Obama Comes to Mass for Cash – Channel's Patrick - Warren Acts As Attack Dog – Romney's Sense of Humor – Drives Circles Around $18K Obama Fundraiser!

The Master and the Mentored: Obama, Patrick, Axelrod - Anyone see a theme here? - image (Obama/Axelrod) Masslive - Patrick - New York Times


When a sitting President visits any state, even Massachusetts, it’s a big deal, if the President takes the time to say hello to the people who might have got him elected – unless of course, the State is a Commonwealth and that Commonwealth is Massachusetts – where Democrats overwhelmingly preferred Hillary in 2008. That said it does not prevent the President to turn to the Progressive faithful in Boston in a whirlwind grab for much needed Cash – before campaigning elsewhere, or going elsewhere for more money. The Boston Globe’s”Money is the focus during Obama’s Boston visit” - with a few interesting points:

“President Obama thanked Boston Monday for trading Red Sox third-baseman Kevin Youkilis to his Chicago White Sox, but he owed far more thanks to the supporters who donated thousands of dollars to see him at three Boston-area fund-raisers.”
“The whirlwind day — with stops at Hamersley’s Bistro in the South End, Symphony Hall, and a private home in Weston — was intended to tap a Massachusetts well that has yielded fewer maximum individual contributions than the president collected in his 2008 campaign. The number of Bay State supporters who contributed the $2,500 maximum to Obama’s campaign fund had plunged by nearly half when compared with the same period four years ago.”
President Obama spent more than an hour inside Hamersley’s Bistro, whose front windows were covered. At the restaurant, 25 supporters, hosted by Boston advertising executive Jack Connors, paid $40,000 each to attend.
Many held signs, including one that read, “The 1% of Boston Welcomes Obama.”
At Symphony Hall, general-admission tickets for a crowd of 1,800 people started at $250, with a limited number at $144 for younger supporters. And at the day’s final event at the Weston home of Judi and Douglas Krupp, 100 people who attended dinner with the president paid $17,900 each.
The pressure on the president has been ratcheted up by Mitt Romney’s fund-raising performance. In May, for the first time, Romney’s joint fund-raising committee collected more money than Obama, $76.8 million to $60 million. Despite being outpaced last month, the president’s return to Boston just before the end of the fiscal quarter should boost his numbers.

What one reads in the Boston Globe is the following: Obama’s fundraising is down, even in Massachusetts, he’s being welcomed by the 1% - or those who are not associated and make sure one knows it with “Occupy anything” – rather those that are characterized for their “Corporate Greed.” In order to attend the least pricey event, only 1800 had the $250 bucks to see the President speak, or wanted to part with it – but 100 individuals from the more elite Progressives had at least $17,900 to sit down with Obama in a private home. Finally Obama is feeling the heat from Romney’s fundraising Prowess – or his own lack of fundraising ability this time around – especially in the Bluest State, where if a Democrat isn’t a shoe-in to being with, those loafers can be made to fit.

Meanwhile – the Los Angeles Times Suggests that the Progressive Democrat Senate Candidate, Grandma Warren, is now Obama’s attack dog – the opening act for the President in Boston (maybe he’ll do us all a favor and Ms. Chow Wow Pow on the road.) The Times goes so far as to suggest that Warren has “joined forces with the President”. Joined Forces – that’s brilliant! Her motto with Romney – Bain, Bain and more Bain, with a little smattering of Outsourcing – which would be nice, if Romney had been at Bain, at the time, which he was not, and which most Democrats agree is somewhat of a toxic take on attacking Romney – but – she’s running for the Senate in Massachusetts – as a Democrat.

