Using the race card to drive off independents
As the health care debate has raged over the last year, one of the side benefits has been to watch the left make absolute fools of themselves trying to make it all about race. I mean to any impartial...
View ArticleIndie voters approval of Obama’s job performance drops to 38%
One of the things many election analysts continue to cite as a hopeful sign for Democrats in the upcoming mid-term elections is the fact that Obama’s approval rating has remained fairly high. The...
View ArticleAre Dems closing the enthusiasm gap?
There has been a lot of assertion flying around the net about how Democrats are “closing the enthusiasm” gap. The question, of course, is whether or not that’s actually true. Certainly any number or...
View ArticleWhere are the independents?
There has been a lot written lately about putting too much credence in “early voting” percentages. The CW seems to be that while the numbers may indicate one thing there’s a possibility they mean...
View ArticleThe only acceptable “compromise” and “balance” involves spending cuts
I tend to agree with Charles Krauthammer’s immediate reaction after Obama’s speech last night: Krauthammer astutely picked up on Obama’s use of the poll tested word “balanced” and it’s appeal to...
View ArticleObama job approval poll numbers — the downward trend continues
The polls haven’t been kind to any politicians recently. Congress has netted its worst approval rating ever. And Barack Obama hasn’t been an exception as the latest Gallup poll on his job approval...
View ArticleIf voters are so upset with the Republican House, what’s up with NY-9?
One of the things we constantly hear from the left is the public is already fed up with the obstructionist House and that the possibility exists Democrats may be able to reverse 2010 and take it back...
View ArticleThe polls are consistent – Obama’s job approval rating dropping like a rock
Another in a long line of polls showing the President’s approval job ratings continue to fall. Some key elements of the latest poll’s findings: A majority of Americans don’t believe President Barack...
View ArticleObama: Likeable but incompetent?
One of the enduring truths about national political elections in the US is you can’t win with just the support of your party base. There just aren’t enough of them. Roughly 30% on the left consider...
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