And all they’re doing is collecting canned goods. The Red Cross has made it very clear they don’t need canned goods for hurricane relief.
Ha! Not even a Category 2 'cane! Wimps! 
Not according to Gallup.
From here.
This is NY and NJ. Clearly what they need is pizza slices!
Well, all we have to go on then is his previous comments during the nomination debates; the responsibilities of FEMA should be devolved to the individual states, or even better to private business who can then make a profit from natural disasters.
I guess in a hypothetical Romney-future, the name of the country will change to: “The Collection of Individual Independent States in North America”
After basically telling Romney to fuck off this morning, Christie has invited Obama down to NJ to survey the damage with him. He knows which way the winds blowin’.
Of course, Obama IS the president and should be expected to visit the area. But it’s a fun contrast against Romney’s attempt to swoop in for a political photo-op.
Who cares how many votes Romney can rack up nationally. What matters are the swing states and all info I’ve seen on their early voting shows Obama with enormous leads.
How can Gallup have numbers that are so far off from other pollsters on early voting?
Here’s from PPP:
Obama is up 59-41 among those who have already voted, 54-42 among those who still intend to vote early, and 53-44 among those planning to vote absentee.
How is Gallup saying essentially the opposite of this? What are they smoking? Are they polling only Republicans right now or something?
In a Gallup vs Daily Kos showdown, I wouldn’t necessarily assume that Gallup is the one smoking something.
I’m not sure which swing states you’re talking about that have been affected by Sandy. Virginia? New Hampshire?
At any rate, shouldn’t Sandy have a bad overall net effect for President Obama if the early voting will slow down due to the inability (and lack of desire I would think) to get to the polls?
I see nothing about swing states in your Gallup post. Those were national numbers.
Romney set to return to Virginia Thursday
Mitt Romney knows the calendar.
Its not Dailykos, its PPP
But feel free to dismiss any polling that happens to be reported on by a source you don’t like if you wish. PPP has very good accuracy cred though, so you may want to rethink your reaction. Or not. Your call.
Also, Gallup is the polling house most out of line with the rest of the polling universe right now, so are you really banking on that one being the accurate one and the rest all wrong?
Obama’s ‘November’ strategy should now be (1) East Coast, (2) West Coast, and (3) Gulf Coast. Brilliant! Brilliant!
Heh. Live in a rural area for a while. My town is 1.75 square miles smaller than Boston and there’s one polling place in the entire town. I like walking, but an 11 mile walk to vote would be a bit much.
I think his strategy should be OH/WI +1. That is, nail down OH and WI, which he leads in, and 1 more state between IA, NV, CO, VA, and FL. I think he’s farthest ahead in NV, but he’s likely to get a few more too.
Do people in your area rely on mass transit? The original statement was that with subways down, people could not get to the polling places. At most, in a small town you have people who rely on transportation for the handicapped (in our area, those are vans that wouldn’t be affected by the hurricane). Most other residents own cars or can get to polling places without the use of mass transit systems.
At least two weeks of early voting in all states would be a more effective solution (distribution of bulk papers can be just as problematic as restoring electricity).
I’ve noticed a lot of articles about how Romney said that FEMA was immoral (his word) and I think (hope?) that FL residents will really think about that fact in the next couple days. If Brownie’s comments gain traction in the news, that will further tie Romney to the Bush Katrina response.