Gallup reports historic poll margin for GOP in Congress
According to the folks at Gallup, Republicans now hold a 10-point lead over Democrats in what’s called the generic ballot for Congress. (Registered voters are asked whether they would be more likely to vote for a Republican or a Democrat, with no mention of actual candidates.)
Gallup reports that the 10-point lead is the biggest it has ever found for Republicans (Democrats had a 32-point lead in 1974, during the Watergate scandal.) The finding adds to evidence that a GOP takeover of the House is likely this year, although as Gallup also cautions, “Democrats moved ahead in Gallup’s generic ballot for several weeks earlier this summer, showing that change is possible between now and Election Day.”
As I’ve noted earlier, the GOP base has made it clear that it has no interest whatsoever in any sort of compromise, and will in fact punish any of its leaders who suggest otherwise. As a result, I think we’re doomed to two of the most divisive, tumultuous years we’ve seen in American politics in a long, long time. It could make the Clinton/Gingrich years seem tame in comparison.
And come 2012, the American people will be asked to render its verdict on that approach.
Politics, like baseball, is a long game played in half-inning increments. And in this particular frame, the Republicans have the bases loaded and nobody out, with the Dems just hoping to limit the damage until their own turn at bat.
UPDATE: Someone in comments asked for an explanation for the 10-point GOP surge. I responded that people are scared and frustrated, and in their fear and frustration they want government to do something. (The demand to be saved even comes from those — in some cases ESPECIALLY from those — who claim they want government out of the economy).
As I’ve written before, though, government even under President Bush didn’t deserve the lion’s share of the blame for getting us into this mess, and nothing government can do under President Obama can turn it around quickly either. But that doesn’t stop people from wanting what they can’t have.
As supportive evidence, take a look at the Yahoo chart below of the Dow Jones Industrial Average over the last three months. More specifically, look at the timing of the Dow high this summer and compare it to the timing of the Democrats’ highest advantage in the generic ballot. It lends credence to the economic explanation; as the news sunk in about a stalled recovery, the GOP poll performance began to improve considerably.
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Scout
August 31st, 2010
3:26 pm
Mick:
Would you “PRETTY PLEASE” read my 2:52 post and report back? PLEASE?
Doggone/GA
August 31st, 2010
3:26 pm
“the flat rates went up in california over the last few years as the salaries went up…”
And that didn’t have anything at all to do with the costs of doing business going up as well, now did it? Unions ARE a business of sorts, and they DO have expenses…and just like the government they generate no income of their own. So if members want the advantages of having a union they have to be prepared to pay for them.
ODDOWL
August 31st, 2010
3:26 pm
Nothing in the World is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. When Martin Luther King made this statement, i think that he was speaking directly to GLENN BECK… Wise Men learn more from fools than fools learn from wise Men.
Kamchak
August 31st, 2010
3:27 pm
Folks if you think one party is better than another…..drink more of the Purple Kool aid…..
Not this Kool-Aid sh_t again.
Too many people post this “Kool-Aid” cliche thinking they are cute and clever.
In my eyes it makes you trite.
No one needs to drink “more” of the Kool-Aid, and addressing someone who actually did “drink the Kool-Aid” is pretty worthless because they are dead.
Mick
August 31st, 2010
3:27 pm
**That’s a pretty damn bad investment, and this is the kind of junk that would get a CEO at a private company thrown in jail for fraud.”*
Not today….it’ would be more like a golden parachute with millions of dollars in stock options and a hero’s welcome for gaming the system.
Union
August 31st, 2010
3:27 pm
yes.. they do have expenses.. mostly spending dues to get elected officials in to vote more wages to the unions.. i guess..
Doggone/GA
August 31st, 2010
3:28 pm
Kamchak – I strongly suspect that a LOT of people who use that term don’t have a clue where it came from.
Hillbilly Deluxe
August 31st, 2010
3:28 pm
In my opinion, people need to stop paying attention to the Dow Jones, as an indicator of how the economy is doing. It goes up; it goes down and the real economy stays in the same place as it’s been, for a while. It’s mainly just the institutional investors who are playing the market now. They can have their casino and I’ll stick to the real world. I may never make the big score but I won’t lose my fanny in one day, either.
BADA BING
August 31st, 2010
3:28 pm
Scout….did you read the earlier blog before you came on this morning? Your job is done, they were talking about what YOU would be saying if you were on this morning. You are in their heads…hahaha.
