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Stu Rothenberg’s skeptical of any Democrats claiming a “surge” in polling if they’re under 50%. “Most Democratic incumbents who are going to lose in November will get at least 45 percent of the vote. Many will get much more, losing by only 2 or 3 points. That’s what happens in elections. The Democratic base in most competitive districts is at least in the low to mid-40s. Given that, it isn’t surprising Democratic Members are even or slightly ahead at this point in some races. They aren’t going to get much of the undecided vote, so they need to be up near the 50 percent mark on Election Day to win.”
CALIFORNIA: “Trailing Sen. Barbara Boxer in fundraising and in polls, Carly Fiorina's Senate campaign has received a $2 million boost from the national Republican Party and is using the money for a statewide TV ad blaming Boxer for the country's economic woes,” the Silicon Valley Mercury News reports.
“A new TV ad from Democrat Ami Bera slams Rep. Dan Lungren (R-Calif.) for using a loophole to attend a lobbyist event in Hawaii. The spot features a shirtless Lungren putting on sunscreen poolside at a high-end resort.”
CONNECTICUT: So sorry… “Connecticut Democratic senatorial candidate Richard Blumenthal apologized last night during a debate for misleading voters about his military record during the Vietnam War -- after Republican rival Linda McMahon, in a hard-hitting TV ad, accused him of lying,” the New York Post writes.
The Hartford Courant: “In the high-stakes televised debate, neither candidate committed any major gaffes. Blumenthal, a Democrat, once again apologized for misstating his military record. McMahon, a Republican, acknowledged that the firm she once ran, World Wrestling Entertainment, had hired D.C. lobbyists. But there was scant mention of steroids, ‘Girls Gone Wild’ or any of the other controversies surrounding WWE.” And: “At one point, the candidates were asked to view and respond to a clip of their opponent's TV ad. Blumenthal's ad accused McMahon of "talking about lowering the minimum wage," an assertion she called a lie.”
Yet, McMahon did say, per The Day newspaper, "We have got minimum wages in states, we have got minimum wages in the (federal) government, and I think we ought to look at all of those issues in terms of what mandates are being placed on businesses and can they afford them. I think we should get input from our business community.”
DELAWARE: “In her first ad of the general election in Delaware, Republican Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell plays off her notorious foray into witchcraft to make the case that she is within the mainstream,” Roll Call writes. She says in the opening of the ad: “I’m not a witch. I’m nothing you’ve heard. I’m you.”
The Washington Post: "O'Donnell (R) takes her negative public image on directly."
But being a witch is old news… There's always this: “Republican Senate nominee Christine O'Donnell of Delaware said in a 2006 debate that China was plotting to take over America and claimed to have classified information about the country that she couldn't divulge,” the AP writes. “She said China had a ‘carefully thought out and strategic plan to take over America’ and accused one opponent of appeasement for suggesting that the two countries were economically dependent and should find a way to be allies.”
ILLINOIS: “With barely four weeks left in the 2010 election cycle, Democrat Pat Quinn (43 percent) has opened up a six point lead over Republican Bill Brady (37 percent) in the Illinois race for governor,” according to a new Suffolk University poll. “Meanwhile, it’s nearly a dead heat in the race for the U.S. Senate. Republican Mark Kirk (42 percent) edges Democrat Alexi Giannoulias (41 percent), though the race is well within the statistical margin of error.”
INDIANA: “Indiana Democratic Senate candidate Brad Ellsworth is expected to finally climb back on the air Tuesday with an ad that singes Republican Dan Coats for his lobbyist ties and votes that ‘shipped jobs overseas,’ Politico reports. “The commercial hitting Coats is widely viewed as Ellsworth's last-ditch chance to show some movement against the former senator who left the upper chamber in 1999 to become a lobbyist for King & Spalding.”
IOWA: New Jersey GOP Gov. Chris Christie last night was the keynote speaker –- and somewhat of a rock star -- at a West Des Moines fundraiser for GOP gubernatorial nominee Terry Branstad, NBC’s Shawna Thomas notes. The crowd laughed at his stories of fighting with the New Jersey state legislature and his self-deprecating jokes. Christie also helped bring in a wad of cash for Branstad, who told the crowd of about 800 people that this was, “the biggest and most successful fundraising event” he’d ever had in all his races for governor.
TEXAS: “Gov. Rick Perry and his Democratic opponent, Bill White, offered conflicting views Monday of reports that some of the governor’s biggest campaign donors were investors in companies that received awards from a state technology fund,” the Dallas Morning News wrote. “The News reported Sunday that at least eight large donors to Perry were investors in startup companies that received more than $16 million in awards from the technology fund. Perry’s office has oversight of the fund, and he must approve all awards.”
WISCONSIN: The Boston Globe goes to Madison, WI: “With the economy sour and voters complaining that leaders in Washington don’t listen, Wisconsinites are flirting with dumping their iconoclastic liberal senator in favor of a politically untested Republican businessman, Ron Johnson. The race is a strong indicator of the nation’s anti-incumbent mood, with a three-term senator struggling to win an election against someone whose biggest asset is that he’s not a politician.”
