Obama odds in 2012 look better and better
U.S. Rep. John Boehner
John Boehner, who is likely to become the next speaker of the House, went on Sean Hannity’s radio show Wednesday to offer a preview of what to expect:
“This is not a time for compromise, and I can tell you that we will not compromise on our principles,” Boehner said….
As for Obama’s own agenda, Boehner promised, “We’re going to do everything – and I mean everything we can do – to kill it, stop it, slow it down, whatever we can.”
Meanwhile, according to a newly released Bloomberg poll:
Four out of five Americans want compromise. The Republicans don’t dare even entertain compromise. This is playing right to Obama’s strength. He will come across as calm, rational and reasonable. The Republicans will either come across as angry and aggressive, or they will deeply disappoint their own base.
Obama will also have history on his side. As National Journal points out, presidents who lose control of Congress in their first midterms tend to gain a political advantage:
“It’s occurred three times in the past 100 years, and in each case the minority party that took control watched the supposedly vanquished president win reelection just two years later. First, Harry Truman in 1948 (after losing 55 House and 13 Senate seats in 1946); second, Dwight Eisenhower in 1956 (after losing 18 House and two Senate seats in 1954, creating Democratic majorities that would last in the Senate until 1980 and in the House until 1994); and finally, Bill Clinton in 1996 (after losing 54 House and eight Senate seats in 1994).”
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StJ
October 28th, 2010
11:19 am
“according to a newly released Bloomberg poll…”
Did anyone expect a different result from a Bloomberg poll?
“Compromise” is much easier when you don’t have principles.
JohnnyReb
October 28th, 2010
11:20 am
You Lefties are soooo entertaining. Face it, your party is just like mine. Alone, you don’t not have enough votes to win. It takes the rational middle to produce the winner. They see what Obama has done. They will make their voices heard next week. They are not stupid, they don’t need your or my guidance. They like the Right are willing to stop Obama now, then put him out to pasture in 2012. Geez, you guys are sore losers and the results aren’t even in yet! But, I do like the way you gave up so soon.
jm
October 28th, 2010
11:20 am
Doggone – what’s the first rule of Politics? – when a politician is talking, they’re lying. who knows the truth until after the election.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42271.html
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42018.html
USinUK
October 28th, 2010
11:20 am
“Did anyone expect a different result from a Bloomberg poll?”
um. are you under some kind of mistaken belief that Bloomberg is liberal???
Left wing management
October 28th, 2010
11:21 am
jm: “left wing – I didn’t say our culture was drifting leftward. But our government is.”
Ok, I see. Leaving aside that though there does seem to be a certain natural progression towards collectivization historically, as you say, for which certain qualifications need to be made, how can you argue that the US government has drifted leftward over the past 50 years? Or the UK for that matter? That’s simply ludicrous. During the Kennedy administration, for ex., we had top tax rates that more closely resembled Sweden at the time, or the UK, than the much lower rates we have today. And look at the philosophies of the Democratic administrations themselves. Clinton and Obama have had to bend over backward to prove their market-friendly, laissez-faire bona fides.
AmVet's Mystery Meat
October 28th, 2010
11:21 am
Nothing is free Hon. Did the funds for our highways just materialize out of thin air?
Come on WOMAN! Think a little bit.
jm
October 28th, 2010
11:22 am
USinUK 11:16 – you really are ignorantly opinionated.
Yes yes yes yes.
Health insurance companies don’t work like life insurance companies. The premiums they take in don’t create long term liabilities. Money in, money out. The current fixed income yields have nothing to do with rising health insurance premiums.
Doggone/GA
October 28th, 2010
11:22 am
“um. are you under some kind of mistaken belief that Bloomberg is liberal???”
But of course, the results didn’t favor Republican mule-headedness…so it MUST be a “liberal” poll, right?
USinUK
October 28th, 2010
11:23 am
Mystery Meat – “Think a little bit.”
I think you’d better heed your own advice. we pay for hte roads in our taxes – but, with a few exceptions, we don’t have to pay for them via taxes + usage.