Remember, Warren started the Occupy Movement, which makes one wonders how she reconciles sitting down to dinner with the 1%’ers who support her better half (Obama)


Romney and His Bus - He even pumps his own gas! (image: greenautoblog

Not to let an opportunity to pull a prank go to waste, the suddenly humorous former Governor of Massachusetts, and yes, Obama foe, Mitt Romney, took his campaign bus out for a ride around downtown Boston, once again circling those Obama supporters they could find. (Weaselzippers). The left of course felt it was truly awful. Over at TMP, the word “heckling” as bandied about instead of “honking”. The point – Romney is a smart guy, if he’s doing anything, he’s recruiting! – Something that the President is, according to the Boston Globe (see beginning paragraphs) not doing in Massachusetts, but holding onto at least 50% of his 2008 supporters. Romney’s drive-by’s are simply Romney having a sense of humor, Romney being ever entrepreneurial and Romney turning Lemons into Lemonade! What happened to our national sense of humor?

As a matter of fact, Romney’s sense of humor and the more he applies his pranks, makes him ultimately more appealing, especially to those who are sick and tired of the gloom, doom and indecision that has caused the malaise that now permeates every nook and cranny of the country. Therefore, in the beginning one might have been tempted to vote for Mitt Romney because he was not Obama, now, one might be tempted to vote for Romney because he’s still not Obama, but he has a sense of humor to boot – and contrary to Elizabeth Warren’s ranting about greedy corporations, the fact is not all corporations are greedy (especially when one reads about politicians just stopping in at the Commonwealth bank of Progressive Ideology), Corporations both employ people and they pay taxes. Those taxes support Warren while she’s at Harvard teaching how to write Native American Cookbooks without even trying very hard or using one’s own materials. Mitt Romney, of course, is not running against Elizabeth Warren, he’s running against Barack Obama, and something has to make this contest interesting for those of us in the state most likely to vote – Democrat (Maybe)

One has Mitt Romney’s sense of humor or the wish to have been a fly on the wall during the debate prep between President Obama (playing himself) and John Forbes Kerry (I park my Yacht in RI to stiff the Commonwealth), playing Romney! (Boston Globe)

Saving the Best for Last:

From the Globe: :
“They figure that if we simply eliminate regulations and cut taxes by trillions of dollars, then the market will solve all of our problems,” Obama said of Romney and the Republican Party.
“We don’t need more top-down economics. What we need is some middle class-out economics, some bottom-up economics. We need a plan for better education and for better training, for energy independence, for innovation, for infra¬structure that can rebuild America,” Obama added.
If that speech sounds familiar, it echoes the notes Governor Deval Patrick struck as he won reelection in 2010. He shares a political adviser, ¬David Axelrod, with the president.

He also shares his notes, and his mantras: Yes you can, Yes you Can, Yes You Can – However, this time next year, the President may be wishing he had a different adviser, used someone else's “cliff notes” on riling up crowds and getting elected”, and had taken a few economic courses from someone other than Jimmy Carter.
From the State that turned Red Twice in the last 50 years in a Presidential election – (ironically with more Democrats in Power and Carter in office.) the President is now heading to warmer climates in the hopes of coming up with more Cash before the end of the quarter.

Dem’s NC Convention Woes – Cuomo Compares Romney to Nixon? The National emphasis on on Grandma Warren - Draft Hillary Now

The Warren-Obama Connection - and 2016 - Are Democrats Serious?


From all accounts the Democrat National Convention to be held in Charlotte, NC is being billed as a “train wreck” or “disaster”, of course, this comes from one syndicated columnist whose use of adjectives are at once descriptive and yet, hilarious, depending upon which side of the aisle one subscribes. (See Michelle Malkin's New York Post OPed piece here for the full flavor.)

However, in every piece that attempts to inform and entertain, there is more than a grain of truth – a trip around the web finds that several higher profile Democrats plan on skipping the Tar-Heel State this year, it’s an election issue, their own. From Gather.com “More Democrats Announce Plans To Skip Convention” - included in the skipping: New York Democratic Representatives Bill Owens and Kathy Hochul , Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, Sen. Joe Manchin and Rep. Nick Rahall –a total of 5 to date.

The CNN announced another: Mark Critz of Pennsylvania who is up for election in November in a re-drawn competitive 12th Congressional District.
That said there must be more to this story than meets the eye – but of course, it’s the fact that the Convention is being held in a State that is “right to work” and of course, Democrats are backed mainly by Labor Unions – putting them at odds with their base.

