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From NBC's Mark Murray
Here's the reason why Karl Rove and many establishment Republicans did not want Christine O'Donnell to win last week's GOP Senate primary in Delaware.
A new CNN/Time poll finds Chris Coons (D) leading Christine O'Donnell (R) by 16 points among likely voters in Delaware's Senate race, 55%-39%.
But if Mike Castle, beaten by O'Donnell in last week's primary, were the GOP nominee, he would have an 18-point lead over Coons, 55%-37%.
That's a 34-point swing.
So that's the good news for Democrats in the new batch of CNN/Time polls. Here's the bad news: In Colorado's Senate race, Ken Buck (R) is leading Michael Bennet (D) among likelies, 49%-44%; in Pennsylvania's Senate race, Pat Toomey (R) is ahead of Joe Sestak (D) by a similar margin; and in Wisconsin, Ron Johnson (R) leads Russ Feingold (D), 51%-45%.
Yet here is the silver lining for Dems in these contests: Among registered voters, their candidates are either ahead or tied. Which means one thing: the higher the Dem turnout, the better their candidates will do.
The polls were conducted Sept. 17-21, and -- for the likely voters -- they have a margin of error of plus-minus 3.5% in CO, DE, PA, and plus-minus 3.0% in Wisconsin.
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Oopsie!
Be careful what you wish for... lmao!
you better hope the independents show up,,,,,theres more of ous than both parties put together, and were not happy campers with all the bs from Washington as usual....Gee Chuck Schumer is hiding in the back ground not getting much celebrity.....such a shame,,,,,,,John Kerry hmmmm looking to save fifty grand by not paying taxes on his boat,,,,,,Charlie Rangel, cant believe it but i guess i do it figures the bigger the crook the more votes from Americans who just become gullible.
Nov 2nd is going to be a wipeout for the liberals - they are going to get clobbered. Obummer is the worst Prez since WW2 and that includes Jimmy Carter. Hillary will resign SoS after the wipeout and start running for Prez by Feb. Obozo will be out of the Prez race by Feb 2012 - Hillary will kill him this time.
russell fox
You don't mention any Republicans. Are you really Independent? Or are you just a disgruntled Republican (you know, like the "independent" Tea Party".
Obama is a good president, not his fault that the only agenda the Repubs have is put him down no matter what the cost to he country, they care about nothing but getting it all for the rich and richer uck!!! while the rest of us hold them up.
russel fox,
you go girl,
signed, mark foley, duke cunningham and mark sanford
ps your an independent as much as larry craig is straight
President Obama will be remembered as one of the greatest Presidents in our country's history. He saved us from the rove-cheney disaster, much as President Clinton brought us back from the ray-gun disaster. Remember the traitor olly north? Disgusting!
ahhahhahahahahahahhaaaaaa. A historical fraud and failure.
1antiliberal:
are you talking about junior?????
As is in continue the Bush2-era tax cuts; both are voodoo economics.
why do you call yourself an independent when you are really a republican tea partier?
I can't wait to find out if she gets convicted for misuse of campaign funds.
Minan59
I can't wait to find out if she gets convicted for misuse of campaign funds.
I'm so glad you mentioned that, i though i was the only one who saw the evidence on CNN 2 nights ago. if that is true, she is in big trouble.
Don't you guys know? Those charges are "unfactual"!!!
That is a resume' enhancer in the liberal mindset. Just ask Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters.
FAIL!
Neither side would go broke betting that a good portion of their elected representatives have their hand in the till. How stupid to point fingers and shout "Your guys are corrupt!"
Some of you may not be old enough to know that human nature and human failing are common to all humans...but it is
But, don't mind me, please continue to bash each other with the double-edged sword of the self-righteous...
A federal complaint has been filed which requires an investigation. She will have her day to defend herself. Guilty people often claim they are innocent so I would wait for the results before I would say the charges are "nonfactual". If the charges are true, they need to throw the book at her, and make an example of her.
