DOOM ANTIDOTE: Chicago Ground Report…Not a single bad thing said to me all day in a Romney/Ryan tee shirt…AND I got 15 compliments on it!
There’s just no way Barack Obama wins this election…not if I could spend all Friday in a Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan tee shirt out and about in downtown Chicago without a single person saying a bad word to me or even looking at me cross. AND, on top of that, I kept track of the people who stopped me on the street and either said something positive about Romney winning or who just gave me a thumbs-up.
It was nice enough yesterday afternoon and evening that I was able to wear just a long sleeve jersey with the Romney/Ryan tee over it and I walked up and down Michigan Avenue, went to Lucky Strike bowling alley, saw a movie with my boyfriend Justin (Wreck It Ralph, which was great by the way), and tried to find as many places with crowds of people as possible just to see if anyone would say anything nasty to me for not supporting Obama. Even on the Red Line “El” (which I rode from the Loop all the way to 95/Dan Ryan and back…which is the south side, meaning I was the only white guy on the train after the Sox Stadium stop) I didn’t have a single problem from anyone.
Back in 2008, I could not have walked to the end of my block in a McCain/Palin tee shirt without someone screaming at me or wanting to kill me; here in 2012, nobody said BOO to me even on the south side.
That psychotic zeal for Obama that pushed him into the White House back in 2008 is gone, folks. Long gone.
Another interesting clue: I had to go to Traffic Court in the Daley Center in the afternoon before I met up with Justin for that movie because my friend Ronnie was contesting something, so I was her moral support/advocate. I had the Romney/Ryan shirt in there…which is a building staffed almost entirely by black Chicagoans who work for the City. A good portion of the people in line waiting to deal with the Traffic Court were also black…and not a single person said anything nasty to me for supporting Romney. In fact, this is generally the response I got:
* “Okay, we’ll see how he does, I guess”.
* “So, you like Romney, huh? I guess we’ll see what happens”.
* “Your vote won’t matter much in Chicago for him but you support who you want and we’ll see how he does”.
* “I’ve been disappointed in Obama and wish we had the last four years over again”.
I noticed an interesting difference in the age of people working in the building, too. Though everyone was black, the younger ones seemed to be more on edge about the election…and I could pick up on their anxiousness. Traffic Court is near where the early voting was happening (that ends tomorrow in Illinois). The OLDER City workers all walked around looking like they knew Obama was going to lose; they looked like they just wanted the election over already. There was no electricity in the air around Chicago like there was back in 2008. People almost want to pretend like no election is happening.
The lines for early voting were really long, though, because here in Chicago there was a major push for early voting…with all the news channels and the papers drilling over and over for people to go early vote. But, it felt like people wanted to get it over with…instead of being excited to go do it. Back in 2008, if they voted early it was because they just couldn’t wait to vote for Obama or they wanted to be free on election day to just party and celebrate his win. Here in 2012, the people I observed in the early voting lines looked like zombies plugging and chugging their votes like they were supposed to…but they had no excitement about doing it. As if they knew that no matter how Illinois voted, it wouldn’t matter because their candidate was not going to win.
No one has buttons or tee shirts for Obama on them. I have now seen a total of exactly two yard signs, and they were sticking out of a barren patch of dirt near Lakeshore drive by an on ramp. There are “Union Home” signs in a lot of windows around town and I have spotted one or two “99%” posters in windows here and there, but I have yet to see an “Obama 2012″ sign or even a bumper sticker around.
Today (Saturday), I’m actually going to spend the day with a Japanese reporter showing him around Chicago and I’ll be looking for any signs of Obama support here. The plan is to drive up to Wisconsin again super early and try to drop off some of my palm cards for the Hulu.com version of “The Hope and the Change” at churches around Kenosha to see if they’ll promote the movie to their congregations at Sunday mass. We’ll also hit a bunch of new neighborhoods and put the little cards on any cars we pass on the street while walking. I can only get Justin to do passive, non-confrontational stuff like this…and then later in the day I do the more in-your-face stuff when he goes to work.
There’s a way for everyone out there to help win this election in a big way.
I hope you see from these few anecdotes on the ground here in Chicago today that if Barack Obama does not have zealous, fanatical support in Chicago, Illinois…then the man is just not going to win and it won’t be close.
I notice a lot of conservative sites are still playing that game of “it’s going to be close!” because they don’t want to commit to saying Romney will win, since they are afraid of risking being wrong. So they say “it’s close”, so they can claim to be “almost right” either way. These guys are such tools, it’s not even funny.
I’m 100% certain Romney will win and there’s no doubt in my mind…because without being a giant fad and cultural phenomenon Obama just doesn’t win; and what I am seeing on the ground here in Chicago tells me that he’s no longer a fad or a cultural phenomenon. Hence, he loses reelection. This is not a left of center country, so Democrats only win when they present themselves to Americans as moderates and the voting public believes them; people do not believe that Obama is a moderate and think Democrats have gone too far Left. This election will be a course correction and it will be decisive.
Later today I’ll put up a PREDICTION on how all the numbers will shake out, but in short Republicans will control all three branches after this election. Romney wins big, and his coattails will be vast. I don’t know why other conservative writers are being so reticent about the Senate, because a lot more people will win in the GOP than most are acknowledging. It’s going to be one of the biggest, if not THE biggest, losses that Democrats have ever suffered as a national party…so much so that come November 7th there will be serious damage control set in motion to try to salvage the brand. And a Civil War will break out in the party between the factions of the Clinton Restoration and the Obama Remnant…which will rage for the next four years.
But, there’s plenty of time to get to all of that later.
The pendulum has swung back from the far-Left being in power to Americans wanting conservatives back in charge of the government…and not a moment too soon!
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Can you chime in with a stream of consciousness Ground Report from where you live?
Please report in comments below.
A ground report is just your observations of what you are seeing and hearing where you live, like I wrote above. It is not fancy. Just tell us what your friends and neighbors are saying about the election. Whose side has the energy and the momentum in your mind? Forget everything you see on tee-vee, hear on the radio, or read online. None of that matters more than what you see with your own eyes. You might not appreciate this fact, but you are a better reporter than anyone on tee-vee when it comes to where YOU live. That’s because YOU know the people around you and your community better than the tee-vee ever could.
You can remember back to 2008…and you know what the energy felt like then for Obama. You also can remember everything that people said about Obama’s presidency through the years. Do people feel the same way about this man that they did four years ago? Are they willing to give him another term?
Or, are they going to put their trust in the businessman Mitt Romney and his plan for America’s comeback?
I really want to hear from you personally in comments about what’s happening where you live. It’s so valuable and I thank you in advance for any time you can spend typing up a Ground Report comment today.
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I live in a pretty conservative military town in the south. One car with an obamma sticker in the last 3 months!
As a former Chicagoan, I know just how dangerous it was to take that train down to 95th. Yes you have big balls but you might lose them if you are not more cautious. But hoorah ,semper fi
I sat in the front of the train and I had a former CPD cop with me sitting a few rows behind me..so I was not scared. I just wanted to see if I’d get ANY sort of nastiness aimed at me…and figured THAT would be the place it would happen if it would happen, but no one did anything bad.
Honestly, if no one even made a nasty comment to me on that train then it’s not going to happen anywhere in Chicago.
Oddly enough I have noticed the trains themselves have gotten a lot safer. Don’t know why but I’ll take any small improvement in Chicago public safety.
thats a fantastic report!
thanks again for your efforts and reporting
Kevin, I thought you might like to see this if you haven’t already since it pertains to Chicago.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/11/02/Black-Grassroots-Activists-Protest-Obama-Fundraiser-City-Hall-and-ABC-News-in-Chicago
The black community is awakening like the Tea Party did in 2009 and starting to fight the left.
They are organizing against unions,Acorn and the left agenda to keep them on the plantation.
The truth will be silent no more!
This is truly inspiring MiniMe-thanks for the link!
Evanston residents would probably be more in your face, if anywhere, but even they’re probably more resigned or apathetic by now.
I think I might go up to Northwestern tomorrow and walk around their campus with my Romney shirt.
See what the Northwestern kids do.
There’s a Mexican restaurant I like up there and I might visit my friend who lives nearby and he’ll walk with me too.
Thanks for the idea!
I’ll be interested to hear if you get any reactions. The other bastion of aggressive Leftism I thought of is Oak Park. Years ago I was having an amicable disagreement with a lefty friend over the media and the NYT in particular being biased toward the left (she thought the media was slanted right) over dinner at a restaurant, when a total stranger interrupted us to congratulate my friend on her views. So rude.
OBAMA’s AMERICA!! Sandy has become Bammy’s ‘katrina’! This article says people are sleeping with knives to fight off looters! (And it may have compromised Chris Christie also! Not sure his ‘barry-love’ show helped him very much!)
http://gothamist.com/2012/11/03/sheepshead_bay_residents_sleep_with.php
My husband and I went to Kentucky last weekend and did not see ONE SINGLE OBAMA SIGN. The only signs mentioning his name were signs saying, “Stop the Obama war on coal!” About time, in my opinion.
Here in southern Illinois where we live, I’ve seen some Obama signs, but I’d say that the Romney signs outnumber them three- or four-to-one. The Obama supporters at my office have been keeping a low profile for the last two or three years; if they’re still inclined his way, they’re not proud of it. We conservatives there certainly haven’t changed our minds any.
If I HAD ever been an Obama supporter, Benghazi would have been my turning point.
Keep up the good work, Kevin. Nobody can encourage like you can!
Let’s start referring to Zippy as the Killer of Benghazi.
Bill Maher Warns Romney Supporters: ‘Black People Know Who You Are and They Will Come After You’
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2012/11/03/maher-if-you-vote-romney-black-people-know-who-you-are-and-will-come
Okay, this is totally ridiculous! Seems to me you should really stop watching Maher–he obviously just wants to get your panties in a wad.
And if what Maher said were even remotely true, then you have tons of people who will shout, “BRING IT!”
AMEN, Laura. I’m with you! Are we supposed to quiver with fear every time Bill Maher spews another craptacular load of nonsense, or some juvenile gangsta wannabe puts up a threatening Tweet or Facebook post?
A) Blacks are a little less than 12% of the population.
B) It’s highly doubtful they’d be interested in going from 12% to about 2%.
C) The lion’s share of blacks think as little of Maher and other race-baiters are we do. They’re decent, regular, God-fearing, law-abiding people. One they’re NOT is stupid.
Nothing like fear porn from a moron. Maher’s tiny little mind cannot possibly comprehend that his threat just promoted racism. Of course not he thinks he’s perfect. Maher is one of the reasons I cut the cable. Nice to see 5.6 million have done the same in the past year.
Bill Maher just made more people distrust “black people” and buy more ammo.
Fear is a powerful and compelling emotion. I take no stock of those who use it for political or financial gain. They are evil, just evil. Wars, riots and bigotry have been started by people like this and they are never held accountable.
Feeding the alligator. This exposes what motivate wealthy leftists: an insidious combination of guilt and fear. This is the secular variation of corrupt medieval princes buying Papal indulgences to secure a place in heaven. People like Maher truly believe in the Marxist prediction of the proletariat revolution. People like Maher are also painfully aware of their life of privilege. They seek to inoculate themselves against the violence of the masses by pretending to be on “their side”; they are the worst sort of coward.
Leftie fear porn.
yess, of course because racist lefties like Bill Maher think the entire black community and nonwhites act how they are stereotypically portrayed. What a racist punk Maher is.
oh yes, I’m sure the black members of my family will love knowing how white lefties look at them.
and of course a white racist lefty like Maher knows all about the black community.
Lefties have be some of the biggest racists I’ve seen. They are what they accuse others of being.
I don’t think that was so much a warning as a really dumb and lame attempt to be funny.
If that had been said at (say) a private dinner party, I think it would have been followed by dead silence, and then someone else would have changed the subject.
Exactly my thoughts: BM trying to be funny.
White Guilt isn’t working so morons are trying fear.
President Romney should have his justice department arrest Bill Maher for making a terrorist threat. What he said was against AMERICANS not some filthy islamic terrorists in a foreign country.
I live in a suburb of Dayton Oh, which is considered to be an important state electorally so we have been getting a lot of attention. I answered a knock on my door this morning to find a Romney volunteer on my porch. The interesting thing is that he was black. We had a very nice chat and he was encouraging our family to vote promptly on Tuesday. I thanked him for his volunteering, what I didn’t say and wanted to is that I am very impressed and appreciative when I see minority (especially African-americans) who are willing to come out and support the opposition candidate. They take a lot of grief for it sometimes, as it is seen as a betrayal.
I also live near Dayton, and wanted to shine the light on the HUGE rally last night in West Chester, popular suburb between Dayton and Cincinnati – couldn’t go because my son had to work but was able to watch most of it on WHIO 7.2 – will also do a compare and contrast with Obama’s event in Springfield that was also yesterday…
The good news is, Romney, Ryan, and about 40 something GOP bigs all really brought it, and the city Fire Chief states (link below) that there were 30,000 people! You could tell on the TV these people were pumped. The crowd started in with chanting – instead of “4 more years” – “4 more days! 4 more days!” Romney and Ryan had to wait for them to stop a couple times…..but it was golden! Here’s the link to local flickr footage:
http://westchesterbuzz.com/
Now about Obama yesterday – he appeared at a high school in Springfield (between Columbus and Dayton), and the radio news described as “packed with 2000-2500 people”. 2500 for Obama – 30,000 for Romney…. I don’t care what Intrade says, I live here!!
The other funny thing I heard early yesterday morning, there was a radio announcer quick comment on Obama’s Springfield appearance wondering how the venues are chosen…..”there are certainly larger places that Obama could appear in the area”….. he sounded genuinely puzzled! But I’m not! Obama probably knew that his one open air event in Downtown Dayton a couple weeks ago was the best pull he could possibly get…. best reports on that are 9500. So be of good cheer! Four more days! Four more days!
Excellent news. It seems even Chi-town is seeing the light. . . .And if the intel is right, won’t be seeing much more of the “Lightbringer”. . .
The Lightbringer’s batteries went flat two years ago…
Well, not to get TOO biblical, but you DO know what the Latin is for “Light Bringer”. Lucifer. Appropriate, n’est ce pas ???
Kevin, I have seen 2 ROMNEY signs But 1 OBAMA sign in this traditionally lefty corner of NW WA where I have lived for the past year. Many local politicians are everywhere, however.
I did have tremendous fun tormenting a Leftist @SherriAdeleTM this evening. She doesn’t like free speech so she blocked my comments but I had THE BEST laughter and fun before she did that
THEG ( The heavy equipment guy ) notes:
Yep- the psychotic zeal is gone.
The last time I saw it locally was the 2009 “anniversary” of The Mocha Jesus’s election.
A lot of black folks were wearing those silly “Yes! We Did!” tee-shirts with that clenched-mouth expression black people sport when they know they are wrong but don’t want anyone to question them…
That was about the time all the businesses started closing & all the jobs became scarce.
Oddly enough, black people- being at the bottom of the pile were affected the worst.
Yes, they noticed. Some- wanting real change– will vote for R&R. I expect most will stay home.
“Hoping” for a “change…”
great read. in 2008, you would trip over all the obama nuts in my neighborhood. there are still pockets of idiots but i too have a romney/ryan shirt and wear it in my neighborhood (mission hills/hillcrest) i was getting a coffee at starbucks and a large gal came up to me po’d. she told me she needed obamacare because of her health and lack of insurance. what a dolt. i told her the she needed personal responsibility which could start with a weight loss program and not spending 5.00 on coffee.
you are right. the thrill is gone.
LOL! If you were in OK, I would have thought that was my sister who accosted you, only she would have been at McDonalds picking up her breakfast…lunch…or dinner. She is convinced the only way she can get/keep insurance is with ObamaCare. Bigger government seems to be her only answer to what “ails” our country and its citizens.
Spoke with the white half of a bi-racial couple yesterday, who told me a few months ago that she’s a lifelong Dem, but didn’t care for Øbama, because of his denigration of his mother’s family – YESTERDAY, she told me, please don’t tell me you voted for “the idiot” {Romney} – REALLY? A successful businessman, governor, etc., is an idiot?
Don’t have much time {headed into work}, but this woman is the miniscule exception in this area; she has 7? 9? daughters, has relied on entitlement programs her entire life, now her daughters are doing the same. While a LOT of folks around here rely on EBT/cash assistance, the vast majority recognize the harm Øbama HAS done/WILL do, if given another 4 years.
Semper Fi’
DM
Long time reader from England. Did anyone catch on to the backhanded “compliment” paid by Bill Clinton to Teh Won??
http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2012/11/02/bill_clinton_i_may_be_the_only_person_in_america_but_i_m_far_more_enthusiastic_about_obama_this_time
Looks like the attemp to reduce Hillary to a “bu,p in the road” hasn’t been overlooked or forgotten. LMHO
I think their internal polling is telling them it is over, but they obviously can’t admit in public. Otherwise I cannot fathom the recent bizarre comments by Clinton and Biden.
Speaking of Biden, he distinguished himself again with the following campaign event statement – they need to stop letting him out of the home:
http://youtu.be/OPdTSnmzdb4
Hahahahaha!
At this point, I’m starting to think it’s deliberate, and he just gets a free pass b/c no one takes him that seriously.
Report from Central Virginia……
I’ve coached basketball on the side for a number of years, and have come to know many black parents, from all socio-economic levels. They were not reticent at all in 2008 about showing their support for Obama.
They knew my politics then, and were respectful of my views. They would bring up politics all the time then. Not now. Crickets.