Jackie
October 28th, 2010
11:23 am
Things are beginning to look better for the Dems in 2010.
All the hype and bluster about the tidal wave of Repub economic gain appears to be overdone.
The Dems will win/retain Senate seats in CT, DE, NC, KY, WI, IL, NV, CA, WA, CO, WV. Mr. Crist will win in FL and Lisa Murkowski, both independets thrown out of the Republican party will win their states.
The House is a more uncertain, but appears to be going to Dems in that they will maintain a slight majority.
SW
October 28th, 2010
11:24 am
Somebody’s gonna be vewy, vewy angwy!
Rove says Palin lacks ‘gravitas’ for presidential run
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39879231/ns/politics-more_politics/
USinUK
October 28th, 2010
11:25 am
jm – “Health insurance companies don’t work like life insurance companies”
I didn’t say they did – they operate more like P&C companies – which do the exact same thing – bond yields down / premiums up.
jm
October 28th, 2010
11:25 am
left wing 11:21 – over the long arc of history, the government has drifted leftward and bigger (which in my mind is a bit redundant, but whatever). There were obviously periods where conservatives fought back (Reagan). And yes, tax rates have varied a lot over the years. But spending hasn’t. It has only headed in one direction, drastically upward. And spending is what counts at the end of the day.
Jackie
October 28th, 2010
11:26 am
Change “economic gain” to “political gain”
USinUK
October 28th, 2010
11:27 am
“Rove says Palin lacks ‘gravitas’ for presidential run ”
if she knew what “gravitas” was, I’m sure she’d be pi$$ed
USinUK
October 28th, 2010
11:27 am
gotta train to catch …
have a good night!
jm
October 28th, 2010
11:27 am
USinUK – they don’t work like P&C either. I’ll admit that there are some minor residual long term liabilities. And ok, the 3% yield they could get on short term money is gone. But that doesn’t drive a 15% health care increase.
RW-(the original)
October 28th, 2010
11:27 am
Jackie,
Are you by any chance interested in some ocean front property I’ve got in Tennessee?
/drive by, but I’ll check back for your offer.
Mick
October 28th, 2010
11:29 am
donovan
Hurdy gurdy man is a great song but your politics are severly warped.
Paul
October 28th, 2010
11:29 am
Johnny Reb
Comment for you downstairs regarding ““You want to do all these wonderful things, save humanity, etc.The problem is, you want to do it with someone elses money.”
@@
I saw your 11:13 downstairs and thought “When you go to what the left calls extreme right-wing blogs, the discussions/comments regarding Ryan are very interesting. While they may not agree 100% with his Roadmap, they see it as an acceptable launching pad.” was hopeful.
Did you see Jay’s 11:00?
“So @@, I take it you like Ryan’s proposal to impose a VAT here in these United States of America?”
USinUK
October 28th, 2010
11:29 am
jm – “I’ll admit that there are some minor residual long term liabilities.”
just like P&C – there is a long tail, but the majority is paid out at a duration of around 2 years.
now, I really gotta go
thomas
October 28th, 2010
11:30 am
USinUK
October 28th, 2010
11:15 am
Is our government providing the infrastructure for free?
i must have missed that one and was unaware the infrastructure programs and strutures are paid for with tax money still right?
I believe the argument is that the gov. does not have to worry about profits or even going out of business..
When it is actually a single person or group of people’s money they tend to eliminate as much waste as possible…. There are bad companies out there so please don’t use that excuse as their is a UPS or FedEx for every post office.
Now I know you aren’t against cutting waste.
FinnMcCool
October 28th, 2010
11:30 am
Gov’t drifting leftward? Perhaps in the 1960’s but that ended with Reagan. Since the 80’s we have been on a long road of de-regulation. That’s going rightward, not leftward.
Paul
October 28th, 2010
11:31 am
USinUK 11:27
Quip of the Day!
g’night to you -
FinnMcCool
October 28th, 2010
11:32 am
RW, there’s going to be the need for some tough decisions to be made in the next 10 years regarding our infrastructure and I don’t think Republicans have (and never have had) the stomach for tough choices on infrastructure.