Dangerfield, that was very well said (written). I agree.
I'm actually not too put out that 15 or 20 years ago she dabbled in witchcraft, as long as she didn't cut the hearts out of living creature.
I would think people would be far more worried about some of her current, extreme views.
Delaware rocks!
Won't these next 41 days be fun?
In 41 days the fun will just be beginning. With the House switching to Repubs they will be able to defund ObummerCare and start working on reversing the rest of the Obozo agenda. It may take more than 2 year but at least this moron will be a lame duck soon.
@Obama Free in O-13: Can you make a post (or a point) without it consisting of drivel?
Were you one of the guilty ones who voted in Bush for eight years? If so, I do not think you have wherewithal to call Obama a moron. By the way, do you define that or back it up with solid evidence? Whilst I feel that Bush, at heart, was a good person, he was not a good president. Like the right at the moment, he spouted family values without once defining what he meant by that phrase. In a similar way, Palin, O'Donnell, Gingrich, and their followers keep calling out about American values and a return to them, about being an American patriot. Never, never, never (I cannot repeat that too many times) do they define these terms. Listen, you are asking Obama to turn around a world in nineteen months a world that was put in place over eight years. I would ask that you give Obama a chance, the same kind of chance you gave to Bush. If at the end of eight years, the world is in as big a mess as Bush left it, then, and only then, will you have the wherewithal to call Obama a moron. I might even agree!
Really? How do you figure this will happen? It certainly can't happen independantly from the President...as least not according to the Constitution as I've read it?
Is President Obama just supposed to sit in the corner sulking for 2 years if the G-NO-P takes the majority in the House?
Oh, I get it...Junior Grizzly will just use her powers of witchcraft to make it all happen.
The House can refuse to fund ObummerCare - it's called defunding. It was used to stop the Vietnam war. What will not happen is the repeal of ObummerCare. That will have to wait until Obozo is out of office or 2013 because the Senate requires either 66 or 67 votes to override a Prez veto. Google defunding ObamaCare and you will find many articles on how it can happen.
Nope, no witchcraft necessary, Noid. Apparently in all of your reading, you missed the part where a sufficient vote in congress can override a presidential veto and "make it all happen".
I agree with Obama Free in O-13 and all other republicans like him.
Let's do everything we can so that children born with medical conditions DO NOT get health insurance.
Let's demand that health-insurance companies can drop your coverage when you need it most because you misspelled a word on your application or forgot to put a period at the end of a sentence.
Let's rally together so that people who come down with serious conditions such as cancer CAN lose their houses and savings over it.
I want the freedom for health-insurance companies to continue to raise my premiums by 18% every year even though I've only seen a doctor once in the past 3 years.
All this in the name of freedom, of course.
The Dragon returns from solitary...welcome back...:)
Yes. "Returns." ;)
Absolutely, I agree totally. Let the corporate world grow fatter and fatter at our expense, not to mention that planet, Earth is rapidly becoming a cesspool, but what the hell they will have the money to create some little Shangra-lai with large high thick walls fortified with bombs and gaurds while the rest of us rot and die with the rest of the species. Thankfully I am in my sixties and have had a beautiful life and saw and experienced nature in all her beauty before she dies.
@jessicamarie: Hyperbole from someone your age is as unbecoming as listening to my own grandmother espouse Glenn Beck's "virtues."
Repubs seem to think that governing is like the Blues Brothers' 'Ricochet Biscuit' where the public is supposed to throw it off the wall and it bounces into our mouths: If it misses, Bow Bow Bow, You go Hungry!
In 41 days the fun will just be beginning. With the House switching to Repubs they will be able to defund ObummerCare and start working on reversing the rest of the Obozo agenda. It may take more than 2 year but at least this moron will be a lame duck soon.
