They have smiles on there faces, something the moping Republicans never have.

Sure we do. Along with idiots like Barney Frank. The whole bunch of them. But Obama poured gasoline on the fire.

Thanks Lynda. Credit goes to Toni Whitt for pitching in for this story, too.

I grew up in Indiana a conservative democrat. This is not my democratic party that has vered to the left so far I do not even recognize it. If you want socialism stick with the democrates of today.

It always amazes me how quickly the ideas first said by Democrats are picked up by GOP. Many of us have commented on the current GOP not representing Republican principles we observed in the past. And, what happens? larry and nancy come out with "This is not my democratic party" Had they really been Democrats, they would have capitalized "Democratic party". Even schools in Indiana would have taught them rules of capitalization. Troll alert here; don't give them food.

NO, THANK YOU!

I don’t want Romney’s version of change including:

• A severely conservative Supreme Court.

• Tax and jobs plan that doesn’t make mathematical sense as most experts say.

• 1% percent control of the nation,

• Leader who says “corporations are people”, and puts the needs of corporations
before the people.

• Higher taxes for middle class and lower taxes for the rich.

• Medicare taken bankrupt in 2016, as reports indicate,

• Overturn of Roe vs Wade and return women’s right to the 1950s,

• Leader who condemns 47 percent of Americans,

• Leader with hot temper and controlling demeanor who is eager to start war against Iran.

I’m very pleased to stay with reliable, proven Obama-Biden who are taking America FORWARD - not back to the Bush years!

Who gives a c**p?

To Linda and your nasty comment : why did you read the article and respond if you 'don't care' ??? Dumb Democrap

If Obama allows the sequester which he said he will it will be him who reduces fema not the republicans. Fema like all goverment agencys tend to be ineffecient and all could use some belt tightening.

According to the residents of Staten Island, FEMA is a myth.

In response to Larry and Nancy...Patch in other parts of the country has Obama ads all over their news e-mails so I am assuming that they are one big advertisement for him. They really need to disclose their affiliations and that they are really an advertisement not a news source. Nice writing and rational thoughts Larry and Nancy.

Folks, when Romney was in Sarasota, we had more than 12 stories covering his visit, and because Biden is in Sarasota today, we're providing local coverage here about what's happening in Sarasota. Romney was in Tampa, so our Hillsborough County Patch sites are providing coverage and we are sharing content from all sites to provide balance. The Obama ads are national ads and do not effect coverage, as with any advertisement. Patch editorial and advertising operations do not make compromises or deals with each other for any type of ad, political or otherwise.

Very valid point, Joe. However, I truly believe the media does whatever it can to please evil, ugly people like George Soros, who has his fingers in television, radio, newspapers, and even social media websites. Learn about that p.o.s. And even when he's gone, we'll have to deal with his children who are just as ugly.

At least with Romney, who was once called a RINO, we stand a chance because he WILL talk to the Democrats and he won't get everything he wants. If Obama gets back in, he'll continue to sign Executive Orders - or stamp his feet like a child - to get his way.

Well, at least you used capitalization. I would agree that today's Democratic Party is more pragmatic than the party was in the days of Hubert Humphrey, Eugene McCarthy and George McGovern. However, Wellstone Action is working to bring back the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party to its progressive roots. History is on our side.

In Florida, voters register by party. If you actually lived in Florida, "Sandy" you would know that. Thus a count can be made by party about the number of Democrats requesting ballots so there would be no need to id individual voters. One other tool would be polls, but those are less accurate.

Sandy, Your comment that "Obama's followers will say and do anything to get that COMMUNIST back in office." sounds like the ridiculous talk that I hear from Republicans today. I think that listening to Rush Limbaugh and other right wing talk radio has made Republicans talk very foolish and it sounds uneducated to me. Pres. Obama is obviously not a communist. When you scream that your opponent is a "COMMUNIST", this is a type of bullying that Republicans consider to be normal in a political discussion. The more that I hear Republicans talk like this, the more that I am convinced that I made the right move when I left the Republican Party years ago.