Now, Occupy Wall Street plans to attend with Gusto - entitled “The Charlotte Principle” with a note to “Occupy Wall Street South”, the rising use of anarchy rather than insipid chanting (not sure which is most annoying), will greet convention goers – of course, Obama’s own, Elizabeth Warren created the group - (a la Al Gore) as a platform for running for Senate in MA on the Grandma ticket - Since it’s a good possibility Ms. Warren will be hawking her Chow Wow Pow cookbooks and other ancestral trinkets at the convention to raise funds to fend of popular Scott Brown – the Current Senator running on – Good Grief – Common Sense – perhaps she can talk some sense in to the anarchists attending – and save the day for the rank and file?

According to Tampa Bay Online, both major parties are not taking any chances, and will be opening their conventions with; Prayers having the conventions “Blessed” prior to engaging in the political back and forth, the anarchists the missing members, and the fact that a pro-union political party is holding it’s convention in an anti-union state. – On the Republican side, they are consistently opening and closing Conventions, town meetings, what-have you with blessings and prayers, so it’s anticipated, and expected, and – nothing to see here move along type news.

Last note on the nervous breakdown the media is not even attempting to hide anymore, as one after another either puts their foot in it (and is subsequently fired), or makes things up and or just writes as if Obama is going to win big in November (See Ostrich and behavior and what should be happening: - Politico (yes the very same) now is asking the pivotal question of Mitt Romney (first he’s boring, then he’s a bully, then he’s an outsourcer, then he’s rich, then he’s a Republican! (woops), then he’s lacking this, or has too much of that - the Google News Alerts are consistently demeaning and worse, consistently more desperate and ridiculous – which tells anyone with access to two to four years of presidential polling data – Mitt’s the guy, and they’ve got nothing on him – the latest “Smack of Desperation Award” to: Politico for their piece this weekend on:
Mario Cuomo asking Romney to “Show him (Cuomo) that he’s (Romney) not Richard Nixon!!!

No kidding.

Next week it will be: What Romney and Calvin Coolidge have in Common!
(Answer in advance, both Fiscal Conservatives, both from Massachusetts)

The Gist: The writes of the piece wanted to know more about Romney’s plan (instead of going to the Romney website and looking at the document), specifically in areas of “immigration, balancing the budget, foreign policy and Wall Street regulation.” – So they called in an expert:

Mario Cuomo, the former three-term governor of New York who spent a decade as the North Star of liberal Democrats after keynoting the party’s 1984 convention. In an interview, Cuomo said Romney’s “playing the Nixon game. Nixon said, ‘I have a plan but you won’t know it until you elect me as president.’ ” (Politico)

Cuomo then gets into the Massachusetts race, chastising Scott Brown to do the same for Lizzie (Grandma) Warren so she can take the Brown plan to the President (Obama) and have him figure it out!

Apparently, Romney isn’t giving the Democrats enough information! They have nothing to go one, nothing to figure out – however, memory serves that just a few years ago, and on an ongoing basis - the Democrats passed a bill that is currently on the chopping block of the Supreme Court at the behest of several states ad the American Public, all on a promise by then Speaker of the House – Nancy Pelosi – who infamously said – “You’ll have to pass the bill to see what’s in it!”
(Video clip below funny if it weren’t so heartbreakingly disturbingly true!)



Now, Democrats want transparency from Mitt Romany?!! Seriously? Romney is, let’s face it, even from Conservative Standards, as transparent as they come, not over the top, but he asks and answers, and thus the witch hunt or inability of top Democrats and their surrogate press to find links or get answers they want (notice, note: answer that to do not play into editorial content will not be considered transparent, rather a dodge.)

