Romney: ‘I’m going to win Pennsylvania’

[Texas Lawyer]

Source: Washington Post (Election 2012 Blog)

President Obama may have a solid lead in Pennsylvania, and neither presidential campaigns is airing television advertisements in the state, but Mitt Romney thinks he could win it in November.

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In Pennsylvania, Obama holds an 8-percentage point lead in the Real Clear Politics average of recent polls. In 2008, when both Obama and Republican nominee John McCain contested the state, Obama won 54 percent to 44 percent.

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“You know, we really would shock people if early in the evening on Nov. 6 it looked like Pennsylvania was going to come our way and actually did come our way,” Romney said. “That could happen. That could happen.”

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As Romney’s motorcade left his fundraiser at the Union League Club in downtown Philadelphia, several dozen protesters were singing, “Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, good bye!”

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/09/28/romney-im-going-to-win-pennsylvania/

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Romney: "I'll do you for that!"
The President: "You'll what?"
Romney: "Come here."
The President: "What are you gonna do, bleed on me?"
Romney: "I'm Invincible"
The President: "You're a looney"
Romney: "The Republicans always triumph!"

[peacebird]

1. And pigs COULD fly........ Not.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. He meant he is going to "BUY" Pennsylvania. At Costco.

[monmouth]

3. Saw a photo of military uniformed people behind him during his speech. Not a smile among

them which leads me to think they were from a school and made to get on that bus to sit behind him. It was pathetic.

[jmowreader]

14. Were they all officers?

The War College is in Pennsylvania. Colonels are its students; this is where you go to learn to be a general. High ranking officers know two things - Obama has been okay to the military and Romney's spending goals, unless he's more clear about how he wants to spend the money, are just waste and abuse. The current threat facing this country is from low-level fighters - terrorism and insurgency. These are best fought with Green Berets and SEALs. Romney seems to want to rebuild the army that would stop the Soviets at the Fulda Gap.

[monmouth]

16. It appeared that some were but they were quite young. No enthusiasm whatsoever..n/t

[msanthrope]

23. Valley Forge Military Academy. nt

[jberryhill]

31. That's a private school uniform - not military

VFMA is where the movie "Taps" was shot.

People send their incorrigible kids there for discipline.

[AllyCat]

4. Because they will cheat. And part of cheating is "voter ID"

[TomClash]

5. Better Headline: "I am going to steal Pennsylvania . . . "

" . . . and very other state I can."

[avebury]

8. That is so true! nt

[Doctor_J]

6. PA has been the most egregious of the of the voter suppressionists

I hope Holder will send a team in there with a truckload of RICO indictments at some point.

[Sugarcoated]

11. It's looking like the lower court is going to put a stay on the case

until after the election, we'll find out between now and Tuesday.

[byeya]

12. It's my understanding that political parties and politicians are exempt from RICO. Hope I'm wrong

[onehandle]

7. Nnnnnnnnnnnope. nt

[Sugarcoated]

10. Naw . . .

this makes him look even more delusional

[LynneSin]

13. I'm wondering if some judges have let the GOP know they'll let the Voter ID stand

That's the ONLY way Romney could win Pennsylvania - massive cheating!

[Fearless]

15. Pennsylvania Avenue Maybe!

[appleannie1]

17. We have machine voting, a Thug Gov, Sec. of State and Attorney General. Everyone could actually

vote for Obama and Romney could still show up as the winner. I don't trust any of them.

[life long demo]

21. This is my greatest fear here in PA

The repugs will do anything to win PA. Look they said they were taking down the ad against Kathleen Kane, and it is still running in the Philly area. Wonder if it's running anywhere else in the state? I don't trust them at all. And I thought Nixon and his henchmen were the worst. God, it's the entire gop. They worry me.

[liberal N proud]

19. I wish I could say with confidence that he full of shit on this matter but...

I fear that they have a surprise in store for the American people in the way of election fraud like we have never seen.