No, No, No! You get 18 months and then you must own the problems as yours. Otherwise, the right needs to be reasonable and admit that President Obama probably needs more than that long to address multiple wars and the worst recession in 70 years.
Let's all help the teabaggers elect more nutjobs like O'Donnell this will make it easier for Dems to win! Thanks Sarah Palin. You saved the US Senate for the Dems you idiot!
I await her bill outlawing masturbation, NOT! Her win of the Republican nomination says a lot about the people of Delaware, none of it kind.
it says a lot about the folks voting in the primaries in Delaware. If you figure around 40% of eligible adults vote, figure 40% of that 40% actually took part in the primary elections, of which you can realistically split about 50/50 between D & R (about 8% of the total population). Hardly a reasonable representation of the citizens of Delaware.
Joe, funnily enough, I made a similar point years back after the 2004 election about Bush's conceited claim of having 'political capital.'
I could not care less about personal habits.
All I want to know is will she be the best steward of our money.
Will she put America first without regard to sex,race,hairstyle etc?
That's a good enough litmus test for me.
If she can't be counted on to properly execute the allocation of her campaign funds as stated by the law, why should she be trusted with all of our money and not just the fool's money that was given to her by supporters?
I don't care how 'complicated' these laws are, ignorance is not an excuse.
Well Dave Jansen,
For someone who's been on the run from the cops searching for the one-armed man who murdered your wife for almost 40 years(!)...I find your "ignorance of the law is not bliss" to be somewhat ironic...:)
JK
NO! No she will not.........................she is illegally living off her own campaign funds! That is how she treats other people's money. How can some not SEE that?? (I guess they all have Palin's rose-colored glasses). Oh btw, have you seen O'Donnell in hers! Spitting image.....................................
Good Luck! If the charges about using campaign funds in an illegal way prove to be correct, then a steward of our country isn't something that she can be. Besides, she supposedly now a ultra-right Christian, which means that behind that pretty, cutsie look is a closet bigot and racist.
No, the question is competance. These nut-jobs know nothing of governing and have a 7th grade knowledge of the constitution. They don't know how to be a 'steward of our money' Just like dubya...
They don't even have the knowledge to give an interview.
she cant "steward" her own money
how can you expect her to steward the taxpayers money?
and dont kid yourself about the sex race and hairstyle. You think her ungodly resemblance to the Nutjob from the North is coincidence?
But please Delaware..vote her in. Im anxious to see what she can do
I feel that the Tea Party threat should be taken seriously. I fear that the more the left makes fun of it, the more its followers will be incensed enough to make sure they turn out. But I would like the Tea Party and any other follower of Christine O'Donnell to ask themselves what the outcome would have been if Obama had been shown following (however innocently) witchcraft and having a picnic on a blood-stained altar? In addition, imagine the outcry if there had been even a hint of impropriety over campaign funds in the Obama campaign. In addition, neither O'Donnell nor Palin are being forced to confront any of the rhetoric they give out. I also I believe that neither these candidates, the Tea Party, nor Fox News would have listened respectfully and carefully to and answered seriously the woman at the Town Hall Meeting who, very sadly, felt she was having difficulty explaining her continued following of Obama. Obama did not flinch from telling her that he understood where she was coming from. All that O'Donnell and Palin do is scream (eyes winking, hair moving) that this is a left-wing conspiracy every time either one of them is asked any kind of serious question. Whilst I do not always agree with Keith Olbermann, I do feel that he and Rachel Maddow at least address the negatives that Obama has. Fox News and its ilk rarely (if ever do that). I ask America to imagine a world run by Beck, Limbaugh, and Gingrich along with O'Donnell and Palin. If they do that, I think Obama will fare much better than newscasters predict. If they do not at least try to imagine this world, God help America!
Remember Rosaleen, conservatives think accountability is only applicable to everyone else. They are above the law, and when they are called out on it, it's always someone else's fault. The FACT that O'Donnell spent money on herself isn't the problem, it's that it was reported on CNN - that's the only issue conservatives have it.
