Wednesday, December 7, 2011

More Californians Against Bloated Public Employee Pensions...But Still Not Enough

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About 41 percent of California voters think pension benefits received by public employees are too generous, with Republicans overwhelmingly viewing the retirement benefits as over-the-top, but independent and Democratic voters more supportive of the current system, according to a Field Poll released today.
The survey also found majority support for Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to raise the retirement age for new government workers and set limits on public employee benefits.
The poll surveyed 1,000 registered voters last month and found that the number of Californians who view government employee pensions as too generous has grown over the past two years, from 32 percent in 2009 to the current 41 percent. However, the poll also found that a majority of both Democrats and independent voters view the current benefits as about right or not generous enough - and that 49 percent of all voters feel that way.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

West Virginia: Manchin Approval Ratings Remain High, Obama in the Dumpster

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But if Manchin's so conservative, why is he still a Democrat, especially in this day and age?
A new voter opinion poll from Mark Blankenship Enterprises found that 70 percent of West Virginia voters believe Manchin deserves to be re-elected, leaving 21 percent of voters thinking it's time to select someone new.
Blankenship's poll asked several questions of 400 West Virginia registered voters between Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. The poll has a 95 percent level of confidence and was conducted through both cell phones and land line phones.
The poll found 27 percent of West Virginia voters believe Obama deserves to be re-elected, with 46 percent of the state's Democrats, 88 percent of West Virginia's Republicans and 64 percent of the Mountain State's Independent voters agreeing that it is time to give someone new a chance at the presidency.
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New Jersey: Democrats Spent Twice as Much Money as Republicans During Election

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That's a lot of wasted money and quite a victory for Governor Chris Christie. The Democrats only picked up one seat out of 120 up for grabs in the state legislature. And that seat was really won in April when the new redistricting scheme was decided. So that enormous money advantage was all for nothing in the end.
New Jersey Democrats raised and spent more than twice as much as Republicans for last month’s legislative elections, even with Governor Chris Christie attracting record out-of-state donations for his party.
Democratic candidates collected $31.8 million, 70 percent of the total, and spent $27.8 million, according to a report today from the Election Law Enforcement Commission. Republicans raised $13.3 million and spent $10.5 million.

Wisconsin: Northeast of the State Strongly Favors Republicans

Northeast Wisconsin residents have more confidence in Republicans than Democrats, but half of them believe it’s bad for a single party to have total control, according to a new poll.
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A random phone survey of 538 residents in the 18-county New North region found 44 percent of responders believe Republicans can better manage the state government, while 32 percent said Democrats can do better.
The Northwestern

Monday, December 5, 2011

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Brooklyn Democrat Simcha Felder Rumored to be Switching Parties

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The possibility, reported Monday in the Daily News, that Deputy City Comptroller Simcha Felder could leave the Democratic Party to run for a new Brooklyn congressional district on the Republican line has been met so far with little more than silence.
Felder reportedly refused to comment on reports that at a meeting with Republican leaders, he said he’d be willing to run on the GOP line if a district that would unite the heavily Orthodox Jewish areas of Midwood and Borough Park is created. Currently, these areas are split among several congressional districts.
Brooklyn Eagle

Huffington Post: Income Inequality Between Those Who Work & Those Who Won't Will Hurt Republicans

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The memo, written by pollster Geoff Garin for Democratic policymaker Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), argues that while the 2010 election was a referendum dominated by anti-tax Tea Party rage against Democratic leadership, the 2012 election will be different because Republicans now share control of the federal government and their policies are increasingly seen as favoring the rich.
Huffington Post

Perry Wins Sheriff Arpaio Endorsement

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speaking in Phoenix, Arizona on February 26, 2011.
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Rick Perry announced Tuesday that he had earned the endorsement of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the controversial but influential Arizona lawman known for his tough stance on illegal immigration.
"The federal government has failed on border crime and border enforcement, and no candidate for president has done more to secure the border than Gov. Rick Perry. I have been watching Gov. Perry and Texas closely and know his border surge operations with state, local and federal law enforcement officials have helped shut down the illegal trafficking of weapons, drugs and people," said Arpaio in a statement.
The Hill

