All the King's horses and all the King's men....

[jayboat]

Jay, when the polls are going your way, they are the be-all, end-all, not so much now...

But hey, at least Kos is paying for polls now so he can continue to feed you all the pablum...."It's all good, socialism is just around the corner and we can be just like the Euro sh!thole I came here from."


I will stand by my prediction made before the President was elected. We will win back all of it by 2012, and he will go down as the WORST president ever, moving Jimmy Carter up one notch.

Polls change - I don't live and breathe by any one indicator. It's a given that a percentage of voters are always gonna be in the 'anybody but the guy that's in there now' camp. And Obama's win was due in part to bush backlash that probably increased the effect, so a drop in numbers was expected.

The dems are great ditherers, tho... and if they manage to fvck up the health care thing, then I wouldn't bet against your prediction. If the bill passes in the next couple of weeks, then repubs will pick up some seats in nov, but generally remain in the wasteland until 2016 or beyond.

[Ted]

Why would passing something that only 25% of the country feels is necessary help them? It is the wrong plan at the wrong time and everyone but the Dem leadership seems to know that. I mean can they honestly believe that just putting one in the Win column will help when so many are against it?

[LotoSteve]

Life in the fact free zone...
you right wingers just luvs you someone you can point to and say, "uh huh, I tol' you so."

C'mon Ted, the Washington Times for freak's sakes???

Take the first paragraph of the piece... it bases everything on two suppositions that are BOTH 180 degrees from reality:



Just because a 'majority of Americans say' something DOES NOT MAKE IT FACT.

The fact is that most of the rest of the planet is fairly ecstatic that we elected Barack Obama.

What would wingnuts do without the 'National Security' mantra? All those scary terrahists out there...

The fact is Obama is prosecuting the war with drones much more aggressively than dumbya ever did. And there's the troop surge in Afghanistan... etc etc

But facts never seem to be very important to the right.

But it's important enough to start another stupid 'Obama hasn't saved the world in a year' threads.

Maybe you should take the Evelin Woodhead sped reding course again.

Democracy Corps calls itself an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to making the government of the United States more responsive to the American people." It was founded in 1999 by former Clinton adviser James Carville and Stanley Greenberg, a leading Democratic pollster.

Third Way calls itself "the leading moderate think-tank of the progressive movement."

[jayboat]

Why would passing something that only 25% of the country feels is necessary help them? It is the wrong plan at the wrong time and everyone but the Dem leadership seems to know that. I mean can they honestly believe that just putting one in the Win column will help when so many are against it?

Believe what you want- that 25% number is horsehockey.

Here's some interesting Kos for you, and it nails much of what ails the dems.

From Bloomberg:

One year after U.S stocks hit their post-financial-crisis low on March 9, 2009, the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 Index has risen more than 68 percent, and it’s up more than 41 percent since Obama took office. Credit spreads have narrowed. Commodity prices have surged. Housing prices have stabilized.

“We’ve had a phenomenal run in asset classes across the board,” said Dan Greenhaus, chief economic strategist for Miller Tabak & Co. in New York. “If he was a Republican, we would hear a never-ending drumbeat of news stories about markets voting in favor of the president.” [...]

[M]onthly job losses have abated, from 779,000 during the month Obama took office to 36,000 last month. Corporate profits have grown; among 491 companies in the S&P 500 that reported fourth-quarter earnings, profits rose 180 percent from a year ago, according to Bloomberg data. Durable goods orders in January were up 9.3 percent from a year earlier. Inflation is tame, and long-term interest rates remain low. [...]

Zandi said the economic rebound is largely a result of the policies of the White House and Federal Reserve. He cited the bank bailout, the Fed’s low-interest-rate policy and support for credit markets, and the Obama administration’s stimulus plan, bank stress tests and backing of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

“When you take it all together, the response was massive and unprecedented and ultimately successful,” Zandi said.

If Democrats are waiting for the traditional media to shower them with huzzahs, it's time for a reality check. The media is too busy reporting that "Republicans say" the stimulus has failed, we're going to hell in a handbasket, and socialism is just around the corner (while conveniently omitting the fact that those same Republicans are touting stimulus money in their home districts).

