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Democrat convention bounce....for McCain

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:42:49 GMT

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The Democratic National Convention has begun and the poll numbers are bouncing, but not in the direction that most people anticipated.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows Barack Obama attracting 44% of the vote while John McCain also earns 44%. When "leaners" are included, it’s still tied with Obama at 46% and McCain at 46%. Yesterday, with leaners, Obama had a three-point advantage over McCain

Obama is supported by 78% of Democrats while McCain gets the vote from 85% of Republicans. The GOP hopeful also has a slight advantage among unaffiliated voters.

Today’s results are the first based entirely upon interviews conducted since Joe Biden was named to be Obama’s running mate.

Obama’s support has declined in each of the last three individual nights of polling.

McCain is viewed favorably by 57% of the nation’s voters, Obama by 53% (see trends). Clinton is viewed favorably by 47%.

Tags: mccain, obama, biden, election, politics, poll

47% of dem women wanted Hillary as VP

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:38:08 GMT

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Clip Source: www.rasmussenreports.com

Nearly half of Democratic women (47%) say Barack Obama should have chosen Hillary Clinton for his running mate instead of Senator Joseph Biden as the former First Lady prepares to speak tonight at the Democratic National Convention. Thirty-nine percent (39%) disagree.

Only 35% of Democratic men believe Hillary should be on the ticket

Interestingly, younger voters prefer Clinton on the ticket.

While Democrats overall by a 61% to 33% margin give Obama the nod over Clinton as the candidate best able to beat McCain, unaffiliated voters, perhaps the key bloc at play in this election cycle, prefer Clinton 48% to 33%.

Clinton continues to get high marks for her conduct since quitting the race for the nomination on June 7, despite a great deal of reported behind-the-scenes intrigue over her speech at the convention and putting her name in nomination. Sixty percent (60%) of voters rate her conduct good or excellent, while only 10% characterize it as poor.

Tags: hillary, clinton, obama, democrat, poll, election, politics

Zogby has McCain up by 5

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:07:04 GMT

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Clip Source: uk.reuters.com

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a sharp turnaround, Republican John McCain has opened a 5-point lead on Democrat Barack Obama in the U.S. presidential race and is seen as a stronger manager of the economy, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.

McCain leads Obama among likely U.S. voters by 46 percent to 41 percent, wiping out Obama's solid 7-point advantage in July and taking his first lead in the monthly Reuters/Zogby poll.

McCain now has a 9-point edge, 49 percent to 40 percent, over Obama on the critical question of who would be the best manager of the economy -- an issue nearly half of voters said was their top concern in the November 4 presidential election.

That margin reversed Obama's 4-point edge last month on the economy over McCain, an Arizona senator and former Vietnam prisoner of war who has admitted a lack of economic expertise and shows far greater interest in foreign and military policy.

Tags: poll, mccain, obama, politics, election

Whites in Minority by 2042, Ready to Cash In

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:30:34 GMT

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Clip Source: www.scrappleface.com

According to the latest U.S. Census data, in little more than a generation minorities will become the majority, thus enabling White Americans to ‘get on the receiving end’ of government cash, jobs and other benefits which they can’t get now because of their unfortunate racial status.

Good jobs without full qualification, contractor set-asides on government projects, easier access to college, and more personal attention from Democrat candidates are among the special favors that Whites can expect to receive starting in the year 2042, experts said.

However, being in the minority may also have its pitfalls.

The National Association for the Advancement of Pale People (known as the N-Double-A P.P.) has already filed incorporation papers

visionary lawmakers have begun to draft an agenda for the Congressional White Caucus

an ACLU source acknowledged that “re-tooling for the new era of fighting discrimination against Whites may have to await the retirement of everyone currently on staff.”

Tags: politics, race, satire, humor

Obama walking on Blackwater

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:45:28 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

On October 15, 2007, antiwar Democrat Barack Obama wrote the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to demand that the head of Blackwater, Erik Prince, testify before Congress.

Obama accused the Blackwater guards of damaging the United State's reputation by killing 17 Iraqi civilians:

It was later discovered that at least three of those 17 Iraqis killed were legitimate insurgent targets.

On November 14, 2007, Barack Obama called for the Pentagon to reconsider awarding any new contracts to Blackwater USA.

But, look who got the gig protecting the antiwar candidate...

