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This lines up squarely with some of the stuff I have been posting lately. With center to right-of-center voters moving firmly out of the Democratic camp, and a number of other people who had previously self-identified as liberal but who have changed that self-identification to conservative or independent, the left simply doesn't have enough of a base to get out and hope to win.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Earth to Beltway: It's the uncertainty, stupid
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Precisely. Until businesses know what they will be facing with all of the new rules presently under discussion, they aren't going to expand. Right now, business is basically hiring for need alone, not for expansion. And with a real unemployment rate of nearly 20% (combines reported unemployment and people who have stopped looking with those who are drastically underemployed), nothing is going to get better really until the wheel of regulation stops turning.
Precisely. Until businesses know what they will be facing with all of the new rules presently under discussion, they aren't going to expand. Right now, business is basically hiring for need alone, not for expansion. And with a real unemployment rate of nearly 20% (combines reported unemployment and people who have stopped looking with those who are drastically underemployed), nothing is going to get better really until the wheel of regulation stops turning.
Democrats will hold the House and Senate - The Week
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This is just delusional. First, Democrats are in deep trouble because of their policies, and the idea that GOP refusal to go along with legislation they had no impact in crafting is somehow going to turn people against them, he is in desperate need of an Alzheimer's test. The Tea Parties were almost specifically about people trying to get the Democrats to stop what they were doing, and the GOP heard them. And the Dems will reap the whirlwind.
This is just delusional. First, Democrats are in deep trouble because of their policies, and the idea that GOP refusal to go along with legislation they had no impact in crafting is somehow going to turn people against them, he is in desperate need of an Alzheimer's test. The Tea Parties were almost specifically about people trying to get the Democrats to stop what they were doing, and the GOP heard them. And the Dems will reap the whirlwind.
Friday, October 1, 2010
The Twister of 2010 - WSJ.com
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Noonan is not the first observer to note that the president has turned out to be tone deaf in terms of his message this fall, but she notes, correctly, I believe, that this is a scared electorate, not a mad one. Scared wants things to be fixed; mad wants scalps.
Noonan is not the first observer to note that the president has turned out to be tone deaf in terms of his message this fall, but she notes, correctly, I believe, that this is a scared electorate, not a mad one. Scared wants things to be fixed; mad wants scalps.
Dan Savage Explains Why He Started 'It Gets Better' Project - Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV
Link: The project was started by Savage on hearing about a 15-year-old high school student in Indiana who committed suicide after being taunted by his classmates for being gay.
For ANY kid who is different, odd, bizarre and not "normal" by the definition of his peers, his town, or his school...it does get better.
For ANY kid who is different, odd, bizarre and not "normal" by the definition of his peers, his town, or his school...it does get better.
After Rahm Emanuel Leaves, Obama Will Move to the Left - The Daily Beast
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If he does, then he is deluded. Yes, the president energized the left in his campaign, and that was a significant reason for his win in 2008. But he had two other things running in his favor; he wasn't George Bush, and the financial meltdown obliterated John McCain's chances (he was leading, slightly, at the time). In both instances, the net result is that independents moved into the Obama camp, and even people right of center, nominal Republicans, were willing to give him a chance. A hard left turn will make the base happy, but he can't win re-election with a happy base and an alienated center.
If he does, then he is deluded. Yes, the president energized the left in his campaign, and that was a significant reason for his win in 2008. But he had two other things running in his favor; he wasn't George Bush, and the financial meltdown obliterated John McCain's chances (he was leading, slightly, at the time). In both instances, the net result is that independents moved into the Obama camp, and even people right of center, nominal Republicans, were willing to give him a chance. A hard left turn will make the base happy, but he can't win re-election with a happy base and an alienated center.
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