"Aid bill contains $655m for Mass.; $26b measure clears key US Senate hurdle; Patrick prepares plan to restore budget cuts" by Mark Arsenault and Michael Levenson, Globe Staff | August 5, 2010
WASHINGTON — Democrats said yesterday that the $26 billion aid package would fill holes in state budgets and save hundreds of thousands jobs across the country, including 2,400 public education positions in Massachusetts.
They think that is going to buy you off in the next election?
“Today the United States Senate did its job,’’ said Senate majority leader Harry Reid. “We saved people’s jobs.’’
He means they are trying to save their own -- with help from you-know-who.
I'm sorry, readers; however, politics offends me now.
Only one piece of business left before scum slither home.
"Parties air impassioned views on Kagan; Senators debate, with confirmation expected this week" by Julie Hirschfeld Davis, Associated Press | August 4, 2010
WASHINGTON — Even her harshest critics acknowledged there was no doubt about the debate’s outcome and the vote expected tomorrow....
Related: The Senate's Last Bit of Business
Even as senators spoke passionately on the Senate floor about granting Elena Kagan a lifetime position on the nation’s highest court, the debate was drawing remarkably little attention on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers preparing for midterm elections are preoccupied by bad economic news and the aftermath of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Kagan earned barely a mention at Democrats’ and Republicans’ news conferences yesterday — and then only as the last on a list of things left to do before senators depart for a monthlong vacation.
Still, the discussion on the nominee was infused with politics, coming just months before midterm congressional elections....
Pffffft!
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Yeah, they really look like they are at each others' throats.
Also see: Ginsburg quells talk of her retirement
Abortion and the echo of eugenics
I suppose I wouldn't mind seeing her leave.
And why the Democrats are worried:
"GOP targets states’ races; Redrawn districts could pay off in ’12" by Susan Milligan, Globe Staff | August 4, 2010
WASHINGTON — The Republican Party, already hoping to take control of Congress, is undertaking an aggressive effort to seize control of governorships and state houses across the country, which in turn could help the GOP redraw congressional districts and exert more power over the next presidential campaign.
Seize through election like Hamas, Globe?
Democrats currently hold an edge in governorships and state legislatures, just as they control the US Senate and House. Midterm elections often provide a boost to the out-of-power party. But some analysts say that Republicans may get an extra boost this year due to a combination of grass-roots activism, continuing despair over the economy, and potential low turnout among dispirited Democrats.
And the pro-Democrap coverage from the agenda-pushing paper.
Adding to the potential bonanza for Republicans is that this is also a US census year, meaning congressional districts across the nation will be redrawn based on the 2010 population statistics. The better the performance by Republicans at the local level, the more influence they will have in reshaping the political boundaries for the following election.
“It looks like a double win for the Republicans in the 2010 elections,’’ said Jeffrey M. Berry, a political science professor at Tufts University. “They’ll not only gain seats this time, but they’ll plant the seeds for gaining seats in 2012.’’
Kiss Congress good-bye, Democrats.
You didn't do what we elected you to do and now it is time to say good-bye.
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Not only might Republicans have outsized influence in redistricting existing congressional districts, but the GOP might also gain under a national reapportionment of House seats based on population shifts....
The reapportionment will also affect the next presidential race because the number of electoral votes allocated to each state is based on the size of its House delegation, plus two more for its Senate seats. The states expected to lose seats are largely in the blue-state regions of the Northeast and industrial Northwest, meaning that the Democratic nominee for president will probably suffer more than the Republican nominee in 2012, said Tim Storey, a redistricting specialist with the National Conference of State Legislatures....
As if Obomber needed any more help with his failed, one-term presidency.
Independent political analysts expect the GOP to pick up as many as five new governorships, giving Republicans more power over congressional district lines in states now governed by Democrats....
Democratic officials have acknowledged that the overall political environment this year is very challenging for their party, and independent analysts believe the trends could go beyond federal races to state and local contests....
ALL INCUMBENTS OUT (except those that oppose Israel).
If Massachusetts elects a Republican governor, that could put some pressure on the state Legislature to draw a district more amenable for a GOP contender, probably in the Western part of the state or around Cape Cod, where Republicans have a stronger presence, Berry of Tufts University said. The state’s 10-member House delegation is currently all Democratic.
A Republican rep out here?
:-)
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And about that presidential election in two years:
"Popular vote initiative draws critics; Fairness questioned in Electoral College bill" by Stephanie Ebbert, Globe Staff | August 2, 2010
As supporters see it, the proposal could hardly be any more democratic with a lowercase “d.’’ The National Popular Vote would ensure that every vote counts in presidential elections and would abandon the Electoral College system that gave George W. Bush a victory in 2000, despite his losing the popular vote.
No thanks. I want ours going to who we voted for win or lose.
Also see: Stolen Elections (Part 1)
But with that starting point, many conservatives view the initiative — which the Massachusetts Legislature endorsed last week — as nothing short of a new liberal conspiracy.
Richard Tisei, the Senate minority leader and Republican nominee for lieutenant governor, derided it on the Senate floor last week as “sneaky,’’ adding, “This is the way that liberals do things a lot of times, very sneaky.’’ Like others, he dubbed it an “end run around the Constitution.’’
He's right.
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Alex Keyssar, a history and social policy professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and the author of “The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States’’ and supports the national popular vote, said he doesn’t think it would necessarily benefit Democrats. He noted that the Electoral College nearly cost Bush reelection in 2004 — even though he clearly won the popular vote.
Actually, that is not so clear, MSM.
See: Stolen Elections (Part 2)
Yeah, it is the only time in history the exit polls failed and the MSM is not interested -- not that it matters.
As we see with Obama, Kerry would merely have been Bush's second term.
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You need a revolution, America.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — “If people . . . can recognize that subjects such as war and taxation, religion and race, were really at the heart of the situation in the 18th century, and there is some connection between what was going on then and what’s going on now, that’s all to the good,’’ said Colin Campbell, president and chairman of Colonial Williamsburg.
Let's just stick to the first two for now!
“What happened in the 18th century here required engagement, and what’s required to preserve democracy in the 21st century is engagement. That is really our message.’’
Yes, you need to TAKE BACK YOUR COUNTRY, America!!!
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Think the Senate got the message?