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According to SS FOX NEW the GOP will regain control of the US government and declare new wars against terror in most major American cities including New Orleans, Los Angeles and Switzerland. Fox was quoted as saying "Americans need jobs, whats wrong with jobs that require flack jackets and end with prostectics?"
It will be a sad day in American politics if the people of Wisconsin don't re-elect Russ Feingold. He is the only out of state politician I've every contributed to.
The only Senator to oppose the Patriot act in 2001. Also voted against reauthorizing it along with small minorities. Voted against the war power authorization to go into Iraq. One of the few to speak out to censure Bush for lying about illegal wiretapping and running around FISA regulations. A supporter of publicly financed campaigns that helped draft campaign finance reform. Most recently he had the conviction to stand strong and not support the recent Wall Street reforms because they didn't go far enough.
It will be pretty sad if a republican millionaire with no experience or ideas buys this election and beats this great public servant.
A Legend In His Own Mind
So, did you hear the one about New York Gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino's excellent work as a hostage negotiator back at Syracuse University in 1970?
Apparently nobody else has either!
May 8, 1970, in response to the shootings that killed 4 at a protest at Kent State, incidents broke out at campuses across the country. This included Syracuse University where students took control of the administration building.
Paladino claims that he was working with Syracuse police as part of a ride-along program for law students interested in criminal justice and that he negotiated on behalf of Syracuse police chief Tom Sardino that resulted in an exchange in which Sardino took the place of university chancellor John Corbally who was being held hostage.
The problem is, according to the Syracuse Post-Standard, these events did not occur.
Yes, the students took control of the administration building but Corbally was not in the building at the time. Sardino and Corbally arrived at the building 15 minutes after the students took control of the building. They entered, met with students for 2 hours and then left. Corbally set up a temporary office while Sardino returned to the bulding and met with students overnight. The protest ended peacefully the next day.
At no time were either Corbally or Sardino held hostage.
David Bennett, a Syracuse University history professor who also met with students during the protest, calls Paladino's account a lie.
"That’s completely wrong," he said. "He’s either living in Cloud Cuckooland or, shall we say, his historical memory is clouded by whatever it is."
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/10/carl_paladinos_tale_of_helping.html
Nice job by the GOP and the Tea Partiers! Between "Junior Grizzly" and "The Legend of Carl Paladino" you've picked some wonderful pathological liars!
Anger at These :
Gambling on Iraq Oil Again : A Drop in the Bucket Vs. Growing Population & Demand World-wide. The Age of Cheap Oil = A Thing of the Past.
1. At this time, it looks like the oil-friendly country is gambling on Iraq oil again, citing a big government & deficit, and therefore the world-wide stimulus package worth trillions and health care reform in America are now at stake.
2. Of the money by the money for the money is getting a society nowhere near prosperity.
Gambling on party of "no idea" is sure to be much like Throwing an Egg of Economy Against a Rock.
The outcome of government take-over :
1. In banking industry, the result of government take-over is big bonus parties backed by the tax-payer's invaluable cash.
2. In healcare reform, the outcome of government take-over is to dump ill children when needed most.
3. In oil spill, the administration should be held responsible for its deregulation, urging a big government
Chanting deficit :
1. Amid chanting deficit, the same old failed policy.
2. Amid chanting deficit, hands-off approach over huge trade deficit from oil money spill & trade imbalance with China from remorseless health care premium.
3. Unfortunately, as a direct consequence of remorseless health care premium, numerous folks have no choice but to hang onto affordable offerings, since one in two households is said to face a hard decision between necessity & drug.
4. Inaction cost in relation to health care reform totals $9trillion over the next decade.
5. Over the next 10 years, total Bush tax cut costs will equal $3.9 trillion, .... the tax cuts would increase deficits by nearly $4 trillion between 2005 and 2014.
The most critical debt : Personal Bankruptcy
1. The current recession came from Personal Bankruptcy largely as a consequence of the relentless health care costs, pain at the pump, and the subsequent subprime mortgage crisis.
Facig huge trade deficit from oil money spill & trade imbalance with China, the primary economic policy of previous administration was " spending baby "to the great delight of republicans' sponsors.
2. By comparison, the recovered stock market value alone, around $1.5 trillion, is nearly twice as much as the stimulus package, set aside all the other benefits.
As always, the republicans and unqualified media let folks locked in a box. ruling out the positive effects.
The most promising deficit-cut of government : Slashing the destructive war & military waste
1. Slashing the destructive war & military waste alone supposedly could be enough to balance the budget.
Energy Independence : An Only Way to Desperately-Needed Job Growth
1. My response to the question : where are jobs ?
In the trade deficit, exactly in the severe and persistent oil money spill, taboo of " do not add to the deficit" party.
2. Under the existing Bush tax cut for bonus parties, a sole job plan for the republicans, the country already saw millions of job cuts.