Remember Rosaleen, conservatives think accountability is only applicable to everyone else.
...And although I myself have never seen it...they eat BABIES!!!!
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men... DAVE KNOWS!!!
God help this planet!
The gods do nothing for us that we do not do for ourselves.
So, Dave and Rosaleen, do you have any issues with the self-proclaimed Marxist, Coons?
dirt just goes to show, once again -- right-wingers have NO sense of irony.
Rosaleen - what the outcome would have been if Obama had been shown to attend for 20 years a church led by a racist, hang mongering preacher? Or if the illegal voter registration practices of ACORN and improper fund raising had been brought up? What about a Kenyan Aunt of Obama, illegally in this country living off the tax dollars of Boston citizens? Mainstream Media totally ignored those and other charges that concerned Americans raised about the suitability of Obama to be President. Lets not forget that ANY and ALL criticism of Obama was silenced with accusations of racism.
As for rhetoric, are you kidding me!! The speech writer's who fill Obama's teleprompter are masters of saying absolutely nothing in grand style and eloquence. And please, can you tell me what is so deep and insightful about Obama's response to that lady at the town hall meeting? He understood where she was coming from? Wow, someday that will be carved in stone. At least when Bill Clinton said "I feel your pain" he looked like maybe he really did... Obama looked at that woman as if she was dog poo on the sole of his shoes.
What a maroon...
Rosaleen - what the outcome would have been if Obama had been shown to attend for 20 years a church led by a racist, hang mongering preacher? Or if the illegal voter registration practices of ACORN and improper fund raising had been brought up? What about a Kenyan Aunt of Obama, illegally in this country living off the tax dollars of Boston citizens? Mainstream Media totally ignored those and other charges that concerned Americans raised about the suitability of Obama to be President. Lets not forget that ANY and ALL criticism of Obama was silenced with accusations of racism.
Really? The "mainstream media" ignored it? Pretty sure I saw the clip of the "chickens coming home to roost" on every media outlet over and over and over. The media covers what they think is a credible story. It just happens that a lot of the "truth" that MSNBC and FOX feel is really important to share doesn't constitute much of a story much of the time. And when it does and ABC,CBS, NBC, CNN and the rest run with it, FOX News and the rest of the talking heads continue to tell their audience that they are the only ones covering it, or giving them the "real story."
The more one takes the time to look more closely at what the republicans DO NOT have to offer up, except the word, "NO", the more likely they will fade. After all, when people get reminded of how our nation got into this bush-cheney, neocon-GOP MADE MESS -- and tuning out the deceit and lies from the faux-pas rightwing propaganda types -- the more people realize that the GOP really is no more than a corprorate-organized criminal conspiracy!!!
The tea-baggers, who tried to deceive people into believing they were a legit 3rd party, have also hit the wall of reality: they are exposed -- as being merely the representatives for the ultra-right religious wingnuts of the GOP: big mouths, and small brains, and simply airheads. November 2nd may end up being a stalemate for both sides. Keeping the corporate-run-GOP out of control is always and ONLY a good thing. The economy is slowly recovering, and may take years more to get reallyhealthy again. But, make no mistake, if the reigns of power are EVER AGAIN handed back to the Wall Street-GOP neocon-corporate-thieves again, we will all need to find a new Country to retire to.
Better start making your reservations. The liberals are going to be swept out of DC in 6 weeks. Don't let the door hit you in the backside.
...so that'd be a 'no' to the query about intelligible posting capability, then.
