2010 and 1994, Cont.
Yesterday, I noted that the media are quickly catching on to the fact that there's a chance, however small, that Congress may change hands in November. This wasn't the case in 1994 — back then, folks didn't feel the first tremors of the coming political earthquake until the summertime, and those who did tended to [...]
Are Dems ‘Throwing Obama Under the Bus’?
Alhough the L.A. Times doesn’t actually say it, this sure sounds like Obama is getting thrown under his own bus (H/t - TPR):
[...] As President Obama’s approval ratings sag and the mood of voters sours, some Democratic congressional candidates are distancing themselves from the White House, with the back-channel blessing of party officials. (Emphasis [...]
Return to Normalcy
President Obama’s approval ratings spiked up rather alarmingly in the wake of his State of the Union speech, most likely because of the lip-service he paid to fiscal moderation. Since then, though, they’ve been returning to normal, driven, I suspect, by public revulsion toward the realities of the President’s $3.7 trillion budget, with its [...]
Thinking about the unthinkable, Part Four
I don’t know who will win today’s election in Massachusetts, but there are two things I’m confident of. First, if Brown wins, the Democrats will claim that the result is the product of “local considerations” and, in particular, a poor candidate. Second, this claim will be misleading at best.
When Bob McDonnell [...]
Man-Made Global Warming Alert: Record Cold Grips Europe, North America and Asia
While freezing weather gripps large parts of the United States early this morning - with no relief in sight for the rest of the week, Britain struggles to cope with the freezing weather conditions, other countries throughout the world are also finding themselves in the same predicament.
This, while new research finds there’s been no rise [...]
You gotta love this
According to Politico, President Obama’s support has declined to the point that only 50 percent of voters now say they prefer having him as President to George W. Bush. 44 percent say they’d rather have Bush.
In one sense, this isn’t very surprising. Most people probably don’t believe they are better off economically [...]