Elizabeth Warren on the national stage may be being groomed to be the next Obama, (see Petition from Weekend piece on Warren at the 2016 convention) This Obama appointed Harvard Professor of dubious background and even less credentials that the current White House Occupier, who runs ads in Massachusetts where she’s running, not mentioning the Democrat Party once in the 30 second video (of which there are several), is consistently being touted in the national press – Brown certainly has a lot on his plate as the MA media is in Warren’s back pocket (what else is new) and Brown is left with nothing but the people – sounds eerily familiar to the last roundup – only Coakley was at least a respected pol (which is rare in MA – she was not indicted), she was up by 15 points in the Boston Globe Polls, everyone and their bother from Washington to New York and Boston though she was a shoe in – and – somehow, the voters said no and elected Brown. Look for a repeat.
As to the Romney Obama Matchup – although Romany is looking at the all important swing states, careful attention should be paid to the 10 states where Obama still has a job approval rankings of 50% or higher: These are the states he is most likely to carrying a presidential election – no matter the dream act, no matter if they rise the dead, bus in voters, register their dogs, their 10 year olds, UN diplomats:

From Gallup: (3 consecutive years in a row): From January 1st 2012: States where the President Enjoys a 50% approval rating are: DC (81.1%), HI (56.1%), MD (55.1%), MA (55.1%), CT (55.%) NY (54.7%), VT (51.3%), DE (50.9%), NJ (50.8%), IL (50.4%) and CA (50.1%) - as with any polling data that is ongoing and rolling – there is a margin of error – is approximately 5% (with a 95% confidence rate) (Gallup). The article then goes on to speak to the Electoral College – if not a fan of the Electoral College, one could say look at the popular vote – either way with the other 40 states in varying degrees of apathy, one might hazard to guess after 3 years of consistently dismal polls, and the same results, The President may be likable, he may be funny, he may be able to carry a tune, while Mitt Romney, has an actual sense of humor, is not as likeable, and cannot sing a note, but..He’s not: Barack Obama and he does have experience as Governor and in the Private Sector.

After watching the polls and the tracking data for the landslide of 1980, with a three way race no less, the above scenario is almost – the same.



Please, Call in the Calvery! Hillary! Image deathandtaxes.com

This is why the hysteria is growing, the tapes of Romney are being badly edited and the rest will, as they say, be history. This is not to say that one should think anything is in the bag – but it’s out there, and that’s a big huge, but.
The biggest question hanging out there is why on earth haven’t the Democrats done the sensible thing: Draft Hillary Clinton – save their party – save the nation, and stop the whole Chow-Wow-Occupy-Yet-Another-Unqualified-Progressive Petition for 2016 – Someone needs to get a handle on them before the Party implodes? Things to Consider: Clinton is not Teddy Kennedy, but Obama is not unlike Carter - The Convention, it’s their party, they make and break the rules all the time, just make the plans to nominate her now for crying out loud! In that way, the General Public, would at least have a contest on their hands one where, a woman of intellect, integrity and ability would have a shot.

Is Anyone who Votes in Massachusetts taking Progressive PAC’s accusations of plagiarism Against Scott Brown Seriously? – A Rant.

Lizzie Warren, Progressive for Senate and Scott Brown (Republican Incumbent) - image: ABC News

The Progressive PAC (Political Action Committee), American Bridge 21st Century, (See About Section on Website: www.americanbridgepac.org/who-we-are), went bleating to the press (Boston Globe), regarding a huge “mistake” (possible scandal!) made by Scott Brown, Republican Senator from Massachusetts. The Globe and the rest of the major media and local affiliates ran with it – the accusation: Brown plagiarized Elizabeth Dole’s website, specifically a page on personal reflections on academics for students. The problem with the reporting by news outlets such as ABC, is that the headline is somewhat misleading (as is the PAC), in that it does not mention the fact that Brown, upon election, had a staff that worked on every aspect of his website. The website in question - one that was modeled, with permission, after one Elizabeth Dole’s (also a Republican) site.

The problems: one page, (or possibly more) were not changed; rather, Dole’s original message(s) were left. What Brown had was a “staff problem”, and the fact that he hasn’t, to anyone’s knowledge and or reporting, fired anyone, really goes to character. It was reported on the Springfield affiliate of ABC in the evening news, that Dole’s spokesperson thought it was a lot to do about nothing (paraphrasing) (at the very end of the report which featured a photo of Brown in the background and one line "Plagiarism?" , which is exactly what the PAC, a progressive (i.e. socialist arm of the Democrat Party) organization, is most guilty of – having nothing on Brown of much substance, given their support of one useless candidate, Elizabeth Warren.

