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Monday, September 14, 2009

John Kerry Tops 50 Richest Members of Congress

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$167,550,000.00

You would think Kerry would have redistributed some of that wealth by now.
I guess only we're supposed to do that.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Obama Ends Plan to Have Teachers Force Kids to Write Paper on How to 'Help Obama'

President Obama's plan to inspire the nation's schoolchildren with a video address next week erupted into controversy Wednesday, forcing the White House to pull out its eraser and rewrite a government recommendation that teachers nationwide assign students a paper on how to "help the president."
Presidential aides acknowledged the White House helped the U.S. Education Department craft the proposal, which immediately was met by fierce criticism from Republicans and conservative organizations who accused Mr. Obama of trying to politicize the education system.

Washington Times

Friday, August 28, 2009

Obama Reaches Another Low in Poll

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President Obama, who won the White House with an electoral college landslide and enjoyed soaring public approval in the weeks after his inauguration, has fallen to a 50% job approval rating in the newest daily tracking of the Gallup Poll released Thursday.

The new low for Obama compares with his peak public job approval rating of 69% after his inauguration in January.

Los Angeles Times

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Massachusetts: Will Romney Seek Kennedy Senate Seat

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Surprisingly enough, this brings things back full circle to Romney, who up to now has been busy laying the groundwork for another presidential bid in 2012. It would be an intriguing thing if, after waiting a day or two out of respect for the late senator, Romney were to downshift and announce he will be a candidate in the upcoming election to fill Kennedy's vacant Senate seat.

US News & World Report

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

France: Majority Now See Sarkozy as Good President

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Do you think Nicolas Sarkozy is a good president, or a bad president?

	Jul. 2009	May 2009
A good president	53%	41%
A bad president	38%	55%
Not sure	9%	4%

Source: CSA / VSD
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,011 French adults, conducted on Jul. 29 and Jul. 30, 2009. No margin of error was provided.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Another Lazy NY Times Reporter Gets His Facts Wrong

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Rather than recognizing the common ground between the Harvard and Rasmussen Reports polls, Krugman simply aired his assertion and then added, “I will say that Rasmussen is coming in for a lot of criticism for what looks like slanted polling.” For this, he cited an article quoting three Democratic pollsters who raised questions about the relevance of the Rasmussen Reports Presidential Approval Index.

Again, Krugman should have looked a little closer. The article he cited concluded this way, "And for the record, Rasmussen's final polls [before the November election] had Obama ahead 52%-46%, which was nearly identical to Obama's final margin of 53%-46%, and made him one of the most accurate pollsters out there. So don't count him out."

Rasmussen Reports

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Drudge Nabs Leftist Attempt to Hire Healthcare 'Grassroots' Workers

If you click on it now, you will notice that the link just takes you to an empty Craigslist page.

HIRING! 'Grassroots' work to promote Obama's healthcare pays $11-16 per hour...
In other words, this is just another Hire-a-Mob.