Swede Atlanta
August 31st, 2010
3:28 pm
Scout, the refurnishing of the Oval Office is quite pleasant with subtle, understated colors. I hated the bright blue rug that Clinton had. The Bush Oval Office wasn’t bad either but each President has his or her own taste.
Doggone/GA
August 31st, 2010
3:29 pm
“mostly spending dues to get elected officials in to vote more wages to the unions.. i guess”
Just like big businesses do. Where’s you outrage at paying higher prices for products so the business can get elected officials in their pocket?
Scout
August 31st, 2010
3:29 pm
Kamchak:
I drank lots of grape Kool-Aid in Nam. It hid the taste of the halazone tablets in my canteen water.
Paul
August 31st, 2010
3:29 pm
“I think we’re doomed to two of the most divisive, tumultuous years we’ve seen in American politics in a long, long time. It could make the Clinton/Gingrich years seem tame in comparison. ”
Makes me want to go to bed and pull the covers over my head.
I wonder… people still have to align with either of the two parties to get elected, regardless of their beliefs. Look at Ron Paul. But with this anti-incumbency thing going on… I wonder if the newbies in Congress are going to look at McConnell and Boehner, give’em a raspberry and go on their merry way.
Union
August 31st, 2010
3:29 pm
kam “the squirrel” chak..
you have not posted enough today to participate in this discussion..
I can see Russia from my house
August 31st, 2010
3:30 pm
I’m tickled Palin pink.
Midori
August 31st, 2010
3:31 pm
now I’m infantile.
Scout always posts about bowing.
yet when I do it, I’m infantile.
that right wing logic kicks in yet again.
wanna hold hands, Scout?
I promise not to bow.
BADA BING
August 31st, 2010
3:31 pm
Speaking of ex girlfriends, has anyone been on Facebook and had requests from old flames to ‘friend ‘ them and talk about old times? Did you do it? How did it turn out? Do tell !
Scout
August 31st, 2010
3:31 pm
BADA BING:
Yep, the really hate me …….. those emotional liberals.
Swede Atlanta:
“but each President has his or her own taste.”
Like I said, “double-wide” trailer den.
Union
August 31st, 2010
3:31 pm
doggie.. what products do i pay a higher price for?
Mick
August 31st, 2010
3:32 pm
**The president’s bow to the Saudi King should have surprised no one. It was a submission to their mutual aspiration: a symbolic moment in the transformation from the America that was to the America of Barack Obama’s fancy, a vision that would mark a giant leap forward for the global Islamist project.”*
How exactly do you know this? Are you in his head? I don’t care how you spin it, I’ll take a bow before a kiss. Still, name one american president who hasn’t bowed to the saudi’s symbolically or not?
Scout
August 31st, 2010
3:33 pm
Midori:
Ah, I see you are not real sharp on the cultural nuances between holding hands (friendship) and bowing (subservience).
Work on it. You’ll eventually figure it out.
Gordon
August 31st, 2010
3:34 pm
Doggone/GA,
“I’m willing to wait until it actually goes into effect to see what the fall-out is.”
Here is the root of our disagreement. I think that approach is downright irresponsible. Also, the federal government is well past the point of “tweaking” anything when it comes to entitlements.
I’m not arguing against your position on healthcare, though I don’t agree with it. I’m arguing about your support of the method of trying to achieve it. It amounts to “legislate now and ask questions later.” It is exactly that attitude that will be dealt with by the voters in November.
Scout
August 31st, 2010
3:34 pm
Mick:
I gave you a quote from the prosecutor in the first World Trade Center bombing.
Deal with it.
BADA BING
August 31st, 2010
3:35 pm
Scout…..you know that when Bill moved out of the Oral Office, he didn’t get his cleaning deposit back.
Liberal Chicks are UGLY
August 31st, 2010
3:36 pm
The american public is doing a collective “OOOPS!”
Mick
August 31st, 2010
3:37 pm
scout **Deal with it.**
No, you deal with it. I don’t believe my truths to be absolute, they are just opinions on this blog.
Union
August 31st, 2010
3:38 pm
@ bookman.. you never answered my question.. sigh..
Pennsylvanian
August 31st, 2010
3:38 pm
Liberal Chicks are UGLY @ 3:36 – More like OH SH_T!!!
Liberal Chicks are UGLY
August 31st, 2010
3:38 pm
You want to know why these this government is getting such bad ratings? Because it sucks, thats why…
Paul
August 31st, 2010
3:39 pm
I’ve linked to articles by Ed Wallace before. In this one, he paints a different picture of the economy. All the indicators that would lead to one conclusion, while most of media (and therefore the public) has a different view. Why?