In other words, Democrats need to start blowing their own horn on what has been accomplished economically over the course of the Obama administration.

[Tommy Gun]

Believe what you want- that 25% number is horsehockey.

Here's some interesting Kos for you, and it nails much of what ails the dems.

From Bloomberg:

One year after U.S stocks hit their post-financial-crisis low on March 9, 2009, the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 Index has risen more than 68 percent, and it’s up more than 41 percent since Obama took office. Credit spreads have narrowed. Commodity prices have surged. Housing prices have stabilized.

“We’ve had a phenomenal run in asset classes across the board,” said Dan Greenhaus, chief economic strategist for Miller Tabak & Co. in New York. “If he was a Republican, we would hear a never-ending drumbeat of news stories about markets voting in favor of the president.” [...]

[M]onthly job losses have abated, from 779,000 during the month Obama took office to 36,000 last month. Corporate profits have grown; among 491 companies in the S&P 500 that reported fourth-quarter earnings, profits rose 180 percent from a year ago, according to Bloomberg data. Durable goods orders in January were up 9.3 percent from a year earlier. Inflation is tame, and long-term interest rates remain low. [...]

Zandi said the economic rebound is largely a result of the policies of the White House and Federal Reserve. He cited the bank bailout, the Fed’s low-interest-rate policy and support for credit markets, and the Obama administration’s stimulus plan, bank stress tests and backing of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

“When you take it all together, the response was massive and unprecedented and ultimately successful,” Zandi said.

If Democrats are waiting for the traditional media to shower them with huzzahs, it's time for a reality check. The media is too busy reporting that "Republicans say" the stimulus has failed, we're going to hell in a handbasket, and socialism is just around the corner (while conveniently omitting the fact that those same Republicans are touting stimulus money in their home districts).

In other words, Democrats need to start blowing their own horn on what has been accomplished economically over the course of the Obama administration.

Hmmm, I distinctly recall Obama repeatedly blaming Bush for the bank bailouts. Thew problem is not the part of the stimulus used as advertised, its fact that the majority has gone to preservation of gov't jobs and entitlements. It has done little for the private sector.

Problem is who's gonna repay the debt thats been racked up?

[BBB725]

In other words, Democrats need to start blowing their own horn on what has been accomplished economically over the course of the Obama administration.

I don't know how loudly they should be blowing their horns

Florida's unemployment rate was 11.9 percent in January, the highest rate ever recorded.

[BBB725]

Problem is who's gonna repay the debt thats been racked up?

We the tax payers and our children and their children and their children......

[Tommy Gun]

I don't know how loudly they should be blowing their horns

Florida's unemployment rate was 11.9 percent in January, the highest rate ever recorded.

Didn't Obama say the stimulus would keep unemployment under 9 percent? Guess its really working well.

[Ted]

Yeah, saying we only LOST 36,000 jobs last month is still not exactly comforting.

[jayboat]

Yeah, saying we only LOST 36,000 jobs last month is still not exactly comforting.

It's a damn far cry from a quarter million.

Separately, private placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said planned layoff announcements by U.S. employers decreased 41% to 42,090 in February compared to January. February produced the lowest monthly total since 37,178 jobs were cut in July 2006, Reuters reported Wednesday. The total is 77% below the 186,350 jobs cut a year ago, in February 2009. Job cuts tabulated by Challenger peaked at 241,749 in January 2009.

[catastrophe]

And just think

Jay and Ted will be skipping down the Dock together whistling the theme to Gilligans Island later this month

[Ted]

At some point you just can't cut any more jobs, we will not know the ultimate harm or help the gov't programs did until the entire cycle is complete and we are back up to where we started. But at this point there is not much to crow about.

Alec, we going on a 3 hour cruise???

[JupiterSunsation]

Thats what happens when you make the promise of paying for votes

+1.....it is like a ponzi scheme you can't ever get back to even!

