And as the election gets closer, I don't expect it to get any closer either.

It's October. Are we surprised yet?

It seems to me that someone with bucks is gaming intrade. Market manipulation is common in low volume stocks so I guess one can expect intrade to be used as a propaganda source. Too bad, I used the think intrade was right on target. Of course it could be and we are all deluded... I think not.

As the election gets closer, expect the poll numbers to get, shall we say "more accurate". If only to preserve what is left of their credibility. The media has played it's game. Trying to prop up 0bama with tweaked polls. It probably would have worked if 0bama was more competent and Romney less so.

I thought Pew was an outlier when it showed Obama up by 8 and I think Pew is an outlier when it shows Romney up by 5. This election is and will be close and if any of us don't vote for Romney and don't get out everyone we know who will vote for Romney to get out and vote for him we will have only ourselves to blame for having Hugo Jr. for four more years.

That one fifth that considered Obama the winner of the debate - They might as well take their cyanide right now. They are in for a rough life.

Time to get back into the stock market

Regardless of the exact poll numbers it is clear that Romney got a big lift from his debate skills and ability to go toe-to-toe with Obama. I think his confident demeanor also threw-off Obama.
The Dems must now be in full-scale panic mode knowing they can't write off the Republican ticket as a pair of dummies.

I don't think it's a bounce. I think it a change, and I think it's only going to become a bigger change.

The blinders have been pulled off, the little man behind the curtain has been exposed.

In any type of debate setup, I think Mitt can take this faker without too much effort. Mitt's too "good on his feet"...and Barry's a zero without his trusty teleprompter. Irregardless of the "stack" in the audience, I think you'll find that Romney does just fine. He's got a grip on the issues...and most of it comes either from experience or indepth study. The other guy? He's a layabout slacker...you can see his type in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". Names Spicolli (sp?) By the way, what's an "Elspeth"?

I expect to see a lot of personal attacks from Obama calling into question qualifications and experience (from Obama yet!) and perhaps accusations of mistruths.
I hope these don't go over well with the independents who seem to be moving rapidly to Romney.

For the second presidential debate, I believe Obama is going to be wound really tight. His advisory team are going to be in a real bind. Give him drugs; don't give him drugs. Look and act presidential; be a junkyard dog and go for the throat. And while they figure all this out, Obama is like a scared, beaten puppy in the corner of the room, not knowing which way to turn. I'd like to be a cockroach on the wall.

Teachers, students et al moan about standardized tests. But to those who already know their subject(s) such tests are a mere inconvenience. The rest are guilty of focusing on the test as a one-off event and there is usually risk involved with relying on short term memory.

In this scenario Romney is the confident scholar and Obama the crammer hoping to get by on luck.

' Voters still think Obama is the candidate who's more moderate, honest, and consistent.'' - article. 0bama honest? Please people wake up and stop lowering the intelligence of this nation.