WaPo on message sending voters: There is no blunter way for voters to send a message. For the third election in a row, Americans kicked a political party out of power. Now if only they could read their own handwriting and come to the logical conclusion that simply swapping parties every two years doesn’t fix […]
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The New York Times on voters flocking away from Obama’s sinking ship: Critical parts of the coalition that delivered President Obama to the White House in 2008 and gave Democrats control of Congress in 2006 are switching their allegiance to the Republicans in the final phase of the midterm Congressional elections, according to the latest […]
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By the time Bushie turned in to a political liability1 for congressional Republicans during election season, he was fuckin’ hated by most voters. Methinks ’tis also so for Obama. _______________ 1. Political liability in the sense that active support is more harmful for a particular candidate than being uninvolved.
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Dan Balz and John Cohen on Obama’s sinking popularity with the voting American public: Overall, a slim majority of all voters say they would prefer Republican control of Congress so that the legislative branch would act as a check on the president’s policies. Those most likely to vote in the midterms prefer the GOP over […]
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And no I’m not talking about ObamaCare this time, but Rand Paul. I was of the mind that he represents a very good chance at getting a consistently pro-liberty senator in the federal government. But with each piece of news I hear since his slaughter of republitard establishment favorite Grayson, I lean more towards the […]
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Naftali Bendavid, Valerie Bauerlein And Stephanie Simon of The Wall Street Journal: Ms. Lincoln avoided becoming the third senator this year to be defeated by her own party. Labor unions and liberal groups had sought to make an example of Ms. Lincoln for her deviation from liberal positions, putting millions of dollars behind Lt. Gov. […]
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Though it seems that bloggers have stopped shitting themselves en masse over Rand Paul’s supposed racism, Reason’s Hit-n-Run blog, generally very good (and home of the absolute best blog commenters I have encountered) has moved on to yet another topic which was effectively settled nearly 4 decades ago: Rand Paul’s position on abortion. I had […]
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The Libertarian Party is hosting a poll in order to determine their new slogan which will officially represent the party. First, the options: – Fiscally Conservative, Socially Liberal – Fiscally Responsible, Socially Tolerant – Free Markets and Civil Liberties – More Freedom, Less Government – Smaller Government, Lower Taxes, More Freedom It my estimation, the […]
From a poll concerning the utter fucking lack of public support for ObamaCare released May 24, 2010: The Political Class continues to be a strong supporter of the plan, however. While 67% of Mainstream voters believe the plan will be bad for America, 77% of the Political Class disagree and think it be good for […]
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Arthur C. Brooks via The Washington Post: If we reject the administration’s narrative, the 70-30 nation will remain strong. If we accept it, and base our nation’s policies on it, we will be well on our way to a European-style social democracy. Punitive taxes and regulations will make it harder to be an entrepreneur, and […]
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