Stupid is as stupid wrote... Liberty and democracy, were not ideas that originated from conservatives. When you hear an ignorant republican talking about "libbies", "libs", and liberals", "lefty", and trying to make these terms sound dergogatory, think about what they are exposing of themselves. They are representative of the very same thinking that our young nation REVOLTED AGAINST! Freedom, liberty, and democracy were not ideas that evolved from fascist dictators, preachers, popes, or kings and queens..., and you can damn sure bet they are not tenants of the FASCIST rightwing GOP, or phony airhead tea-baggers -- not by a longshot. They would prefer to enslave "commoners" to a broken economic system, drain you and cripple you with a broken healthcare system, and spend us into bankruptcy and conspire to lie to go to war for oil and minerals... That is exactly what the GOP did last time around, and now they have the audacity to believe they can fool and deceive enough voters to do it all over again? Sorry, all you idiot crooked repukes, but, I don't think people have quite forgotten who made for this HUGE mess -- all GOP, bush-neocon, elitist-pig thieves, did it.
Well said!
They drive the car in the ditch, let everyone else do the hard work in finally getting it out - and when we've finally fixed the car and are ready to get back onto the road - they demand the keys back.
Typical tea-bag idiots.
The 'car" is still in the freaking idiotic metaphorical ditch...
Both parties could use a "designated driver" if you ask me...as it is we need a damned tow-truck...
How many of you read the article in the MSN Investment News today about Banks hold back billions, maybe trillions of dollars of money that could be going out to small business in the form of loans and Corporations holding back hiring people, supposedly because they don't know what President Obama is going to do next.
WELL, you can bet that the Banks that he bailed out and the Corporations that he helped are only HOLDING BACK so that the economy doesn't recover as fast as it should and they can make it look like President's Recovery isn't working.
Corporations are in the Republicans pockets, and if you think they care whether Americans have jobs or small businesses have money to expand, THINK AGAIN!
PUT THE BLAME WHERE IT BELONGS - BANKS AND CORPORATIONS ARE GETTING THEIR REVENGE WITH THE HELP OF THE REPUBLICANS.
Unfortunately, most Americans can't look beyond the Media Networks! Sad!!!
The car is no longer in the ditch, but the RE-peat-the-lie-to-the-PUBLIC-ans keep siphoning the gasoline out of it.
Bernie:
Walmart reported for 2010 $41 billion in earnings without hiring a person.
Why do you believe they are going to hire if without moving a finger they make that amount of money?
Fedex reported that had doubled their earnings for Q1 2010 and anyways they are going to fire 1,700 employees.
That's how it works for the Conservatives and the Republican Party.
Let the economy fix it by itself. Like we didn't let BIG BUSINESS runs the economy since Reagan up, and look where they drove us (democrats included)?
We need to find a balance between the extremes, but I rather have the country leaning to the left, than to the right. We saw with Jr. what leaning to the "right" means.
Walmart does not need to hire ANY skilled workers. All the skilled labor that goes into products sold at a Walmart is in China where you absolutely MUST maufacture if you are going to hit the price point. The only people they have to hire is 8 dollar an hour retail and stock clerks. The real danger is hyper inflation and a flood of dollars coming into circulation all at once. The fed has to "mop up" all of this money and hold it out of circualtion in order to head off a tsunami of worthless dollars hitting the markets. Watch Zeitgeist the movie for free on the youtube. You will feel as though a veil has been lifted from in front of your eyes and brings into focus just how our monetary policies are linked with religion, war, politics and capitalism. Its nothing but a supply chain..a machine that keeps on grinding and feeding on itself
Bruce, reading your post suddenly caused Pearl Jam's Do the Evolution to start playing in my head.
How bizarre.
Bizarre doesn't mean it aint true
Wal Mart plays hardball with all its suppliers
The corporatocracy is on the march. It has just been reigned in a bit by this administration but that can and will change in a NY minute
Good steward for our our money?? How about a good steward of her sanity?? She thinks they've created, and I quote "mice with fully-functioning human brains"... she's a full-on loon.
http://theradicalright.com/2010/09/21/mice-with-human-brains/
Then let her be a lunatic in office and see whether she manages to get re-elected.