I sense that Obama has embarrassed them and they want him off the stage. The Dem GOTV people had better be careful, if blacks are made to go to the polls by peer pressure, they may get in the booth and pull the lever for Romney. Mostly they seem to just want to stay home. After the first debate, the mother of one of my best players said she felt sorry for Obama. She didn’t elaborate. Maybe they’re going from being embarrassed by him to being embarrassed for him.
The story of this election will be that blacks stayed home.
Or, more correctly, the black population finally realized that Obama is HALF WHITE…
Thanks for sharing the excitement! More today no doubt. I agree D turnout will be unehtusiastic, yetstill large, because it has is a tested gotv team. R support will counter in every case and true independents will make the easy decision who is the best leader we can possibly have.
Phoenix- I work with a ton of hardcore left-wingers who occasionally enjoy making disgusting comments about conservatives out loud, and this has picked up recently after a lull. The lady who works next to me is a tea party conservative and I am libertarian, and we’ve kind of been hunkered down. The area around my work is downtown, and I have only just started to see Obama signs pop up. Have been lots of Richard Carmona signs/bumper stickers (Democrat senatorial candidate) for a long time now. He seems to be really popular here. On the conservative side I see way more Jeff Flake signs/bumper stickers than I do Romney signs/bumper stickers. I am not concerned about Arizona voting for Obama, but the senate/house races I am not sure about. Kristen Sinema would probably be considered too far left for some big cities in the northeast, yet she is popular, as is Carmona.
Online- The Leftists I am connected to on Facebook and Twitter are becoming absolutely desperate. One OFA volunteer I follow expects a “reverse Bradley effect” by voting for Obama privately in the ballot box because people are expected to be racist against obama due to peer pressure. Also says women will do the same, because their husbands would beat them otherwise. A few other Leftists are spewing the most ridiculous attacks they can find in the bowels of Daily Kos. Nobody is citing any reasons to vote FOR Obama beyond pure emotion. Just plenty of reasons to vote against Romney, most of them stupid. The Romney supporters I follow are very positive though I think we all let out a collective gulp after the hurricane.
Family-My mother is an Obama kool-aid drinker and it is going to be really hard for me to trust her judgement on anything ever again. My dad does not support Obama but he seems to think Romney is a horrible person. I have told him that Romney is a very remarkably wonderful person, ad have sent him articles on that topic.
TMG
in my neighborhood near Chandler, a woman in 2008 had her yard plastered with obama signs. this year only local candidate signs in yard but she actually has a lifesized cardboard cut out of BO in her front window with a sign just saying VOTE. kinda creepy the first time I saw it, I thought it was Halloween vampire until I looked again and realized, nope just our white house house occupier.
West Chandler, I’m guessing? I can’t imagine that in my SE neighborhood!
yes west side of Chandler near 10 and warner rd.
I’m almost wondering – with so many people not seeing yard signs around the country if their campaign cut way back on them this year? With so many people stating their campaign is begging for money more then once a day in emails, and the like – I just wonder if their offices dont have many to give out?
whatever the reason – I’m confident he wont win.
You can drive I-70 all the way across Colorado and never see an Obama anything. Don’t tell me CO is in play.
Just moved to one of the “blue” suburbs of Eastern PA from Florida. Looks about 50/50 Romney/Obama here, so I guess it’s an anecdotal wash from my POV.
But there’s definitely a feeling that Romney could pull PA, because, even thought the yard signs look 50/50, there’s really not a LOT of them, if you get what I’m saying. And literally, the day an Obama sign went up (I walk my daughter to school every morning), the next day a Romney sign went up very close. It’s been weird that way.
Great site, by the way!
One word regarding PA, and why it is in play:
Catholics.
Oh wait, 2 words:
Coal.
The part of North Texas that I live in is very conservative so the fact that my yard and car are covered in stickers/signs for Romney/Ryan and other local politicians has not bothered anyone. My neighborhood knows that I am super political and that I will represent every election and nobody says anything about it. My town has lots of Romney/Ryan signs out and I have seen two Obama signs in yards. Recently I w
Here in the South SF Bay Area, I’ve only seen 2 Obama bumper stickers in the past month – and I’ve been looking for them. That’s a change from 2008, when there seemed to be a lot more of them. (Which is not to say that the area probably still isn’t sold out for the Democrats… my husband and daughter are both solidly for him, sigh.) I haven’t seen any yard signs for the presidential race either way (though there are a fair number of them up for local races and certain propositions).
White House Insider thinks that Romney will win (unless the Democrats steal it): http://theulstermanreport.com/2012/11/02/white-house-insider-tuesday-election-break-down-how-romney-wins/
Thanks for posting all those uplifting Romney commercials, and your positive encouragement in your articles.
At the bottom of the article you linked to it mentions that if Obama is reelected it’s because the election was stolen.
Let me tell you what the O team did, and got a Federal Judge to agree with.
That anyone that showed up to the polls on election day, even if they were in the wrong precinct, as long as they were in the right county, their vote would be counted **in that night’s totals**. In other words, not provisional ballot. A real ballot.
Really? It would lead to an interesting drinking game, no? “How many precincts did you vote in today?”
Terrified now?
Don’t be. The 6th circuit appeals panel voted 3-0 to stay the judges order (sanity prevailed) saying that the current law allowed for provisional ballots to be cast, and that was sufficient.
Close call. But hopefully you see how desperate the O team is in this election to try and pull that crap.
Sorry…. typing in the dark so I don’t wake up my family… hit a button and posted before I was done.
Anyway… recently I was at a local restaurant and saw the one and only Obama shirt I have seen this entire election season and I felt really sorry for the girl wearing it. Not because anyone is going to say anything to her or anything, but because our town is so republican that she just stuck out like a sore thumb and people kind of looked like they felt sorry for her. The big news is that there is a fervor to go vote early around here that I have never seen before. There is a library across our street that is being used for early voting and when I take my day care babies on walks no matter what time of the day it is, the library is packed out with voters! There is so much excitement in the air. You can just feel it everywhere! Anyway, thanks Justin for all you do. Finding and reading hillbuzz has given me so much peace of mind about the election. You are a patriot!
Here in TX Romney of course is a done deal and Ted Cruz will be our next senator. One of my best friends usually votes Dem (because her late dad was the Dem DA in an East TX county). I spoke to her on the phone yesterday as she was on her way to vote. Usually we’ll tell each other who we are voting for and laugh about cancelling out each others vote. She did not tell me yesterday and I did not ask—and that is how I know that she’s voting for Romney. She’s an old school liberal, works for a non-profit agency and recognizes the need for a healthy economy to keep the work close to her heart funded through corporate donations. I would bet that her vote is being duplicated by the millions across the country.
Hurricane Sandy fallout will not be good for 0bama. I live in Brooklyn and Bloomberg denied our Borough President’s request for National Guard in devastated areas of Brooklyn because he didn’t want any “guns” other than NYPD. If this story gets out, it can be explosive — think of the chaos in your city or state if Dem. official denies National Guard disaster help because they are armed. Check for yourself: http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/35/44/all_martysnubbed_2012_11_02_bk.html
Bloomberg is just worried the guard might take out some of his looting constituents. Stay safe.
Not to mention the typical leftist slap at the military – and National Guard IS the military. Bloomberg is an ass. Always has been.
Good Morning! Love checking out your post to overcome the minitr’u's lies,
I li how positive Romney’s campaign is. Obama urging people to vote out of revenge and Mitt saying to vote for love of country! The revenge voters will be voting for Mitt -to get back at O for bankrupting them!!!
Can’t wait for Tues. I live in GA and we will be bright red on Election Day!
I’m so thrilled I found your website! Such encouraging news. I live in a small college town in Delaware. Yes, Biden country. Four years ago, the excitement and chatter on campus was deafening. Now you can hear a pin drop. All of these college kids just back to normal life, no rallies, no crowds growing on on our Main St. Just locals and college kids going about their normal routine.
Zero excitement for Obama in Nevada. I work in a union shop and look in the parking lot a couple of times a week for Obama bumper stickers. Nothing at all. On the other hand, I have spent the past month working phone banks calling Ohio, Nevada and other states and the Romney supporters are psyched up beyond belief. Many of them believe this is the last election! I had a woman with stage 4 colon cancer tell me she voted early in Ohio because she was afraid she might die before the elections but she was still handing out yard signs in her neighborhood! I had Baptists in Ohio tell me that they were praying and fasting for Mitt Romney and they had been going door to door in Lake County. These people fanatical like Sparta!
On the other hand. My wife going door to door in Vegas met an Obama worker, an unemployed guy with no front teeth, who was getting paid $9.00 an hour! This is the best they have got? My wife said she felt sorry for him and almost gave him $50.00 and told him to go home. We have to win for the county and poor fellow Americans like this toothless Obama worker!
I have been sign waving in Seminole Cty. Florida and we are getting a lot of ‘thumbs up’. horn honks. Of course still some thumbs down, birds flipped and screams OBAMA out the window. The lines are VERY long here for early voting. . . it is taking folks 1 – 2 hours and they are still waiting in line that long.
Yes, I voted at the Casselberry library last Saturday and the wait was about an hour.
Today’s the cookie poll. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Don’t want to be an Eeeyore, but maybe your so cute that people just couldn’t be mean : )
Today is our last day of early voting and I am heading over in a little bit to sign wave again. I wanted to add that many people came up to me after they voted and said ‘ Thank you.”Please God make it so.” Help us Jesus,” Appreciate you being out here. Keep it up.”One mom has been out there sign waving all week, pretty much 7-7 every day. God bless her. There is another lady whose sign reads ‘Catholics for Romney/Ryan” who spends most days there too. I have not seen any Obama sign holders to date, but the one mom told me they were there in force last Sunday after church, set up a tent and hooted and hollered much of the afternoon. They weren’t rude or anything…just that is the only day she felt outnumbered in the RR and O divide. One other day there were 2 O sign wavers that stayed a couple of hours.
Paper reported on Thursday AM that a fourth of our voters in this area had already voted. So, with Th, Fri and Sat still ahead to vote at that time, guess we will reach third to half who will have voted by the end of the day today.
Had breakfast with a dear friend in West Delray Beach FL. She lives in a retirement commmunity loaded with NY’rs and NJ’rs predominantly Jewish. She mentioned that her father told her years ago to always vote Democrat and she has been faithful to that meme in all of her 70 voting years. I said I was going to vote Romney and she said that many of her friends will too. I asked if she meant “friends in her community”? and she said yes. Believe me I was shocked because that is a HUGE change. I didn’t push her on her vote….I love her too much. Also 4/5 to 1 RR yard signs.
I believe that if a stranger came to our country and wanted to know who was running for president, he would think that only one person was running – Mitt Romney.
There are practically no lawn signs for Obama, not even in the cities. There are no big billboards. There is no literature. No one speaks his name, unlike 2008 where excitement was in the air and people were almost giddy. It’s like the man does not exist.
But, people are also afraid. They are afraid for our country and the financial mess we are in. They do not recognize their country. They have never felt so concerned for the safety of our country. They are afraid to criticize “the won.” And so people are quiet. I believe many of them are praying.
For myself, I vacillate between thinking that if O, God forbid, should win re-election, then we deserve him as a nation. The murder of innocent lives via abortion is a stench in the nostrils of God, so He has every right to give us a leader who best exempilfies the practice of abortion. It is God’s way of bringing about justice.
On the other hand, I believe that God does hear and is hearing the cries of His people for mercy. I trust in His word that says, “If my people, who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
And, I believe that our God is a loving God. So I am standing on His word that says, “mercy triumphs over justice.”
While CT has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since Reagan, and no poll is suggesting that CT will go for Romney this time, I have hope for an upset that will have the talking heads spinning on election night.
I work with many senior citizens. They are the ones who still read the newspapers. They have heard Sarah Palin mocked for coining the phrase “death panels.” Many thought she was stupid. But, as more evidence comes out about Obamacare and they learn that a panel of non-doctors will determine who gets healthcare, it is slowly sinking in that maybe SP was right after all. They are appalled. If they are not right with God, this surely would be an alarming thought.
People are struggling to find work. Too many have lost their homes because they cannot make the mortgage or they have lost their homes because they couldn’t pay their taxes, and so their homes are in foreclosure.
All this quiet just feels to me like the calm before the storm, only this storm is Rodney winning. I have been praying that God will open the eyes of Americans. I continue to pray for His mercy.
CTmom, thank you for this encouraging post. Every night I begin my prayers with “please forgive me, please forgive us”. I believe Mitt Romney is a person of character who can help direct this country back to the path originally laid out for us. Let’s just hope that once the threat passes, another 4years of Obama, that we don’t go back to our old ways that got us here in the first place.
Same here and same for many of my friends. I find it so encouraging to know that there are so many others like us out there! There is an email going around requesting everyone pray at the same time- 9:00 pm (ET) for the next days prior to election.
Yes, God forgive us and have mercy on us and our country.
CTmom: Your statement and I’m paraphrasing, if Obama wins, we deserve it…I have felt the same way! And not just because of abortion, but also because of greed on so many levels. Of course a woman who aborts her baby out of inconvenience is greedy and selfish. People who live on the taxpayers dime are greedy. The people who claim the rich don’t pay their fair share are just jealous. Sure some rich individuals are greedy, but greed is greed and those who live with it in their hearts and minds will be punished all the same regardless of money or material wealth.
A couple of years before my grandpa died he made a negative comment about Sarah Palin. It broke my heart, because I agree with much of what she has said and i wouldnt doubt if she and could be close friends. He always made such a fuss over me since I was his first grandchild. “There’s nothing like the first grandkid,” he would say. Maybe he was just blowin’ smoke up my butt. Who knows? I didn’t say anything to him since it was the last holiday he had the entire family together.
God hears us! Keep praying!
Kevin … yes. It is going to be a huge, historic victory across the board, a repudiation of the Left. There was no good reason to vote for B.O. four years ago, and now the bad “look how cool I am” reasons do not apply.
There are grave, compelling reasons now to vote against B.O., and Romney has inspired confidence in his abilities to fix those problems.
The media and the media alone have manipulated some folks into not seeing reality.
I went through 1980, and this is 1980. True, there is a higher percentage of slugs and low information voters, but not enough to save B.O.
And hasn’t B.O.’s campaign been pitched explicitly to slugs and low information voters? That in itself is a virtual admission of defeat.
When B.O. yesterday urged get supporters to get “revenge,” that was his shallow, unaware little screech from his shriveled soul, unconsciously acknowledging his coming repudiation.
I am Australian and I went through 1984
. I get that same feeling that was present when we were living in your country during the re-election of President Reagan.
For the first time ever I’m going to stay up Tuesday night and watch the results (Downfall?) It should be very entertaining.
Pelosi pictured in fundraising meeting with Hamas-CAIR BEARS in May
http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/02/pelosi-holds-secret-fundraiser-with-islamists-hamas-linked-groups/
Yesterday I went to Fort Dodge, Iowa where Biden recently made a campaign stop and while there I did a sign count. The tally:
Romney/Ryan: 15
Obama/Biden: 1 (and it looked pretty forlorn, too. Stuck right next to the front door like the homeowner was ashamed of it)
Got a bit of a ground report that may prove Bill Maher wrong, at least here in People’s Republic of Maryland. My husband recently had a conversation with someone. Usually, he keeps quiet about his political beliefs, especially in public and professional settings. But, they got to talking about Questions 5, 6, and 7 and whether or not to vote for these.
Well, as it turns out, the black Democrat who voted for Obama, is not only voting no on these propositions, but is also going to be voting for Romney! Why? Because Obama didn’t keep his promise, and there is no assurance that the next 4 years would be any different than the past 4 years.
I live near the Univ. of MI, and there are only a few O signs at all, which is a striking difference from the last election. There are no RR signs. Now, when I drive around, I maybe only see 1 O bumpersticker the whole time. Again, huge difference from the last election.
The best gauge for who is most likely to win is to look and see what each candidate is doing/saying. Obama asks his supporters to vote for revenge, Romney asks to vote for love of country. Romney is making a play for PA while Obama is scrambling to protect WI.
Somewhat anecdotal but has anyone seen the Red Cross Obama ad? Is it just me or does he look like hell? Doesn’t appear to be clean shaven (mustache poking through), his skin looks really pale and his delivery is flat. Maybe its my TV or just a simply a hastily put together ad with cheap production but I was taken aback by his appearance.
We at HB think that Bath House Barry might have a case of the ‘slims’ or early stages of Parkinsons. His rampant drug use doesn’t help either.
Yesterday at a rally Obama was trying to yell stuff like “I’m not tired, I’m fired up,” with his eyes half closed, and almost slurring his words. I wouldn’t have been shocked if he had passed out.
David Axelrod said he had never seen Obama so exhilarated and that his fervor was coming from his loins. Say what? Plenty of guys have seen the fervor from his loins, but I’ll bet this gaffe doesn’t hit the talk shows, but at least got some eyes rolling on FOX!
In Florida, my family is in Miami, the Coral Way & FIU greater neighborhood, and not one Obama sign. In dntn Miami the only sign they recently saw was a Beat Obama sign.
K, I love your committed optimism. I’m just worried that they will steal the election. It wouldn’t be an unusual leftist victory since IRS how Chavez won his election.
In Florida, my family is in Miami, the Coral Way & FIU greater neighborhood, and not one Obama sign. In dntn Miami the only sign they recently saw was a Beat Obama sign.
K, I love your committed optimism. I’m just worried that they will steal the election. It wouldn’t be an unusual leftist victory since it’s how Chavez won his election.