Monday, November 28, 2011

Southern State Shows White Male Democrat is About as Viable as Smallpox at This Time

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I would also add white MARRIED women to this vanishing group of Democrats. Anyway, here's what they have to say:
Roger Jones, Tommy Ragland and Mark Craig, Billy Bell and Jim Smith are all white male Democrats holding local elected offices - a categorization that now puts them on the endangered species list.
Men like them once ruled the Earth - or at least politics in Alabama and Madison County - but the atmosphere and the electorate have changed.
A local Democratic Party leader and three elected Democrats have their own ideas about why their numbers are dwindling. Tagging local Democrats with labels associated with the national Democratic Party's position on issues is chief among the reasons cited.
AL.com

North Dakota Senate: Heitkamp Leads Berg by 5

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Democrat Heidi Heitkamp reportedly leads Republican Rep. Rick Berg in the first poll of North Dakota’s contested 2012 Senate race.

But that’s not surprising, say Republicans and political observers, because the poll was commissioned by a partisan group motivated to see Heitkamp elected.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee released a poll last week that found Heitkamp edging out Berg 47 percent to 42 percent.

Inforum

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Was Politico Always This Biased?

Was Politico always as biased as it is now? I know it has not been around that long and that it is controlled by the Washington Post, but in the beginning it seemed to me that it tried to at least give an appearance of being impartial. Recently however, it seems like every single story that I come across from them is as blatantly in the pocket of the Democrat Party as a story from MSNBC, New York Times, ABC News... or the Washington Post for that matter.

Oregon: Saba Ahmed Switches Parties, Becomes a Republican

This is interesting. Even young Muslim women are abandoning the Democrat party? Who will be left to vote for Obama besides socialists, perverts, Occupy Fill-In-The-Blankers, and race-based voters?

Saba Ahmed, the young Muslim woman from Beaverton who ran in the Democratic primary for Oregon's 1st District congressional seat, says she has switched to the Republican Party.

From her Facebook page: "Never thought I would see this day, but I am officially a registered REPUBLICAN. Thank you to all the Oregon Democrats for helping me realize my Conservative Potential. Looking forward to 2012 Republican Victories!"

Ahmed, who had interned for then-Gov. Ted Kulongoski and Rep. Earl Blumenauer, has been a frequent participant in Democratic events. She received less than a half-percent of the votes in last week's primary.

OregonLive

Mississippi: Republicans Likely to Control House of Representatives for First Time Since Reconstruction

Mississippi has become an even stronger oasis for Americans after last weeks elections:
Republicans appear to hold the majority in the Mississippi state House of Representatives for the first time since Reconstruction, following last week's general election, a party official said on Monday.

Although results have not yet been certified in all races, Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Arnie Hederman said on Monday that his party had been credited with wins in at least 63 seats.
39Online

Virginia: Leader of Violent Fake ID Ring Guilty

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The leader of a violent fake-identification ring that operated in 11 states pleaded guilty to racketeering and two other charges an hour before his trial was scheduled to begin in federal court Tuesday.

Israel Cruz Millan of Raleigh, N.C., led a fake ID ring enterprise with roots in Mexico that prosecutors say protected its lucrative turf with beatings and at least one slaying. A trial for the man accused of that killing, alleged former Arkansas cell leader Edy Jiminez-Oliverez, began Tuesday as scheduled.
Chicago Times

