April 9, 2012 - Pensito

It’s Over, Olbermann!

April 9, 2012November 15, 2015 Buck Banks

I’ll admit to having once been a fan,
Feigning outrage when he got the can.
But now that Al Gore
Has decreed, “No more!”
Will we finally be rid of Keith Olbermann?

Priebus: GOP’s ‘War on Women’ Created by Media

April 9, 2012 Buck Banks

If the Democrats said we had a war on caterpillars and every mainstream media outlet talked about the fact that Republicans have a war on caterpillars, then we’d have problems with caterpillars.

— RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, quoted by Bloomberg TV, insisting that the GOP’s “war on women” is fiction.

Insiders Not So Hot on Rubio for Veep

April 9, 2012 Buck Banks

34%

Of GOP insiders and 28% of Democrats say Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is the Republican party’s best hope for the No. 2 spot on the presidential ticket, according to a new National Journal Insiders Poll. That’s a significant drop from the same survey taken in October, when 60% of Republicans and 65% of Democrats considered him the party’s best possible running mate.

Newt’s In Hock to the Tune of $4.5 Million

April 9, 2012 Buck Banks

We owe much more than we wanted to. Florida got to be a real brawl. And I think, unfortunately, our guys tried to match Romney and it turned out we didn’t have anything like his capacity to raise money.

— Newt Gingrich, in an interview on Fox News, acknowledging his campaign was roughly $4.5 million in debt.

Obama Approval Rating Edges Up

April 9, 2012 Buck Banks

46%

President Obama’s average job approval rating in March, according to Gallup, up from 45% in January and February, and significantly improved over his term-low 41% monthly averages recorded last summer and fall.

Axelrod Blames GOP for Dems’ Complacence

April 9, 2012 Buck Banks

Day: April 9, 2012

It’s Over, Olbermann!

Priebus: GOP’s ‘War on Women’ Created by Media

If the Democrats said we had a war on caterpillars and every mainstream media outlet talked about the fact that Republicans have a war on caterpillars, then we’d have problems with caterpillars.

— RNC Chairman Reince Priebus, quoted by Bloomberg TV, insisting that the GOP’s “war on women” is fiction.

Insiders Not So Hot on Rubio for Veep

34%

Newt’s In Hock to the Tune of $4.5 Million

We owe much more than we wanted to. Florida got to be a real brawl. And I think, unfortunately, our guys tried to match Romney and it turned out we didn’t have anything like his capacity to raise money.

— Newt Gingrich, in an interview on Fox News, acknowledging his campaign was roughly $4.5 million in debt.

Obama Approval Rating Edges Up

46%

President Obama’s average job approval rating in March, according to Gallup, up from 45% in January and February, and significantly improved over his term-low 41% monthly averages recorded last summer and fall.

Axelrod Blames GOP for Dems’ Complacence

There is still ambivalence on the part of people. Perhaps people are too complacent because the Republican race has been so much of a spectacle.

— David Axelrod, quoted by BuzzFeed, on the ambivalence of some Democratic campaign donors.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“The man is afraid of the voice of the people and that the people understand and know what he’s doing. He’s trying to stifle the ability of journalists to let the people of America know what’s really going on with their government.”

— “Kamala Harris called President Donald Trump’s ban of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House ‘absolutely abhorrent,’” The Wrap reports.

“Not one of them is trained in technical skills. Not one research PhD, as opposed to China, where half the cabinet is science and technology PhDs. We’re led by grifters and fools.”

— Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs, on X, on President Trump’s 35-person cabinet.

“Mr. President, some of your immigration enforcement efforts have gone too far… The same Hispanics who helped you get to the White House in 2024 feel betrayed today.”

— Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), breaking with President Trump in a direct-to-camera video.

Numerati

1,000

10%

“The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new study,” the Associated Press reports.

71%

A new Fox News Poll finds 71% of voters think the Trump administration lacks a clear strategy for ending the Iran War, including 95% of Democrats, 83% of independents, and 43% of Republicans. Sixty percent say U.S. military action against Iran was the wrong decision, while just 37% say it was right.

$9.5 billion

“The Trump administration last year spent $9.5 billion on paid administrative leave for federal workers as part of its plan to shrink the government and save taxpayers money, according to a new estimate by a congressional watchdog,” CNN reports.

470

Reuters has documented at least 470 targets of retribution under Trump’s leadership – from federal employees and prosecutors to universities and media outlets. The list illuminates the sweeping effort by the president and his administration to punish dissent and reshape the government.