Don't Forget
October 28th, 2010
11:32 am
jm, medicare does pay less than private but private uses that to keep reimbursment down. Doctors don’t set prices unless it’s something like cosmetic surgery. They take what is offered by medicare and the insurance companies. Reimbursement is often more difficult from private insurers as well, driving up the cost of healthcare as nurses are forced to wait on the phone “on hold” waiting to talk to the insurance co and seemingly endless “prior authorization” paperwork the ins co’s require.
I would agree that people would be more price sensitive if they paid more for what they got but that is, by definition, a reduction in benefits. You don’t need to go “private” to do that so I still don’t see the benefit of privatizing medicare.
While I agree that those who aren’t destitute should pay more, that’s called “means testing” and the right has been adamently opposed to it.
@@
October 28th, 2010
11:32 am
jay:
So @@, I take it you like Ryan’s proposal to impose a VAT here in these United States of America?
Sure…as long as it’s closely scrutinized.
EVERYBODY needs to have skin in the game along with the freedom to save it or shed it.
jm
October 28th, 2010
11:33 am
Finn – yes a lot of (”rightward”) deregulation has happened in several sectors. Banking being the most obvious and prominent.
However, the spending has only been on one trajectory through every single damn administration. Republican or Democrat. Up. And that has to stop.
jm
October 28th, 2010
11:35 am
Don’t Forget – a big part of Ryan’s proposal involves means testing. I’m all for it.
Kamchak
October 28th, 2010
11:35 am
Gov’t drifting leftward?
Probably.
But we’re still so far to the right that it take the Hubble telescope to see the center.
Peadwg
October 28th, 2010
11:36 am
Jay or any Democrat…if it were switched, would you want Democrats to compromise w/ a Republican President if it meant going back on principles they were elected on? Answer honestly.
jm
October 28th, 2010
11:37 am
“Political bloodlust a burden for post-election GOP ”
Is the House of Representatives going to become a new vampire drama series?
Although I think its up for debate as to who is playing the role of the vampires and who is playing the vampire slayers…..
jm
October 28th, 2010
11:38 am
Kamchak -
“But we’re still so far to the right that it take the Hubble telescope to see the center.”
No that’s funny. Is the Hubble having issues these days, again?
AmVet's Mystery Meat
October 28th, 2010
11:38 am
Hope you miss your train USin UK!
FinnMcCool
October 28th, 2010
11:39 am
jm, it costs more to run a country now than it did just 50 years ago. It’s just that it didn’t start hurting so badly until Reagan dropped the tax rate in the 80’s.
Now you have higher expenditures with lower tax revenue. That’s a disaster.
You are leaving out a lot of other de-regulations as well – trucking, etc., etc, etc.
Jackie
October 28th, 2010
11:39 am
@RW
Just goes to show the hyperbole being employed by the Repubs. Pick any of those races that I listed where the Repubs will win.
News reports indicates that of the 50 states, 20 of those states have a minority population of 20% or more, therefore, the Dems are favored in those states.
The numbers are beginning to work against the Repubs.
jm
October 28th, 2010
11:39 am
Peadwg – there is some overlap on issues. Not much. But some….
As many have said, it may be 2 years of small ball until a new Pres comes along.
Mark T
October 28th, 2010
11:39 am
Democrats are funny…Now that they are gonna lose the midterms, its off to 2012…cant wait to hear the excuses after Obozo gets booted
Obummer
October 28th, 2010
11:42 am
Jay probably liked Jimmy Carter’s odds afters 2 years also…
jm
October 28th, 2010
11:43 am
Finn – I know there’s been a lot of other deregulation. A lot of it has been very good. Freight rail and trucking are examples of good deregulation. Banking and oil drilling, not so much.
The spending has outpaced the economic growth ever since after WW2.
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_20th_century_chart.html
FinnMcCool
October 28th, 2010
11:44 am
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A new poll conducted by Hays Research confirms what we already intuitively know. Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller’s candidacy is in big trouble.
