Tuesday Open Thread [10.2.12]

Filed in Open Thread by on October 2, 2012

First Read:

“Heading into tomorrow night’s first presidential debate, both President Obama and challenger Mitt Romney have two big vulnerabilities that his opponent can exploit. And it’s safe to say that whichever candidate better addresses his vulnerabilities will have more success in Wednesday’s debate.”

“For Obama, one of his vulnerabilities is that he hasn’t fully described what a second term would look like… For Mitt Romney, a big vulnerability is that he hasn’t differentiated his economic policies from George W. Bush’s.”

This is a rather tired media narrative and Republican talking point: that Obama has not told us what he will do in a second term. Only illiterates and the stupid can possibly say that. He is going to continue to do the things the Republicans continue to block: the passage of the American Jobs Act, the repeal of the tax cuts for the wealthy, the Dream Act, Immigration Reform, implementation and improvement of Obamacare, ending the war in Afghanistan, and investing in new energies (solar, wind) and high speed rail, internet and highway infrastructure. I mean, did these people (idiots like Chuck Todd) not watch his convention speech?

Eugene Robinson:

Wednesday’s presidential debate promises sharp contrasts. One candidate wants to repeal Obamacare, one candidate invented it. One opposed the auto industry bailout, one takes credit for it. One doubts the scientific consensus about climate change, one believes in it. One wants to “voucherize” Medicare, one wants to save it. One dismisses nearly half of Americans as a bunch of moochers, and one claims to champion the struggling middle class.
It promises to be an epic clash: Mitt Romney vs. Mitt Romney. Oh, and President Obama will be there, too.

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  1. puck says:

    I dunno DD… Obama told us what he was going to do in 2008 too. I’m pulling for Obama to win, but I’m afraid of waking up after the election to a Groundhog Day Presidency.

    Specifically, Bowles-Simpson, or grand deal, or some other excuse to keep the tax cuts for the rich going, or cutting safety net (like raising retirement age).

  2. jason330 says:

    Pretty funny.

  3. Liberal Elite says:

    Hilarious!

    3rd graders and the electoral college.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/03/opinion/electoral-college-101.html

    My favorite lines:
    “How long did you rehearse the scene where those third graders freak out about the Electoral College?”
    “We didn’t.”