Hey, Cringingtotheright! Nice to see a fellow “Little Egyptian” on here.
Where I work in Indiana, still only seeing O/B signs in the yards of County Democrat officials. Actually saw a few Gary Johnson yard signs in Illinois, but of the national races the Romney or R/R signs outnumber the others.
I’m confident Romney will win, but I do think it will be close. Not Bush/Gore close, but a little better margin than Bush/Kerry. Feel very good about keeping the house.
Senate…I think the GOP picks up seats, but the Indiana race make me nervous about knocking Reid from power. Donnely(sp) is trying to run a final stretch “positive” spot while the Dem PACs are running the “God’s will” thing from the debate in heavy rotation and now have added it with the “force my will” quote from an interview where Murdock complained about how bi-partisan means the Republicans cave to whatever the left wants. Throw in the people who benefited from Richard Lugar’s years in the Senate who are holding grudges, it will be an uphill climb. Not impossible though.
Anyone but a democrat!!!!! The candidate opposing the dem could be a rotting corpse and have my vote.
In Scottsdale AZ I have seen several Romney signs in yards in my neighborhood no Obama. I have seen a few cars with Obama bumper signs.
I live in Ohio, Very very few Obama signs, huge amount of Romney signs. I engage in conversation every chance I get, have not met an Obama supporter yet… Its such a different attitude than 4 years ago. Great GOP team, Go Mitt! P.S. I love hillbuzz… I no longer read nor look for fear porn! I’m a fear porn recovered addict. THANK YOU
This is a great article. Keep Calm and Finish Him by Charlie Martin.
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/11/02/keep-calm-and-finish-him/?singlepage=true
People around me in my little town just don’t seem to get it. I tell them:
Stop reading all the negative nellies and remember two things.
2010 Congressional election. (Under the msm radar for the most part)
Chick fil A. Millions of people stood in line for over an hour for a fast food chicken sandwich.
Do you think those people are not going to vote?
You just gotta love them and reassure them. Even in my own family and we are all Romney voters at my house.
Hi Kevin, I like what you did yesterday! I still have my ‘I love Hillary’ tshirt and wear it sometimes. People understand
Just checking my inbox and found out Stevie Wonder will be at Cleveland State at 930 helping people go down the street to board of elections to vote! I love Stevie!! I still get Obama emails… Wonder how many they will get today for early voting?
There are an equal amount of signs for both but I’d say more for Romney in west Cleveland. The ones who are ignorant of the current news on Benghazi or anything hes done for that mstterstill have their signs up ! It sickens me.
Did you hear if the union goons from Toledo caught stealing Romney signs?!! And obsma draws a crowd of 2800 in Hilliard (nice suburb of Columbus) and Romney draws crowd of 20-30K in west Chester (very nice suburb of Cinci)???!! That says it all.
I live in Arkansas which is pretty solid for Romney (although it has swayed back and forth in previous elections) so we don’t get the attention from the candidates that the swing states get, but I do notice a big difference between the 2008 election and this one. The enthusiasm level for Romney and especially against Obama is much more vocal. I haven’t seen ANY Obama signs and only a few Romney signs. The signs around here are mostly state and local candidates. At work I’ve noticed that the people who voted for Obama in the last election are pretty much silent. The only comment I’ve had from any of them is from my rabid Democrat friend Charles who said he turned off the first debate after the first 10 minutes (I wonder why?). Most of the people at church are avid Romney supporters and the people at work tend to be anti-Obama voters. Either way, they are on the right track.
I live in Arkansas too. In 2008 Obama signs and bumber stickers were everywhere. Now, I think I have seen two signs and one bumper sticker (which was for 2008, must not have peeled it off). I don’t think the students at the U of A are all fired up either.
One more thing- I received a request from the Tea Party to be a driver for the influx of ‘young Republicans’ traveling from TX to Cleveland today. These Texans are going to be knocking on doors in the Cleveland area this weekend. Tea Party needs lots of drivers for these patriots! God Bless them!!
yes, those are the ones I’ve been telling you about…young republicans…old republicans…..all ages of TEA Party members….everyone heading or already in Ohio for this last push. We have some races in trouble here in Texas also. Buses from all around Texas are heading to those districts to get out the vote. Go Romney/Ryan Stay strong TEA Party!
Hi Kevin:
I have been a lurking admirer of HB since 2008. What a great job you do. I agree with you on the “enthusiasm gap” this time around with BO. Here in Nashville, there is scant evidence of the 2008 BO ardor that carried him to victory, though admittedly, TN hangs right, so to speak, when it comes to presidential politics.
But, that’s not really what I want to talk about. I have been through many hurricanes as a long-time French Quarter resident in New Orleans. I have left town for at least four or five in my life. (Missed the big K ‘cuz I was living here in TN at that time.)
Remember Hurricane Georges? It was a couple years before Katrina. Because I had bought a new (old) house back then, I had a huge job to board up the windows on my 4000 foot “raised cottage.” All of the windows were on the 2nd floor, I had to buy sheets of plywood, cut them to size and nail them all up. By the time I got it done, Georges was upon us. Luckily, no damage or danger for us–in fact, we never lost power!
What struck me about that storm is that it was the first time the Superdome was used as a hurricane shelter. Thousands showed up. Cameras rolled the whole time. Local media covered it like “white on rice” (as we’d say down der, cher). The then mayor, the younger Morial me thinks, warned all: we ain’t feeding’ you, bring your own blankets, etc. So what happened? Nobody brought nuttin’. I can remember one news segment of this big old fat grandmother wailing about being hungry and nobody provided them any hotdogs or anything man!!
So, N’awluns had a dry run. The city knew what a cluster-F it was gonna be if we opened up the Superdome as a shelter.
So, what does Nagin do for Katrina? After all, he was a NOLA resident just like me. As a sentient being, you’d figure he’d observe the same chaos at the Dome that all of the rest of us observed and perhaps as mayor, make some plans?
Maybe a police sub-station in the Dome so when the homies arrive they can go thru a metal detector and be stripped of guns and knives, and then after, the cops could provide some ongoing security.
Maybe move to the Dome some of the hundreds of port-o-lets owned by the the City of New Orleans that are routinely deployed for Mardi Gras so when the inevitable happens and power goes out and the bathrooms stop functioning in the Dome, people won’t resort to crapping in the halls!!
So, anyway, on to Hurricane Sandy. I’m saddened by the devastation and human suffering. But, smashed boats don’t cry for help. Crushed houses don’t need food and water. Flooded streets don’t need to wait in line for hours to get scarce gasoline. Moreover, none of them can evacuate before the storm, BUT PEOPLE CAN!!! Why the hell didn’t they get out? It’s not only ir-re-f’ing-sponsible, it’s the height of selfishness to then scream and wail about how destitute you are and blame everybody else because you were too dumb or lazy to get the hell out of the way of a monster storm.
COME ON PEOPLE. WAKE UP. Stop looking for government to bail your ass out. Imagine that virtually everybody had gotten out of harm’s way? Where ever they had evacuated to, they’d have had water, power, food, shelter, blankets, telephone service, and the peace of mind of knowing they had made a responsible and sensible decision. Media would have nobody to blame and society could just go about repairing infrastructure as it always does after disasters instead of search and rescue and counting the dead.
The bigger point: We now live in a country where too many look to government not only for free healthcare, education, and cradle-to-grave economic security, but to absolve us of responsibility for our bone-headed decisions like staying in the path of killer storms.
My heart breaks for the women on Staten Island whose children were torn from her arms, but come on lady: you had a car; why didn’t you leave the day before? You are going to be forever haunted by the fact that your foolish decision cost the lives of your children. See how real it is? See the real harm done by a country afflicted with entitlement mentality.
Mitt Romney has a monumental task. Not only to fix a broken economy and completely undo the foreign affairs mess created by the child Barack, but to fundamentally remake this country into what it was. I prey he will have the clarity of vision to realize where he needs to lead us and make a majority in Congress go along despite the abundance of feckless self-interested cowards he will have to persuade. He needs to abolish FEMA. Yes, we need an emergency response force, but we already have one in the National Guard. Let them handle it. The military is great at planning and implementing under duress. Get rid of the Education Department and hand education back to localities. Go back to work for welfare. Drug test ALL welfare recipients in ALL states. Require voter ID. Put some real conservatives on the Supreme Court. Abolish the minimum wage–it is a pernicious job destroying law that also creates a giant vacuum sucking illegal immigrants into this country. I could go on, but this is long enough!!
Pray for our country.
A very good essay on how our country should be run!
For anyone looking for a way to help, there are several sites where you can make calls for home. Here’s one site run by Freedomworks you can use
http://www.freedomworksforamerica.org/posts/with-twenty-days-until-the-election-freedomworks-endorsed-senate-candidates-need-your-help
I’m about to head out to the polls for the last day of Early Voting. Yesterday I saw a lot of smiling faces on the GOP voters and sad faces from the D voters, you can tell which party by the campaign material they had in their hands but I could tell by the way they walked to the polls, a brisk walk for those happy to vote and dread for the others who we going through the motions. Have a great day all!
I’m in the 60618 zip code, just south of Welles Park. There’s a smattering of “Obama 2012″ bumper stickers, and one window sign.
No yard signs, but this neighborhood really doesn’t do them anyway.
I voted early (and yes, I checked the tape to make sure the right name was being recorded), because I’ll be working as a judge of election and wanted to make sure I got it in, just in case there was a huge crush on Election Day and I didn’t get a chance. But the gal at the polling station told me that early turnout has been quite heavy in this precinct, so perhaps the day itself will be pretty quiet.
Kevin et al ….
SILENTLY VOTING FOR MITT that is what is happening across this nation.
People are deliberately skewing the polls and there was always fear in the air that Obama would pull some extravaganza to hold onto power. So, the polls are even or not too bad for BO and he does not go ballistic before the elections.
People have this universal idea for months on end and I believe silently we are fighting back so we do not give the enemy power!
Yes, Americans will SILENTLY VOTE FOR MITT!
I was polled twice this year. (And you wonder why the polls are crud.)
Pollsters were informed I thought Obama was wonderful and I was voting for him (and the D Senator.)
Ahem.
From Maryland, out in the suburbs Howard County, way more Romney signs-however some people don’t want Romney signs for fear of reprisals…other people no fear, big wooden signs..saw a 20 something with an SUV covered with Romney stickers…
Parking lot at work downtown Baltimore-some faded 2008 Obama stickers very few 2012 replacements
What was really telling was a visit to our local pub..where there were at least 5 or 6 loud ongoing conversations about politics (not football!) and most of them were people trying to convince some Obama leaning undecided friend why they were wrong…:)
whoa. i used to live in columbia, md… very liberal area of howard county. lots of my old high school buddies from there i know are very liberal, but they’re keeping quiet except for gay marriage issues.
im out in westchester boonies now, and i’ve seen one obama/biden sign and that was handoainted in a big plywood board. it may be the storm blew away the regular signs, but then all the romney, nan hayworth, and tea partier castelli signs are there. hmmm.
Here in No Florida, we are covered up with Romney signs. The campaign offices are packed in four counties and consistently running out of tshirts, yard signs and bumper stickers. From my personal experience, as I’ve drive around to traditional more lefty areas both affluent and struggling, I see a few Obama signs sprinkled in, but very few. In some areas, there are runs of 15-20 Romney signs with 1 lonely Obama in the midst. I’ve never seen this before…handmade signs that say some iteration of “fire Obama!” There was a group of darling young African American students from Georgia who showed up on Friday holding signs and encouraging the Romney vote…they were interviewed and spoke of their commitment and enthusiasm for Governor Romney and the real change he could bring to their communities…emphasizing they did NOT vote color! The enthusiasm is high, and it is almost like a blanket of oppression has been lifted off the people!
Checking in with my daily ground report in the suburbs around Jacksonville, FL.
Hubby went to early vote yesterday at the same polling location I went to on Wednesday. It was 2:30 pm, so after lunch but before anyone (even teachers) were off work. He had to park on the street and then wait in line for 25 minutes before he even got his ballot! My mom and I had late errands to run, so around 6:45 (15 minutes before the polls closed) we drove past the same location. Full parking lot and a line out the door! Yes, we are in a fairly conservative area but this is NOT typical.
While running my errands I talked to several people and spread the good cheer of an impending Romney win. Everywhere I go, more people are coming out of the “conservative closet” but they’re still anxious. I point them to Hillbuzz and tell them that the two best things I’ve done is find this site and turn off the teevee. Hopefully some of them will listen and make their way over here!
As always, thank you for what you do Kevin. Your Doom Antidotes have saved my sanity. Now it’s time to go get ready for a day walking around St. Augustine. I think I might print up some Hulu cards for The Hope and The Change and put them on cars. I’m like Justin, not confrontational, but I can leave cards around and every little bit helps!
One of Mr O’s workers– a middle aged, professional Black woman told him this week that yeah- she voted for Obama because he was Black, but this time, she’s not sure, 75% for Obama 25% Romney and she might shift in the next few days. I told him to direct her to the Hope and the Change, don’t know if he did.
R/R sign still entact even after leaving it during Halloween. R/R signs outweigh ’2012′ signs by about 7 to 1. Going to work I rarely see an Obama bumper sticker.
And i say ’2012′ because that is what the stickers are – 2012 – not ‘Obama/Biden’.
Ps – location is NoVA with a commute into DC.
I live in a town on the border of ME and NH right in the belly of the beast. As the cofounder of a Tea Party group in our county we have done numerous GOTV activitie thanks to a grant we received. One project was to have signs printed with Tea Party slogans. We’re making a point of putting these up in the most liberal parts of our area. Yesterday I stumbled upon the local Obama HQ and plastered the area with our signs. We’ve also distributed Halloween bags with Constitutions, candy and informational material, placed ads in a county-wide paper and sent out informational postcards to approx. 20,000 independent voters.
All of a sudden it appears that the Obama crowd has crawled out from under their rock as pro-Obama signs are sprouting up all over. In the past few days the firefighter unions have been busy putting up really ugly bilious yellow signs with menacing black lettering supporting Obama. I suspect it was these folks who took down my rather mild hand-lettered anti-Obama signs. I plan to retaliate by putting up signs saying “Who Stole the Romney Sign?” with an arrow pointing to these signs. Tomorrow I plan to put up “Voter Fraud is a Felony” signs in the nearest university town where busloads of students will be voting illegally and often. Won’t stop them but it will hopefully irritate them.
Romney held a rally this morning in Portsmouth, NH and will be holding his final rally in Manchester, NH on Mon. NH is a swing state, but the last Rasmussen poll I saw put Romney ahead. Of all the New England states, NH is the only one that possibly could go for Romney. Unfortunately in both northern ME and NH there is a coterie of Luap Nor or Gary Johnson supporters who could be a problem for Romney, particulary in NH. Won’t matter in ME as that state will go to Obama anyway.
My husband and I drove the PA Turnpike to Pittsburgh last weekend. I don’t recall any pro-Obama signs, but quite a few pro-Romney and/or anti-Obama signs.
Along one stretch there are two enormous anti-Obama billboards…one says “Obama is incompetent! Vote him out November 6th.” I can’t remember what the other one said. I should’ve been taking better notes.
In our area (north of Philadelphia) it looks like Romney/Ryan signs outnumber Obama/Biden by at least 2 to 1.
On another topic, I registered for the Romney/Ryan Election Day Task Force several weeks ago, but except for an initial confirmation email telling me it would take up to two days to process me into the system and that they’d be in touch soon, I’ve heard nothing further. Since PA is a battleground state I really thought they’d want to utilize every single volunteer.
Janette, you can do phone calling for the Romney campaign here:
http://mi.tt/UrVswt
my daughter is fourth year at villanova.
she has shared with me the enthusiam for romney on campus.
the conservative club printed shirts pro romney and sold out.
Four Toledo Steel Workers Union business agents (Thugs) cited in Perrysburg Ohio for stealing Romney signs. Nice to see it was a Tea Party web site that prompted the police to abandon their stakeout at The Donut Shoppe and spring into action.
Did you ever notice that it’s usually not a union worker who get busted for these crimes instead it’s a “business agent” or “floater”.
http://www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2012/11/02/4-men-cited-for-stealing-political-signs.html
Kevin, I always appreciate your assessments of what’s happening on the ground in Chicago. I hope there are many Chicagoans who will be voting for Mitt Romney, even though they may not be openly acknowledging that.
Thank you for your optimism! How can this be a close race when last week Romney had daylight behind him? Hillbuzz wouldn’t load on my computer all week… couldn’t read your supportive words until Friday night… but I didn’t worry because I knew they were there all along. Whew. Side note… why does Hillbuzz not load so often?
Voting is the best revenge? President Obama, are you blatantly encouraging your nation to divide? And no one is calling you out.
Bandwidth costs a lot of money.
We buy as much as we can afford, but this is a volunteer effort and it is what it is.
Unfortunately we don’t have the funding of HotAir or RedState.
One day you will, Kevin. I constantly see comments from folks that they have just discovered your site just like me. I link your stories to my facebook page and I tell everyone they have to check out your site. Definitely worth the wait for the site to load!
Kevin,
I would go into work every morning and pull up your website and check it every few hours for an uplifting moment. Unfortunately, I told too many people about your site and the district blocked it Friday afternoon. I am the purchasing agent for the entity and was using your Amazon.com connection to help out. Is there a backdoor into it that will give you credit?
