well, there’s even a Floyd’s in Boulder so it’s hard to determine what part of the state the reader was in.

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Good news for Boulderites

Posted on November 4, 2012 by ChrisA

Axelrod: ‘They’re in deep trouble’

Hmmm. I guess we’ll know in a few days. Color me skeptical.

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More from NYT on Republican enthusiasm

Posted on November 4, 2012 by ChrisA

NYT Jeff Zelany on Fox News.

Next thing you know, the New York Times will cover Benghazi on the front page.

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Michigan

Posted on November 4, 2012 by ChrisA

Poll: Romney Up 1 in Michigan

Looks more like a tie to me. Having admitted that, a month ago Romney was down by 4 points in the same poll.

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Posted on November 4, 2012 by ChrisA

Poll: Romney Up 1 in Michigan

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Posted on November 4, 2012 by ChrisA

Breitbart: NYT Concedes Romney Surging in PA

“But there is a tangible sense–seen in Romney yard signs on the expansive lawns of homes in the well-heeled suburbs, and heard in the excited voices of Republican mothers who make phone calls to voters in their spare time–that the race is tilting toward Mr. Romney.”

Boulderites, news you can use.

Did I mention I’ve voted?

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“Romney was not my first, second, or third choice, but I will crawl over ground glass to vote for him.”

Posted on November 4, 2012 by ChrisA

Washington Post/Glenn Reynolds: Sunday Reflection: The ground-glass election

A lot of Republicans — and, judging from polls, a lot of independents — feel this way. If there are enough of them, Romney will win, and win big.

Are there? Well, there are some signs. I’ve written here before that politics is all about showing up. And in recent months, people on the Right have been doing a lot of showing up. They’ve showed up at Romney-Ryan events in unprecedented numbers. They made Dinesh D’Souza’s “2016: Obama’s America” a huge hit despite a virtual blackout from traditional media. They stood in line for hours at Chick-fil-A restaurants to buy chicken sandwiches in response to politicians’ bullying. They packed houses at the “Hating Breitbart” premiere.

Thankfully I didn’t encounter any ground glass…