The percentage of Alaskans who feel either “somewhat negative” or “very negative” about Miller has skyrocketed in recent weeks to an astronomical 68 percent. Only 8 percent feel “somewhat negative” and the remainder, a jaw-dropping 60 percent, feel “very negative” about Miller as a candidate.
So long, Joe. We’ll see you on your new show on Fox News!
FinnMcCool
October 28th, 2010
11:44 am
A new poll conducted by Hays Research confirms what we already intuitively know. Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller’s candidacy is in big trouble.
The percentage of Alaskans who feel either “somewhat negative” or “very negative” about Miller has skyrocketed in recent weeks to an astronomical 68 percent. Only 8 percent feel “somewhat negative” and the remainder, a jaw-dropping 60 percent, feel “very negative” about Miller as a candidate.
So long, Joe. We’ll see you on your new show on Fox News!
Mr Right
October 28th, 2010
11:45 am
I think you’d better heed your own advice. we pay for hte roads in our taxes – but, with a few exceptions, we don’t have to pay for them via taxes + usage.
USinUK–Since you are in UK do you pay US taxes ?
FinnMcCool
October 28th, 2010
11:49 am
peadawg, i think compromising Democrats is what we got from 1994-2006. otherwise there would be no financial industry deregulation and the last 3 years would not be so bad.
There would be no donut holes for seniors in pharmaceuticals and there would be no No Child Left Behind sinkholes dollars/years.
We might have missed an entire idiotic war in Iraq, too.
RW-(the original)
October 28th, 2010
11:49 am
Jackie,
You listed 13 races and if everything breaks your way you might win 7, but there’s no indication that everything is going to break your way. More likely you’ll be 4-9 or 5-8. We can check the scoreboard on the 3rd.
Finn,
I have no idea what brought on your infrastructure outburst, but take a deep breath and try to stay calm.
Later y’all
jm
October 28th, 2010
11:49 am
Mr Right – USinUK is bit delusional. She thinks a drop in bond yields of 3% causes a 15% increase in health insurance premiums. One doesn’t have to be a math major to think something’s fishy with her logic.
Paul
October 28th, 2010
11:49 am
Hi Kamchak
“Gov’t drifting leftward? Probably. But we’re still so far to the right that it take the Hubble telescope to see the center.”
I’ll toss out that the bulk of the population is to the Right in what they say they want in government regarding size, scope, programs, etc, but they are decidedly Left in what they want that government to do for them.
Disgusted
October 28th, 2010
11:50 am
Regulated, but inter-state (cross-border) commerce in health insurance
Nonsense, jm, and if you knew anything about insurance, you wouldn’t be touting such a meaningless proposal. First of all, the only way to have “inter-state (cross-border) commerce in health insurance” is to have the federal government do the regulating. Is that what you Repubs reall want? Secondly, most major health insurance companies doing business in Georgia are also doing business in the other 49 states. Have you heard of some really, really cheap health insurance policies being offered in other states but not in Georgia? There are none.
It’s nonsense, and I sincerely hope for you sake and the sake of your family that you’re intelligent enough to know that, jm. Sounds good, smells awful.
Jackie
October 28th, 2010
11:53 am
@RW
Of those 13 that I listed, polls indicate the Dems are leading in all except NC. Charlie Cook says Sen. Burr has negative ratings near 48% in his state. I think the others will win including KY.
Mr Right
October 28th, 2010
11:53 am
Good Bye Harry Reid, you reap what you sow!
Kamchak
October 28th, 2010
11:55 am
I’ll toss out that the bulk of the population is to the Right in what they say they want in government regarding size, scope, programs, etc, but they are decidedly Left in what they want that government to do for them.
Certainly.
Mr Right
October 28th, 2010
11:55 am
Anybody know how Alvin Green is doing in S C ?
professional skeptic
October 28th, 2010
11:56 am
Extremely interesting:
When confronted with evidence of Republican Joe Miller’s lies and past misdeeds, Alaskans are now withdrawing their support of Miller.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2010/10/28/the-incredible-shrinking-joe-miller.aspx
Here in Georgia, however, when confronted with evidence of Republican Nathan Deal’s lies and misdeeds, support for Deal only grows stronger.