Makes me wonder if those Wall Street speculators have any responsibility in this.
And for those of you not interested, maybe this will get your attention. All the concern about the ’superrich’ and the haves and have nots? Look at the data – it may not be the top one percent against everyone else. It just might be 60 percent against 40 percent. Suddenly, a lot of bloggers find themselves on the side of the ‘haves.’
http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/08/28/2429553/a-tale-of-two-cities.html
Mick
August 31st, 2010
3:40 pm
Liberal Chicks are UGLY
I’ll take this one over the one with those great ratings in sept. 08, “this sucker could go down”.
Scout
August 31st, 2010
3:40 pm
Mick:
Oh yeah? My dad can whip your dad !
Liberal Chicks are UGLY
August 31st, 2010
3:41 pm
If Harry Reid loses Nevada that is a huge message. Angle is an idiot, if Reid can’t beat her then he’s pathetic.
Bob
August 31st, 2010
3:41 pm
Really, Rickster? Then why was HALF the 2009 stimulus package tax cuts that Republicans wanted?
Thats wrong, it was closer to 25% but who got the tax cuts, people that already get the earned income tax credits ? And dems keep saying tax cuts got us into this mess, now they are for tax cuts, unless they were Bush’s tax cuts that need to go away because tax cuts are bad, except for the tax cuts in stimulus ?
Mick
August 31st, 2010
3:42 pm
**Oh yeah? My dad can whip your dad !**
I doubt it but I’ll play along – uncle!
Paul
August 31st, 2010
3:42 pm
Hi Midori!
Bada Bing 3:31
You’ll have to ask someone who likes to go bungee jumping who lets others tie the cord -
Scout
August 31st, 2010
3:42 pm
BADA BING:
You know, they should somehow remove that small room off the Oval Office and put it in the Smithsonian.
Wouldn’t that be cool ?
extremerightwing
August 31st, 2010
3:43 pm
Jay, you’re wrong…these polls show that the American people DO NOT WANT government doing things for them. In fact it is quite the opposite. We want government out of the way. It’s sole purpose in the economy is the create an environment where business and individuals can pursue the God given talents and not punish those who have success nor reward those who are lazy.
Liberal Chicks are UGLY
August 31st, 2010
3:44 pm
Obama needs another vacation…A permenant one.
Kamchak
August 31st, 2010
3:44 pm
you have not posted enough today to participate in this discussion..
You seem to be laboring under the misapprehension that I require your permission, sport.
Midori
August 31st, 2010
3:45 pm
Mick,
Scout is jealous – he wanted to be on the receiving end of Bush’s kiss.
BADA BING
August 31st, 2010
3:46 pm
Huge hurricane headed for the East coast. No matter what state is torn up, they will be rebuilt in a year. Why can’t New Orleans?
Liberal Chicks are UGLY
August 31st, 2010
3:46 pm
I pelosi loses the chair, does she have to move out over her $18,000 per month office?
Midori
August 31st, 2010
3:46 pm
Hi Paul
BADA BING
August 31st, 2010
3:47 pm
Scout, just don’t put that room under a black light.
Paul
August 31st, 2010
3:48 pm
extremerightwing
So… what would you recommend to bring down federal outlays, not punish the successful nor reward the lazy?
Better yet, can you provide examples of how success is punished and lazy are rewarded?
Pennsylvanian
August 31st, 2010
3:48 pm
Scout @ 3:42 – I would rather see the special humidor.
Union
August 31st, 2010
3:49 pm
kam “the squirrel” chak -
why so bitter?
Scooter (the Original)
August 31st, 2010
3:49 pm
“…even under President Bush didn’t deserve the lion’s share of the blame for getting us into this mess,” HUH?
It was Government Subsidized Entities pursuing the objectives of H.U.D. that encouraged risky home loans by securitizing the risk away from the originating banks. Wall street, AIG specifically, multiplied the fall by issuing the mortgage default swaps. It is apparent that Jay refuses to see what contradicts his ideology.
Liberal Chicks are UGLY
August 31st, 2010
3:51 pm
The hurricane is going to just skirt the East Coast, and continue bending north. England will probably get more rain from it than the US. The high pressure area over us now is going to prevent it from making serious land fall…Don’t clean the stores out of milk yet. As usual the media has blown this waaaay out of proportion.