[JupiterSunsation]

A few ideas:

1. Cut support to all other nations for 4 years (see what happens without our money)
2. Stop all wars and withdraw troops to be stationed at our borders and start aggressive enforcement of existing immigration laws (using the troops as muscle).
3. Jumpstart the rebuilding of our infrastructure (it is falling apart faster than the repair process).
4. Focus on bringing jobs back to America, start by abolishing unions.
5. Limit time allowed in govt service for politicians- no more career politicians.
6. No welfare without drug tests of recipients. Don't want to take a drug test, fine....no check for you! Limit time on welfare 2 years and you are done with all help unless you are handicapped/disabled. If you are able bodied, GET A JOB!

Focus on America and you can make this a better place to live for Americans.....

[Trim'd Up]

The high unemployment rate is right up the dems alley. It is creating an entirely new welfare class that didn't want to be there. The more people sucking form the government T!T the easier it is going to be to push their socialist agenda.

[Chris]

A few ideas:


Focus on America and you can make this a better place to live for Americans.....

1. Cut support to all other nations for 4 years (see what happens without our money)
They'll get their money from the Russians, Chinese, Iranians, etc. We're not being nice, we're buying influence.
2. Stop all wars and withdraw troops to be stationed at our borders and start aggressive enforcement of existing immigration laws (using the troops as muscle). Immigration isn't a problem. We wanted them here- we basically rolled out the welcome mat. The Republicans moreso than the Dem's. Companies love cheap labor and consumers love cheap produce and services. Do you want $4 lettuce? $85 to get your lawn cut?
3. Jumpstart the rebuilding of our infrastructure (it is falling apart faster than the repair process).That was supposed to be this "stimulus" money. It's up to the states to maintain their own infrastructure. They have the same prob;lems the Fed's do- politicians that want to fund pet projects to keep their jobs. States like California choose to spend their dollars on social programs instead of bridge repair. That's their problem.
4. Focus on bringing jobs back to America, start by abolishing unions.Unions aren't the problem. It's the fact that we no longer are the country we were after WW II. The world can get steel anywhere now. We can't change that. Other people build cars. We need to focus ourselves towards what we can do better than anyone else- and do it. Making six figures with a high-school diploma is a thing of the past. Until we make changes in our populace and their education level, you'll continue to see an evaporation of the Middle Class.
5. Limit time allowed in govt service for politicians- no more career politicians. Every state has the same term limit system- don't vote for them. It's not the politicians, it's the constituents. We simply don't participate in the process. It's gone on for so long that politicians have essentially blocked our access to the process. Until we decide to take back control, they'll continue to masage the voters and do as they choose.
6. No welfare without drug tests of recipients. Don't want to take a drug test, fine....no check for you! Limit time on welfare 2 years and you are done with all help unless you are handicapped/disabled. If you are able bodied, GET A JOB! I'm with you on that one.

[Edward R. Cozzi]

fund for president!!!

+1

[Tommy Gun]

A few ideas:

1. Cut support to all other nations for 4 years (see what happens without our money)
2. Stop all wars and withdraw troops to be stationed at our borders and start aggressive enforcement of existing immigration laws (using the troops as muscle).
3. Jumpstart the rebuilding of our infrastructure (it is falling apart faster than the repair process).
4. Focus on bringing jobs back to America, start by abolishing unions.
5. Limit time allowed in govt service for politicians- no more career politicians.
6. No welfare without drug tests of recipients. Don't want to take a drug test, fine....no check for you! Limit time on welfare 2 years and you are done with all help unless you are handicapped/disabled. If you are able bodied, GET A JOB!

Focus on America and you can make this a better place to live for Americans.....

Stop it! Logic is illegal in Washington and will certainley get you a lifetime ban from the Democratic party. You must learn to stay on the teat forever.

[Tommy Gun]

[QUOTE=Chris;455787] Until we decide to take back control, they'll continue to masage the voters and do as they choose.[/B]
QUOTE]

Better do it soon before we are the minority. Tough to take control with all the vote buying out there, and the Dem's are certainley doing whatever it takes to ensure they maintain control via entitlement programs. It won't stop until all the producers leave and they have no one left to tax.

At this rate that won't be very long.

[MarylandMark]

What is the rumor going around the area I work in?

DON'T fill out the Census forms so they have to hire more people to go door-to-door counting people which will provide more jobs. Mentality is to find a way to suck off the system vs mailing in your form ASAP to save the country some money.