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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Republicans take 10 point lead on Gallup's generic ballot.
Is Gallup’s new poll cause for excitement among the ranks of the GOP or just an eyebrow raiser? I am not sure. Republicans lead by 51% to 41% among registered voters in Gallup weekly tracking of 2010 congressional voting preferences. … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, American Society, Current Events
Tagged 2010 elections, Congress, Democrats, GOP, Republicans
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More Mosque Mania
It’s everywhere! It’s everywhere! Ground Zero is not nearly the battlefront many suspected. It only garnered the most press considering the location. It has not generated the only reaction. Glenn Greenwald explains: Anti-mosque sentiment rages far from Ground Zero See … Continue reading
New Orleans Educational Reform: A possible model for the rest of the country.
Since the mid to late seventies, and possibly further back, the city of New Orleans’ educational system was one of the most atrocious debacles in America. Obviously, a number of reasons were causal in this development ranging from incompetent politicians, … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, American Society
Tagged Charter Schools, education, Education Reform, New Orleans, Vouchers
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Gross Domestic Product: Second Quarter Estimate (Revised)
The BEA released the Q2 revision for Real GDP today, and as usual the news isn’t all that good. The revised data shows a down-tick from last month’s estimate of 2.4% growth to an intermediate revision of 1.6%. The downward revision was … Continue reading
Posted in American Society, Current Events, Economics, Essays, Opinion
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Corporate Taxes and Government Revenue
Exceptionalism, especially the American variety, is more often than not, a wonderful thing. However, in certain areas it might be healthier to run with the pack than be unique. Take for instance this graph provided by Nick Schulz, from The … Continue reading
Watch the Democrats tremble this Saturday – 8-28-10
They can’t define it. Don’t understand it. Can’t hope to match it or duplicate it. Can’t relate to it, and, most importantly, can’t do anything to stop it. So what is a ideological bunch such as today’s Democrats to do … Continue reading
Telling: Obama losing ground among blacks
President Obama is losing the confidence of the nation. He has had several rough months in a row despite passing healthcare reform. What should have been a political victory turned out to be a political liability for him and his … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics, American Society
Tagged black voters, Democrats, Obama popularity, President Obama
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Some things never change: McCain will win on Tuesday
I would say if there was ever a GOP incumbent vulnerable in the primaries, it was Senator McCain. J.D. Hayworth looked for a while to have the support to eek out a win in Arizona. Expectedly, he campaigned from the … Continue reading
Posted in American Politics
Tagged 2010 elections, Arizona politics, GOP primary, J.D. Hayworth, John McCain, Republican candidates
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Democrats and Republicans: Who's the extremist?
Since the election of Barack Obama we the Left has made a valiant effort to sequester any form of opposition to their agenda into racist or extremist category. The game plan has been rather ineffectual. Interestingly, with the upcoming mid-terms … Continue reading
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Is money an issue for the GOP? Maybe not…
In an earlier post, Jason asks a great question, “The GOP are up on just about every category important to voters. So why isn’t the RNC swimming in cash?” Well, another Politico article may have the answer. With less than … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Democrats, Election 2010, fundraising, House, Republicans, Senate
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Obama Admin to Israel: Chill dude, don't worry about it
How do you approach this? How is this not a big deal when a hostile, openly defiant nation, hellbent on the destruction of Israel, is on the threshold of becoming a Middle Eastern nuclear power? “We think that they have … Continue reading
Congressional Budgetary Office releases 2010 summer budget update.
Yesterday, the CBO (Congressional Budgetary Office) released its summer update on the budget and the economy. The news, at least for now, isn’t all that good. From Director of the CBO, Doug Elmendorf. Relative to the size of the economy, … Continue reading