Mick
August 31st, 2010
3:51 pm
Midori
How are you? Scout ain’t all that bad, you can learn from him. Just remember to pick and choose and not take things too seriously.
Kamchak
August 31st, 2010
3:51 pm
why so bitter?
Why do you assume that I’m bitter, sport?
BADA BING
August 31st, 2010
3:51 pm
Bill belongs in the Magician’s Hall of Fame for making cigars disappear.
JB
August 31st, 2010
3:53 pm
NEXT TWO YEARS: GOP will win one house, if not both. They will shut Obama down. GOP will sit with arms crossed daring him to present anything. He will make a speech everyday telling the American people HE can’t put them back to work because of the GOP. So, here we’ll sit. No way Obama invites those guys to the white house and say’s, OK, We’ve heard the American people, let’s deal”……. Obama won’t, can’t, will not be able to bring himself to do it…………….Nothing will happen in two years, Americans will be pissed, and after hearing Obama blame the GOP for 24 months every night, America will re-elect this fool…..It’s a vicious cycle.
BADA BING
August 31st, 2010
3:53 pm
Those hurricanes better not hit NO this season. The new levees are a year away from completion.
Mick
August 31st, 2010
3:54 pm
Ahhh…the good old days of clinton bashing…such a relief.
Union
August 31st, 2010
3:54 pm
kam “the squirrel” chak -
cause anyone that uses the word sport has to be bitter..
Paul
August 31st, 2010
3:57 pm
Liberal chicks
Isn’t that her district office in San Francisco? Why would she have to pay rent on an office in the in the House Office Building?
BADA BING
August 31st, 2010
3:57 pm
Fiona is behind Earl. I am afraid Earl is going to stop that cold front and allow Fiona to head further West and build strength.
Kamchak
August 31st, 2010
3:58 pm
cause anyone that uses the word sport has to be bitter..
You seem to be confusing me with someone from your past.
Kamchak
August 31st, 2010
4:00 pm
Addendum
You seem to be confusing me with someone from your past, sport.
Hillbilly Deluxe
August 31st, 2010
4:01 pm
When I was a kid, lots of people called me “sport”. They didn’t seem bitter.
Union
August 31st, 2010
4:01 pm
kam “the squirrel” chak -
nah.. i know everyone from my past.. they are not bitter.. and they dont use the word sport.. but hey.. whatever works for you to deal with your aggression.. im all for it.
Union
August 31st, 2010
4:02 pm
hillbilly.. you would be surprised.. maybe they were repressing it?
Shawny
August 31st, 2010
4:03 pm
“I responded that people are scared and frustrated, and in their fear and frustration they want government to do something.”
no, no, no.
We don’t want the govt to do anything. We want them to stop doing what they are doing. We want to repeal the healthcare bill that will tax us in ways not seen yet. It it for real that any insurance benefits I receive will hit my W-2 as income, or is that a rumor?
You speculate that “we’re doomed to two of the most divisive, tumultuous years we’ve seen in American politics in a long, long time. It could make the Clinton/Gingrich years seem tame in comparison. ”
Guess what? Those were some of the best days in recent memory (and I am old). Business knew where they stood. They were prepared for consistency, which lets them plan for the future. It was a locked up congress/executive and it worked well (by working little).
Today, businesses are scared. There is too much uncertainty, and it has nothing to do with the economy. They do not want to hire or spend money until it all shakes out.
Believe it or not, and liberal big govt folks can’t grasp this, but sometimes status quo is good.
Mick
August 31st, 2010
4:03 pm
bada
Never let a good hurricane go to waste…why its nature’s stimulus..
marky mark
August 31st, 2010
4:03 pm
Union, …I have already told Kamchak repeatedly…..we are all waiting for his first “intelligent post”…Granny Godzilla swears he will do one….sooner or later….he is just a bomb throwing child wanted to get reactions…..I havent seen him add anything to a discussion/blog yet….
and doubt he will….
marky mark
August 31st, 2010
4:04 pm
thats “wanting”
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
4:04 pm
PAUL
I’m already in the bed with the covers pulled over my head. It doesn’t matter which lot goes in or out, it’ll still be bidness as usual…as Paracelsus said, it’s two wh*res discussing chastity…
Kamchak
August 31st, 2010
4:04 pm
…im all for it.
Whew! That’s a relief, ’cause I was facing many sleepless night worrying about your support.
