Reasons I'm Feeling Much Better

The first reason I'm smiling this Friday morning is unemployment going down to 7.8%  Woooo hoooo!   Great news for the country and for the President.  The only disheartening thing is some people are disappointed to see this great sign for our economy.  The economy isn't Democratic or Republican.  It affects all of us!  How can any American allow the political impact to be more important than this wonderful sign that the economic situation continues moving forward.    Jack Welsh has already said the numbers were "manipulated."  Sick.  And sad.  It's good news, no matter how frantic it makes frightened Romney supporters.  I'm celebrating it first as an American and then as a Liberal!

 

 Here's more happy news from The Huffington Post.

7 Election: 7-Eleven Coffee Poll Goes Overwhelmingly For Obama

The Huffington Post  |  By Alice Hines Posted: 10/03/2012 4:10 pm EDT Updated: 10/03/2012 4:57 pm EDT

Mitt Romney should take a big gulp -- 7-Eleven shoppers have already decided on President Obama.
According to 7-Eleven's "7-Election" poll, which allows coffee drinkers to pick a blue cup for Obama or a red one for Romney, Obama is leading with 60 percent of "votes." Romney currently has 40 percent.
President Obama has held the lead since the first day the poll opened on September 6, said Margaret Chabris, a 7-Eleven spokeswoman. That day, Obama received 57.2 percent of cups, compared to Romney's 42.8 percent.
Though the poll calls itself "unabashedly unscientific," it has never been wrong in its three-election history. Six million cups were cast for candidates in each of the past polls, according to a press release. (In contrast, the sample size for a typical Gallup poll is 1,000 adults.)
7-Eleven, the world's largest retailer by number of stores, has managed to expand successfully to 16 countries by cleverly harvesting sales data in real time and adjusting each store's assortment to local tastes. The same technology allows the chain to track purchases of red and blue cups and report the data to its website the same day.
In the Philippines, where 7-Eleven has roughly 750 stores, the company also polled shoppers with soda cups printed with pictures of the country's nine presidential candidates in 2010. The poll correctly predicted that Benigno Aquino III would win the election. Originally founded in Dallas, 7-Eleven is now based in Japan, where its official name is Seven & I Holdings.
Of course, the poll is also good marketing for 7-Eleven. In 2004, hot beverage sales grew by 6.5 percent per store per day during the second U.S. "7-Election," Jim Keyes, 7-Eleven's then-president and CEO said in a call with analysts.

 

Next reason comes from Brenda Peterson at HuffPost—  "Why Romney Lost the Debate with Women: It's Not a Prizefight"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brenda-peterson/mitt-romney_b_1940508.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=354243,b=facebook

Another cheer-up from Krysta Ball on "The Cycle" at MSNBC yesterday.  Check out the short video.

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-cycle/49292894/#49292894

And, after messaging a close and very-smart, high-information voter friend (saying I hadn't slept much after the debate) here's the comforting reassurance she offered:

Agree it [the debate] was not that  good. But think in some ways it was smart for Obama to hold back and get the "lay of the land."  His watching it again and again will provide him great understanding of what he needs to do differently. . . . It's much easier to come from behind in assessing and evaluating  - than to feel like a quick winner.  If I were a Republican - especially a tea partier -  I would have been shocked by how Romney was changing his story. And I personally disagreed with a lot of what he said; in fact it was scary. The only other person I know who can change colors with such ease depending on the audience was someone I knew as a child - and I realized later it was pathological. 

 

To me Obama, although he seemed tired, was consistent with himself, and I did not think he was weak. Could he have done better? Yes. Were there too many numbers and too much economic theory wonkiness? Perhaps. I found it interesting but many would have been lost. But personally I think it was smart not to attack with barbs - smart to hold back. He has time and other opportunities. I may be a contrarian but I do not think that in the end Obama was hurt by this. Romney may have had more energy and won some "debate style points" but what will stick (and will be on Saturday night live) is that he promises a "20% tax rate, higher military spending, covering preexisting conditions and balancing the budget - all paid for by eliminating PBS."

 

 Remember that folks thought Paul Ryan's convention speech was energetic and new and fresh - until they actually listened to what he said - and then what is remembered is "he lies." Give it a bit of time and let's see what comes out of them all. I don't think Romney will skate into the White House on this debate. All stations and papers began to look at what was actually said, and the articles are not flattering to Romney. I am sleeping well!