BTW: Just to be clear, Romney is completely full of shit!!!!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

20. telling that he says "I" and not "We" nt

[babydollhead]

22. pennsyltucky has no use for you, mitts.

go away. we are perfectly in our own living hell with this zip top governor and the mild minded appalachians. go away. we have enough bullshit. yuck. barf. ewww.

[K8-EEE]

24. He's just getting sad. Channeling Charlie Sheen!

WINNING!!!

[hobbit709]

25. I got a better chance of having a bunch of Hollywood starlets chasing my fat ass and wanting sex.

[Rambis]

26. Oh ya you betcha

[Sekhmets Daughter]

27. I have a vivid

memory of George Bush being very confident he would beat Gore in FL even though the polls were showing otherwise....ya'll remember how that worked out right?

[LoisB]

28. He is counting on voter suppression and intimidation.

[AzDar]

29. Wasn't Pennsylvania where the state Repuke chairman accidentally let the cat out of the bag...

telling an audience that the new voter i.d. laws would deliver the state to Romney?

[Texas Lawyer]

39. Yeah, but see this breaking news:

Judge suggests striking part of Pa. voter ID law

Lebanon Daily News

http://www.ldnews.com/ci_21652071/judge-suggests-striking-part-pa-voter-id-law?source=most_viewed

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - A judge considering a challenge to a politically charged Pennsylvania law that requires voters to show photo identification suggested Thursday he may strike part of it so that someone who doesn't have a valid ID at the polls can cast a provisional ballot that will still count without getting one.

Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson made the suggestion toward the end of a hearing on the issue, and lawyers for the plaintiffs seeking to halt enforcement of the entire law before the Nov. 6 presidential election quickly protested it, saying it could cause even more problems and confusion.

Simpson said he was seeking a way to target "the part of the act that's the offending activity, the disenfranchising part." Under the new law, someone who does not have a valid ID at the polls can cast a provisional ballot, but it won't count unless they show a valid photo ID to county election officials within six days of the election.

What Simpson seems to be considering would excuse a voter without valid ID at the polls from having to get it and show it later.

The constitutionality of the law is not a question in front of Simpson. Instead, the judge is under orders from the state Supreme Court to issue an injunction of the law for this year's election if he finds the state has not met the law's promise of providing free and easy access to a photo ID or if he believes it will prevent any registered voters from casting a ballot.

Simpson must rule by Tuesday, just five weeks before the election.

[annabanana]

49. Good to know. Their only path to victory in Pa is to CHEAT.. . . .n/t

[iemitsu]

54. do provisional ballots ever get counted?

personally i am not comfortable with casting a vote and letting someone decide later if it will be counted.
i know what the official process is supposed to be for those ballots but does that actually ever happen?
all these ballots have already been challenged or the voter would have been able to cast her/his vote like a real citizen.
are each of these ballots challenged again by the partisan hacks who observe the counting?
or, do they just sit in a box until the election officials decide that they don't like the tally?
then, are they sifted through to find the ones that support a particular candidate?
do officials even try to verify if the vote was legitimate? what process is used to verify provisional ballots? if the ballot is valid does the voter go back on the voter rolls?
i think that the provisional ballot was conceived as a way to assuage voter rage over disenfranchisement. tell rejected voters that their vote will count if they use the "not regular" but the "special' ballot. they go home less angry than they would if they were just rejected but no more certain that their voice was heard.
i would like some follow-up on how those provisionals are working including:
what percentages of them were valid?
what was done to verify the voter's right to cast a vote?
what demographics were most affected by having to vote that way?
which party had to cast more provisional votes?

[yellowcanine]

30. Romney said. “That could happen. That could happen.”

Well Mitt, you could become a human being too but we all know it is unlikely so why speculate about it?

[Texas Lawyer]

35. He said “On Nov. 6, I’m going to win Pennsylvania, and I’m going to become the next president of the

United States,” in the part of the article at the link (I cut that part to keep the excerpt short).