Whatever we do, as voters, as a people, we'll deserve the consequences of if it we can't figure out who best represents a path forward.
Yeah - let's give her 6 years to completely f__k everything up. Let's let her put a secret hold on everything, undermine all attempts at reform and fixing problems, so that we can be 'sure' she really is as awful as she sounds.
In other words, let's give the tea-party 6 years without any questions, but God forbide we even give the president enough time to right this sinking ship.
One senator out of a hundred cannot wreak that much damage, let alone someone who's ill-educated, inexperienced and so far proven to be almost a complete intellectual vacuum.
Everyone was fixated on Angel; She's a NUT!, She wants to do CRAZY things...and she is pretty much tied in nev.
Crazy Rand Paul...leading
Crazy Marco Rubio...leading
Now the venom is spewed at a former novelty act who often played "Real Time with Bill Maher", and let's face it, she's an easy and fun target. Frankly, it seems that the republicans can't find candidates BAD enough to lose no matter how hard they try.
Maybe they succeeded this time, but I'm going to wait for the next polls. I have a sad feeling that if the republicans nominated "Hamm Sandwich", it would give it's democratic opponent a run for their money in this election year...
danger
then ODonnell needs to change her name to "hamm sandwich"...and quickly!
Actually one Senator really can do that much damage. See Tom Coburn.
Does Christine O'Donnell have the political magnaminity of Tom Coburn? Has she served in the Senate for more than 15 years?
Besides, Coburn is a lousy example to use with me - barring his stance gay marriage and his opposition to Mt. Hood, there isn't too much I don't agree with him on. Besides, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't Obama and Coburn good friends, anyhow?
Shockingly - and being from Oklahoma for high school and college,...I was not disparaging Tom Coburn. I was merely pointing out that ONE senator CAN and DOES wield that much power.
Do I personally think O'Donnell has a snowball's chance in hades of being a Tom Coburn? Of course not, I mean he's a medical doctor for pete's sake. Someone quipped and I responded.
Now if I WERE to disparage Mr. Coburn, he has certainly left some fertile soil with which to do so. But it adds nothing to THIS conversation to bring it up.
DMAN you should worry about what's the world coming to, all these democrat leaders just want to hand out our tax money to those people so fat and lazy who doesn't want to work, and will have 3 or more children so the welfare will send our taxes and once they received the checks it goes straight to the drug uses and alcohol, and we are hoping someday our children will have some use of our taxes.
As the GOP sees it, your kids would make perfect fodder for another oil and mineral war! Vote GOP and get your wish... tax relief for the wealthy, tax money spent on needless wars to enrichen the GOP-wall-streeters and warmonger crowd... and you, get??? You get taken.
Which democratic leaders want to hand out money to fat, lazy people who don't want to work? Sounds like something they would say on the faux republican entertainment channel. Anyway, it makes you sound stupid, whether you are or not...
Dancnman,
Uh, hello.......all democratic leaders want to hand out money to fat, lazy people who don't want to work. Thats what the democratic party is all about...................Man, you need to understand your democratic party a little better......your the one sounding stupid.
What are you proud of republican, what could you possibly be proud of?
Please someone tell me there's a viral armature sex video of her from her devilish days. Also please paste the link. hehehe...she would have been a steaming hot little thing back then.
As for her political career, I think she's as crooked and as mentally 'light on' as her buddy Sarah Palin. She won't be everybody's darling for too long and she hasn't kept in as good shape as Pailn so she can't return to a Strip Club gig.
Maybe she can go work for that crazy Harlem preacherman Pastor James David Manning...He was saying she was pretty hot...she can be his 'bit on the side' perhaps ...for money?
