Obama vs Romney: Will it boil down to likeability?

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According to the Washington Post:

If you believe the polls, it would appear there is one big factor standing in the way of Mitt Romney being elected president: Americans don’t like him as well as they do Barack Obama.

That was confirmed again in a new USA Today-Gallup survey in which respondents gave Romney higher marks on the economic issues, which voters say they care most about this year. But President Obama crushed Romney — 60 percent to 30 percent — on the question of which of the two was more likable.

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Let the Games Begin

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The Olympic Pagent was grand, glorious, and very Brit!  It appeared that no expense was spared.  I only cried twice.  Once over the queen and her corgis and then again when Paul McCarthy’s voice wavered as he began Hey Jude.  You could tell he was overpowered by emotion has his voice got more and more cockney accented.

What did you like?  Everyone has to have a favorite part?  I wonder if  person can buy the opening show?  I felt somewhat overpowered by all the people and the production.  I have never done well with pagentry.

Anywho….your impressions please?  Also, what is your favorite event?

Contraception mandate to kick in on Wednesday

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From Politico.com:

This spring, Republicans were on a mission: repeal the Obama administration’s rule to require employers to cover birth control.

House Speaker John Boehner even stood on the floor of the House in February and promised that Congress would act. “This attack by the federal government on religious freedom in our country must not stand and will not stand,” Boehner said.

But now, with the rule set to take effect Wednesday — part of the “Obamacare” law the GOP hates so much — the fiery repeal rhetoric has fizzled. In fact, few on Capitol Hill are saying anything about it at all.

And that House vote to block the rule? Never happened — and isn’t in the works either. A group of die-hards on the issue asked for it again in a closed-door meeting Wednesday with House leadership but said no promises were made.’

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