British Less Likely to be Suckered Into 'Global Warming' Scam

GLOBAL WARMING / CLIMATE CHANGE IS A HOAX
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Overall, half of Canadians (52%, -8 since October) and Americans (49%, +7) say that that global warming is a fact and is mostly caused by emissions from vehicles and industrial facilities. Only 43 per cent of Britons (-4) agree with this assessment.
In the United States, one-in-five respondents (20%, -5) think that global warming is a theory that has not yet been proven, along with 20 per cent of Britons (+2) and 14 per cent of Canadians (=).
More than half of Canadians (55%, -6) believe it is more important to protect the environment, even at the risk of hampering economic growth, while 22 per cent (+4) would prefer to foster economic growth, even at the risk of damaging the environment.
In the United States, 47 per cent of respondents (+2) would emphasize protecting the environment, while 26 per cent (-4) would foster economic growth. The biggest change since last year comes in Britain, where only 40 per cent of respondents would protect the environment (-11) and 33 per cent would prefer to foster economic growth (+11).
Angus-Reid

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Kagan Must Recuse Herself from Obamacare Decision

It looks like an open-and-shut case to me. If Kagan stays on, it will be a new low in the history of our judicial stystem.

On Sunday, March 21, 2010, the day the House of Representatives passed President Barack Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, then-Solicitor General Elena Kagan and famed Supreme Court litigator and Harvard Law Prof. Laurence Tribe, who was then serving in the Justice Department, had an email exchange in which they discussed the pending health-care vote, according to documents the Department of Justice released late Wednesday to the Media Research Center, CNSNews.com's parent organization, and to Judicial Watch.
According to 28 USC 455, a Supreme Court justice must recuse from “any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.” The law also says a justice must recuse anytime he has “expressed an opinion concerning the merits of the particular case in controversy” while he “served in governmental employment.”
CNS News

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Party Switch! Mississippi State Senator Joins GOP

Great Seal of the State of MississippiImage via WikipediaComing off a successful Election Day, Mississippi Republicans continued to make gains on Thursday, announcing what could be the first of several high-profile party switches and preparing for control of the House.
Sen. Gray Tollison, who has been a prominent Democrat in that chamber, said he had considered changing parties for "almost a year."
"I look forward to the opportunities that lie ahead," he said.
Clarion Ledger

Florida: Connie Mack IV in Dead-Heat with Bill Nelson

Connie Mack IVImage via WikipediaU.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV is blowing away his rivals in the GOP U.S. Senate primary and is in a statistical dead heat with incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson, according to a new Quinnipiac poll. Mack gets 40 percent to Nelson's 42.
Mack just entered the race and is benefiting from name recognition. His father, Connie Mack III, is a former U.S. senator.
TampaBay.com

Oklahoma: Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett in Trouble

Mayor Dewey Bartlett won't face re-election until 2013, but a new Tulsa World-sponsored poll shows that, if the election happened today, 58 percent of Tulsans would vote for another candidate. The scientific survey indicates 26 percent would vote for Bartlett, while 16 percent didn't know or refused to answer. That could give other candidates the confidence to challenge Bartlett, SoonerPoll.com's Bill Shapard said, but two years is forever in politics, so a lot could change for the mayor.
Tulsaworld

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Independents Still Dislike Obama

Obama 2008 Presidential CampaignImage by Barack Obama via FlickrAngus Reid:
Public support for President Barack Obama remains low in the United States, a new Angus Reid Public Opinion poll has found.
In the online survey of a representative national sample of 1,031 American adults, 40 per cent of respondents (unchanged since September) approve of Obama’s performance as president, while 52 per cent (-1) disapprove.
Obama is unable to reach the 50 per cent mark on approval in any of the country’s four main regions, getting his best numbers in the West (47%). One third of Americans (34%) strongly disapprove of the president’s performance, while 13 per cent strongly approve.

Food-Drunk Michael Moore Incorrectly States That he is Not in the Top 1%

Michael-Moore-Web-SiteImage by Bogdan Migulski via FlickrReal Clear Politics:
"No, I'm not. I'm not," Michael Moore said to Piers Morgan after the CNN host asked him to admit that he was in the "one-percent."
"How could I be in the 1%. Listen, I do really well. I do well. But, what's the point though?" Moore said.

