{"id":8682,"date":"2012-08-26T10:18:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-26T17:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=8682"},"modified":"2012-08-26T10:18:17","modified_gmt":"2012-08-26T17:18:17","slug":"open-thread8262012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/26\/open-thread8262012\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread&ndash;8\/26\/2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I had another bad night from COPD, but I do have three articles today.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow I have my quarterly appointment for minor foot surgery, so it is likely I\u2019ll have an Open Thread at most.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today\u2019s took me 3:37 (average 4:17).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2012-08-26-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/front.moveon.org\/al-frankens-awesome-quote-on-why-republicans-are-like-4-year-olds\/\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn<\/a>: <\/font>Al Franken&#8217;s Awesome Quote On Why Republicans Are Like 4-Year-Olds<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"26Franken\" border=\"0\" alt=\"26Franken\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/26Franken.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"758\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I could not have explained this difference between nationalism and authentic patriotism better.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/08\/25\/with-storm-approaching-republicans-cancel-first-day-of-convention\/\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Republicans on Saturday canceled the opening day of their national convention, saying their first concern was for the safety of delegates and guests in the face of Tropical Storm Isaac, which is strengthening and is headed toward Florida\u2019s West Coast.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Excellent! There is a God! \ud83d\ude09<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/ap\/2012-08-26\/obama-romney-race-is-focused-on-7-states\" target=\"_blank\">Business Week<\/a>: <\/font>On the eve of their national party conventions, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are locked in a close race to amass the requisite 270 Electoral College votes for victory. And the contest is exactly where it was at the start of the long, volatile summer: focused on seven states that are up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>Neither candidate has a significant advantage in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Ohio, Nevada, New Hampshire and Virginia, which offer a combined 85 electoral votes, according to an Associated Press analysis of public and private polls, spending on television advertising and numerous interviews with Republican and Democratic strategists in battleground states.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As a result those seven states will get almost all the attention and economic benefit from the campaigns. That&#8217;s one of the reasons I prefer a national popular vote.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: inline\" title=\"26Cartoon\" alt=\"26Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/26Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republicans would LOVE to repeal this one!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had another bad night from COPD, but I do have three articles today.&#160; I\u2019m current with replies.&#160; Tomorrow I have my quarterly appointment for minor foot surgery, so it is likely I\u2019ll have an Open Thread at most. 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