I’m beginning to think that Alaskans are made of sterner stuff than Georgians; that morality and honesty mean more to Alaskans than they mean to the people of Georgia.
Please, Georgia: Let’s follow the example set by Alaska. When a candidate has demonstrated that he is liar and a crook, we need to put principle over party and choose the better alternative. Alaskans know that they need to choose the best leader for Alaska – one who doesn’t lie to taxpayers or use his government position for self-enrichment.
Alaskans are saying NO to Joe Miller, now that they know what a liar he is. Alaskans are NOT just “holding their noses” and voting for Joe Miller anyway.
Do Georgians have the moral fortitude to say NO to Nathan Deal? For the sake of Georgia, I pray that we do.
Rob
October 28th, 2010
11:56 am
Whatever helps you better sleep at night.
Chris
October 28th, 2010
11:56 am
“He will come across as calm, rational and reasonable,” yeah right, especially with statements like ‘Republicans must sit in the back seat’, or did you miss that one made by your president this week, Jay??
Argh!
October 28th, 2010
11:57 am
Republicans wouldn’t be so full of themselves if they would at least quit blowing smoke up their own arses. They’re truly expert contortionists.
jm
October 28th, 2010
11:59 am
Disgusted:
“Is that what you Repubs reall want?”
Well, I’m not a Repub., but I’ll bite anyway.
Yes. Many states are subject to local monopolies because they are low population states that don’t have the ability currently to support multiple insurance companies. Plus, more competition is never a bad thing.
I don’t think the change will help GA a lot. But it will help a lot of other states.
jm
October 28th, 2010
12:00 pm
Mr Right 11:55 – I think he’s been indicted for misuse of funds, last I heard.
Peadwg
October 28th, 2010
12:01 pm
So Finn, are you saying you were a little upset that the Democrats compromised?
jm
October 28th, 2010
12:01 pm
Joe Miller is not a crook. And all politicians are liars (or 95% of them anyway)
FinnMcCool
October 28th, 2010
12:01 pm
Hey if the Republicans win Congress perhaps they can give us “No Child Left Behind Part Deux”!
And maybe they will expand on the law that keeps Medicare/Medicaid from negotiating for drug prices (and then spend the next umpteen years complaining about how efficient those systems are!!!!)
So, we had two years of “Change You Can Believe In” and now we get two years of “The Same Old Idiocy You Know and Love!”
jm
October 28th, 2010
12:02 pm
Yeah Republicans! (except for Deal / Cagle – vomit)
Union
October 28th, 2010
12:04 pm
on topic.. i dunno about 2012.. even if the repugs build a wall between themselves and obama. as more and more comes out about was what pushed through in a very short time and the long term damage it has done.. that will be in the front of everyones thoughts come 2012..
Mystified
October 28th, 2010
12:05 pm
If Obama works with the Republicans, then his chances do look better.
Unfortunately, in the democrat dictionary, compromise means “Republicans giving Obama his way” even though it is against ever conservative principle they have.
FinnMcCool
October 28th, 2010
12:05 pm
Good Bye Harry Reid, you reap what you sow!
Here, here. Don’t forget Reid was attached to the Abramoff scandal a few years back. I say we give Chuck Schumer a chance. I doubt Angle will make it through the first year without a scandal or just flat-out embarrassing all Nevadans into hiding.
Don't Forget
October 28th, 2010
12:05 pm
jm
October 28th, 2010
11:35 am
Don’t Forget – a big part of Ryan’s proposal involves means testing. I’m all for it.
I support means testing too. Another area significant waste is end of life care when the patient hasn’t made their wishes known to the family and ends up getting a ton of expensive, futile and unwanted care that deprives a person a natural death. I have seen this many times. This is a touchy subject but the original bill had a provision allowing a consultation with a patient’s physician regarding options at the end of life. Unfortunately, Sarah Palin labeled this physician consultation a “death panel” for political gain (two sentence’s after telling reporters to “stop making stuff up”). The provision was eventually dropped after frightening millions of elderly people and the lack of such a provision will deny the elderly an important discussion every older person should have with a medical professional and cost taxpayers billions. For this reason, I think Sarah Palin is despicable.