Sharon –
I really appreciate your using Amazon through our link.
http://www.amazon.com/?&tag=hillbuorg-20&camp=211493&creative=379985&linkCode=op1&adid=13CBDF1RSWEJVA7JZRZ4&&ref-refURL=http%3A%2F%2Fhillbuzz.org%2Fwho-ate-fluffy-64659
If you use that URL, it will go to Amazon and give us credit.
All I did was use the mouse to right click on the little SHOP AMAZON thing on the front page of HB and copied the URL that redirects to Amazon. So if HB is blocked at work, then the link above should still work.
That would be the backdoor.
You are SO KIND to ask. We get about 50-cents or so for every order that is made on Amazon after being redirected from us…and that adds up to help with the server costs. And it doesn’t cost anyone anything extra, which is great!
Hey Hillbuzz Fans – leave a little something in the tip jar once in a while. You know it’s money well spent. Kevin never asks us for help but you know he could use it. Let’s do what we can to keep this site going strong!!!
I had the opportunity to drive up to and back from northern Wisconsin a couple of weeks ago. R/R signs outnumbered Obama by at least 5:1 in most places. It seems R/R are “it” outside of Madison and Milwaukee.
Perhaps this 4 year boulder is about to fall from my shoulders! And the ultimate irony is that America will be voting for the content of one’s character instead of the color of one’s skin. I love irony.
Kevin, thanks a ton for all your hard work. I recently discovered Hillbuzz and feel like I made a new friend in you. Carry on!
Mr. DuJan, I’m in northern Michigan right now and in 2008, one had to walk gingerly in order to avoid all of the Obama/Biden signs. This season, I’ve seen only 2 Obama/Biden signs in about a 40 mile radius. I have seen about 25 Romney/Ryan signs along with scores of local political signs.
I know that you said to avoid mentioning TV but thought you might be interested in the changes that have taken place. There are no local TV ads any more touting local businesses – those ads have been replaced by Government ads for mortgage relief, free heat subsidies, free hearing aids, free computers , free telephones, free medical care, free child care, free drug counseling and treatment, and free prescriptions. It seems that these government agencies continually encourage and publicize their services so that they can justify their existence. I wonder every day where the money is coming from that covers all of these ‘free’ goods and services and the salaries of the employees of all of these Government agencies. Churches and Service Organizations run multiple and steady ads offering free clothes, free food pantries, free child care, and free shelters for the poor and/or abused. The local TV news also runs stories providing instructions on where to receive all of the goods and services described above. There are quite a few lawyer ads encouraging people to get examined for disability benefits and there are multiple lawyer ads telling people who have been in auto accidents, ‘to get the money that they deserve’ even if they haven’t been injured.
In the downstate Detroit area, in 2008, all of the auto workers who were worried about their jobs thought that Barack Obama as President was going to protect them and their ridiculously high UAW union wages and outrageous demands. NEA teachers were euphoric and Teamster auto haulers were rejoicing. However, President Obama’s ineptitude combined with the disastrous tax-happy reign of Democrat Governor Jennifer Granholm, brought the State to its knees. Unable to keep up with exorbitant newly-imposed business taxes and union demands, independent auto suppliers and other auto-industry connected businesses were either forced to close their doors or they left the state, auto plants closed, and both business and resident populations greatly decreased. In suburban Detroit, there are hundreds of small business buildings, both new and old, newly-built strip mall buildings, and new office buildings completely boarded up. There are entire small suburban gated communities of $2,000,000+ executive homes on estate sized lots, empty and deserted. Remaining residents are struggling with foreclosures and unemployment. There have been a few small attempts during this political season of Democrats crowing about the government-subsidized General Motors ‘being back’ but everyone knows that General Motors still owes taxpayers millions of dollars, that their auto parts are being made in China, and that most of their auto plants are operating under capacity or remain closed.
Also in the downstate Detroit area, a staunch-Democrat-Office-holder-close-neighbor of my son put up a Romney/Ryan sign. My son also had a Romney/Ryan sign put up and in the next week, he said two more went up right around him. My son lives in a suburban, solidly Blue UAW community adjoining the City of Detroit and these actions would have been life-threatening in 2008. My son also stated that while driving to work through a neighboring community, he noticed quite a few empty chairs sitting on front lawns with attached American flags and that while both numbers were relatively small, Romney/Ryan signs greatly outnumbered Obama/Biden signs. This is startling for such a traditionally Democrat area.
On the Detroit side of the city dividing line – the infamous 8 Mile Road made famous by Eminem – my son said that there is a smattering of crooked Obama signs stuck in the ground here and there (mostly by bus stops), a few Obama auto bumper stickers (but he said that they appear to be 2008 leftovers on old and rusting cars), and Obama poster signs slapped haphazardly and crookedly on City of Detroit transportation buses and boarded up homes and businesses. Additionally, the City of Detroit is presently experiencing too many police department sex scandals and union problems to be of much use to President Obama. You were correct, Mr. DuJan, in stating that the Obama excitement appears to be gone.
The auto, teacher, and public service unions here are still fighting viciously for their survivals but their influence has greatly diminished. One local school district’s teachers seceded from the NEA and formed their own private teachers’ union and while enjoyed increased benefits have also saved the community thousands and thousands of dollars. I was preparing for an enormous NEA backlash but the teachers have community support and there hasn’t been a peep. During the mid-term elections in 2010, disillusioned Michigan citizens went solidly Republican, from Governor on down. With our Republican Governor Snyder now in charge, there are pockets of financial successes popping up here and there. This election cycle, it appears that more and more Michigan residents are recognizing the benefits that having a proven successful businessman as President will bring. It appears that they have really warmed to Mitt Romney with his solid Michigan roots. They appear to respect this honorable family man, who is proud of his native state and his nation and its good and generous people and who wants to see each State, and the nation as a whole, prosper and flourish. In my opinion, Michigan will go for Mitt Romney.
thanks for the report!
“…Obama poster signs slapped haphazardly and crookedly on City of Detroit transportation buses and boarded up homes and businesses.”
Obama signs on boarded-up houses? The perfect visual.
I was in Oakland County (north suburbs of Detroit) this afternoon, visiting friends. I made it a point to drive around some subdivisions and was rather unhappy to see LOTS of Obama yard signs and basically NO Romney signs. These were blue collar neighborhoods, and I did see more Romney signs in some of the more affluent areas. It helped me to understand why my friends are so despairing that Obama will likely win again.
In another conversation, a different friend was explaining to me why it’s so important that Obama get re-elected. She works in Employee Benefits for a unionized company. The biggest part of her job is, as she describes it, fighting with the health insurance company to make sure the employees’ claims get paid. She wants Obama back in office so Obamacare will go into effect. She said that way she won’t have to fight with health insurance companies anymore, since everyone will be insured by the government. I pointed out to her that she probably would not have a JOB anymore either… She hadn’t thought of that.
Last night I went downtown Columbus, Oh alone to attend a rally with FreedomWorks and Glenn Beck. Since it was a busy crowded Friday night I had to park quite a ways from the convention center. I walked confidently with my Romney tee shirt and bright red jacket and red, white and blue scarf and red shoes though the streets. I had bar owners high five me and strangers cheer Go Romney! as I walked by. It was very encouraging since this is a very democrat area. The Beck rally was sold out and so uplifting! We in Ohio are ready to turn the nation to MITT!
I live in northern Virginia. On the way home from work last night, about a 45 mile drive, I looked at the number of signs in yards there was 2 Romney homes for each Obama one.
Note: This was not at intersections, business or vacant lots.
One Obama sign in the decidedly Leftist area I live in… Only saw one in Somerville, NJ yesterday, a big Leftist/Bamster stronghold.
As a life long Chicagoan I have noticed on my last couple of trips to the city that his support is way down. No more neighborhoods blanketed in Obama signs, no more Eye of Obama stickers on every single car that I see, and I haven’t seen a single hope shirt for the last two years.
What gets me though, is this stupid polling being pushed by WaPo, Ras, and CNN that shows Obama slightly winning or the race being tied up. I’m starting to realize that these polls have an agenda. You can’t tell me this is close when R&R are drawing 20,000 people at multiple rallies in swing states and Obama is drawing 2,000 and 5,000 on a good day.
This isn’t denial on my part, in 2008 Palin drew huge crowds, but the big difference there is that McCain could not draw big rallies without her and he ran a miserable campaign. Also in 2008 Obama was drawing big crowds as well and he had some serious momentum and voters who would crawl over broken glass to vote for him. This just isn’t the case anymore, if anything the current conditions favor Romney.
Hey, Kevin you probably saw it already, but Michael Barrone, who is an electoral college genius, and called it almost on the button for Obama last time, just called the election for Romney. Barone said he was going to win in a landslide and get 315 electoral votes.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/11/02/Barone-Romney-will-win-315
I get Kathy Griffin’s (the ultra left comedian) Facebook posts and yesterday she asked all her LGBT fans not to let “Romney take us back 50 years”. I couldn’t believe all the comments from her fans that supported Romney!
can you post a link to her FB page? i am interested in reading the comments!
http://www.facebook.com/kathygriffin
Looks like plenty of fighting between factions going on.
From San Diego – less than 10 of the 2012 bumper stickers, you know, the ones with his logo at the zero, lol, kind of appropriate,
— no one has ”Obama” anywhere.
and one yard sign at a teacher’s house… wish CA was in play, would love to see the Romney ad’s here
or a campaign stop by Ryan, it would be huge!
Mary, I am in Orange County and even the ULTRA-liberal town of Laguna Beach, there are tons of Romney signs. I get “thumbs up” form people who see my Romney bumper sticker.
Remember: CA voted for Reagan for president twice in huge landslides. We’ve also had republican governors! So, don’t despair!!! Get every conservative you know out to VOTE!!
I live in a rural community in left-leaning WA state. In 2008 I had to drive by block long lines of people waving Obama signs the week before the election. On my way home last night the dems were again waving signs. Instead of a crowd 4 or 5 deep for a block, there were maybe 15 people – and most of the signs were for local races, only 3 for Obama.
I also live in rural community in the very left-leaning state of Washington outside of Gig Harbor. Sometimes I think we are more left leaning than California. I drive 40 miles to work (Lakewood) three days a week and I know I’ve only seen about 10 cars for Obama in the last 6 months.
I have also seen a bunch of Romney/Ryan signs sprout up all of a sudden in the last few days. I think people are finally feeling free to put up RR signs without being afraid of what other people think of them.
Last week I heard on the radio that a PPP poll said there is only a 5 point difference between Romney and Obama. You have no idea how big of a deal that is here for the state of Washington. Wouldn’t it just be a dream come true if this state turned RED?
I live in the suburbs east of Seattle and yesterday me and 10 other chicks sign waved for Romney and local Republicans at an overpass on I-90 during rush hour. We got lots of honks. One guy who was walking across the overpass shouted “Obama” at us, but we just laughed. Mostly a positive response for such a blue area. Btw, love you, Kevin. God bless you!
Yesterday I drove 700 miles from Georgia to Michigan. All tolled I was in five states. I saw a grand total of THREE Obama bumper stickers. Three. One was on a Honda CRX whose arrogant driver was making an illegal U-turn through the median on I-75. Caught my attention because he almost hit me.
I didn’t see a lot of Romney bumper stickers – maybe bumper stickers just aren’t cool anymore – but I saw a bunch of anti-Obama billboards. I was surprised, because they were clearly not professional, campaign-sponsored billboards. They were billboards that some guy or small group paid for out of pocket. Those were mostly in Ohio.
Along the side of the road I was surprised to see Romney/Ryan yard signs. I mean, people took them out and planted them along I-75 in the middle of nowhere. I liked that. In one area there were road crews working, but they didn’t touch the Romney signs.
I had dinner last night in the People’s Republic of Ann Arbor. Haven’t had a chance to drive around the community, but I will. At dinner my friends were in dire need of someone to tell them that Romney will win. All they hear around A2 is Obama Obama Obama. They even cautioned me to keep my voice down in the restaurant when I got a little heated telling them about Benghazi. They have not heard one thing about that around here. They were afraid we’d be mauled by other dinner patrons hearing me criticize Obama. Even their elementary school-aged children have been thoroughly indoctrinated. One of them piped up and asked me who I was voting for. I asked him who HE was voting for. He said at school he voted for Obama. I asked him why. He was completely stumped. He said, “What do you mean?” I repeated, “Why did you vote for Obama?” “I don’t know.” “Did your teacher vote for Obama?” “Yes.” “Did the other kids vote for Obama?” “Yes.” “Who else was on the ballot?” “I don’t know.”
So he asked who I was voting for. I told him Romney. So, being a smart kid, he sat up straight, squared his shoulders, looked me in the eye and said, “Why?” I spent ten minutes explaining to him why. Ten minutes telling him about Romney’s background and experience. Then I spent another 20 minutes telling him about Obama’s incompetence. I know I lost him after the first couple of minutes yacking about fiscal responsibility and managing budgets, blah, blah, blah, but my friend told me I attracted the attention of pretty much everyone in the restaurant (’cause I get kind of passionate). She was embarrassed, but I think if I changed one person’s mind, it was a good thing.
Bumper stickers are notoriously hard to get *off* and I have heard plenty of car people cautioning against them.
Bitter lefties key cars with stickers they don’t like. It was even a topic of discussion on twitter, reportedly. Because they’re so tolerant of diversity.
We live in an upper midwest state which is RED through and through.. Even in 08 we went heavily for McCain-Palin. One thing I will say is that this year no one from the local college Young Democrats club defaced my Romney bumper sticker or tore up my Romney yard sign (they were caught by neighbors 4 yrs ago-chased out of our yard- and had the sticker on their car and a college parking tag as well).. I have seen LOTS of Romney-Ryan stickers, a bunch of “NOBAMA” bumper stickers and one Obama sticker…
We drove 300 miles through South Texas to visit San Antonio last weekend. On the way, saw NO O signs.
When we drove through the Eagle Ford Shale area that is the new oil boom region in So Texas, there were HUGE RR signs. What had been small, sleepy towns are bustling with traffic. New businesses are opening everywhere: restaurants, hotels, and even a 24 hour gym! There are trailer parks all around to house all the oilfield workers that are needed. The oil refinery has expanded and is now running 3 shifts. That’s what DRILL HERE, DRILL NOW looks like, folks!
In San Antonio, we drove through neighborhoods as we visited family and took shortcuts to avoid traffic. Not one O sign. The local demo party has yard signs instead that say things like: Stop the Republican attack on Healthcare: Vote Demo; Stop the Republican War on Women: Vote Demo…So even they know O is not going to help elect local candidates. They have to go with the talking points because O has no coat tails.
I just now got a phone call from Americans for Responsible leadership..the girl was nervous reading from her script, she sounded African American..she just asked me to vote for Romney. The phone number was from the Ball state area, which is a small liberal arts college.
I have rarely been answering the phone because I am being inundated with political phone calls, including this morning, a recording for Obama. They are leaving messages on my voice mail. Last week I grabbed and answered the phone without thinking and it was a Romney call asking for a donation to one of his PACs. It was an African American lady and I donated. I don’t know why I was so surprised that it was an AA supporting RR but I was. I REALLY don’t think AAs are going to be going for him 90%+ this year.
I live in a suburb of Houston. Our area is always a very red part of Texas, but my husband works near the airport. In contrast to 2008, we’ve seen almost no Obama/Biden signs or bumper stickers driving around Houston, even in the predominantly Dem areas.
The most interesting thing for us, though, is that our neighbor down the street who ALWAYS votes Dem and puts up yard signs has apparently taken all of his signs down this week. They were up last week, but completely gone now. I doubt anyone took them, as it’s not that kind of neighborhood, and they’d been up a while. Even when he had the signs up, he had the Obama sign practically hidden behind local Dems’ signs.
I have seen the very same thing in my area of suburban Houston (NW). Quite a bunch of R/R signs. I’ve only seen ONE SIGN for The One. One sign. And this is near Houston proper.
Incomes have stagnated here. Inflation has taken a huge toll here, even though it costs less to live here in TX than in other states. I used to get about four bags of groceries at HEB for about $40 or $50. Nowadays, it’s from $70-90. And gas – don’t get me started!
And I’m not the only one who has noticed. My neighbors have been seething in anger because the price of everything has gone up, while their incomes have stagnated. Even those who are supposed to be making the “good money” are feeling the pinch – and it hurts. Even for those who budget down to the last penny.
All of TX is going Romney. Texans have had ENOUGH of The One.
I have not seen any Obama signs in my mid size N.Mississippi town. One Obama sticker on a car but it looked old and a ’12 circle added later. I don’t think the Dems are spending any money here. Our town is 60/40 so it will go Obama but the county is 35/65 so Romney will carry the region and the state.
My friend had a Romney sign trashed. She lives on a corner and lots of cars go thru on the way to the ‘hood. She picked it up from the middle of the street, straightened the wire and relocated it in her yard.
I am glad to read Hillbuzz because you are clear-eyed in how you think and express your opinions so well. I love your courage. It is admirable of you to stand up for your beliefs and I love you for it.
I wrote a letter to the leftie newspaper here and only got one phone call. It was from a high school classmate I had not seen in many years. He thanked me. So far no one has bashed my letter in the paper but I expect anonymous comments to be manufactured or drummed up by the owner/editor. It is that type of situation newspaper wise here.
where in N Ms are you? Oxford? I go to N MS a lot and once lived in Como and Clarksdale.
LOVE to hear stories like this. As a Canadian immigrant I am extremely worried about Obama winning again. As Marco Rubio said at the convention, people left their home countries to get away from the very things this poor excuse for a leader is trying to enact. Marco was speaking directly to and about me. I loath reliance on the government and that is why I am thankful to now live in the greatest country on earth.