So...let's see: Obama's WHITE grandparents = COMMUNISTS; Obama's mother = COMMUNIST; Obama's "father" (the one he said fought in WWII) = Communist; backed by George Soros - Marxist, family-bashing, atheist (too much to put here, even libtards should know how to check him out on the Internet); main mentor during formative years - Frank Davis Marshall = Communist, pedophile, and more; loved studying works of Saul Alinsky, author of Rules For Radicals, is the hero of bloodless socialist revolution in America. During the 80's and 90's, Barack Obama learned, practiced and taught Alinsky's philosophy. ALL of this has been verified and out on the Internet for even libtards to research; but they won't because it doesn't fit their deluded vision of Obama. And why we're on it, why isn't the news telling us the truth about Libya BEFORE the election? Fortunately, we don't need them to do it...the truth is already out there and it's far worse than anything ANY Republican has ever done. BTW - I don't listen to radio talk shows or watch any of the "news media" Soros has got his evil hand in. YOU are the one who is deluded, Joe.

Sandy,
Under the assumption that Obama is a communist and that is a huge assumption. Though your logic sounds like you watched Obama 2016, which is as factually accurate as Feigheigh 9-11 (spelling). You are saying that the Legislature is going to allow us to turn to communism. Because the President doesn't create laws/bill that would be Congress. Second please do try to bring false information before the investigation into Libya is complete. It is currently being done by some very fine men and women who serve our country 24/7/365. There isn't enough Facts yet for an offical release. The investigation is not partisan, it just is an investigation. So before you start spouting off that you know the truth, when it's not fully investigated yet. Inless you have some mystical powers to know. And if you have said mystical powers why didn't you tell the Republican Congress not to reduce Embassy Security Funding and Protection. And inform the security and DoD that this incident out of the 1000+ they investigated for the same day was the one they should be worried about?

Never saw the movie, Michael...ever read "Dreams of My Father"? Wonder which one he was talking about.

Actually have, found it to be boring. I would like to commend you on getting the title right. Most people here are too busy quoting the misquoted title from Obama 2016, which is "based" on "Dreams of My Father".
Second the little swip is meanless. Yes, he grow up with two fathers, one who he once meet once after his second birth day where according to a number of extremist conservatives he got all his ideas from. Or the Capitalist Oil Worker, who was extremely pro-America. Not the only Government figure with two fathers or fatherfigures.

Investigation into Libya....hmmm, interesting point, Michael. It doesn't need to be "investigated" - the truth is already out there, but your liberal media won't share it.

http://specialoperationsspeaks.com/articles/facebook-censors-the-seals-release

Sandy,
As someone who works with the DoD and has security clerance. Yes, it does need investigation. It's not a Romeny or Obama issue, it is an American issue. It took 3-4 years to properly investigate 9-11. It took a year to fully investigate everything behind the Bin Laden "capture". So I don't think we know everything about Libya in a little less than 2 months. These things do not happen in a vaccum. Were mistakes made, no doubt. I disagree with both politicans statements posts this incident. But to say we know all the facts or even enough to make a proper judgement. Is just inaccurate.

Michael D. you are a hero for your patient attempts to help other posters understand complex situations. Thank you for sharing your views, knowledge and experiences with the rest of us. I don't always agree with your conclusions--mostly the ones that point out balance!! However, I always read your posts with the expectation I will learn something. Again, thank you for calming the waters.

What is there to brag about if you were standing in an early voting line talking to people of your same ilk voting for Romney? We all know RepubLIE-KKK-Cons hover together like vultures and gang thugs. What does your comment prove?That you found yourself in a pocket of equally disgusting vindictive terrorist minded desperate voters?

This was funny. Thanks for pointing us to a Patch I rarely access.

Oh look...another "educated" Obama-Zombie. That's YOU'RE NOT YOUR. Quit wasting time responding to this article and go back to school to learn the difference between "your" and "you're". And while you're at it, learn about "there, their, and they're". It may help you to sound more intelligent when you try so hard to defend the Commie in the White House.