JB
August 31st, 2010
4:04 pm
Why can’t CBS give Rev. Wright his own 30 min. sitcom and just let him be him ? It would be a hit. Guest would include Father Flager, Sharpton, Jesse and his love child, John Edwards and his love child, Barney Frank and friends and maybe Rosanne Barr, singing the National Anthem holding her crotch again……………….Would that be a show or what?…………It could be called, “Rev. Wright has come home to roost”.
Union
August 31st, 2010
4:05 pm
Dem jokes that Pelosi could die before next year
By: BEN EVANS
Associated Press
08/26/10 9:10 PM EDT
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) (AP)
WASHINGTON — A conservative Alabama Democrat often criticized for backing Nancy Pelosi as House speaker dodged a question about supporting her again next year by saying she might get sick and die before he has to decide.
its tough to be a politician these days..
marky mark
August 31st, 2010
4:05 pm
I promised her I would acknowledge it to her if I saw one….help me look ya’ll, wouldya?
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
4:06 pm
Hillbilly
Don’t want to go scrolling back on such a long lot of posts, but is there supposed to be something wrong with calling someone “sport?” Now, A sport, maybe…but just “sport?”
Union
August 31st, 2010
4:07 pm
kam “the squirrel” chak -
i understand.. but if you are having sleepless nights.. maybe its that your bitter and angry? you should not try to displace your emotional state upon others.. its not healthy.. first step is to admit you have a problem..
JohnnyReb
August 31st, 2010
4:09 pm
JB @ 4:04 – tooooooooooo funny.
Midori
August 31st, 2010
4:11 pm
**The president’s bow to the Saudi King should have surprised no one. It was a submission to their mutual aspiration: a symbolic moment in the transformation from the America that was to the America of Barack Obama’s fancy, a vision that would mark a giant leap forward for the global Islamist project.”*
translation: Bush bow GOOD!!
Obama bow BAD!!!!
Effing disgusting.
and stupid.
and hypocritical.
Scout is batting 100 here.
Shawny
August 31st, 2010
4:12 pm
Ron Paul – 2012.
Harry Callahan
August 31st, 2010
4:14 pm
Gordon, thanks for posting the treasury dept link. My bad, I was working.
Let me ask the “Clinton surplus” question another way…the term “surplus” implies money left over…if it was left over, and unspent, where is it now? If was spent, it wasn’t surplus.
Clinton surplus = smoke-&-mirrors
Hillbilly Deluxe
August 31st, 2010
4:16 pm
Josef
You’ll have to ask Union. He seems to think so.
Union
Nobody I grew up around repressed anything. If they were pissed off, it was no secret, especially to the object of their ire.
John Norman
August 31st, 2010
4:17 pm
Kamchak, you better get back to Gor before mommy comes home and unplugs your DSL connection, sport.
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
4:18 pm
Bowing, holding hands or b*tt kissing makes me no never mind…the mere fact that the leader of what is supposed to be an open, democratic society dedicated to human rights would even be seen within a hundred miles of that murderous, medieval, repressive thug goes againstt my grain. But, hey, it’s all about the oil and money…what’s a little stoning, hand chopping, a beheading or two among friends, eh?
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
4:20 pm
Hillbilly…
I’ve always liked the term myself. Kinda makes me feel at ease when somebody uses it with me.
And repressed? Whoo! Wheee! Not where I grew up! I kinda like that, too. No need to second guess.
Jay
August 31st, 2010
4:20 pm
Harry, it was used to reduce (if only slightly) the national debt.
The amount of debt held by the public (the feds’ way of saying debt owed to anybody but themselves) fell from $3.78 trillion in 1997 to $3.32 trillion in $3.32 trillion in 2001.
Source: Historical table 7.1
Joe
August 31st, 2010
4:22 pm
Swede Atlanta
Can you honestly say with a straight face that the democrats are representing the people? Passing bills that have been overwhelmingly rejected by the electorate. Stupidity is just a disease that’s incurable for some people I guess….
AmVet
August 31st, 2010
4:22 pm
When you favor small government and fiscal conservatism…
There is just one itsy bitsy little problem with that inane reference.
It is akin to believing in aliens and their abductions of humans for experiments.
There is not the first scintilla of credible evidence.
Beginning with BIG, BIG, BIG government Ronnie, the Republican Party has for thirty straight years exploded the size, scope, cost and interference of government. Not to mention the escalating fraud, waste and abuse they’ve helped implement.
Calling these spendthrifts, that make drunken sailors look like penny -pinchers, “fiscal conservatives” is hysterical.