I Denver where I live, other than right downtown you RARELY see an Obama sticker or sign. Romney is more prevalent (Alton I would candidly prefer to see more Romney signage). We are going to carry CO for sure.
Finally, Kevin let me just say (and I truly hope you read this) as a Conservative Christian I truly love you and the work you are doing on my behalf. I couldn’t care less about your sexuality and I wish for nothing but love in your life. You have been an inspiration and I tell all of my friends about your site. Thank God you have taken up your sword and shield and stand with us in this never ending fight against those who would otherwise diminish us and this great country.
Love,
Greg
I know this probably doesn’t matter but I live in Texas….I have traveled from South Texas to east of Dallas…..90% Romney Signs… But in parts of east Texas a scatter of Obama signs….. No worries here!!! I come to this sight 6-7 times per day!!! I am a grandmother and I need comforting!!!! I just love you Kevin…
I’m in Minneapolis and it is tiresomely Obama country. But something is wrong with the people here. They live in a bubble, and they worship at the alter of the democratic party. There is no reasoning with them. They think Republicans are pure evil. They are not like the rest of the country. They are a lot like Berkeley I would imagine. Not trying to be a complainer, just telling it like it is. I pray that Romney wins on Tuesday.
I believe the title “Berkeley of the North” is perfect.
You have our condolences.
Born/raised in the area and I hear you on that one. My dad used to refer to it as “The People’s Republic of the Twin Cities” years ago….
I live in a fairly conservative area of Southern CA. Of COURSE CA will go Obama, BUT…In 2008 there were plenty of Obama signs in my neighborhood. I’d say McCain 4 to Obama 1. Now it is 15 to 1 Romney to Obama. An interesting ‘swing’ has also occurred in my family. In 2008 my San Francisco brother and niece voted Obama, my parents (sigh) voted Obama, my sister, my husband and I voted McCain. That’s 4 Obama / 3 McCain. THIS year…my brother and niece are still voting Obama, my parents have already voted absentee for Romney (they call Obama their ‘error’), my sister, my husband and I are of course voting for Romney. And here’s the kicker: Our 3 college students are all now registered to vote! Our 2 out-of-state college kids have already voted absentee for Romney, and our local college student will be coming home Tuesday to vote for Romney with my husband and me. So NOW our CA family has swung from 4 Obama / 3 McCain to 2 Obama / 8 Romney, a nice little bump to the ‘right’. We know CA will go Obama, but we want to have an impact on the national popular vote and, as the saying goes, my husband and I would crawl across broken glass to vote for Romney/Ryan!!! I see very few bumper stickers for either candidate around here, definitely the Obama bloom is off the rose. Prayers for a Romney victory, doing my very small part to make a small difference here in ‘blue” CA.
P.S. Kevin, I love your site! It really makes my day. I discovered you only a month ago, and love how you express yourself. You are hilarious as well, cracking me up! Blessings to you and Justin and wishing you good health and a long, happy life…
Liz, why do you write “Of course” CA will go for the dicktator? WE voted for Reagan TWICE for prez with overwhelming numbers!!! STOP saying “CA will go obummer” — why not be more optimistic and FIGHT TO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The people in my subdivision who had Obama signs in 2008 don’t have them now. One house that had a sign for a Dem state senator in 2008 had a sign for Republican state rep this year (don’t know if it’s the same owners). This is Kansas so there are not many signs or bumper stickers for either Romney or Bathhouse Barry (both sides probably figure why bother) but Bathhouse Barry does win the bumper sticker war in my city. Oh well, it won’t help him in Kansas!
Kansas may not be competitive for president, but we have a lot of potential to make the state legislature better, and I can’t wait to vote!! I’m hoping I’ll get a chance to vote early today because the lines will probably be shorter than on Tuesday.
I saw a teen-age kid yesterday with a shirt that said “Hey, Obama, you are cool, but can you get me a job?” It was classic.
BTW, I am really looking forward to your analysis of the Senate, because everyone on both sides is saying the Dems are going to retain it. According to them, Scott Brown is supposed to lose, as are Akin and Mourdock because the left has made hay of their abortion-related statements. I never thought Mourdock would lose but now I’m reading he’s tanked in the polls (even 11 points down!) since his badly-worded statement on abortion. If the Dems retain the Senate, Obamacare is permanent and America is screwed.
I guess I should probably just avoid the internet (except for Hillbuzz!) until the election and spend the time praying instead. A more productive use of my time…
Exactly. Stick with Hillbuzz, and avoid those other sites. Like Kevin has said previously, web traffic is their bread-and-butter. The more hits they get, the more fear they generate. The more fear they generate, the more money they make because people become addicted to fear porn, and visit the sites again and again and again, thus driving up the hit count (and the profit) even more. This self-perpetuating cycle is the name of the game for the owners of those sites.
Most importantly, stop reading polls AT ALL. Every last one of them is inaccurate, skewed, or an outright load of garbage.
I live in Arizona, and am extremely concerned about the Senate as well. I know that my state is a lock for Romney, but am concerned about our Senate seat and our newly formed congressional district. (AZ9) I think Flake can pull of a win for the Senate seat, but am not sure about the other. (even though nationally I believe the House will remain in GOP control)
I reading Harry Reid’s comment yesterday, that the Democrat Senate majority will not work with Romney to help him implement his agenda…it had me thinking. Could this motivate more people to support the Republican Senatorial candidates nationally? I certainly hope so. There are many extremely tight races…so tight it makes me nervous.
Doris, you’ve got to stop with the Gloom and Doom. Pick up the phone and volunteer to make calls for that Senator. I bet if you check out their website you can do it from home! Get busy, girl!
Thanks, Kevin, for all your commentary which I have found not only inspiring but also insightful. You have a gift in conveying undercurrents. In my neighborhood, there are virtually no presidential signs because California doesn’t swing…. So glad I found your blog this election season — no hate and plenty of on the ground info. I have recommended you blog to several.
Attention: Residents of California!!!!
STOP staying CA will not vote Romney. What — do you have a crystal ball or something? We have had several Rep governors and have voted TWICE for Reagan for prez in landslides!!
Stop the negativity and get people out to vote for ROMNEY!!
Exactly!! I live on the Central Coast-not so very far from Santa Barbara but my area has a more conservative bent. Not to many yard signs-but they are all for RR. A few Obama bumper stickers, but more RR. I think California may surprize the nation yet:-)
We are being very quiet out here-because we are never considered a player or we are considered a forgone conclusion— but don’t underestimate us.
If you look at a county by county map of Ca– most is red,with the well known liberal encvlaves blue. Those red areas are hurting between Obama and the idiots in Sacramento- led by Gov Moonbeam.
My guess would be if there are going to be alot of former Obama voters going for Romney– they are not going to advertise it:-) Real American is right– twice this state went for the first RR– Ronaldus Magnus:-)
Stay Strong and VOTE!!!
Rephrase that:
In this area there are few signs, because many people believe that California doesn’t swing.
If California doesn’t swing – how is it that it elected Reagan, and then Democrats ?
In this election, anything is possible – which is why we need to Get The Vote Out, and why we should not accept any arbitrary precondition merely because it is assumed to be valid. Conventional wisdoms are very rarely wise…
Wow! Cool! I’m up here on the North shore suburban Chicago, close to liberal Evanston. In 2008, there were only a few McCain signs in the whole town! Now there are ALOT of Romney/Ryan signs proudly displayed…more than Obama ( but he does have a showing here) and lots of Tim Wolfe signs (Jan Schakowsky’s challenger). In 2004, you could not display a George Bush sign without it getting stolen. Big shift here!
You must have heard of the recent endorsements from all the 4 major newspapers in Iowa. The endorsement from The Des Moines Register was a miracle, causing the left a heart attack. The last time the Register endorsed a Republican was 40 years ago! It’s a nail biter here. I really can’t tell from the signs. Perhaps, because those for R/R are just not hotdoggin’ it, as Clint Eastwood claimed. However, I’ve been doing volunteer work in one of R/R’s campaign offices, my first, and there are many first-time volunteers like me this year, I was told. We even have some elementary and high school kids helping out. Last week, at least 36 volunteers came up from Witchita, Kansas to knock on Iowa doors! Tomorrow, Mitt will be in town and my family plans to help pack the hall. Church this p.m. and at the rally tomorrow. Just want to thank you for the articles on Sandy, fear rumor mongering, your passion in helping dethrone Obama and his minions, bravely hitting the pavement in a cool R/R shirt, and all your work. In my particular cul-de-sac, there is a warfare of lawn signs, and my neighbor and I are playing the attack and counter attack game. I encourage everyone to go to your nearest campaign office and do some volunteer work, even if just for an hour. My daughter and I will be going this morning. I did receive a positive statistical report from R/R’s central office regarding the state of the election in IA and will post the outcome here later. I also want to bring to everyone’s attention this website http://www.americanthinker.com/ . Scary stuff and reasons why we need to oust the present occupants from the White House and Congress too.
Ground report from Austin, TX: While the state of TX overall is a red state, Austin is hyper-liberal, rivaling only Berkely, NYC and Boulder, Colorado. Yet, this time around, I hardly see any signs (bumper sticker or yard) for Obama. I see the occasional bumper sticker, but otherwise, no real hardcore enthusiasm. Four years ago, even in the conservative suburbs you saw Obama/Biden signs everywhere, yet now, nothing. True, the students at the University of Texas and all the “Keep Austin Weird” California and NY transplants support him, but how many are going to go out of their way to vote. My opinion – very few. My only hope is that long term with the huge influx of Californians and New Yorkers that Texas does not start going blue.
Keep up the great work!
One more thing…on Drudge…there’s a headline about Joe Biden needing a vacation with the one underneath saying the mentally disabled are being exploited to vote! I love Drudge!
yeah I saw that connection on Drudge! I ran into this site a couple weeks ago and read Kevins report on how Drudge juxtaposes articles for fun, before that I had never made the connection.
thanks Kevin!!!!
I’m waiting until after the election to see any movies. As a gamer Wreck It Ralph is on the top of my list. I’m only giving it a wait since most of these actors are giving their money to O, such as Sarah Silverman who is as dumb as she is cute. I would also like to go to Cali after 11/6 and smell the sweet scent of celebrity tears in the air of LA.
Work in the leftist bastion ( mid-south inner city) has been stressful, but not as bad as when Obama actually came to town. People have been talking about him or watching political videos at work maybe twice a week? I’m just glad that the huge leftist is gone because I was having to listen to crazy talk about how Republicans wanted to live in houses behind barbed wire to keep the poor away.
I’ve seen a few more Obama signs — they are still outweighed by local representative race signs and Romney signs. I think the House race in the city will go Democrat, but Romney’s going to pick up a few extra votes to help with the statewide race (which is a light to medium red one)
I was not at this job four years ago (layoff victim of Obama’s election), but I am a lot more confident than I was four years ago. I voted for Sarah Palin and McCain then. My state’s reliable for Romney and the down-ticket races should stay the same (majority Republican).
I’ve got a huge work project on Tuesday (that was supposed to be on Wednesday) that requires me to be someplace and set up about an hour away at 9:00A.M. If I can get in line to vote early before 7:00A.M. and get out quickly, I’ll be golden. Otherwise, I’m going to be nervous all day long while I give my presentation. Any spare happy thoughts/prayers would be appreciated on both counts.
In Ohio:
Obama in Hilliard, Ohio Friday, 2 miles from where I live, had 2800 people. Columbus and Suburbs have 1.8 million people.
Romney in West Chester, Ohio Friday, Cincinnati area, had 30,000 people. Cincinnati and area have 2.1 million people.
Romney WILL win Ohio.
Here in Springfield and Eugene Oregon I haven’t seen many Obama/Biden yard signs. Many more Romney/Ryan signs. Not many Obama bumper stickers either. Know it’s a long shot for Oregon to vote Repub……
The Obama excitement is just not visible this time around. In 08 “Change” was everywhere and people still had stickers on their cars like badges for at least 2 years. Now they have all mysteriously disappeared.
I’m in Nevada and have seen more signs cropping up the last week than ever. I’ve only seen one little Obama sign and right next to it was a Romney sign. I’ve seen a bunch of bumper stickers for Romney/Ryan.
My sister handed out our Halloween candy in a bowl with a Fire Obama sticker on it and I also left that bowl on the porch after we were done handing the candy out. The next morning the bowl was still there – just empty of candy. I have a couple of “Fire Obama” signs I want to sneak out tonight and put up. My sister has one in her bedroom window facing the street.
My other sister is in Redondo Beach, CA and she recently called the Manhattan Beach office for Romney/Ryan yard signs and they told her they had just got 100 in and most of them were gone so check with another office.
I signed up for Sunday to work for the Team Nevada Battleground Blitz. Hopefully we can beat those Casino Unions/illegal votes… that is the only thing that won Harry the 2010 election. But I don’t feel the same enthusiasm.
Also, I keep wondering if Obama has Nevada in the bag… WHY does he keep coming back here???
Even my very staunch Obama supporter friend wouldn’t drive across town in traffic to see him stump. And the other day she posted something about how she wished we had a viable 3rd candidate solution.
In my hometown I have seen only a couple Obama stickers and back in 2008 they were much more plentiful. I’m assuming that I’m not seeing a huge amount of Romney signs either because I’m in Kalifornia, and we’re a lost cause (but hopefully that will change in the future).
Thanks Kevin for posting your shirt, I’ve been dying to see it. You are so brave; thank you for everything you do, and for all the blood, sweat, tears and time you put into your site four OUR benefit. I wish that I had known about you years ago, it’s been a pretty depressing four years.
By the way, I have been pushing the Hulu link all over the place on the internet. I was told by a woman on Free Republic that she was sent this movie in the mail. She did not pay for it. I asked her who sent it and I haven’t heard back. But I thought that was interesting, I wonder if the Romney campaign sent it?
Lastly, my husband and I always celebrate “victories or accomplishments” by buying a pie and champagne, which we will do Nov. 6. I think that all us “hillbuzzers” should send you a hefty contribution in thanksgiving and celebration, towards your site.
Update:
The lady told me that “Citizens United” sent her the movie “Hope and Change”.
Lucky S., California is not a lost cause! At least I hope not. As a former California resident who will always have that state in my heart, I hope that one of our top agendas under President Romney will be bringing back the political landscape in California that gave us Ronald Reagan. “All things are possible.”
From your lips to God’s ears!
I want to add, I have seen NOT ONE Soetero signs anymore, those big placard things anywhere, I see those little 2012 with the 2 wires on the side in the ground, but that’s about it, and I see 2012 stickers on cars, no where near what I saw in ’08.
I have seen some Romney/Ryan placards in the northern VA area, the huge ones. and I see cars with that sticker.
I don’t see a lot of enthusiasm in SW Washington or Portland OR area. I suspect there will be votes wasted on Gary Johnson/Jill Stein/Ron Paul in this area. Am waiting to see if we can put in a Republican governor in WA state. McKenna is very experienced, but of course, it’s not enough. He’s got that R after his name and the folks in Puget Sound would vote for anything but that.
Four years ago I was plugged into the college crowd, via my daughter. I am now plugged into the post-college crowd via her Facebook friends.
Last time, daughter was in France on election day, having voted absentee for Obama. She had bought into the whole “Sarah Palin is evil” meme. She flat out told me that McCain was better than Obama, but he was old and frail-looking, and she just could not risk seeing Sarah Palin in the White House, held her nose and voted for Obama. Saturday Night Live won her vote.
This time around, there are no pro-Obama mumblings from her crowd. She hangs around with employed people, as she is a worker bee, and they understand that business is the heart blood of this nation. No business, no jobs and certainly no taxes to support government.They get it now.
Her jobless colleagues have also lost “that lovin’ feelin’.” Youth may be generally naive, but this generation has opened its eyes. It will take another 30+ years before another crop of youngsters come along who are so easily duped by leftists. And THAT will only happen if we allow leftists to run rampant in our school systems.
Our next task after taking back our government is to restore our Constitutional Republic, and demand that real American History be taught in schools. Up to Carter/Reagan and even Obama/Romney. Our children must be taught. “Those who do not learn history are condemned to relive it”. My heart cannot take going through this again.
Opus#6, I totally agree! I’m guessing that conservative writers are already formulating plans for what comes next after Romney is elected. I’ll keep watching for the Fearless Leaders at Hillbuzz and other reliable sites to be suggesting ways we can work together to undo the damage wrought by the left thus far.
We attended the Romney/Ryan rally in West Chester, OH last night with an estimated crowd of 30,000! Every major network, including the BBC was there covering it. McCain, Jindal, Rubio, Rudi all spoke and pushed the Libya story. it was an exciting time to experience. Everyone was friendly, patient, and excited to bring this election for Romney across the finish line. VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!!!!!
In Des Moines, it’s surprisingly quiet. I sense a quiet determination on the part of Republicans, and a quiet desperation (right word?) on the part of Democrats. But it’s important not to overestimate the affect this will have on turnout. Obama’s core 48% WILL turn out and vote for him. If the enthusiasm gap drops Dem turnout a couple of percent, and raises GOP turnout a couple of percent, that’s all it takes. But we gotta get out there and do it. It’s no gimme. Just because the Obama signs disappeared, doesn’t mean those same folks aren’t going to pull the sign for Obama. GET OUT AND VOTE!
I just started working in our local paper’s newsroom. We watch CNN all day, and theyare in it for obama still- they are endorsing him in tomorrow’s page. I do what i can with the op page: my job is letters to the ed and to edit the syndicate columns down to fit the space. Since i speak fluent conservative, i keep the most important parts for the column and when i have something by donna brazile, or gene lyons, i leave the rabid crazy lies that are most easily disproven. And funny, my ed toon is about obamas lies on Benghazi, adjacent to his endorsement!