Big D
October 28th, 2010
12:06 pm
America = Man with good income nice house ..good life.
Divorces first wife (GOP) marries trophy wife (Obama) with spoiled kids( DEMS)
TW goes on spending spree…gets caught fooling around.
Kids get in trouble have to bail them out of jail.
The Fix = Divorce TW beg first wife to come back save home…
US/UK now that’s drama….
Peadwg
October 28th, 2010
12:08 pm
“So, we had two years of “Change You Can Believe In”
Still spending like crazy, unemployment still around 10%, debt still growing, premiums still rising. I guess I missed the change….
jm
October 28th, 2010
12:08 pm
Rut roh. Stinks to be a Dem right now.
http://static.rothenbergpoliticalreport.com/news/article/house-losses.html
jm
October 28th, 2010
12:09 pm
Don’t Forget – no doubt, Palin is duuuuummmmmb
jm
October 28th, 2010
12:13 pm
This is funny
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/27/AR2010102709035.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
Left wing management
October 28th, 2010
12:14 pm
Is it possible to get elected governor of this state without being a Fred Thompson clone with a syrupy drawl? Just wondering.
Big D
October 28th, 2010
12:15 pm
JM…don’t forget… no doubt…Obama is dumb ( proved it, last two years) and NO DAMN EXPERIENCE…at least Sarah has done something useful with her life…
community organizer….president…that’s just embarrassing.
professional skeptic
October 28th, 2010
12:15 pm
jm
October 28th, 2010
12:01 pm
“Joe Miller is not a crook…”
He just used government resources for personal gain, and Alaskans aren’t standing for it.
Paulo977
October 28th, 2010
12:16 pm
professional
skeptic
Evidence or not….Georgia holds strongly to the past plantation , red neck way of things . Someone referred to Deal as “Our own crook ” Now , whatever folks may think abour Barnes not being in the Obama camp they know he is a Democrat and Democrats are in the Obama
camp and Obama is NOT white!!!
Mark T
October 28th, 2010
12:16 pm
Jay, I just got around reading the piece on voter fraud hystria…here’s your proof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NuLVvVb4oc&feature=ytn%3Amptnews
Mick
October 28th, 2010
12:17 pm
peadawg
**Still spending like crazy**
Please read this-
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/barack_obama/index.html?story=/opinion/feature/2010/10/27/gene_lyons_believe_the_facts
professional skeptic
October 28th, 2010
12:21 pm
“He just used government resources for personal gain, and Alaskans aren’t standing for it.”
To correct my own comment: Miller made dishonest use of government computers for “political purposes.” I cannot say what direct personal gain he derived.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/26/joe-miller-documents-i-lied_n_774472.html
Nathan Deal, on the other hand…
Don't Forget
October 28th, 2010
12:22 pm
jm
October 28th, 2010
12:09 pm
Don’t Forget – no doubt, Palin is duuuuummmmmb
I don’t think Palin is dumb at all. In fact she has a lot of political savvy. But she IS uneducated and unprincipled and doesn’t see either as being a problem.
TGT
October 28th, 2010
12:22 pm
“Four out of five Americans want compromise.”
It depends on what is meant by “compromise.”
The republicans are where they are almost exclusively due to their opposition to Obama (and Pelosi and Reid) and his policies. Why mess with a good thing? A significant majority of Americans–perhaps and unprecedented majority–are behind the GOP because of its opposition to Obama. In other words, AMERICA opposes Obama and his policies, not just the GOP. If Obama continues to be true to himself–and I hope he does–this will do him no good in 2012.
Peadwg
October 28th, 2010
12:25 pm
Mick,
I don’t have time to read that here at work. All I need to see is the 13 trillion in debt continuing to grow.
Shawny
October 28th, 2010
12:26 pm
They all say what the audience at the time wants to hear to get elected or re-elected. Ignore it.