If it weren’t so devastating to American families…
harvey
August 31st, 2010
4:23 pm
I responded that people are scared and frustrated, and in their fear and frustration they want government to do something. NO JAY! YOU ARE LISTENING WITH A TIN EAR. THEY WANT THE GOVERNMENT TO QUIT DOING THE DESTRUCTIVE THINGS IT IS DOING. When, as example they pass a healthcare bill that causes companies who insure their workers and families, to insure a group of 21 – 24 year olds, that adds to the company’s burden. They have to find that money somewhere, or fire people. Government doesn’t get it because they don’t run a business. Most businesses can’t operate $13 trillion in debt.
Kamchak
August 31st, 2010
4:23 pm
Kamchak, you better get back to Gor before mommy comes home and unplugs your DSL connection, sport.
It’s a laptop and an aircard, mystery meat.
Thanks for playing, and Vanna has some lovely consolation gifts including a lifetime supply of Rice-A-Roni—The San Fransisco Treat!
BADA BING
August 31st, 2010
4:27 pm
Kam, Rice a Roni is old school, I understand that Rick-N- Ronnie is the new San Francisco Treat.
Kamchak
August 31st, 2010
4:29 pm
Kam, Rice a Roni is old school…
What can I say?
I’m a product (get it?—product) of my time.
Union
August 31st, 2010
4:30 pm
when i was little.. and people called me “sport” i often heard the saying.. “if kamchak were going to jump off a bridge would you?” and of course my answer would be yes.. someone has to save kamchak.. but thats another story..
seems to be a whole lot of.. well the cons did it.. the dems did it.. it still doesnt make it right.. did we have a surplus when clinton yes.. on paper.. but not in the real world where we all live..
Harry Callahan
August 31st, 2010
4:30 pm
Jay, that may be, but the only way for this to be mathematically possible is for the surplus Social Security revenues (taxes collected minus benefits paid) to get added into the equation. It seems to me dishonest to use Social Security revenues to reduce public debt, ignore the increased future Social Security liabiliteis, and call it a “surplus.” In fact, if you did that in the private sector, you’d find yourself in a jail cell next to one of the Bernies (Madoff/Ebbers).
Harry Callahan
August 31st, 2010
4:32 pm
But you libbies are convinced he really ran a surplus, so we’ll re-visit this on Nov 3.
Union
August 31st, 2010
4:33 pm
harry..
have you read this?
http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/during_the_clinton_administration_was_the_federal.html
josef nix
August 31st, 2010
4:33 pm
What’s wrong with Rice-a-Roni?
A private sector employee
August 31st, 2010
4:33 pm
“As I’ve noted earlier, the GOP base has made it clear that it has no interest whatsoever in any sort of compromise, and will in fact punish any of its leaders who suggest otherwise. ”
Substitute “Democrats” for “GOP”, and you have the situation in Congress for the past two years.
roldawg70
August 31st, 2010
4:36 pm
for give me, but regulation and the lack there of are governmental actions. and both had a lot to with the collapse of the economy,
even non-action is a choice of action, that is an option, that gov’t or an individual might choose to take
larry
August 31st, 2010
4:36 pm
Back inside the Eggs and Issues breakfast, the citizens of “the only superpower in the world” are still beseeching their local elected officials for help, trying to figure out how Georgia would cope with the looming massive cuts in higher education, or whether any local companies might be expanding instead of laying people off for a change, or why their state spends more money on incarcerating citizens than other states.
Meanwhile, Congressman Broun misses most of his constituents’ economic complaints by heading off — even though his event in Atlanta actually isn’t until 3 o’clock that afternoon. It’s a Tea Party rally organized by the pro-business FreedomWorks on the steps of the state capitol — 90 minutes removed from where the economically battered constituents of Broun’s 10th Congressional District live and look for work.
I dont think the pollesters talked to the people of the 10th district . They would get a whole different answer.
This man has done nothing to help the people of his district at all. And he isnt very popular.
Harry Callahan
August 31st, 2010
4:36 pm
Union, see my 4:30 post above. Clinton ran a “surplus” if you count social security receipts as income, but don’t count the future payouts associated with those receipts as a liability. So no, Clinton never ran a budget surplus, or at leat not one any CPA would report with a straight face. But if it makes you happy to believe there was a surplus, hey, whatever blows your hair back.
By the way, think carefully of what I just described the next time someone tells you that Social Security is “fully funded through year 2037″…LOL…
Union
August 31st, 2010
4:37 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=ToJry8diwTs&feature=related