But no, there is not the same energy for him- they focus on ridiculing romney for everything he says. And my ed, who is cool and we have fun making fun of each other, just spewed leftist talking points in his endorsement. Tho he did say he didn’t understand why our sister paper dropped so many subscriptions the day they endorsed obama….
I;m just loving what I’m hearing from Chicago, Kevin. My son and wife confirmed the lack of visible enthusiasm for Obama in Chicago. If they’re not excited, no one else is.
The thing that continues to amaze me is the difference with ’08. My neighborhood was awash with Obama ’08 yardsigns 4 years ago, now most are Romney / Ryan. Not as many as Obama in ’08, but a clear majority. And roads in SoFla in ’08 were awash with Obama bumperstickers, I can drive clear to my parents house on the other side of the county and see no more than 1 or 2.I tried to vote early but I simply couldn’t. The lines at the early voting sites were crazy long, so it looks like I’ll be voting on November 6th. Me and the wife are planning to be there when the polling station opens at 7 AM.
I live in Eastern Ohio between New Philly and Zanesville. I’ve seen exactly one Obama Biden yard sign.
Most people are still fairly disengaged and uninformed over politics. It’s all about beer and high school football. One guy I know insists that Obama is just doing his best and will probably win by a larger margin than he did over McCain. He seemed a bit pi$$ed when I reflexively laughed out loud at that remark. This is a guy who gets his news from ESPN SportsCenter and thinks Algore is a guru on the environment.
The only jobs in this town are union or city, and even with that Obama lost this county to McCain in 2008 52% to 46%. Without the zeal of Hopeychangey in 2012 and with only three people in five having work in this county, he’s going to lose by an even wider margin this time.
Romney and Rep Bob Gibbs will win easily here, and Mandel might ride their coattails here as well.
I’m just loving what I’m hearing from Chicago, Kevin. My son and wife confirmed the lack of visible enthusiasm for Obama in Chicago. If they’re not excited, no one else is.
The thing that continues to amaze me is the difference with ’08. My neighborhood was awash with Obama ’08 yardsigns 4 years ago, now most are Romney / Ryan. Not as many as Obama in ’08, but a clear majority. And roads in SoFla in ’08 were awash with Obama bumperstickers, I can drive clear to my parents house on the other side of the county and see no more than 1 or 2.I tried to vote early but I simply couldn’t. The lines at the early voting sites were crazy long, so it looks like I’ll be voting on November 6th. Me and the wife are planning to be there when the polling station opens at 7 AM.
Romney / Ryan will carry Florida.
Kevin, thank you for everything that you do.
I’m looking forward to seeing your prediction later today. I think you’re right that Republicans will control all three branches and a landslide is coming. Thank you for your work in Wisconsin this past week.
Nice antidote, it’s needed. Now the theme is that Sandy helped Obama’s approval. I don’t know about that- unemployment went back up, and the media is reporting gas lines. Besides, the economy is the number one issue- not natural disasters. One perceived quick response to one natural disaster cannot erase the poor responses to the economic disaster in four years!
There’s one element of fear porn that many on our side are taking part in, and sadly some commenters here- “the Dems are stealing the vote in Ohio!” I know Glen Beck ran something on it on his TV channel. And I know commenters here have cited third party claims that they saw the voting machines register their Romney votes as Obama. My rebuttals:
1. I haven’t voted in at the polls since 2008 (voted absentee in ’10 and ’12). But I clearly remember the only thing the machine said was “your vote has been counted.” It didn’t say who I voted for, and I highly doubt they’ve been altered to say it this year.
2. The GOP controls ALL offices in Ohio politics. Do you think they’d allow vote rigging for Obama?!
3. Jennifer Brunner is no longer Ohio Sec. of State. She was called the most partisan state official. And rightly so- anytime a Dem says they’re going to “reform” elections and “remove the fraud,” you know what it’s code for. I certainly didn’t trust her with my vote in 2008.
4. The Dems lost ALL the state offices in the 2010 “shellacking.” If they were to try to influence the electoral outcome, they would have to control the Sec. of State’s office. They don’t.
5. Governor Kasich was on Hannity the other day, and he addressed these concerns. As he said, there are two Rs and two Dems watching the vote counts at all times, and they watch each other like hawks.
As Pres. Lincoln said in the 1863 elections, “Ohio has saved the nation.” I am confident Buckeyes will again save the nation in three days.
Thanks, Brian. Very good points. I’m going to send the link to this thread to my e-mail list, and direct them to your post.
Love the article on Drudge w Gigi Georges endorsing Romney, former assistant to Hillary Clinton. Yeah! Also, Kevin thank you for always being positive. I have been really nervous and keep thinking of what you say. I had to come here this morning to be reassured. Can’t help but look at some polls and they are all over the place. Sorry, but it helped to read you this morning. Can’t wait for Tues. The only problem is I go to bed early so am hoping it will be over by midwest.
I forgot to mention at the rally last night, I stood next to a young woman who had made a sign photographed by everyone with a camera. She had also brought along her boyfriend who was so excited to vote for the very first time! I hope I am phrasing her sign correctly, but it went something like…
Barack be nimble, Barack be quick,
Barack will be voted out of office….
On Novenber 6th.
I live in super lefty Brookline, MA, and I drive my kids around a lot for school, hockey, etc. I have seen only 3 or 4 Obama yard signs, all in the uber lefty Brookline and Newton areas, and I have seen a few more Romney signs than that. Plus my Romney, Brown and Bielat signs have not been moved or stolen, unlike when Scott Brown was running the first time and someone ripped out my sign a couple of times and dropped it over a fence down the block. I do see a lot of Elizabeth Warren and Joe Kennedy signs, but all in these lefty areas. When I drive outside of Brookline and Newton, I see way more Scott Brown and Sean Bielat signs. Sean Bielat is the one I worry about the most because he is running against a Kennedy, and people in MA are just complete idiots when it comes to that family. I just sent a couple hundred dollars Bielat’s way again. I really hope he can pull it off.
My sister and cousin who live in Larchmont, NY, and both voted for Obama last time, are now staunch Romney supporters. My sister volunteered, after I posted your link to volunteer for Romney on our family website, and my cousin, who has never donated to a candidate before, has given the maximum amount to Romney.
Thank you, Kevin, for keeping my spirits up and fighting off all the eeyores! I just can’t wait until all of this is over. I want to see a complete beat down of the leftists all across the country.
I live in Seminole County Fl, which butts up to Orange County Fl, which is Orlando. I saw one Obama bumper sticker in Orlando, and none in Seminole (basically a Republican County). Lots of Romney/Ryan yard signs. I did see one huge Romney/Ryan Sign over in Orange County which had been vandalized. No surprise there. Heavy turn out in early voting all over the state, which ends at 7P.M. this evening. The State Democratic Party, LaRaza and League of Women Voters (all liberal groups) asked Governor Scott to extend early voting, which is against the state law. He did not. I firmly believe that Romney/Ryan will win big here. Love your blog and keep up the good work.
In Northern Virginia, on my way to work I do not see anything close to the number of bumper stickers for Obama as I did 4 years ago. In the last 3 weeks, I have seen many, many more Romney/Ryan signs and bumper stickers than Obama ones. At my state government office, which is heavily staffed with minorities, I have heard not ONE political discussion. Four years ago, everyone was hyped over Obama…..this time around……not so much.
A couple of Doom Antidotes:
According to Drudge, a Fl. poll shows 6 points ahead. I must have heard 6 pundits on Fox yesterday say it was “too close to call.” I don’t think so.
Drudge, and several other sites, also report that 2800 showed up to see Bathhouse B in Ohio yesterday, while 30,000 showed up for Romney. And yet the pundits say that Ohio is “too close” and BB may win it. I don’t understand that. Is he keeping his rallies a secret? I also don’t buy the story about wanting to keep the crowds small because BB likes an “intimate” setting. He would love to have a crowd of 100,000, he’s got a giant ego and would love to rub that in Romney’s face. He would even pay 100,000 to come cheer him, but he hasn’t got the money.
The fear porn that really concerns me right now, is the stuff the lefties are falling for, or pushing on their friends and families. I know a lot of basically nice, but clueless, people who have fallen for the “Romney will get rid of Social Security, and Medicare, and let Detroit die (good riddance, where do I send flowers?) and kill old people and handicapped people, and take away all the rights of blacks, hispanics and gays.” I would really like to do something about that in the next 4 years. I would love to see the far left kicked out of the party and see it returned to where it was when Clinton was in office. I don’t agree with all of Clinton’s views, but at least he didn’t take the country apart.
House investigation of Jesse Jackson Jr. may widen
http://illinoispaytoplay.com/2012/11/02/house-iinvestigation-of-jesse-jackson-jr-may-widen/
Hey, where are the 30 people whose lives were saved by Tyrone Woods in Benghazi? Why no interviews/stories?
http://mainfo.blogspot.com/2012/11/why-are-30-people-saved-by-tyrone-woods.html
Since most of them worked the State Department they have probably been reassigned to our embassy in Nepal until after the election.
It’s not like Pravda is out looking for them.
There are a lot of people over at Free Republic complaining that their incompetent relatives in nursing homes have been shuttled to vote early and told how to vote for Obama.
Since this group tends to be calmer and more proactive than reactive I thought I would state the simple solution here. Instead of whining about it. You request an absentee ballot for them and make sure it gets filled out and mailed early or take them to vote yourself. Be sure to let the dem operative at the home know that your relative already voted.
Sheeze, I don’t know what the DNC is paying now for 50 or 100 votes but it can’t be much.
Carol,
From your lips to God’s ears!
Thanks! I needed to hear that!
Romney/Ryan for America’s Future!
Ground report from the deep-blue belly of the leftist beast: Seattle. Nowhere near the enthusiasm for Obama this year as there was in ’08. Still, I count bumper stickers and see about three Obama ’12 stickers per day on my crosstown commute to work. (Seems like more than other parts of the country, still, this is nothing compared to last election). I always get a good look at the driver on those cars, and it’s usually a middle-aged white woman.
Have seen about five Romney stickers total this season, and only about three Obama yard signs (but more for other Dem candidates).
But the really interesting thing is last night I saw an anti-Obama ad on TV! In the 17 years I’ve lived in Seattle, I think this is the first ad I’ve seen for a presidential race. It was on the CBS affiliate, during the Tom Selleck cop show “Blue Bloods,” so I’m assuming the target was a conservative audience. Wasn’t paid for by Romney, but some advocacy group. Has anyone else in the Seattle area seen any pro-Romney/anti-Obama ads?
Oh, and I’m a Chicago native. Love hearing your reports from my hometown, Kevin. Makes me homesick sometimes!
I live in New York City, and saw pro-0bama ads this summer on “Law and Order” reruns from the early 90′s (George Dzunda and Chris Noth days). I thought to myself, “What a waste of money!” Fox News is innundated with Kristen Gillibrand ads — another waste of money since anyone watching Fox News in New York City is not going to be persuaded by one of Gillibrand’s ads to vote Dem.
Here in northern Virginia (DC suburbs and supposedly an Obama stronghold) I have seen more R/R signs than Obama signs.
I spent most of yesterday doing GOTV (get out the vote) canvassing. I cannot recommend enough how good this is for those of us who tend to be anxious and fearful. Ask your local office to pair you with an experienced campaigner. It gets easier the more you do it, and then it gets fun and soon you will be doing it on you own, as I am now.
Yesterday I canvassed my own street and had a list of people who were supposedly all Romney supporters. This is why GOTV is fun, because you are basically touching base with mostly supportive people, although the lists are often out of date and you get the occasional wrong address who is an Obama voter, but no one has been ugly to me so far. And other Romney supporters are often very encouraging and thank you for what you are doing.
If you canvass in your own neighborhood, you get to know which of your neighbors are on the same side you are, and that is great. The man across the street from me (who is black) was on my list and I asked him straight up if he was a Romney supporter (must have had a little doubt in my voice) and he got a big grin on his face and said YES I am! Spent a few minutes chatting with him and getting to know one of my neighbors to whom I now feel more connected because we support the same candidate.
I HATE selling anything and could not be a salesman if my life depended on it, so learning to work the phone banks and go door-to-door was a huge stretch for me – but I felt I had NO CHOICE. To quote from one of my favorite books, The Little Prince, “I was carried beyond myself by the inspiring force of urgent necessity.” It has been very good for me, an experience I would not trade for anything. I felt the same in 2008 even though we lost, but it is going to be so great when we win on Tuesday!
Leftists have intimidated conservatives for too long with their lies about our being hateful and backward. We are the more tolerant and compassionate group, the ones who give the most to charity, work the most in volunteer efforts, and pay the most taxes. With their spiteful lies about us, the Left has pushed many kind and decent people into the closet about what they believed. It’s time we all CAME OUT and showed the world who we really are. This is what Mitt Romney has done in the face of the millions of dollars spent lying about him. He has shown America who he really is and we must do the same!
This election is reminding me of the Sherlock Holmes mystery about the dog that didn’t bark. I live in North San Diego County. We regularly send Republicans to the state senate and legislature and the House of Representatives. But during presidential years, you usually see a whole lot of Dem bumper stickers. 2008, you couldn’t drive a block without seeing an O sticker. Every other car on the freeway had one. Yesterday, I drove through Carlsbad, Encinitas, and then down I-5 to the outskirts of La Jolla–a 45 minute drive down and back. I did not see ONE Obama bumper sticker and I did see 2 Romney Ryan bumper stickers. Having an RR bumper sticker on your car around here is very brave. You risk keying or worse. CA might stay blue, but I’m guessing that we’ll add a lot of RR votes to the popular vote total.
I’m an Independent. My wife and I usually vote for Ralph Nader. Not this year. We moved from California to Florida last year and we both have already voted. I voted and contributed financially to Romney, my wife voted for Jill Stein [Green].
We know four other people — all Republicans, two from Connecticut, two from California where their votes don’t count — who recently moved to Florida and have voted Romney.
We live in a strongly Democrat county but it seems there are FAR MORE Romney / Ryan signs than Bambi signs. I’ll still be an Independent but also hope for Alan West to be re-elected. Don’t agree with all his policies but deeply respect the man.
And in South Florida, lots of billboards against Obama.
If you have not yet listened to the Mitt Romney final speeches in Wisconsin and Ohio, you should. This is a man who has met his destiny. They are essentially the same speech but I watched both and was not bored. Tons of content, wonderful delivery, great crowds. I apologize if someone already posted this, I did not have time to read the comments yet.
ground report: i do a lot of work for capital one bank in va and one of the cap one guys told me the ceo sent out an email to all associates asking them to vote and to not schedule any meetings before 02:00 on tues. he has never done that before.
kevin…got any comment on these supposed valerie jarret threats?
http://theulstermanreport.com/2012/11/01/valerie-jarret-after-we-win-this-election-its-our-turn-payback-time-wsi/
i am so looking forward to the recriminations after the elections… hope you cover that as well…fun to watch one’s enemies tear themselves apart
Meep,
If this was the SATs, here is a question I’d write that captures what I think of Ulsterman:
Question: The Ulsterman Report is to [Blank] as Playgirl is to magazines.
(a) fear porn
(b) cupcakes
(c) spoons
(d) actual reporting
It might seem hard for some of you to decide if the correct answer would be (a) or (d), but I’d pick (d) every single time with that Ulsterman fear porn.
Kevin,
You know MENSA questions are off limits on weekends.
Fort Worth. Except for the diehard news junkies, there’s no talk about politics at the office, neighborhood, or in the shops. Very quiet. I did see a car yesterday–my first–with O bumper stickers.
Just got back from early voting–I have to be sure and free up my Tuesday for working on the Election Day Taskforce.
Heavy turnout in Mecklenburg County, NC. Meck is definitely a leftist stronghold in a mostly red state. I got to the polls an hour before they opened and still stood in line for another hour and a half before I got in. The place was packed. Lots of parents said they were voting early because Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools are closed on Tuesday and it would be difficult for them to get to the polls.
By the time I left, an election volunteer estimated the current wait to be 4, maybe 5 hours. And still people kept coming. People in line were quiet, and the only discussion was grumbling that a straight party vote didn’t select your choice for president and you have to go back and make your choice. This seems to be something new this year as poll workers were handing out little instruction sheets and telling people repeatedly. Nobody in line mentioned Obama or talked about what they consider his finer points to be. This is a departure from 2008, when the Obots in line were talking him up all the way up to signing in to vote.
The only people glad handing the voters in line and asking for support were workers for the Republicans. They were cheerful and friendly. I saw one lone Obama volunteer, identifiable only by the Eye Of Obama sticker on his jacket. He was handing out post-it notes with the current time and asking people to give them back after they were done to gauge current wait times. Nothing else, and he could’ve campaigned as the line went well past the limits of how far away from the polling place he had to be.
One thing that was odd was the reaction some of the voters had when a guy came up with a huge camera and lens. He started taking pictures of the line; from the angle he chose he was clearly trying to illustrate how long it was. Based on his gear I assumed he might be media, but there was nothing to identify him as such. What struck me as odd was the ripple of hostility from some of the black voters, who murmured to each other what was HE doing there and what was he worried about that he needed to take pictures? This was not at all the attitude of people in 2008 who were only too happy to be seen in line voting for the Chosen One, and I’m still not sure what they were concerned about.