Do you do co-co-co-co-cocaine? Are you a rock'n roll clown? ;)
I will pay $10,000 CASH money for a genuine copy of a video showing sara palin thrashing on a floor, and speaking in tongues. And, this is the kind of igloo-white-trash that "may decide to seek the Presidency", and which a self-serving, two-faced, liar (McCain) -- tried to make as his VP. Now, think of that a moment... what a dangerous nightmare our politics has become! Witches for prez and vp? Withces for Secretary of State (rice was what?)... The good news is that the GOP seems to be self-destructing, completely on its own!
I wouldn't mind a real Wiccan holding office. Whatever O'Donnell is, she's no witch - not in the religious sense of the term, at least.
Holey Moley, E.D...
Your suspension has fired you up!
You must have been down in the blocks just waiting for the starter's gun.
Your independent point-of-view has been sorely missed.
In light of all the agendas here at First Read...
Oh yes. "Down in the blocks." Of course. <.<
Her butt's too big...
It does not surpise me that the right wingers misread this story, as I have never known them to be bothered by facts. But the key is that among registered voters the Democrats in all these Senatorial races are either ahead or tied in the polls. That is great news. And when 1,500,000 people turn out in Washington for the Stewart-Colbert rally three days before the election the Democratic base will be energized to turn out.
It amazes me that precisely the same people who were against Healthcare reform complaining that they didn't know what was in it are now so desperate to overturn it -- even though they still don't know what's in it. Too much Rush has affected their brains, poor things.
You didn't read the article did you - the only race the Dem is ahead in is Delaware. The Dem is behind in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Colorado. The spread in these 3 races is getting bigger on a daily basis. And the HealthCare bill - to quote Nancy Pelosi - you have to pass it to know what's in it. After it passed we found out what was in it and we don't like it. I own and run 3 small businesses and will have to layoff people soon if this stays the law of the land. I already have employees complaining that their raises didn't cover the increase in cost of their HC. Our rates adjust in July and they went up 33%. Those employees aren't very happy with this admin. so I have a feeling they will be voting the same way I will. PA will soon have a new Repub governor and Senator.
Sounds like you are the one who didn't read the article. Rush and Beck have messed up your ability to comprehend things.
It clearly states that the Dems are either ahead or tied amongst 'Registered' voters. They need to rally their base and are in the process of doing so. 41 days is a life-time in politics. Don't cream your pants too early.
It clearly says they are behind in the "Likely" voter category and the leads in those 3 states is outside the margin of error. Yes 41 days is lifetime in politics but there is nothing to show that the liberals are making gains in these states. The trend is the other way. I would rather have the "Likely" voters on my side rather than "Registered" voters. The libs would win in all 3 states if you took registered voters. I will make a large wager with you on how these 3 races turn out if you want to put some cash behind your confidence.
If your rates went up 33% in July PRIOR to healthcare reform you have only the status-quo to thank (and I bet they went up last year too). And no new benefit to show for it? And you want to go back to that? The only o-bozo here is O-13, apparently...
As far as costs, because everyone is already served by ambulance EMTs and emergency rooms regardless of coverage, requiring 33 million "insurance freeloaders" to buy insurance (of there own choosing in the free market!) should mitigate those costs ---- if big insurance doesn't take the opportunity to screw everyone over because of "changes in the market". I'm sure they will in the short run. I'd prefer a cap on the record insurance profits they've been raking in while raising rates, though.
Read for yourself...
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/2010_elections_senate_map.html
Note to the combatants...it isn't about either party but the INDEPENDENT VOTER, just like every other election in the past 4-5 cycles...you're welcome...
at Obama Free in O-13..
Dude, just by reading your posts it is clear to everyone on this board that you couldn't own three businesses unless they were seedy little adult peep shows, you talk like a TWIT!
I don't believe him either...
I am one of those Independent Voters dangerfield speaks about! I WOULDN"T vote for a ignorant closed minded Teabagger/Republican this election if my life depended on it!
Hey Minan before you open your big chunky mouth, you should see what's really going on, all these politcian are crook, they all uses our tax money, by the time we are ready for retirement or our children needs it, it will be all gone, and we are hoping someday our children and great grand children will have some fund to use for college expenses.