[Arkana]

32. Barack Obama: "LOL nope"

[TrogL]

33. I had to check to make sure this wasn't onion.

Whatever he's smoking, could I have some?

[Voice for Peace]

34. This is disturbing: “You know, we really would shock people if early in the evening on Nov. 6...

... it looked like Pennsylvania was going to come our way
and actually did come our way,” Romney said. “That could
happen. That could happen.”

That could happen?
Yes, if votes are being switched electronically.

That's exactly how it would be: oh my, what a shock,
all of a sudden, a miracle from Kolob, it's coming his way:
an unbelievable dark horse surge, just as the votes
are coming in and being tallied... why it's almost
as if those votes are coming out of nowhere..

[judesedit]

36. Nitwitt must have someone or someones in his pocket in PA....or he thinks he does

[judesedit]

37. Either that or he has something on somebody or bodies in high places

[judesedit]

38. E voting machines are so easily hacked a kindergartner can do it. This country should be ashamed

for letting these inferior machines be used in any election...let alone, the federal.

[tclambert]

40. He might as well say, "I'm going to win Mars!"

"It's red! It's always been red! Hey, Gilligan, how many electoral votes does Mars have?"

"Gee, Stench, they don't have any."

"None at all? Now, see, that's a problem, just like those airplane windows that won't open."

[jsr]

41. Good luck, asshole

[NEWYORKDEM]

42. It's all horse manure

Must be that is why Romney doesn't care that he is behind in the polls..they are planning on stealing the election at any cost.

[alcibiades_mystery]

43. It was a fundraiser IN Pennsylvania...what is he supposed to say?

It wasn't a campaign stop. Indeed, he has no campaign stops planned in PA. He has no ads up in PA.

So, what does that tell you.

Of course when you're desperate to raise money because your campaign is going broke, you have to promise victory. But even the people in the room know damn well that Romney can't win Pennsylvania. They know damn well he's not campaigning there. They know damn well that their money is better spent elsewhere. It's ridiculous.

[zorro1]

44. Psst; hey you, wanna buy a bridge?

I've read stories that Romney is a decent guy, I think he is a delusional guy at this point. I think now is the time to put our collective foot on his throat and end it this first debate. Just expose him on national TV for how much he is in over his head, let him know that America is not a fourtune 500 company looking to be raided by Bain capital. That all the smooth talking he learned as a missonary changing people to Mormonisn won't work here and now. He has sold his soul for a chance to be president of the far right and now that is where he is; on the far right with no chance to see the middle again. Mitt you screwed the pooch and now you must pay the fiddeler. lol

[smirkymonkey]

45. Uh, yeah, whatever, Mitt.

And you really FEEL for the poor and middle class too.

[rachel1]

46. And when you lose, then what?

Who are you going to blame? Voter fraudsters? ACORN? The unions?

I can't wait for his response after the election.

[nycbiscuit]

47. worst case

Between all of the voter suppression tactics (clearing the rolls, submitting false registrations that people have moved, etc.), voter ID idiocy, and voting machine chicanery, I'm getting really nervous about how this election can be tampered with.
And when Mitt says things like he's not worried about PA, that he'll win, despite the fact that the polls say he's trailing big, despite the fact that he's not advertising there or spending a whole lot of time there, it just reinforces some suspicions for me.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

48. Penn. is not going to win Mitt

[Drunken Irishman]

51. Eh...what do you expect him to say?

"I'm going to lose Pennsylvania and the election."?

[blm]

52. Bush 'KNEW' that Florida would be his in 2000, too.

How are the votes counted in Pennsylvania?

[bocaoma]

53. pitt in the west, philly in the east, and alabama in the middle.............

and they're proud of what they don't know!

[deutsey]

55. Kind of reminds of how calm and assured Bush was about Florida on election night

I smell a rat.