Colter..... trust me - WE DON'T BELIEVE A WORD HE SAYS!! His record is proof enough that he hasn't a clue how to run a CVS, KFC or McDonald's, let alone a nation. ROMNEY 2012!

You seem to be like others blaming Bin Laden for 9/11. Curious though, if he really was the mastermind, how come 9/11 wasn't included on his FBI Most Wanted page?

People, you do realize Bin Laden was never charged with being the mastermind behind 9/11? The FBI actually said there wasn't any evidence for this assumption. Colin Powell promised the evidence, but it was never produced. The only thing we "got" was an out-of-focus video with subtitles from a fat "Bin Laden" claiming responsibility, even though he immediately denied it after the attacks.

And if he was the mastermind, why allow his family to leave the US after the attacks? Bin Laden's plane was able to fly out of the country, but fighter jets weren't able to fly to protect the Pentagon? Hmmm.

It's INSANITY how the Govt/media can simply state something and it is now reality...fact...which makes sense, according to Karl Rove:
"That's not the way the world really works anymore. We're an empire now, and when we act, WE CREATE OUR OWN REALITY. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors ... and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."

The Nobel Peace prize winner can boast in killing the non-viewable corpse and we are to blindly believe because they told us he is swimming with the fishes?

You may think I am one of those craaaazy people for what I am stating, but it's true. I want others to realize the narrative being spewed is filled with lies and half-truths. For those who remember Orwells 1984, Bin Laden is Emmnauel Goldstein and Al-Qaeda is one of the Asias. Our taxpayers money backed CIA asset, Tim Osmon-aka Bin Laden, when they created Al-Qaeda to fight the Russians.....so the US backs them as allies.....and now we are to live in fear of them because they are going to attack US....but yet we are supposed to get behind the Al-Qaeda forces fighting in the Arab spring??

Folks, the Muslim Brotherhood is being placed into power.......using Al-Qaeda forces......and the US media is brainwashing the people to get behind them as if it's some glorious uprising of the little people to overthrow their masters. The reality is, the Western Imperialists are replacing their puppets with new ones.........and it's allowing for the the slaughtering of non-Muslims.

Christians have lived in these lands for 2,000 years, but now they are being killed or forced to exodus their homes. People in America seem to applaud the destruction of those dirty Arabs, oblivious to the ramifications for all. And for a country that continues to claim some sort of partnership with Israel, why back the overthrowing of regimes that actually lived somewhat peacefully with the Jews? They are overthrowing secular leaders to replace them with religious zealots and we are to applaud?

For those who question Bin Laden's death, here's some links to peruse. Many believe he was dead for years and the machine simply waited for the opportune moment to spring the death upon the people. Even if you believe everything coming from the Presidents mouth, how can you not question the lack of a corpse? Pictures? Anything substantial other than words from known liars? Remember the hero Jessica Lynch?

So let's go back in time. I dare you to read these links, check the dates and tell me there's not something fishy with Osama swimmming with the fishes.

http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/south/01/18/gen.musharraf.binladen/

www.nytimes.com/2002/07/11/opinion/the-death-of-bin-ladenism.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,41576,00.html

www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/nov/01/afghanistan.terrorism

www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/28/eveningnews/main325887.shtml

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5374160.stm

www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/28/eveningnews/main325887.shtml

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpsvaTIa7Kc

Heck, they even stage the pictures of them watching the "killing."
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/al-qaeda/8493391/Osama-bin-Laden-dead-Blackout-during-raid-on-bin-Laden-compound.html

I just cannot believe what we were told regarding Bin Laden's death last year and pray others also awaken to this reality.............we are lied to, quite often. I don't know about you, but I take insult to being lied to and treated as a child.

LT, The scariest headline that Steven King could write would actually be Mitt Romney, President of the United States - Back To The Bush Years.

