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In an election for President of the United States in Florida today, 10/19/12, Barack Obama is a nominal, statistically insignificant, single point ahead of Mitt Romney, 47% to 46%, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted for WFLA-TV in Tampa. Compared to an identical SurveyUSA poll 5 weeks ago, Romney is up 2 points, Obama is down 1 point. Florida's critical 29 electoral votes remain up for grabs, 18 days till votes are counted. Romney has gained ground in each of 3 SurveyUSA tracking polls going back to 07/20/12. Obama's once 12-point lead among Florida women has been reduced to 4...

"President Barack Obama has opened a lead over Mitt Romney in New Hampshire. Independent voters who had been supporting Romney have swung to Obama in recent weeks." ....... "With one month remaining before the November 6 election, Barack Obama has opened up a statistically significant lead over Mitt Romney in the battleground state of New Hampshire. In the most recent Granite State Poll, 52% of likely New Hampshire voters plan to vote for Obama, 37% say they will support Romney, 3% prefer some other candidate, and 9% say they are undecided."

If the party cared to listen (not that they do), who would be your first suggestion as VP?

Rep. Mike Kelly just gained a lot of new fans.

Mitt Romney reportedly raised more than $100 million in June, the best fundraising month of his campaign so far. Politico's Mike Allen first reported the total, which includes contributions to both Romney's campaign and the Romney Victory Fund—a joint account between the Romney campaign and the Republican National Committee. A Romney spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. That's two record-breaking months in a row for the Romney team. In May, the presumptive Republican nominee raised nearly $77 million—almost $17 million more than President Barack Obama's re-election campaign. The Obama campaign has not yet announced its June...

Today Perry speaks of Washington as an alien land, inhabited by irresponsible politicians. In his most recent book, Fed Up!, Perry criticizes President George W. Bush for giving free rein to “spendthrift congressional Republicans.” “Ultimately, the record is fairly unforgiving for Republicans — particularly in Congress — who have been in power in Washington over the last decade or so,” Perry wrote in 2010. “They haven’t just spent our money wildly — they have blatantly ignored our core founding principles.” This is the same message that Perry has brought to the campaign trail since the announcement of his bid for...

DeMint recently denounced the mandate in the Senate bill as follows: Not only is an individual mandate unconstitutional, but it will increase premiums for hard-working Americans — further making insurance coverage unaffordable — and will force more people onto government-run programs. But during the presidential primaries, DeMint endorsed the health care plan Romney developed as Governor of Massachusetts, calling it “innovative” and claiming he supported Romney because he “believes all Americans should have a health plan that they can afford, own and keep.” __________________________________

It's impossible to say for sure if New York rookie Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand's attitude is representative of all those nay-voting Democrats, or even the frosh cohort among them, but here's her explanation for her vote*: While I am fully aware of the seriousness of the financial problems in the market, I do not believe the bill Congress voted on today was the right approach. The bill has insufficient oversight and protections and does not address the root causes of the crisis or the poor economy. While the bill is better than the three page document the Bush Administration tried to...

The House is expected to approve today an $825 billion economic stimulus package that supporters say could help create nearly 4 million jobs at a time when the U.S. economy is in tatters. The plan could pump billions of dollars into Wisconsin's economy through funding for highway and water projects, food stamps and unemployment benefits, and education and law enforcement grants, among other things. Rep. Dave Obey, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, helped craft the stimulus package, which he calls an honest effort to prevent the economy from falling further into the abyss. The Wausau Democrat is urging lawmakers...

The Geithner Dilemma Last week, revelations came that Tim Geithner, President-elect Obama's appointee to become treasury secretary, had not paid Social Security or Medicare taxes for years and consequently owed $43,000 in back taxes. In the aftermath of the news, Geithner's Senate confirmation hearing was postponed, and he huddled with Senate leaders last week to explain his actions. After a delay of less than a week, the Senate Finance Committee began grilling Geithner today and, seeking to pre-but any questions about his tax snafu, the Treasury Secretary designate called the errors "avoidable" but "unintentional. That explanation seemed to satisfy the...

President-elect Obama, The campaign is over. It is now time to focus on where our nation will go from here. We disagree on many things, but if we are to take you at your word, we agree in the fundamental importance of encouraging open and honest debate in a Democratic society. There are those in Congress, who do not seem to feel this way. We believe this to be the case due to the recent calls for reinstating the so-called 'Fairness Doctrine'. The Fairness Doctrine, is far from fair, it lies a great distance from liberty. It will be used...

Here's the text of the e-mail my friend sent sending the linked to video: Many analysts have discussed a 'conservative void' in the 2008 race. A new established conservative is emerging in this race and has just launched the begining of his campaign effort. We're not talking about Fred Thompson. We're talking about former Vice President Dan Quayle. Will he jumped into the 2008? It looks like he's moving towards it. Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5IYsWibyw4

A new ad for the 2008 race was just released on youtube.com. This one, focusing on abortion issues, takes aim at Republican frontrunner Rudolph Giuliani. The video covers his liberal positions on abortions using several clips from his run for Mayor to the latest GOP debates.

My friend put together a video to take on McCain immigration stance. Let's keep up this effort to shut down the Kennedy wing of the Republican party. Please check it and give tips which I'll pass on. I told him to add a soundtrack and a bit more narration or much less (only to end it). anyways, please enjoy and link wherever you can so we can get some attention to the Cornyn ammendment that failed thanks to Senators Like John McCain. Disgraceful.