And no, you can’t make predictions 2 years out. That would be like grabbing your raincoat for a weather forecase 2 weeks out.
paleo-neoCarlinist
October 28th, 2010
12:28 pm
this is 1994 all over. what the bomb-throwers and the Socialism-screamers can’t seem to understand is; if the GOP has a chance in 2012 it will be because it met Obama on the playing field and performed at a higher level. the “take the marbles an go home” or “no compromise” does not produce a victor, so much as it produces gridlock and greater public disdain. to wit (and I know this is about as useful as writing a letter to Santa Claus); the GOP needs to tell America what is “right” about it’s policies and agenda, as opposed to telling America (often emotionally) what is “wrong” with Obama and the liberal agenda. and it needs to back-up it’s “pitch” with performance/results. Obama was elected for a reason (and not because he is black, or a socialist). Obama was elected for the same reason Clinton was re-elected in ‘96. Obama (and Clinton in ‘96) didn’t fool anyone. Obama was elected because he was not Bush, and if the GOP takes control of the House next week, and makes the issue substance over form; dare I say, Americans will embrace the lesser of two evils (Obama) in 2012.
Don't Forget
October 28th, 2010
12:31 pm
The republicans are where they are almost exclusively due to their opposition to Obama (and Pelosi and Reid) and his policies. Why mess with a good thing?
Because a party that puts itself ahead of country isn’t fit to lead or hold office.
professional skeptic
October 28th, 2010
12:31 pm
Paulo977
October 28th, 2010
12:16 pm
Now, whatever folks may think abour Barnes not being in the Obama camp they know he is a Democrat and Democrats are in the Obama
camp and Obama is NOT white!!!
Although this explains what we’re seeing in Georgia, I would hope we can rise above it. Is there something in the (ice) water up there in AK that allows folks to understand that Obama is not running for office in AK? That they don’t have to shoot their own state in the foot just to “send a message’ to Obama?
paleo-neoCarlinist
October 28th, 2010
12:34 pm
Big D, I encourage you to read Karl Rove’s very dispassionate opinon of Sarah Palin. again, you can hang your hopes in 2012 on “community organizer” soundbites, or you (and the GOP) can present cold hard facts about why your guy/gal would make a better POTUS. and as I said, if you offer that the GOP stands for ’small government’ lower deficits, etc., you’d better back it up, as opposed to Bush et al who peed on our backs and told us it was raining.
Mick
October 28th, 2010
12:35 pm
peadawg
No problem but it is a very short article. The point is this: Jay has stated the facts, shown charts and graphs to back up what he is saying but the people who down right hate obama will not listen to reason and that is this; He has not raised taxes on anyone, and the trillion dollar deficit was handed to him by bush. The stimulus spending belongs to him and thats it, everything else was previous yet the myth go’s on and on………
carlosgvv
October 28th, 2010
12:36 pm
USinUK – “the reason private insurance in going through the roof is because bond yields are at historic lows” – Actually, it is much more simple than that. Rates are going up and will continue to go up because of runaway greed on the part of the Medical Insurance Industry.
Mick Mick
October 28th, 2010
12:43 pm
Jay – where can I get some of that stuff you are smoking? It must be pretty powerful.
I am sure not better off than I was two years ago.
Paulo977
October 28th, 2010
12:44 pm
Mick
At least you tried to inform!!
Matti
October 28th, 2010
12:45 pm
Because a party that puts itself ahead of country isn’t fit to lead or hold office.
AMEN!
Nice Guy
October 28th, 2010
12:45 pm
“I’ll toss out that the bulk of the population is to the Right in what they say they want in government regarding size, scope, programs, etc, but they are decidedly Left in what they want that government to do for them.”
Well, you got the first half of that right. Good try.
Nice Guy
October 28th, 2010
12:46 pm
Left Wing – “Is it possible to get elected governor of this state without being a Fred Thompson clone with a syrupy drawl? Just wondering.”
Nope.
SPSU
October 28th, 2010
12:47 pm
Funny to see the liberals on here ignoring the fact that some of the blue states that Obama won will be losing electoral votes after completion of the 2010 census.