Well the Repub LIE KKK cons should be scared of Joe Biden. He is educated, well liked, and a respected figure in government. After Obama's second term finishes, Joe Biden will easily take the presidency himself. Perhaps for another 8 years too. And then all the Democrats who shined so brightly and with such conviction and eloquence at the DNC, will be strong contenders after Biden's 8 years in the White House. It could be Hell or Highwater before another Republican is in the White House again. They have become one of the most vicious, terrorist minded minorities in this country, from all walks of life. And folks are very clear on the fact that we do not ever want them to wrest control of our government again. There is no room in this world and a progressively moving USA and Europe Union to suffer at the filthy , coercive, corrupt, viscious hands of the far right . If you want to turn your society into something where this is the norm, may I strongly suggest you all move to : Mexico City, Columbia, Venezuela, and places of that ilk were corruption is on the menu and at the highest government levels possible. You all will fit right in just fine.

Why would you be waiting for that stuff from Obama? We know his economic approach and all indicators show the economy improving. These are the things that you are more accurately waiting to hear from Romney, because nobody has any idea what his plans are.

Romney can’t be trusted, as Republican leaders, media and experts agree!

Gen. Colin Powell, a Republican and Sec. of State under President George W. Bush:
“I’m not quite sure which governor Romney we would be getting with respect to foreign policy.”
http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/10/25/1086721/powell-romney-foreign-policy/?mobile=nc

Politifact: 42 percent of Romney’s comments in recent months have been false, much higher than Obama’s comments.
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/mitt-romney/

Salt Lake City Tribune, largest daily paper in Republican and Mormon-led Utah: “Romney (is) willing to say anything to get elected.”
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/opinion/55019844-82/romney-obama-state-president.html.csp

Rick Santorum, former Republican Senator: “This is someone (Romney) who doesn’t have a core. He has been on both sides of almost every single issue in the past 10 years. “
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av3q7-a-ayc&feature=player_embedded#!

FactCheck.org: “Romney distorts facts on Jeep, auto bailout.”
http://factcheck.org/2012/10/romney-distorts-facts-on-jeep-auto-bailout/

Brit Humes of Fox News: “Republicans do not trust Romney”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/10/30/brit_hume_republicans_do_not_trust_romney.html

Hey Watts, all well and fine until you consider that MA is 87% registered Democrats.

Who have no problem voting for either party, as was seen by the fact that the elected Romney to begin with. No matter what you want to say, you can't paint MA voters as ideologues. They voted Romney, they replaced Kennedy with a Republican even more recently. You can use whatever broad stroke assumptions that you want to try and rationalize it, but the reality is that MA tested Romney and he failed and failed so badly that he can't even get the time of day from people in that state.

I wouldn't recommend just staying home, just because Romney is loosing. I am sure that there are plenty of local races and measures that need to be voted on. But, for anybody who may be more of a Libertarian at heart, who was only thinking of voting Romney when they thought that he had a chance, there is no reason not to be voting Johnson at this point. The Republican party is fractured. There are two distinct interests tearing it apart. There is need for more significant parties than the two party system that we now have. To reach that, the Libertarian party needs to find some significance in the final numbers in one of these elections. Then, once that happens, you will see the Republican party come back together, as those from the extreme wing of the party will feel more ideologically comfortable over in a more promenant Libertarian party. Right now, you have a real knuckle dragging constituency string arming the rest of the Republican party (through tools like Norquist) and the result is that the Republican party is loosing any respected claims of moderation or a centrist thinking. So the party has lost loads of significant and credible voices over the past several years. So that is why you need to get out there. If you are one of the talk radio/Glenn Beck ideologues, then go vote Johnson, build up that party and let the Republicans try to reconstruct their fractured party.

Cisco, You again make a false statement without any evidence to back up your false claim. The facts are that Mitt Romney vetoed over 800 measures passed by the Democrat-controlled legislature. According to the Boston Globe , in a television ad for his 2008 presidential campaign, Romney even gloated about it. ''I know how to veto,” he said in the ad. “I like vetoes. I've vetoed hundreds of spending appropriations as governor.'' The Legislature overrode Romney's vetoes 99.6% of the time. Romney was not well liked in Massachusetts and he left office with a low 34 percent approval rating. Romney was so unpopular that he did not even bother to run for a second term. Romney's claims of being bipartisan are just like all of the false claims that he is selling to the low information voters like you.