Missouri: Obama Supporters Call Black Congressional Candidate an "Uncle Tom N*gger"

Real Clear Politics:
Congressional Candidate, Martin Baker, was subject to racial slurs by Obama supporters in St. Louis, Missouri tonight.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Nebraska: Redistricting Makes Another 2nd-District Win for Obama Almost Impossible

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Nebraska’s Republican-dominated Legislature succeeded in making it a lot tougher for President Obama to compete for one of Nebraska’s five electoral votes in 2012, according to new poll data. And since the numbers don’t look good, it’s unlikely the president’s campaign would want to spend the money and human resources they poured into the Omaha-centric 2nd District in 2008. Obama obviously has no chance of carrying Nebraska’s statewide vote next year. Even among Democrats his approval rating is only 68 percent.

Ohio: Joe the Plumber Finally Running for Congress

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After the future president was caught on camera telling Wurzelbacher his plan aimed to "spread the wealth around," GOP nominee John McCain seized on the moment and used the exchange to demonstrate his difference with Obama on tax policy.
Wurzelbacher later distanced himself from McCain, saying in 2010 that the Arizona senator "screwed my life up."
This is an interesting district because Marcy Kaptur and Dennis Kucinich are two incumbent left-wing members of congress who have been thrown into this one district and forced to run against each other. Perhaps if they bloody each other up, Mr. The Plumber will have a chance to win.

New Hampshire: Romney Leads Cain 38 to 20 in Neighboring State

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads a Harvard-Saint Anselm poll of likely Republican primary voters at 38 percent, 18 points ahead of his nearest competitor.

“He is the best-known candidate, and the most favorably viewed, with a 75 percent favorable rating,” said Chris Galdieri, assistant professor of politics at Saint Anselm College,

Herman Cain registered second at 20 percent, with Ron Paul third at 13 percent.

All the other follow candidates, including Texas Gov. Rick Perry, were in single digits.

Perry, at just 4 percent, had a favorable rating of 43 percent but an almost equally high unfavorable rating of 41 percent.

Monday, October 3, 2011

West Virginia: Maloney Close to Tuesday Upset Over Tomblin

Washington Times:
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, 59, holds a single-digit lead in polling over Bill Maloney, a businessman who is the Republican nominee, in what both sides expect to be the most competitive governor’s race this year. Both sides have dug deep into their pockets to fund the battle. “I believe we’re the next red state,” Mr. Maloney told The Washington Times, referring to the GOP sweep throughout the Southeast. “We feel poised to do that in West Virginia.” Mr. Maloney, who has never held elected office, is up against a seasoned veteran. First elected to the Legislature at 22, Mr. Tomblin became state Senate president in 1995 and stepped in last year to fill in for former Gov. Joe Manchin, who won the Senate seat vacated by the late Sen. Robert C. Byrd.

Confused in Pennsylvania: Voters Against Proposed Law That Would Give Them More Clout

The Times-Leader
“Pennsylvania voters say stick to the winner-take-all formula used in most states: Whoever gets the most popular votes, wins all of the state’s Electoral College votes,” said Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.
Malloy said the survey comes down along party lines. He said Pennsylvania hasn’t voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1988 and that Republicans see an advantage in having electoral votes divided between candidates based on the individual congressional districts they win.
“Pennsylvania voters think abandoning the traditional Electoral College formula would reduce the state’s swing state clout,” Malloy said in the Quinnipiac release.

Kentucky: Rare Good News for Democrats

Courier-Journal:
Democratic Gov. Steve Beshear has extended his lead to 31 points over Republican Senate President David Williams, with just five weeks left before the Nov. 8 election, according to the latest Courier-Journal/WHAS11 Bluegrass Poll.
The poll, conducted by SurveyUSA, found that Beshear leads Williams 57 percent to 26 percent among likely Kentucky voters. The third candidate in the governor’s race, independent Gatewood Galbraith, had 8 percent, and 9 percent were undecided.
The poll questioned 569 likely voters Sept. 22-27 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points.

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