May 29, 2012 - Pensito

Pagans and Heathens Tend to be Pro-Choice on Abortion

May 29, 2012 Buck Banks

68% to 19%

Margin by which Americans with no religious attachment (self-identified atheists, agnostics, and those with no religious preference) identify as pro-choice. This represents the strongest propensity toward the pro-choice position of any major U.S. demographic (as distinct from political) subgroup. This group is also more heavily pro-choice than Democrats, but its views are similar to those of political “liberals,” 74% of whom are pro-choice and 19% pro-life.

Majority Identify as Conservative on Econ Issues

May 29, 2012 Buck Banks

46% to 20%

Margin by which Americans are more likely to identify themselves as conservative rather than liberal on economic issues, a new Gallup poll finds. The gap is narrower on social issues, but conservatives still outnumber liberals, 38% to 28%.

The Jury’s Out

May 29, 2012 Buck Banks

It’s a wonder that Greensboro’s not in a furor
Over the antics of the blond alternate juror.
With a wink and a giggle
She made John Edwards wriggle,
But with his luck she’s a spy for the Enquirer.

Posing some ‘What Ifs’ on the Romney-Trump Bromance

May 29, 2012 Buck Banks

What if a chief Obama surrogate/fundraiser happened to be the nation’s foremost critic of the Mormon faith, who argued that it was nothing more than a cult? Or what if the Obama campaign was holding a fundraising contest with a celebrity who believed that 9/11 was an inside job? Or even if Obama held a joint fundraiser with Bill Maher? It’s hard to differentiate those hypotheticals from Mitt Romney’s association with Donald Trump, who in recent days has said that hitting Obama with Jeremiah Wright is fair game and that there are still doubts about Obama’s place of birth.

— NBC’s First Read, posing some theoretical questions on the Romney-Trump honeymoon.

Will Questions Romney’s Association with Trump

May 29, 2012 Buck Banks

I do not understand the cost benefit here. The costs are clear. The benefit — what voter is going to vote for him because he is seen with Donald Trump? The cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious, it seems to me. Donald Trump is redundant evidence that if your net worth is high enough, your IQ can be very low and you can still intrude into American politics.

Day: May 29, 2012

Pagans and Heathens Tend to be Pro-Choice on Abortion

68% to 19%

Majority Identify as Conservative on Econ Issues

46% to 20%

Margin by which Americans are more likely to identify themselves as conservative rather than liberal on economic issues, a new Gallup poll finds. The gap is narrower on social issues, but conservatives still outnumber liberals, 38% to 28%.

The Jury’s Out

Posing some ‘What Ifs’ on the Romney-Trump Bromance

— NBC’s First Read, posing some theoretical questions on the Romney-Trump honeymoon.

Will Questions Romney’s Association with Trump

— Columnist George Will to Politico, questioning the wisdom and value of Mitt Romney’s association with Donald Trump.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“One woman at a rally in New Jersey told me last week that she was ‘nauseously optimistic.’ That may capture a lot of people’s last-minute jitters.”

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by Axios, on what Democrats feel ahead of the midterm elections.

“I think Congress made a mistake not protesting turning the Rose Garden into what looks like the entrance to Liberace’s bathroom.”

— Former President Bill Clinton, quoted by The Wrap.

“Boy, they are scraping the bottom of the barrel. It feels like a real desperation play to me, because it has got zero basis in the law.”

— Republican election law expert Ben Ginsberg, quoted by Politico, on the Trump administration’s effort to invalidate Alaska’s election results.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”