This past week in Iraq and Afghanistan, Blackwater employees protected Barack Obama:

Sen. Barack Obama has not been a fan of private police like Blackwater in war zones, and some news outlets even reported that they were spurned for his trip last week to Afghanistan and Iraq. But Whispers confirms that Blackwater did handle the Democratic presidential candidate's security in Afghanistan and helped out in Iraq.

Tags: obama, blackwater, security, iraq, afghanistan, war on terror, politics, hypocrisy

Media in Obama camp

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:51:46 GMT

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Clip Source: www.rasmussenreports.com

The idea that reporters are trying to help Obama win in November has grown by five percentage points over the past month. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey, taken just before the new controversy involving the New York Times erupted, found that 49% of voters believe most reporters will try to help the Democrat with their coverage, up from 44% a month ago.

Just 14% believe most reporters will try to help McCain win, little changed from 13% a month ago. Just one voter in four (24%) believes that most reporters will try to offer unbiased coverage.

for unaffiliated voters, 50% see a pro-Obama bias

45% say that most reporters would hide information if it hurt the candidate they wanted to win

The New York Times’ refusal to run an op-ed piece by John McCain challenging an article in the paper less than a week ago by Barack Obama is sure to further fuel the belief that much of the major media is biased in favor of the Democratic candidate

Tags: obama, mccain, media, election, bias, msm, poll

Congressional Democrats Aim to Censor Twitter and Qik

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:07:17 GMT

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Clip Source: mashable.com

I’ve seen some discussion around the blogosphere that has correlated with an email I got this morning from the office of Representative John Culberson (the US House GOP leader) talking about a Democrat plan hatched to curtail free speech from members of Congress on the Internet’s various social media websites.

As Robert Scoble and Andrew Feinberg unmasked to us in the Web 2.0 crowd, there are a couple of members of congress who actually do get social media, and use it personally. John Culberson is one of those folks, and has actively used Twitter and Qik in the past to communicate not only with his constiuency but the general wilds of the web.

Rep. Michael Capuano, Chairman of the Congressional Commission on Mailing Standards, seeks to end this.

The upshot is that Michael Capuano for some reason is uneasy or afraid of the shift towards openness in access to our nations legislators made possible by social media, and rather than encourage the change, he aims to have it cut off at the head.

Tags: congress, politics, free speech, twitter

Dem answer to gas prices? "There ain't no answer"

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:45:04 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

A leading democrat says Americans need to get used to paying $5 to $6 a gallon for their gas.

Impeached judge and leading Democrat Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Miramar) confessed this week that democrats have no answers to the skyrocketing gas prices.

I predict to you that gas prices will be as much as $5 before the end of this year and they will go to $6 at some point next year

"When they go to $6 it will fluctuate between $5 and $6 and more for some time to come. That's the harsh reality no matter what law we pass," he said.

"There ain't no answer, OK? ... All the talk is feel good talk."

LTC Allen West, the Republican candidate for Florida's 22nd Congressional District, offered this response:

His words

are the most pathetic and abyssmal response I have heard.

There can be no doubt as to why this Congress under the presumed leadership of Speaker Pelosi is a collection of whining losers, and we as the American people should not have to suffer for their lack of courage, competence, and character.

Tags: gas, oil, democrat, congress, politics, energy

OBAMA OR DIE! ...DNC McCain Supporter Gets the Boot

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:34:49 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

Obama or Die... Or, at least get sent home.
This big tent just got a little smaller.

Diane Behrens and delegate Debra Bartosevich (on right) follow speeches in the Hillary Clinton delegate selection room at an earlier Democratic caucus. (Photo by Scott Anderson Journal Times)

The state party is asking the Democratic National Committee to unseat Debra Bartoshevich, an emergency room nurse from Racine County who was locally elected in May to be a delegate for Hillary Rodham Clinton at the party’s national convention in Denver in August.

“I still very much want to be a delegate for Hillary,” Bartoshevich said Wednesday night. “I still support Hillary Clinton as the nominee. I hope to still go (to Denver). All I can do is sit and wait.”

Bartoshevich made public her support for McCain over Democrat Barack Obama in an interview with the Journal Sentinel this month. Bartoshevich said that she felt the nominating process had been unfair to Clinton and that Obama was inexperienced and risky.

Tags: dnc, obama, clinton, mccain, democrat, politics

Postage stamp on a football field.