Apparently, Brown is also not allowed to have a sense of humor, Warren, when asked about the old news – Brown’s posing for Cosmopolitan when he was trying to pay for college, 30 some odd years ago – quipped (paraphrasing) that she would not take her clothes off – Brown, who has a rather typical Boston sense of humor, shot back: “Thank God”. A huge hue and cry against the one politician in Massachusetts who has done more for women and children from a legislative standpoint than any other, went out from every media outlet – and the people – especially the all important independents – are laughing with him – (See ABC link for entire, “Wow, Scott Brown is a Truly Horrible Person story (in conjunction with a “Democrat Super PAC) for partial sourcing. If Ms. Warren can’t take a joke for what it is, she has no business trying to be a Senator (and one might question her actual “experience”- other than “Obama Appointee”. When the Democrats in Massachusetts have a weak candidate (and they do), they will stop at nothing to try and unseat the most popular Senator the state has seen in decades – that’s Scott Brown.

Brown is maligned by the left and the right, so therefore, Brown is doing something right. As the Progressives claim that Brown votes straight party line, can be debunked by a trip to the U.S. Senate’s “Roll Call” page(s) – starting with his first session, through the next, one finds that Brown votes both sides of the aisle, and is a Republican – Independent, more in the mode of say, Olympia Snow than say a “Rapid Republican” - pick one.

Does Brown always please this blog when he casts a vote? No, and he should not, he votes in a manner that has been consistent with his time served in the Massachusetts Legislature, crossing the aisle when it was a sane proposition and not so much when it was something ridiculous. This is the clue, that Brown’s a moderate, Weld Republican, and that Warren and the Progressives and their Pals at ABC, NBC, and every other disingenuous outlet are desperate.

Also consider who has been elected, time and again, in the State of Massachusetts that most will die in their “lofty positions” (see Ted Kennedy) – while the other fifty look on and shake their heads in disgust – it is the constant “How do you people keep electing these….. (Fill in the blank, add name and expletives)” – The answer: “We try not to – there is either no choice, or a limited choice, mostly no choice.” When there was competition, the whole state went upside down, in 2009 when Brown ran, the entire state was covered by media (only after they figured out Brown was going to win) and activists, from Tea Party to Republican to Concerned unaffiliated came from across the nation to keep an eye on voting (Where is Jimmy Carter in fair elections?) here in the Bay State and uncovering multiple instances of cheating, by, you guessed it, Democrats, reporting minute by minute, until the final tally revealed Brown as the New Senator. (Unfortunately, these individuals, PACs and so forth were nowhere to be found (understandably) during the midterms in 2010 – and we all know the results there – incumbents, unlike elsewhere, managed to not so soundly eke out a win, with little help of 30,000 extra votes in 13 hours from “Community Organizations”.

Therefore what we have is one Scott Brown:
Accused of personally being guilty of plagiarism, until one gets to the end paragraph, and it’s noted that it was a “staff error”, (which by the way, is now being touted by this group – key word Progressive – as throwing his staff under the buss – lifted from their website, see link above). Consider this: Does anyone really believe that when an individual is elected to the Senate that they first run and put up a website - themselves? Does anyone believe that the Senator had the time to parse the website for accuracies and/or inaccuracies? Given the state of public education today, (as well as private) does one honestly expect an intern (paid or unpaid staff for that matter) to be error free?
Here’s the real deal: This group has had at least a year (if not more) to dig into Brown’s background as they stump for Lizzie Warren, and this is all they were able to come up with? Seriously, that and the tired (misleading) “he votes with Republicans!!” Here’s the deal: when one is a Republican they are expected to, on occasions, vote with the other Republicans because the share similar ideology. Not unlike Democrats, who vote consistently along party lines. Except Scott is different from the rest of the Massachusetts Congressional members (both the House and the Senate) in that he actually has, in his short career, cross the aisle more times than: Richard Neal (MA2), John Kerry (D-MA), the infamous Barney Frank (D-4), the rest of them from Tsongas to Capuano, who never stray, never move an inch off that party line? If one thinks this is not understood by the majority of voters in Massachusetts, one should think again.

