The Blue Board

Just wait and see. Pretty sure no one thought Obama could be president back in 2004. Or 2005, 2006 and half of 2007.

I agree he picked up steam, but if you made a short list of dem candidates in 2005, Obama wasn't in the top 10.

There are plenty of reasons to think Bloomberg could be the President come 2016.

Would Ryan and Rubio run together or are they merely opponent alpha male types? I think Rubio is the next president and is obviously another breakthrough in terms of heritage and the white house.

Bloomberg ran for NYC mayor as a Republican in 2001 and 2005. He's far from a "classic liberal."

Well he damn sure doesn't stack up to being much of a republican either.

Exactly. Guy was a Republican and would now be considered a moderate, independent.

Regardless of who wins, I see us facing four more years of gridlock. During that time, the nation will reach its tipping point wrt to polarization and rationality will finally take over and most from both parties will come back to the middle realizing that is the only way we can get things done. Shortly after that, Bloomberg will run for president as an independent. Look for him to finance his own campaign (so he owes no special interest anything) and probably take a salary of $1. He'll be plenty popular.

Doesn't matter. My life won't be affected either way. That said, I think Obama gets a second term because of the woman vote.

Romney isn't going to win. It doesn't matter what kind of vote. He will lose Ohio and Pennsylvania. Women will vote heavily toward Obama. If you didn't know that, you aren't watching close enough.

Again, I don't care who wins. My life won't be affected either way.

Funny because 7-11 is exempt from the NYC soda law.

link: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57512246-10391704/sugary-drinks-over-16-ounces-banned-in-new-york-city-board-of-health-votes/

relevenat quote: "However she added without educating New Yorkers about obesity risks, the ban may not be as effective as officials hope, given people will still be able to buy sugary drinks such as Big Gulps at 7-11 convenience stores."

Right now, Obama has a substantial lead with minorities, women, youth voters and people making under 50k. Romney has whites, men, boomers and evangelicals. Both are, surprisingly, tied with the elderly.
While national polling has them in a statistical tie, state polls are significantly favoring Obama. All he needs to win is the states he's heavily favored in and toss-ups (he's marginally favored in) Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio. And that's the ball game.

Romney on the other hand, would have to take traditionally red states, the rest of the toss-ups and flip Pennsylvania (where several polls have Obama polling between 3-6 points ahead of Romney)

All ballots haven't been cast yet, but the deck is stacked in Obama's favor and a Romney win would be a statistical anomaly at this point.

Ouch. Senior Romney aides privately conceding Nevada.

If Obama does win, it's really bad for us conservatives. If we can't win this election we are probably screwed going forward, especially since the dems have successfully flooded so much of the country with third world collectivist. It's cool though it will be the Democrats that oversee the demise of our country and perhaps the rest of the world will take note. Maybe America will be the canary in the coal mine for the world on leftist ideologies and when it becomes apparent that leftist have destroyed a superpower perhaps mankind will finally rid itself of this God awful ideology.