Also see: Obama, Romney return to acid tone of campaign

Revealed! Obama’s secret agenda

Take the guns away?

Hand-to-hand combat for control of US House 

The AmeriKan media really has internalized that war lingo, 'eh?

Partisan bickering over tax cut continues

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Which is weird because it goes entirely somewhere else.

Which doesn't really matter because I'm sick of the political messaging and politicking.

"A political victory on a measure that is fated to go no further. Wednesday’s Senate vote also highlighted how both parties see the tax issue as a winning one: Democrats because they think it makes the GOP look like defenders of the rich, Republicans because they think it shows Democrats do not care about businesses."

And there it is again.

Related: Why Is Big Business Unhappy With Obama?

Greed.  

Big Business' New BFF

So much for that. 

So what do the polls say?

"Obama, Romney in dead heat, polls suggest" by Callum Borchers  |  Globe Correspondent, July 19, 2012

President Obama and Mitt Romney are locked in a virtual dead heat nationally and in swing states, according to the latest round of polling.

A new NPR survey shows the president leading his Republican challenger, 47 percent to 45 percent....

The results from NPR are consistent with those of a CBS News/New York Times poll published late Wednesday that showed Romney with a 1-point edge over the president....

Last week’s Washington Post/ABC News poll that showed the candidates tied at 47 percent apiece.

A poll released Thursday by Quinnipiac University showed Romney and Obama even in the swing state of Virginia....

A Gallup poll published Wednesday showed 69 percent of Americans are “dissatisfied with the way things are going.”

Goodbye, Obama.

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"President Obama leads Republican challenger Mitt Romney by 6 percentage points, but both men face growing unfavorable ratings in the midst of a largely negative campaign, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll."

"Obama has found it hard to gain traction in Florida, according to recent polls"

Put Florida in red.

"If Mitt Romney wins Pennsylvania, then President Obama will lose the national election."


Put Pennsylvania in red. 

Also see:

Obama camp rallies base in red states

Voter ID laws will burden 500,000 people, study says

Homeland Security chief defends shift on immigration

Vice president speculation marks the latest stage of Kelly Ayotte’s swift ascent

What a nothing article.  the former governor of Massachusetts is not going to pick a senator from New Hampshire to balance his ticket -- unless he wants to lose the election. 

UPDATES: Dick Cheney talks of picks for vice president spot

$1.2 trillion deficit projected for this year
 
In Obama era, consensus lacking over race relations

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Massachusetts ballot to include marijuana, end-of-life questions