Mary T,
Watched the Romney/Ryan rally last night on C-Span from
West Chester. It was GREAT seeing all you people there
and all the enthusiasm! Would loved to have been there, but
was really excited I could see it on tv too!
Hope all you great people in Ohio bring it home for Romney!
YOU CAN DO IT!
Utah here – of course, we’re going to Romney (in spite what all my contrary-for-the-sake-of-being-contrary Leftist neighbors wish). Mia Love is kicking butt in the 4th district – Matheson’s tried to fight back with all these sappy “He cares about Utah, he’s a moderate Democrat, he cares for children, health care, women’s right” radio ads, but nobody around here’s buying that line anymore. I’ve seen more Mia Love signs AND supporters than I have ever seen from Matheson’s Republican challengers in years past. Oh – this is funny – yesterday while I was listening to the radio, one of the news people reported on a poll from the 4th district and actually called Matheson the challenger instead of the incumbent (maybe that holds true, since UT04 is a brand new district, but it was still amusing). BTW – the poll they were reporting on was from the uber-Lefty Salt Lake Tribune and it showed Mia at 12 points ahead. If the Trib is throwing Matheson under the bus, this is insanely good news (still – take nothing for granted at this point). –> http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/55194598-90/matheson-love-percent-district.html.csp
I did talk to my mother yesterday – she’s not having any of that Eeyore nonsense, which is surprising since she’s usually the worrywart. My dad, however, has bought into Minitru’s fear-porn-peddling and he is as nervous as a mouse wandering through a herd of sleeping cats. I keep telling him about the wonderful Ground Reports I read on HillBuzz and how confident everyone is (I tell my mom too – maybe that’s why she isn’t as nervous as Dad). I’m going home to visit this weekend, so hopefully he calms down.
I do have one other thing to share – this is a video I made on a whim just to celebrate the election and getting out from under Barry’s crap of the last four years. It’s just some pictures I found online set to Bon Jovi’s “We Weren’t Born to Follow.” I know it’ll be appreciated here, so enjoy – http://vimeo.com/52515072
Great video! I wish I had one percent of your creativity & tech savvy. We conservatives need to make & share these sorts of things more. “Politics is downstream of culture.” This is a more effective pushback against the Left than a book from AEI or Heritage.
Enjoyed your video Pepper Layne! Nicely done and thank you for sharing!
Beautiful, Pepper – beautiful. Thank you so much.
All of the defeatists in the media who are preaching doom about Romney’s push for PA being “desperate” are misinformed and weak-willed. Romney obviously sees an opening to take the suburbs of Philadelphia, which is why he’s holding a rally tomorrow that has doors opening 3 hours before it supposedly starts.
As for the whole “But Philadelphia will steal the state from Romney anyway!” myth, let me remind everybody that Corbett and the Republicans locked up Harrisburg 2 years ago. Not to mention, the Republicans have been beating the drum of voter fraud since 2010 and even got Voter ID passed (despite it not being enforced this election thanks to the courts).
Corbett’s not like Fast Eddie Rendell, and he’s not going to let massive ballot stuffing go on in Philadelphia this time. Not to mention that you can’t even set up that kind of operation overnight now that PA is in focus. We caught the Democrats off-guard this time, and they’re weak right now in PA, which is a huge credit to Romney’s campaign. We can win this time!
Got my ticket for the Romney event being held Nov 4 at Shady Brook Farm, Yardley/Morrisville, PA. Not far from New Hope. Can’t wait!! I will get a better sense of which way PA is heading from the turn out.
Was in River Forest, IL a few weeks ago visiting my daughter and she sent her absentee ballot in for Romney. She works at Loyola Medical, so she doesn’t like to mention who she is voting for since she is in Obama country.
Here is the most insightful thing I’ve read about Obama and the far left and the way they are sold to the Jon Stewart/Campus crowd. And when I was younger, I’m ashamed to admit, this worked on me:
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/332375/dumb-vote-kevin-d-williamson
Obama draws only 4,000 in Cleveland – way down from 80,000 in 2000.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/11/03/Obama-Cleveland-80k-compared-to-4k
Whoops meant 2008.
Article also notes that at the same venue Obama spoke at today, was 200 people less than McCain drew in 2008.
In the DFW metroplex, you can pretty much imagine how popular 0bama is (I’d say, a potted plant would probably win over him in my neighborhood).
An ear on the ground in suburban Philly counted 4:1 Romney:0bama lawn signs.
But can’t there be another motivation for “eeyorishness”? Like “don’t get cocky, folks”? Turnout is paramount, and if too many people believe it’s gonna be a walkover for Romney…
This is the home stretch. We can do this, but we gotta show up to do it.
I agree that we can’t get cocky and we need to finish strong – it’s like a football team being 20 points ahead at halftime and thinking they don’t need to play as hard in the second half. But I also know that our side is motivated to win this year. I keep hearing the sentence “People will crawl on broken glass to vote for Romney” (or something to that effect) and it is so very true. I voted early because I couldn’t wait to get down to the polls and vote for Romney and against Barry. I’m sure plenty of people were eager to cast this particular vote in January 2009.
There is a difference between Eeyores sitting around proclaiming “All hope is lost!” and actually seeing/hearing how enthusiastic people are to get rid of Barry. It’s not hard to be confident that Romney will win when so many people are confident and motivated as well.
Just got back from Scott Brown rally with my youngest daughter. Lots of people, families, kids – people were excited. I just don’t believe polls that show Elizabeth Warren ahead. I remind myself they had “Marsha” Coakley up big the day before the special election. Just after we got home the door bell rang and an Elizabeth Warren volunteer asked to speak with me – I showed her my new Scott Brown sign and told her we had just come back from his rally. 2nd Elizabeth Warren person to knock on my door this election. I am an unenrolled voter so not sure if that is why but I don’t ever remember any campaign worker actually knocking on my door asking for my vote. Being Massachusetts I know Obama will win my state but I see tons of Romney signs and not very many Obama signs.
And funny enough people who were really interested in discussing politics in past few elections seem to have picked up other hobbies this time around – no one talking about this election at work, sporting or school events that I’ve been to this time around.
Thanks for all the hard work you do!!!
Patrice, you don’t know that the dicktator will win your state. They did vote for Scott Brown after all….stop stating what you DON’T want to be true!!!
Some of you have been complaining that Hillbuzz doesn’t load or it doesn’t load fast enough. I know Kevin is doing his best to increase band width but it does cost a lot of money so if you can afford it, use that button on the upper right of the screen and pay pal him a small donation. I was counting the users on this site but after about 300 I lost count so even a small donation from each of us would go a long way to help him out. I really appreciate the sanity he has restored to my mind.
I know some of you can’t afford anything and we all understand that, so to the ones that can afford a little more, do it for the ones who can’t. Say a prayer for those who can’t that with Romney and Ryan things will change for them and they will do better in a better economy!
Thanks Kevin, very encouraging article.
I don’t have a Romney/Ryan t-shirt, but I have two Reardon Steel shirts and a “…government is not the solution, government is the problem…” t-shirt that I have been wearing for several months.
Unfortunately I’ve only met with a few recognition looks. There must be too many zombies in my locale.
I’ve been lurking for a few weeks and couldn’t stop myself from putting my two cents in.
First of all Kevin, you are a hoot! I love your site and your optimism!
I am a reformed Dem who saw the light after Sep. 11th. After I started paying attention, I could no longer consider myself a Dem.
I am also in the interior design industry ( selling high end textiles) so needless to say, I have lots of gay friends. Heck in the 80′s, I had a gayroommate for 5 years. He and his husband, who I do free lance furniture design for, live in Philly, are still great friends of mine and they are both voting for Romney!
Today I emailed them to check out your site.
They , first and foremost, are very concerned for the country and could care less about the social issues right now and are more concerned for their business and America’s future!
I tried to tell them 4 years ago but they didn’t listen. They too seemed to have ‘seen the light’ which I’m so happy about!
I live in West a palm Beach and EVERY single parent on my oldest son’s baseball team is voting Romney. That is 26 people. Obama is a pariah and at practices, we sit around and bash him!
There’s still a lot of Obama supporters around here…. We have a ‘diverse’ neighborhood with lots of blacks, gays, guilty white liberals etc but my street alone is split 50/50 with lots of Romney signs. All of coastal West Palm in the wealthier areas is a lock for Romney. Tons of signs along the waterfront in the south end of the city!!!!
One last thing that kind of bugs me…..those of you with kids who voted for Obama….how does that happen???? I talk to my two boys EVERY day about politics, about American exceptional ism, about adhering to the constitution, etc and my 14 year old ‘gets it’. My 9 year old is right behind him. Kids do understand what’s at stake if you just give them the facts and let them make up their own minds. I’m sure my boys will grow up to be conservatives.
I also talk my teens all the time and when my oldest went to college I made sure she registered to vote at school. When they ride with me conservative talk radio is on and we often talk about current events…including Benghazi and the federal response to Sandy. I let them know how obama’s healthcare take over will affect the treatments I get for an incurable autoimmue disease and religous freedom and how daddy and I feel we can give to charities more effciently than using the government as a middle man. Our kids are too important to let the left educate them in public schools or through the corrupt media.
Welcome, so glad to read your comment, please don’t be shy. Continue to post and share your insights! We discuss politics, history, economics and current events with my kids, they get it.
Economics is really quite simple for kids to understand…using supply and demand. Just looking at the gas shortages on the East Coast is a way to drive that point home (even for someone math challenged like me!) My 16 year old son loves good comedy so I steer him toward Steven Crowder and other conservative humor.
I’m from Chicago, but for the past few years I’ve been living in Cedar Rapids, IA–probably as liberal a town as Iowa gets. Back in ’08 there was a LOT of excitement for Obama, especially on the campuses. (And I got my first taste of the future when the candidate hisownself did a speech from my college, and ordered our freshly-built theater set torn down so he could put his own props in there.)
It’s a lot different now. For a while there were still a fair amount of Obama signs here, but I’ve been seeing fewer and fewer of them since late September. Romney/Ryan signs outnumber them by about three or four to one in most neighborhoods I’ve seen. I’ve also been spotting more American flags.
Having caucused, attended town hall meetings, etc as a Republican here, I’d say there’s a lot of those famous broken-glass voters lurking in the shadows. I don’t know if Iowa will go red this year, but I know that many of the local Democrats are dispirited, and the Republicans who held their noses and voted McCain are now pretty darn fired up about Romney.
I live in SW CT and I see the same thing Rosa E. about the flags. Flags on houses, cars, random spots on roadsides, I’m not sure what it means here in blue CT but I’m thinking it can only benefit the Republicans at this point. I can see Nov. 6 from my house!!
I called my dog darby Romney this morning!
My family knew Mitts late uncle Mike (Miles) and I can say the whole clan are great people.
N NV is very pro R&R, all of NV is sans Las Vegas but there has been a surging ground effort there
economic refugees from CA moved into NV and they have been turning us blue but we will turn red this year
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fwiw I just bought a cheese cake pan off of the amazon.com ad
Kevin, I love going to this site-it is so uplifting!!! I,too, am from Chicago-left there over 30 years ago to become an Air Force nurse-best decision I ever made. I married a carrer Air Force officer and left the military to raise our children. Now our oldest son, Scott, is a captain in the Air force and just left for his 8th(!!!) deployment, his 4th in Afghanistan. We talked to him a few days ago and he is tired and discouraged. Who can blame him? We have a president who cares more about keeping Muslims safe than protecting our brave military.
I pray that everything you say is true-I do believe that it is.
Where we live in Colorado Springs, there has been a HUGH change with signage. In 2008, our upscale neighborhood had pro-Obama signs all over the place. I did a drive-through and now it is about 6 R/R signs to 5 Obama.
I understand everything that you say about Chicago, my family still lives there. My sister, who ADORED the messiah, told me (in June!!!) that she and her husband were voting for Romney, as well as 2 of her children. I almost fell over in a happy heap. So we went from a total of 6 for Obama to 4 for Romney and 2 for Obama( we hope the other 2 family members grow up).
Please, everyone, pray for the safety of our son and all the members of our brave military.
susan d, hats off to you and your family and especially your deployed son, from an Air Force wife whose husband is still active duty with nearly 28 years’ service. Lots of people on Hillbuzz will be happy to pray for your son’s safety as well as his morale, and I will be among them. Here’s hoping he feels much better after November 6!
Retired Air Force family here too and can echo so much of what you’ve had to say here.
Thank him for his service.
We need to pray that your son will remain safe during any further deployment. Too many of our troops have been dying. The numbers from Australia are small by comparison, but 40 dead in Afghanistan is still a lot of people.
Tell your son ‘thank you.’ He’s in my prayers, along with everyone in our military. Both of my parents were in the Air Force, one cousin was in the Navy, my younger brother is a Chief Petty Officer, and another cousin is in the Army. My youngest nephew is talking about going into the military as well. They really are the best of us.
Drove yesterday from Tampa to Savannah GA. (My hubby and I ran the Rock and Roll 1/2 marathon. So glad they cancelled the NYC marathon. ). We broke out the iPad to keep track of signs.
Obama : one billboard and 1 bumper sticker on the all important I-4 corridor. Three more bumper stickers on I-95 and one more in GA. That’s all
Romney : 1 billboard, 6 large signs, 2 yard signs and 5 bumper stickers. 7 more bumper stickers on I -95 and then 3 more in GA an long with a bill board.
Interesting the route for the 1/2 marathon ran thru downtown Savannah and also some of the poorer areas of Savannah with lots of African-Americans out waving at us…Tons of Obama signs there…but definitely saw some Romney signs along th way too…but way out numbered. Not worried at all. My hubby said if I could finish the race even though my training fell apart then Romeny will win. Lol. Three hours and two minutes later I’m a happy girl.
Taks for all you do Kevin.
Nice run Polishmama, there are very few conservatives in the running/triathlete world, but there are some of us! Congrats on your finish and thanks for the ground report.
You are right about runners….but my husband and I like to buck trends.
. We are conservative runners and college profs! Shhh. 
Oops that’s suppose to be THANKS!
Guys, we need to keep fighting until the last vote is counted. It’s not enough to just vote and then passively watch the blogs and polls. Go here and make calls for Mitt Romney: http://www.volunteer-connect.com/mittromney
I’m going to Romney rally tomorrow in Yardley, Pennsylvania. They’re expecting 15,000 people.
We’ll be there as well. Have to wait until Oldest Son gets home from upstate, and then we’re heading out. Can’t wait.
I got my tickets as well! I’m trying to get my sister to come with me, since she’s a typical low information undecided voter. She was leaning towards Romney, until all of the social issues “war on women” propaganda clouded her head thanks to Planned Parenthood and the Democratic Party flooding her with mailers.
Hopefully if she goes, she’ll see Romney is not the monster that the smear campaigns have been saying he is, but rather a good man who will bring our country back from the brink!
Northern Minnesota here. We have a Romney sign in our yard and it hasn’t been touched, and we’ve had it up over a month. Not many O signs at all, not like 2008, and hardly any bumper stickers. I’ve talked to a few people who voted for O the first time, but not this time. I’m hopeful, but I think it would be a miracle if Romney took MN.
Don’t look now, but Trumpka is at it again. Threatening to send 2,000 union goons to “watch” the polls. To me this seems like a desperation move. They sound like they’re sensing the slaughter about to take place.
I say bring it on! We all have camera phones now and an internet that lets you publish anything. Every picture of a union thug intimidating voters means more democrats will be wondering about what kind of people make up their party.
We got back a few moments ago frorm a Republican candidate rally in our town–all statewide people were there along with the candidates running for US House and US Senate (current US rep). Our governor was unable to be there as he was sending some guard troops off to the Middle East, but he’s joining the group later today in another city. Let me tell you the enthusiasm was amazing–my husband and I both commented on it. There was a general feeling of excitement that I’d not seen before truthfully…
Hey KEVIN!
Have you seen this?!
http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/11/media-blackout-on-black-chicago-protesters-marching-against-obama/
Black Chicagoans from the south and west sides took their message to what they say is the source of the problem when they converged outside of a fundraiser held by Mayor Emanuel for Barack Obama and then marched to the studios of ABC News.
I live within 15 miles of Grambling University (a black majority university) and La Tech University. I have not seen the Obama bumper stickers or T-shirts this year that I saw in 2008. Also, I haven’t heard anyone talking positively about Obama. The only conversation I have over heard about the election (that wasn’t about getting Obama out of office) was three university students complaining about Louisiana’s voter ID laws. You must have a valid Louisiana driver’s license or state issued ID which are free, no student IDs accepted. We have had these laws for over a decade but to hear them complain you would think this was the first election.
Oregon Coast here. I have not seen one yard sign in Oregon though I live no where near Portlandia. I’ve seen about a 10 to 1 ration of Mitt to Obama bumper stickers. Last month I drove cross country and was amazed how little Obama support there is. Honestly there isn’t much overt support for Mitt either but that might be due to fear of vandilizism.
I drove cross country just prior to the 2008 elect too where I saw Obama/Biden signs and bumper stickers EVERYWHERE.
Romney in a landslide!!!!!
cal….it was truly inspirational to participate in this rally in OH. I had to fight the disappointment this morning when I went to the local CBS affiliate to read the report only to find a picture of Obama and alerting one and all to his visit to Univ. of Cincinnati tomorrow. After hearing the crowd size for Romney, I imagine that the everything moving downtown tomorrow will be diverted to attend the rally for the “one”. It is my hope and prayer that OH will bring it on home on Tuesday.
