The White House and HHS have promised to release the *official* Obamacare enrollment numbers by November 15th, that’s Friday.    However, according to The Wall Street Journal it appears there are a few advanced leaks. 
Perhaps the leaks are established to diminish expectations, but we are talking about Denis McDonough and ValJar here.   Just as likely a scenario, is a psy-ops seed planted early in the week to start the anti-Obamacare frenzy….. then on Friday the actual release is better than expected and arms the proponents for the weekend talks.
Regardless, what people are missing, as they focus on the feeder pellets, and fall for the typical basement message from the White House, is the distinct principle that:

…..more people have LOST health insurance in month one than have gained it….

THAT is the nuance within the message which must be directly highlighted.
(Wall Street Journal) Initial reports suggest that fewer than 50,000 people successfully navigated the troubled federal health-care website to enroll in private health insurance plans as of last week, two people familiar with the matter said Monday.
The early tally falls far short of internal goals set by President Barack Obama’s administration in the months leading up to the opening of the HealthCare.gov site Oct. 1, and the low number has worried health insurers that are counting on higher turnout. (more…)

There is quite a bit going on in this video clip from MSNBC this morning.   The new polling numbers show widespread disapproval of President Obama.
However, quite frankly, Bam Bam doesn’t care.    The entire 2nd Term Tour is sold out, the tickets non-refundable, and the only prediction an intellectually honest person would reconcile is the expectation that “something big” will be formulated to distract everyone.

With that simple understanding in mind, and referring to Toronto, Dem Operative James Carville says Dear Leader should just toke on the crack pipe.

Once you get on the bus, you can’t get off til the ride’s over

3 more years.
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To us Veterans Day is every day.  It is why our Open Thread is always remembering.

We hold a deeply personal connection to our national military. To us, they are literally our husbands, our brothers, our sons, our grandsons, our best friends, our best-men. Our crew.  Some are currently deployed and for many prudent reasons we do not discuss the who’s and where’s.   You can rightly say for us “It’s personal“.
Today, as a nation takes pause, we just want to remind them, and you:
We love you !

It’s interesting to see how really smart people define the persona of President Obama.   Many psychological descriptives are generally discussed, assigned and presented for consideration by some insightful people.   All of whom are far, far smarter than I.
But, after watching Dear Leader in action for 5+ years, most of the presented descriptions just don’t fully reconcile for me personally.
I just don’t see him as that smart.
Nor do I think he’s cognitively pathological, emotionally narcissistic, or other various types of [ insert your favorite behavioral science aspect here].   I just don’t see it.
President Obama is a front-man, a dupe, a ruse or a puppet.   He just seems more Milli Vanilli than all of that traditional stuff which would put him as the coordinator, or even as an active participant.
Now, don’t get me wrong – the previous definitions would apply to his band; and I could rightly agree if his band was called the “Malignant Narcissists“.  Yes, that I could agree with. (more…)

(Via Matt Walsh Blog)

Free yourselves.
Obama cultists: free yourselves.
Shed those chains of compliance and apathy. Walk free.
I’m not here to attack you. I’m here to reach out with a joyful message of hope. I’m also not here to tell you to become a Republican. I’m not a Republican; I’m proudly and aggressively unaffiliated with any political party. And I know your immediate, visceral, instinctual reaction, when someone challenges you or your Leader, is to shout, “BUT YOU DIDN’T SAY THIS WHEN BUSH DID [xyz]!” Well, I was a kid when Bush came into office, but for what it’s worth, I did criticize many of his actions and policies. When he signed the No Child Left Behind Act, for instance, I was vociferously opposed. And I let everyone at the lunch table know about it.
So, I’ve disarmed your only defense mechanisms. You can’t bring Republicans into this one, because I’m not a Republican. You can’t hit me with the “you didn’t say this when Bush did…” routine, because I did say it. I’ve taken your only shield, and now you stand before me; naked, exposed. (more…)

With the “single issue” in this example being “what’s your skin color“?    Who’s Racist?   D’oh, they voted for him because they thought he was black?   Oh my….. the headlines just write themselves.

HOUSTON — Dave Wilson chuckles as he talks about his unorthodox political campaign.
“I’d always said it was a long shot,” Wilson says. “No, I didn’t expect to win.”
Still, he figured he’d have fun running, because he was fed up with what he called “all the shenanigans” at the Houston Community College System. As a conservative white Republican running in a district whose voters are overwhelmingly black Democrats, the odds seemed overwhelmingly against him.

Then he came up with an idea, an advertising strategy that his opponent found “disgusting.” If a white guy didn’t have a chance in a mostly African-American district, Wilson would lead voters to think he’s black. (more…)

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

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(Via Gateway Pundit)  A Democratic operative in Fairfax, Virginia was caught on tape this week tossing chairs and tables. When the cameras came out, the agitation went up. The Democrat is caught on tape at the 1:00 mark smiling as he smacks an Obenshain observer.
The Virginia GOP posted the video this week.