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franklin said:
I get this a lot on here for being the only true swing voter around. I guess not pushing either one of the parties or neither is confusing to everyone. Yes, I am pro-Romney and 100% serious about it. Just don't rub it in my face too much when he loses.



There is nothing secret about it. Target a 25% top rate and adjust that downward if reality is that it won't balance the budget. It's an excellent way for Romney to raise taxes on the rich while looking like he's cutting them, but also selling the growth model to offset any potential increases in real rates. The exact itemized deduction cap is the beauty of Romney's humility--he doesn't claim to know the exact figure and is willing to let congress wrangle out a number. So what if it's $17,000 or $25,000? The left is making a mountain out of a mole hill there.
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While you say there's nothing secret about it, that's not what he's actually campaigning on. While you're likely presenting the best possible version of his arguments, IMO Mitt has continually demonstrated that he will listen to whomever is yelling at him the loudest. In the primaries that was the Tea Party and he said some really crazy things. Here, those votes are in the bag and he's going off the other direction saying he's not actually supporting a massive tax revenue cut and that he plans on forcing insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions. I also know that he signed the Grover Norquist pledge so he's, right off the top, totally not committed to the bipartisan solutions he keeps claiming he'd achieve.

I honestly have no idea what he would actually do, but I do know there's a reason he didn't even bother running for a second term in Massachussetts.
 
We have to vote for the guy to see what's in it.

There's a difference between "listening to" and pretending to humor the Tea Party. Not only do I not care that he pandered to the right in the primary, I want a strong candidate to do as much.

Above all, I'm more interested in Romney's strong character, personal achievements, & go he's handled life experiences. He's a standup guy who I could forgive for making perceived policy mistakes. Honest mistakes can be overcome--it's the agenda driven polices that cause real harm.
 
https://www.people-press.org/2012/10/08/romneys-strong-debate-performance-erases-obamas-lead/

Mitt Romney no longer trails Barack Obama in the Pew Research Center’s presidential election polling. By about three-to-one, voters say Romney did a better job than Obama in the Oct. 3 debate, and the Republican is now better regarded on most personal dimensions and on most issues than he was in September. Romney is seen as the candidate who has new ideas and is viewed as better able than Obama to improve the jobs situation and reduce the budget deficit.
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In turn, Romney has drawn even with Obama in the presidential race among registered voters (46% to 46%) after trailing by nine points (42% to 51%) in September. Among likely voters, Romney holds a slight 49% to 45% edge over Obama. He trailed by eight points among likely voters last month.
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I'm calling it now. The general election is close in popular vote but Romney takes the E-College by a landslide.
 
Scat said:
I'm calling it now. The general election is close in popular vote but Romney takes the E-College by a landslide.
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I doubt that.

Curent polling has it basically tied in FL, VA and CO. Romney is ahead in N.C. and MO. Obmama is ahead in IA, NV and OH. Polls have those 3 moving towards Romney as well. Current polls show both Michigan and Pennsylvania within the margin of error. If Romney wins all those states that brings a victory by a 323-215.

Romney is not going to win all of those states. He was a legit chance of winning the election but he won't win by a landslide.
 
Stoked said:
I doubt that.

Curent polling has it basically tied in FL, VA and CO. Romney is ahead in N.C. and MO. Obmama is ahead in IA, NV and OH. Polls have those 3 moving towards Romney as well. Current polls show both Michigan and Pennsylvania within the margin of error. If Romney wins all those states that brings a victory by a 323-215.

Romney is not going to win all of those states. He was a legit chance of winning the election but he won't win by a landslide.
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Granted, this is one source but it regarded as one of the more fair an accurate.

https://www.rasmussenreports.com/pu...dministration/daily_swing_state_tracking_poll

In the 11 swing states, Mitt Romney earns 49% support to Obama’s 47%. One percent (1%) likes another candidate, and three percent (3%) are undecided.

This is the first time Romney has led the daily Swing State Survey since September 19. Until today, the president had led for 17 of the previous 19 days, and the candidates had been tied twice. This survey is based on findings from the previous seven days, with most of the responses now coming since Romney’s debate win last Wednesday night.

Forty-six percent (46%) of these Swing State voters are now “certain” they will vote for Romney and will not change their minds. Forty percent (40%) are certain they will vote for the president.

In 2008, Obama won these states by a combined margin of 53% to 46%, virtually identical to his national margin.
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Barring any major gaffes during the upcoming debates, and if Romney performs at least as well, I don't see why he wouldn't continue down this path unless Obama decrees by executive order that pot is now legal... then Mitt is hosed.
 
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