ID is a lock for Romney. Only seen one Obozo lawn sign, on my neighbor no less (I run down late at night and put a decoration on her sign. She removes it, but she knows she is a dummie.), and a few RR signs. Since you have to buy the signs and the party hasn’t sent many to ID, we don’t see many signs. But our whole 4 EVs are in a deep red state, so Obammie ain’t loved here.
Besides donating $$ to RR, I am also doing the phone calling from home volunteering. We have been calling into CO since they are the same time zone.
We have lots of Mormons in ID too.
We don’t see many Obozo or RR ads, unless they come across a national feed on cable or the satellite.
Sitting here watching my Wolfpack get their butts kicked.
On a brighter note: Out of Cary, NC, I have seen many RR signs but I have only seen one or two Obama signs and they were crookedly slapped on the side of the road – have not seen any in an actual yard.
I will be so glad for Tuesday!
Poll greeters are needed in your area for Election Day, if you can help out call / email your local GOP
Hollywood/L.A.
I live in Hollywood and drive five days a week to downtown L.A. In 2008, there were so many Obama bumper stickers that it would appear that they were mandatory. Currently, I see maybe two in a week. No enthusiasm for Obama in Los Angeles? I’ve seen more Romney stickers than Obama stickers. I’ve not seen a Romney yard sign. However, I have not seen ANY Obama yard signs, either. I have to agree with RealAmerican. I wouldn’t count California out. Judging from the casual chatter I’m hearing, the majority vibe seems to favor NOT Obama.
Thanks for your articles, Kevin.
Sorry if you (anyone) has mentioned this in a post already. (I do not have time to read through 200+ comments posting on just one thread – even though I would love to be able to do so!)
“Media blackout of black Chicago protesters marching against Obama”
http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/11/media-blackout-on-black-chicago-protesters-marching-against-obama/
Lefty Facebook friend: I’ve read stuff that shows that PA will most likely go to Obama, but with all of the RomneyRyan signs I keep seeing (yuck) I can’t help but think that Philly must carry the state much more than I ever thought. If I wanted to counter all the Romney signs I see on my street I would have to stick like 15 Obama/Biden signs!
This was after he got done complaining about yard signs in general, and political ads on TV, both of which “need to stop” because “Maybe more people would get involved that way.” …If anyone understands this logic, please explain it to me.
Florida will go for Romney have no fear!
A few bumper stickers (might as well write “Idiot” in Sharpie on your forehead) but no more than a handful of signs although someone did put an OFA “Florida for Obama” large sign up it is surrounded by Romney signs.
Romney and downballot candidates sign waving at the early voting library near my home I’ve seen no Obama supporters there at all and I drive by numerous times per day.
EV is over tomorrow in FL and everyone I know who is free on Tuesday has signed up for Project ORCA.
I’m chilling the champagne as we speak!
An interesting article about Blacks protesting – Obama – in Chicago!
and news media is not covering! From Professor Jacobson:
http://legalinsurrection.com/2012/11/media-blackout-on-black-chicago-protesters-marching-against-obama/
Kevin . . .Thanks for all your astute words of wisdom.
From NC. . .a NC paper article that I thought would be picked up by the national media. . . silly me!
I thought this was of interest about number of NC 112 year old voters. . .I suspect the demorats are very, very busy these days. . between this and on-screen voting machines always voting for Obama. . .
http://www.salisburypost.com/News/110112-Early-voting-ends-soon
FEMA is out of water. According to Breitbart FEMA is out of bottled water and their next delivery will not be until Monday.
To the thirsty people of New York and New Jersey: Sorry, an inept pencil necked bean counter who values procedure over human suffering has just proved that Mitt Romney was right about FEMA.
I was a corporate purchasing agent for 25 years. If I waited until I ran out of something as critical as water and then had to go out for bid before I could purchase more. I would have been walked out of the building. Where did they find these people, community college?
Kevin, you asked the other day about the voting in the elementary and middle schools…well, my son voted yesterday, and yep….most of the kids were voting for Romney.
I feel a landslide coming on baby!!!!
Being in upstate NY we conservatives are more numerous than the rest of the state. However this is NY, a huge public union state along with having our state govt. hand tied to the powers in NYC. That being said, in my area anyway, the predominance of Romney signs is far greater than Obama signs, the complete reverse of 2008. I would say at my workplace, 75% are voting Romney. I am more than happy with that. If Romney gets more than 60% of the vote out of NYS, it will be a huge win. I would be ecstatic. If Romney ever won the state I think I would have a heart attack!
A warning for the rest of the country. Governor Cuomo is setting himself up for a Presidential run in the near future. He is a left wing liberal from birth. It is in his genes. Do not believe his bs when he tries to play like he is a centrist.
Thank you Kevin for being a voice of optimism in a sea of uncertainty. I love coming here to calm my nerves. It has been 4 years of awful nightmares andI hope they are coming to an end Tues.
Don’t worry about Lil’ Andy we have all heard so much about him already. The party is ready for that punk.
Your Governor Cuomo had a had in the mortgage meltdown. Check out his history in the Clinton Administration.
Con Edison refused three truckloads of replacement transformers because the truck drivers were non-union.
A total of 144 transformers were not delivered to New York on Wednesday because the drivers were independent.
One driver stayed in New York until Friday hoping Bloombergs office would come up with a fix. Then he left, with the transformers.
I don’t remember union goons in New Orleans blocking delivery of needed equipment do you?
Source -http://www.theoaklandpress.com/articles/2012/11/03/news/local_news/doc50945623585fb418828844.txt
Kevin, I just found your wonderful and inspiring website last week through a link from another conservative website–Free Republic I think–and I can’t thank you enough for all of the positive effort that you are putting into this election.
I live in one of the very rural Gulf Counties in the Big Bend area of North Florida, with only a bit over 9,000 registered voters in the County. But one of our local newspaper columnists wrote this week that the 500 Florida votes that finally gave Bush the election could have come from our County, so every vote does count!
And although Dem voter registrations are about double those of Republicans here in our County, I have no doubt that R/R will win the County this time, just like Bush did. Unfortunately Obama barely won the County in ’08, which surprised me, as this is a very conservative, Blue Dog Democratic County.
But in 2010 we helped kick out our 14 year, Blue Dog Dem, US Congressman, Alan Boyd, because he voted FOR Obamacare at the last minute, as Boyd really wanted to vote against it, as he knew that he could possibly lose his House seat of 14 years if he voted for it. But Dem House politics pushed him into voting for Obamacare, and thus Boyd did lose his Florida 2nd Congressional District House seat in 2010 to Steve Southerland of Panama City. And I do believe that Southerland will win the 2nd District House seat again in 2012.
Since redistricting we are now in the 3rd Congressional House seat instead of the 2nd. And I was absolutely shocked when Rep Cliff Sterns, the staunch conservative Republican US Congressman of several decades LOST the Republican primary for the new 3rd District to Ted Yoho, who was backed by the Tea Party! Yoho is a former large animal vet and businessman, and although I liked him, I never thought that he would be able to dislodge Sterns.
Now I have regularly attended local Tea Party meetings, and I met Yoho at one of the meetings and really liked what I heard from him. But I did not believe that Republicans would kick out a conservative like Sterns for someone even more conservative.
Our rural area is a mixture of long time ranching, farming, and logging families who have lived here for generations, plus some retired military who like to live near the water, and some retirees from up North who sold their Northern homes when prices were still very good to move down here, as before the recession the proceeds from selling say a suburban New Jersey home near the shore would buy quite a nice little “ranchette” in this area of Florida, where someone can raise animals far away from the vegan animal rights cult’s influence that is so prominent up in the Northeast.
Right now there are lots of signs for local elections from both parties here, but I have not seen even one Obama sign or bumper sticker. But there are lots of large and small “Fire Obama” signs on properties near the roads, and several large Romney/Ryan signs out on the main, 4 lane highway, and quite a few R/R yard signs too.
My grown son and I did early voting on this past Thursday, and we were shocked by having to wait for almost a hour to be able to vote. Being such a small County, there’s just one early voting polling place, at the small Supervisor of Elections office in the Courthouse, whereas there are about a dozen polling places open on election day all over the County. And I have done early voting for the past several elections, but I’ve never had to wait before.
And as I’m sure that this County is going for R/R, I was surprised at the somber mood as the crowd waited to vote, and I would almost call it grim. Fortunately there were benches and some chairs to sit in while waiting, but there was very little talking being done by the waiting crowd, and most just sat and either read the local newspapers, which are both for Romney, or filled in their sample ballots, as we have 11 constitutional amendments on the Florida ballot this time.
As I said earlier, this is a Blue Dog Democratic stronghold, and one has to be registered as a Democrat to have any influence in the closed primary system here in Florida on local elections, as hardly any Republicans ever run for local offices here. But I switched to being a registered Republican back in 2010 so that I could have a voice in the Rubio/Crist Senatorial Republican primary, as I wanted turncoat Christ gone.
But as this County went for Bush over 80% both times, then barely went for Obama, I’m hoping that the grimness that I was seeing on people’s faces while waiting to vote was more about their economic situation rather than who they were voting for, as I’ve not met one person here who has admitted that they are going to vote for Obama this time, and all say that they are voting for R/R. But Romney was not the first choice here, as Santorum, Perry, and even Cain were preferred choices here.
And the two election workers at the Supervisor’s office looked exhausted, as we were there late, after 4PM, and they both said that they had never been so busy with early voting before.
I just think that the crowd was so somber because this is a very economically depressed area ever since the local Georgia Pacific plant closed, as there is no demand for wooden building supplies anymore, with the housing recession And even the mulch plant has closed and laid off all of its workers, as people no longer have enough disposable income to even spend on replenishing their flower beds with new mulch every season. Our unemployment numbers are probably well over 20% in this County, and many of the business and retail buildings in the small town that serves as the County seat are boarded up.
And even the eco-tourism and recreational boating that the area depended on has dried up, and several of the marinas have closed, as well as several restaurants. I’ve heard that high gas prices have stopped many people from running their boats on weekends, and ethanol in gas also damages some boat engines. And I’ve read that about 60% of the households in this County receive some sort of gov’t check every month, but that includes Social Security, which I do not consider to be any form of welfare.
That’s the news from a rural Big Bend Florida County, and I’m just hoping and praying that our country as a whole will make the right decision and elect Romney and Ryan. And I come here to be replenished and refreshed after reading all of the Left leaning polls that keep saying that Obama is going to win. And I have had to stop listening to Coast to Coast on the radio in the early mornings, as so many of their prognosticators keep saying that Obama is going to win. But I’ve lived in 10 states, including Hawaii over my lifetime, and I simply do not believe that the country will reelect a President with such bad economic statistics.
Lu in Florida
Welcome to Hillbuzz!
I’ve been listening my iPod on general shuffle (all genres) and it is getting funny. It keeps playing songs like “The Final Countdown”, “Another One Bites the Dust”, “Shake It Out”, “No One Mourns the Wicked”… I think my iPod even has an opinion.
I can guess what you will be playing on Wednesday. They are all good songs.
Perhaps people have some more suggestions on songs that can be played.
Did you hear about Jim Turner from North Carolina? Jim bragged on facebook that he voted for Obama five times already an gave the specific locations.
Well, Jim went and deleted the post but not before it got copied several times.
Jim has now been reported to the FBI vote fraud task force.
https://www.facebook.com/rightbill.kammerer/posts/160011757477912
Sheriff Bart – “We are so smart….and they’re so dumb”.
Have fun Jim Turner of Pink Knoll Shores, North Carolina. Your life just got interesting.
I live in an affluent community in the eastern part of the San Francisco Bay Area. In driving around my community, I’ve seen fewer than 10 signs/stickers for a presidential candidate. They split at 6 for Obama and 4 for Romney. In 2008, the area was buried in yard signs and bumper stickers for Obama. My college-age son told me that in 2008, the kids on campus were pumped up about Obama; now they don’t even mention the election. What stands out the most is the silence surrounding this election. No one talks about it in the stores or at events. No one expresses an opinion or volunteers to tell you their preference. Silence. I like the phrase I read recently. “Quiet and coiled.” That’s how it is in my neighborhood.
Nice to hear. I always felt there had to be intelligent life somewhere east of the bay. Far too pretty of an area to surrender to the leftists.
Loved that great amusement park, what was it called? Oh yeah, Berkeley that’s it!
Stevie Wonder appeared today at a rally for Obama at Cleveland State University. Around 200 attended.
The concert started at 10:30am. The Obama campaign didn’t notify anyone until 10:00am. They had a shuttle available to take people to vote during the concert. It never left the parking lot.
Folks the Obama campaign is being run by the worst organizers in US political history.
http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/11/few_know_about_stevie_wonder_a.html
Florida is full of Romney signs. The red areas are very enthusiastic. The areas that are typically blue have very few BO signs. I have seen some BO bumper stickers on beat up cars. They’re probably from 08 and just didn’t scrape them off yet! The lines for early voting were long. The mix of voters was probably 50/50. That’s good news for Romney. Republicans will crawl over broken glass Tuesday to cast their votes.
I live in Berserkeley CA, the belly of the beast. Plenty of Obama stickers although a good bit less than in 2012, not many signs, and nothing pro-Romney. I did see one Romney sign in a window in San Franfreako.
W/r/t open threads … low- and mid-information voters are I think seeing sense. We at Bapton Books published our position paper (Romney on all three sets of issues over Obama) to give those who think themselves clever an excuse to abandon Obama (Americans and the foreign press alike. James Delingpole has been reliable, but I am really looking forward to Dan Hodges’ being forced to admit he’s been dead wrong). It’s here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/112005234/Bapton-Books-Position-Paper-The-United-States-Presidential-Election
I live just northwest of Los Angeles. It’s more conservative and Republican where I live. There are about 6 Romney signs to 1 Obama sign in my neighborhood. I remember only one sign for McCain in 2008.
The big surprise was nearby Agoura– heavily Democratic and leftist. I went to visit a friend there, and saw 4 Romney signs and only 1 Obama sign on her street. Obama will win California, but the enthusiasm is gone.
We wouldn’t know as we’re not familiar with Chicago’s Gay district.
Chapel Hill, NC. Four years ago there were a dozen Obama signs in front of neighbors’ houses. This year there are zero. There was one at the intersection with the main road but I saw it only once then it was gone and the Romney sign remains.
We will elect a Republican governor, but I don’t think David Price is in much danger of gettting a second sabbatical
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Hello, Kevin!
I stumbled across your site a couple of weeks ago; my brother is a rabid consumer of all msm political “news,” and has been inundating me with “fear porn” (as you so succinctly describe it) for months now. I found it difficult to believe that the candidates are neck-and-neck, so I decided to seek out some political analysis without the ridiculous msm spin and fearmongering that defines the coverage of this election. I am very glad to have found your site; it is like a breath of fresh air. I have read quite a few of your articles and I want to thank you for all of your hard work in debunking the media’s lies. I especially enjoyed reading your prediction for the outcome of the election, and your reasoning behind it. It actually makes logical sense. I was beginning to think that was no longer possible in political analysis. Kudos to you
. I would also like to thank all of the people commenting here with their Ground Reports. You have somewhat restored my faith in my fellow Americans. I was worried that half of the nation must have been brainwashed into mental deficiency by the leftists. I kept saying to myself, “There is NO WAY that the race is as close as they’re saying…it’s just not possible! People cannot be that blind!” It’s quite a relief to read that many citizens across the nation seem to be wise to the left’s agenda and propaganda.
As for my own Ground Report, I live in a small-ish town in south central PA, just outside of Harrisburg. I haven’t seen any O/B or R/R yard signs or billboards in the area. All of the yard signs that I have seen are for candidates running at the local/state level. There is also an almost total lack of bumper stickers. In the past few weeks, I have seen exactly one Romney sticker and one Obama ’12 sticker. People do not seem to be very keen on publicly declaring their choice for the presidential election. Even among the professors/students at my college and among the people I work with (I manage the evening shift at a very small business, and all of my employees are on good and friendly terms), there is absolutely zero discussion of politics or the election. It’s almost like there is some kind of unspoken taboo about the subject. I get the feeling that the left is taking Pennsylvania for granted. I also think that the voters have quietly made up their minds and will vote for Romney while reporting to pollsters that their ballot will be cast for Obama. I think there is a fear that the left will try to “steal” the election if they think they are losing badly, so everyone is just keeping their mouths shut about their candidate of choice. This is a complete turnaround from the way things were in my town during the ’08 election. During that race, politics was all anyone talked about; it was everywhere, and it seemed that there was no way to avoid expressing your support for your candidate. Today, everyone is silent, but there is a sense of determination in the air. I just pray that it goes in favor of the man who can begin to rebuild the nation, rather than the divisive and destructive man who now occupies the White House.
I was discussing the possible outcome of the election with my husband. You could say that we are split 50/50 on who we think is going to win.
I believe that Romney/Ryan will win in a landslide. This is what I am picking up from all the vibes. I appreciate the fact that you have non-compulsory voting which means the result depends upon turn out. My husband has no appreciation of the idea of voter enthusiasm, and that the momentum itself is with Romney. It is amusing that some of the reasons that he gives for Obama to win are the reasons that I say no, Romney will win. He talks about the rustbelt in Ohio as if those people are going to go out and vote Democrat, and I am saying no, because of: coal, and Benghazi.
Actually, I think that he does not have a grip because he relies on the LSM for information and I happen to consider that an unreliable source. Our papers are all for Obama and they write up negative articles about Romney. Then again they do the same thing with Tony Abbott, where they constantly write negative puff pieces, whilst they writhe on the ground for the worst ever subPrime Minister Australia has ever had.