Scott Brown was not elected by the Massachustts Republican Party – or the National Party for that matter – both of those organizations came rather late to the dance. Brown assembled a team that included disgruntled Democrats, the largest voting bloc in the state – Unenrolleds- and then the Republicans. At any one of his field offices during the campaign, one could find more Democrats, Green Party members, Libertarians and the like manning the phones for Brown – one can hazard to guess, with the exception of a few Tea Party (although they are a fairly large part of the Massachusetts political scene which no-one covers (due to being too clueless to do so) that these same individuals are still in Brown’s camp. Moving them over with cries of Sexism and Academic Plagiarism will only fly in say Amherst (if it isn’t being Occupied and the collective aren't busy that day parroting one another’s latest brilliant turn of a phrase).

The only way Brown will lose reelection in this Bay State, is if the rest of the world isn’t watching and the Brown Campaign does not invest in poll watchers in every precinct in every city, hamlet and nook and cranny of the state, in order to make sure that the vote is on the up and up. Even then, without that kind of oversight, it may be difficult for the Massachusetts Democrats to come up with enough dead people, those who are no longer sure if they are voting or singing off on lunch (referring to activists who troll nursing homes to “help “individuals vote Democrat – this is by experience and constant letters to this blog of individuals who work in these institutions) by stuffing machines that appeared only in the last election, designed to allow individuals from every possible language barrier, to vote (specifically in areas where there are few if any individuals to take advantage (for example, large wards in Chicopee and other 2nd District larger cities, had these voting aids, which were kept in storage until the mid-terms, and distributed to districts that were, let’s say, less than diverse).

Therefore, expect it all, especially if one is not watching, because as of now, they have nothing to go on, and even with the help of the Boston Globe, and the National Press, and the local Press (has anyone read any polling data on trust and the media as of late?), it is doubtful that Brown won’t easily hand Lizzie Warren her comeuppance.
Of course, living in Massachusetts, one has learned to never say never – the land where even the most corrupt and incompetent of politicians continue to be reelected, where upon indictment and incarceration, are then given posts at Massachustts best universities, or another department, in order to maximize their pensions. It is what it has always been – best book on the subject: The Bluest State – available in paperback on Amazon.
Therefore Brown is going to need a lot of help in order to get elected, mostly votes and poll watchers, and those who would watch the alley ways and side streets where “activist” are helping individuals vote (outside of the polling station).

Here’s the skinny. Although a fan of Brown’s when he was a State Legislator (wishing this blogger lived in his district at the time), and believing he’d be a solid conservative voice in the Senate, while also believing him when he said that he would vote in the best interest of the people of the state, not the party (and he has), there is a reason – his record, the man can stand on his record.

One last note: anything from this Super Progressive PAC on anything else Scott has penned? Easily no, and one would think if they truly had something on Brown, it would have come out long before – so, to the PAC that loves Lizzie (because she’s an Obama Appointee and avowed Progressive, insuring she will vote with Nancy and Barney and Harry at every opportunity), keep digging – and good luck with that. All of Massachusetts, especially the 51% of the electorate that decides (those who are moderates and unenrolled) are probably a little more miffed at Brown for voting with Democrats from time to time, but when faced with a Progressive Democrat, man, woman or what have you, which way do you honestly think they will cast their vote?

Does the Good Senator, with a sense of humor, have a shot, you betcha. To those Tea Party members who feel that a vote for Brown is against their principles of purity – would you rather have a repeat of the 2010 elections? Think again – get off the couch, go and vote, even if you have to hold your nose – imagine Lizzie Warren as the next Progressive Socialist Democrat Senator from Massachusetts – would you want to personally be responsible for that nightmare scenario?