The preferred party?

Since World War II, the stock market has risen an average 58 percent under new Democratic administrations versus a 32 percent rise under first-term Republicans. …

The two best market stretches have been under Democrats. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index was up 79 percent during Bill Clinton’s first term. It’s up the same amount under Barack Obama with three months left.

The preferred party?

Gaming the town hall debate – PostPartisan – The Washington Post

Who prevails this evening depends not only on how each candidate does but also on how their supporters react. …

First and foremost, [Obama] needs to show that he really wants to keep his job, and that he’s happy to fight for it. The most disconcerting aspect of the first debate wasn’t that Obama failed to go after Romney’s shape-shifting and untruths, though that was a problem. It’s that Obama was utterly disengaged and seemed to have no desire to battle for a second term. A number of Obama supporters I spoke with after Debate One said they felt that were fighting harder for Obama’s reelection than he was. This time, he needs to convey spirit, energy and a little joy. …

Republican spin-meisters did not worry in the least that they might have contradicted themselves by saying that Romney’s aggressiveness against Obama was a sign of leadership while Biden’s aggressiveness against Ryan was a sign of disrespect.

Gaming the town hall debate – PostPartisan – The Washington Post

Americans do not grant titles for life. Former Governor Romney is not Governor Romney. There is no President Clinton nor Presidents Bush, just former presidents. You can skip using “former” if you reference the years they were in office. We have no royalty, no House of Lords in America. We are all equals.

Privileged white male just being himself. mjh

Thompson’s son sorry for suggesting voters send Obama back to ‘Kenya’

Apparently, these women want Romney to nominate the next three Supreme Court justices. Maybe we’ll finally bump a Roman Catholic for a Mormon. Kiss Roe v Wade good-bye. mjh

Poll: Romney, now even with women, leads Obama in the swing states

Mitt Romney leads President Obama by four percentage points among likely voters in the nation’s top battlegrounds, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, and he has growing enthusiasm among women to thank.

Poll: Romney, now even with women, leads Obama in the swing states

But, before we go fetal:

Obama keeps small lead on Romney – Reuters/Ipsos Poll | Firstpost

Three weeks before the November 6 U.S. election, Obama leads Romney by 2 percentage points, with 47 percent support from likely voters in the national online poll, to 45 percent support for Romney.

Obama keeps small lead on Romney – Reuters/Ipsos Poll | Firstpost

Larry Pressler: Republican Senator, Vietnam Veteran Endorses President Obama

This decision is not easy for any lifelong Republican. In 2008 I voted for Barack Obama, the first time I ever voted for a Democrat, because the Republican Party was drifting toward a dangerous path that put extreme party ideology above national interest. Mitt Romney heads a party remaining on that dangerous path, proving the emptiness of their praise as they abandon our service members, veterans and military families along the way. …

Let’s be clear, Romney and Ryan would be disastrous for America’s service members, veterans and military families. Public praise rings hollow when you fail to mention an ongoing war in accepting your party’s nomination to be president, or veterans in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, a so-called jobs plan or in a budget that should be a blue print of our nation’s values. …

As a combat veteran of two tours in Vietnam with twenty-two years of service as a Republican member of the U.S. House and Senate, I endorse President Barack Obama for a second term as our Commander-in-Chief.

Larry Pressler: Republican Senator, Vietnam Veteran Endorses President Obama