Liberals = by-products of the American public school system.
MUSTANG100
October 28th, 2010
12:47 pm
4 out 5 Americans want compromise? On WHAT? Going broke? Sounds like that poll was conducted in downtown Chicago. The Lefties weren’t too worried about compromise when Obamcare was shoved up our behinds, only now when they are losing ground do you hear the OBama media mouthpieces scream compromise or non-partisan.
LUIS GALLEGO
October 28th, 2010
12:48 pm
THE (BLACK LIST) OF USA:
PAGE (1) – September 13, 2010 / SUMMARY:
The following UNITED STATES (ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES) and or (EMPLOYEES), have Committed (VIOLATIONS) to THE UNITED STATES LAWS. To see full details go to: http://45usalegaldocuments.com
1): U. S. SUPREME COURT,CLERK, WILLIAM K. SUTER, Did
not SIGN both petitions denial orders of (petition for a writ of certiorari).
Date: February 20, 1996, CASE Nº 95-7271 (Luis Gallego v. Immigration and Naturalization Service) and March 3, 1997, CASE Nº 96-7322 (Luis Gallego v. Charles Wilson , et. al.).
Violation Committed: Rule 16.3 of the U.S. Supreme Court and ( FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS), Under 18 USC , Section § 1001, Chapter 47 (a)(3).
2): U. S. SOLICITOR GENERAL, DREW S. DAYS. III (Washington D.C.).
Date: January 26, 1996, Case Nº 95-7271 Luis Gallego v. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Violation Committed: Did not SIGN the (WAIVER) to file a response to the (petition for a writ of certiorari) before the U. S. Supreme Court, representing to the United States GOVERNMENT.
3): U. S. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS, FBI (Washington D.C.).
Date: 09/03/88 and 04/28/94, FBI´S RECORD NUMBER 992 994 DA4.
Violation Committed: Certified to the U.S. Immigration (False Charges), against the Immigrant (alien) Luis Gallego, committing, (FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS), Under 18 USC , Section § 1001, Chapter 47 (a)(3).
4): U. S. DEA, (State of Rhode Island).
Date: 09/19/92, (U.S.INS File Nº: A 28-592-646).
Violation Committed:
Did not give the RIGHT PROTECTION and a NEW IDENTIFICATION to the (INFORMANT) from SPAIN, JESUS BRAGADO VALLEJO, who almost got killed by a (DRUG DEALER).
5): U.S. Immigration Judge, LEONARD I. SHAPIRO , Attorney General . RICHARD D. NEVILLE, District Director, CHARLES T. COBB (BOSTON – MASSACHUSETTS).
Date: January 18, 1994 (U.S.INS File Nº: A 28-592-646).
Violations Committed: (CONSPIRACY), made an Illegal Order of Deportation (IN ABSENTIA), without having any (evidences) or (proofs) against the Immigrant (alien) JESUS BRAGADO VALLEJO, to be deported to SPAIN.
Kevin
October 28th, 2010
12:49 pm
Jay, you’ve simply stopped even making attempts at being objective.
10/13/10. Mr Obama says, “Republicans will have to learn to get along with me.”
Odd. I didn’t see you comment on that.
Enjoy next Tuesday.
Mark T
October 28th, 2010
12:50 pm
Hey Mick, I guess he didnt raise the debt by 2 trillion either?
CNSNews.com) – In the first 19 months of the Obama administration, the federal debt held by the public increased by $2.5260 trillion, which is more than the cumulative total of the national debt held by the public that was amassed by all U.S. presidents from George Washington through Ronald Reagan.
stands for decibels
October 28th, 2010
12:51 pm
by-products of the American public school system.
A pretty weird thing to see from a guy calling himself SPSU.
joe
October 28th, 2010
12:51 pm
JB needs to take off his rose colored glasses…as long as BO is president, Dems have small chance of winning any election. America is on destination cruise control. First, get the Dems out of control of both houses, Next, get Dem our of the white house. Can’t wait to see your first post on Wednesday after the landslide loss for the Dems.