Yous talk good.
Derp derp.
That woman is riding the crazy train.
She's not just riding it, I believe she's the conductor. just sayin'.
Obama Free, stop trying to target one specific group because it fits your political ends. Corruption exists in both parties, and it is the responsibility of both parties to act on it.
I would be happy to throw out all 535 of them as well as every cabinet member, Obummer & Biden and start over in November. 12 Years max for a Senator, 8 for a Rep and 1 6 year term for the Prez and VP. Will never happen but I can always hope. I agree there is corruption on both sides but Jefferson from LA had to be voted out of office - The Dem controlled House wouldn't throw out one of there own. Rangel and Waters will skate until the Repubs take over the House then maybe???????? big question mark they will get thrown out.
Obama Free in O13
Sorry, you are too racist and too bigot to comment.
This lady makes Sarah Palin look and sound like Albert Einstein in comparison.
Delaware, the first state to ratify the US Constitution, you know what to do come election time. Don't let us down now.
I've never thought the repubs were going to get control of the senate so this whole thing is just entertaining for me. To watch both sides in paroxyms of fear and loathing for the other.
It'll be enough for me for the repubs to get contol of the house. Anything other than that is just gravy.
I only expect to get the House as well. Tall mountain to climb in the Senate. I am thrilled already because we have already got rid of Arlen Specter. I just want to see Boxer and Reid get the boot by the good voters of CA and NV.
Chris Coons is a good guy. He will make a good Senator. I used to live in Delaware and am glad that I did not have to make a choice between Chris Coons and Mike Castle. I have some minor disagreements with policies supported by each, but in the main they are both so mainstream moderate that you couldn't slide a dime between them. It would have been a hard choice.
Delaware is a small state and the kind of place where you run into people like Biden and Castle at the supermarket. So people like to know all about you. Castle always had a very good reputation as honest and a voter of his conscience. I think that this will probably be the end of the closed primary system in Delaware. Only about 30% of the population could vote in the primary and the Tea Party managed to throw the election to the Democrats with only about 12-13% of the voters.
This is a bit inaccurate of a representation in the Wisconsin senate race.
The poll clearly states that of registered voters, Feingold is ahead by 3 percentage points. The number that the article quotes is the "likely voters" percentage, which is a much smaller demographic, thus inflating the percentage listed.
Be a bit more careful in the way you represent these polls, MSNBC. Don't choose the most "exciting" numbers, but give a balanced appraisal of the situation.
Polls are rarely accurate, just ask any mathematician. Polls will change depending on how many people you poll, and again depending on what you are asking them. In political polls they talk to a small percentage of people, ask them what party they are registered to vote in, and who they would vote for. Once they get those figures, they determine the percentages of who they spoke with and apply that number to total number of registered voters in the area.
The only Poll that counts is the one that is released the night of Nov 2, everything before that is a Guess (kinda like Las Vegas odds makers do on a football game.)
It seems to me that the only Senate race the democrats can crow about is Delaware and the results there aren't in yet. Personally I hope the republicans (I think they will) retake the house and gain enough senate seats to make the democrats compromise. We conservatives will oust the senate democrats in 2012 along with Obama. I'm not from Delaware but If I was I would have to say I would rather lose with O'Donnell than a life time politician who votes with the democratic leadership. BTW how many of you vilifying O'Donnell are actually from Delaware?
Considering the way the national assembly votes and how they set policy affects the entire country, the state of residence for commentators on this issue is a moot subject.
Ditto
We may not be from Delaware, but it's part of the US, so we all have a stake in the outcome. America needs competent leaders, not screwballs. If you think she's the one for you, go for it. If there are too many like you, the country is in real trouble.
Palin wants to fill up U.S. congress with women.
what
40% of Congress just wants to fill up Palin...
That was a ridiculous comment.
But probably a true one. XD