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:14:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: When the US is sitting on such vast energy reserves while it is experiencing an energy crisis, one can conclude that there are other forces at work here.

Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

Representative Devin Nunes (R-CA) talked about his trip to ANWR including and exposed the Democrat's big lie:

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"If the Arctic National Wildlife Area was a football field, the (area to be developed for oil) would be like a postage stamp on that football field... So it is totally outrageous what they say. What Americans forget too, is that the Republican Congress opened up ANWR every single year that we were in power. But, what happened was in the Senate, the democrats killed it every year in the senate."

"So, you had Clinton veto it in 1995, and then every single year after that you had the democrats kill it in the US Senate."

Last week author George Will explained why Democrats are against drilling

I believe that on the Left in this country what they want is a manufactured scarcity so that government can have the rationale to ration which gives the government what the Left wants, an ever more minute supervision of our daily choices... There's a fear that someone somewhere may make a profit

Tags: anwar, oil, gas, energy, politics

How to speak Democrat

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:08:14 GMT

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Clip Source: minx.cc

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US Representative Thaddeus McCotter (R) Michigan gives a short lesson on how to speak Democrat. Nice!

Tags: democrat, republican, house, politics, humor

Obama afraid of debate

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:25:59 GMT

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Clip Source: www.usatoday.com

Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain squabbled over a format for their first one-on-one debate in the U.S. presidential race

Obama on Friday rejected McCain's proposal for 10 joint town-hall appearances, question-and-answer gatherings before small audiences

Obama has offered to meet McCain in five joint appearances between now and the Nov. 4 election, but only one of those would be town hall-style and it would be on the July 4th Independence Day holiday, when few Americans would be watching. McCain called the offer "a very disappointing response."

McCain had said the more intimate town-hall format would allow real interaction with voters and would be more revealing than formal televised debates

Tags: obama, mccain, election, politics, debate

Dems not endorsing Obama

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:29:15 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

This can't be a good sign for Democrats, considering Far-Left Obama just won the nomination last week...

Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS), on left, and Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC), on right, won't back Barack Obama.

This follows Tuesday's news that:
Dem Rep. Dan Boren Will Not Endorse "Liberal" Obama

Jewish Dem donor joins McCain team

UPDATE: Oops! There goes another one... Georgia Rep. Jim Marshall won't endorse Obama.

Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA) won't endorse the most liberal senator for president.

Tags: obama, democrat, election, politics

Obama's MO

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:28:00 GMT

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Clip Source: www.redstate.com

Jim Johnson is stepping down from Barack Obama's VP Search Committee.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A leader of Democrat Barack Obama's vice presidential research team has resigned amid criticism over his personal loan deals.

Obama announced in a statement Wednesday that Jim Johnson was stepping aside to avoid distracting from the vetting process.

Johnson served on the vetting team with former first daughter Caroline Kennedy and former Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder.

I'm beginning to like Barack Obama. He's so wonderfully predictable. Each time there's a blowup - a friend of his who highlights the hypocrisy of his HopeChange message, a connection to the corruption of Chicago politics, an adviser or spiritual mentor saying offensively wacky things - Obama responds with the same round of obfuscations:

1. Obama denies there is a problem.

2. Obama insists he was misunderstood.

3. Obama ignores the problem.

4. Obama caves.

This is awesome.

Tags: obama, politics

Dem says surge opposition was reverse psychology

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:13:02 GMT

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Clip Source: minx.cc

Democratic Rep: By Opposing the Surge, We Actually Encouraged the President to Enact the Surge, Which in Turn Resulted in Victory... and You're Welcome

Great post from Jeff Emmanuel. This is the same Democrat Rep who recently admitted Democrats had "stretched the facts" about the feasibility and prudence of a quick withdrawal from Iraq, just to win the election.

Now he makes this curious claim:

In February 2007, Kanjorski went to the floor of the House to say:

Ms. Speaker, I rise today to join the overwhelming majority of the American people, the Congress, and many top U.S. military commanders to voice my opposition to President Bush's ill-conceived plan to send more American troops into the middle of an ongoing Civil War in Iraq.
Then, in an interview from just days ago, Kanjorski said:

We've taken public positions which have now forced the president to go into the surge mentality, which is somewhat working.

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Tags: democrat, surge, iraq, war on terror, politics, wtf