Sometimes — actually, often — I publish emails that I don’t agree with but that I think are important to read. That’s my thought with this one from TPM Reader MG. I don’t really comprehend this kind of thinking. And I’ve seen no *reliable* reports (as opposed to stuff in the Tory hack press from the UK) that President Obama thought he’d done a good job after the first debate. But here’s one readers take …
I’m still going to vote for Obama (if for no other reason: Supreme Court nominations), but I don’t really think, on a personal level, that a much-improved performance from Obama this Tuesday is going to heal the wounds from the first debate.
From Barron’s …
Personal Pollster
PollTracker is the political app of the moment.
The must-have campaign app of this political season is not from the Romney or Obama camp–though each has its own candidate for iPhones and Android devices. In these closing weeks the app of the moment is the free PollTracker, which keeps you wired with hour-by-hour updates of polls for both local and national races.
PollTracker defaults to a “Presidential Dashboard” with a big, clean scoreboard showcasing the Romney versus Obama race nationwide, based on a weighted average of a variety of polls. Tap on “Swing States” to see the presidential race for Ohio, Virginia and 10 other key Electoral College races.
If you subscribe to Barron’s you can read the whole review here or just download PollTracker from the Appstore right now.
Shots fired into Obama campaign office in Denver …
Denver police say someone has fired a shot through the window of President Barack Obama’s Denver campaign office.
Police spokeswoman Raquel Lopez says people were inside the office when the shooting happened Friday afternoon, but no one was injured. A large panel of glass was left shattered at the office on West Ninth Avenue near Acoma Street.
In case you missed it yesterday, read our report on the little known million dollar giver who helped keep Priorities USA chugging along in the lean days in early 2012.
TPM Electoral Scoreboard moves to Obama 253, Romney 220 as North Carolina moves from Leans Romney to Toss Up.
This is slightly nitpicky, but something Mitt Romney said recently when discussing health insurance and mortality really jumped out at me.
Here’s what he told the Columbus Dispatch: “We don’t have people that become ill, who die in their apartment because they don’t have insurance.”
Which is very similar to what he told 60 Minutes: “If someone has a heart attack, they don’t sit in their apartment and die. We pick them up in an ambulance, and take them to the hospital, and give them care.” Read More
Do people think a security request from a US consulate ends up on the President’s desk? The Vice President’s? Assuming the reporters flogging this know this but are choosing to ignore this obvious point?
Mitt Romney says people don’t die because they lack health insurance. Actually they do. Lots of them.