Month: February 2014

Americans Expressing a Current of Individual Optimism

Buck Banks

2/3

Of Americans think the country is in a recession or going in the wrong direction, but the vast majority believe their personal prospects will improve or stay the course, according to a new NBC/Marist poll. “A current of individual optimism — the highest level detected since 2009 — runs through the results of the survey, despite evidence that millions of Americans, especially those in lower income brackets, are struggling to balance their budgets. And yet that individual optimism is trumped by political pessimism of the country’s situation as a whole.”

Come to Kansas Because We’re Openly Racist!

Buck Banks

I’m going to invite you, because we have a lovely doctor from India. She’s in her mid-30s, and she’s highly respected by the community. And another doctor from India that did my carpal tunnel when I did a stupid thing. And so, I think you’d be right at home, and we would welcome you.

— Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS), quoted by Dave Weigel, suggesting Indian-American nominee for Surgeon General Vivek Murthy visit Kansas.

Democrats Ahead in Fundraising Efforts

Buck Banks

$42.3 million

Amount the top Democratic candidates in the 52 most competitive House races reported raising in 2013, topping the $34.8 million for the top GOP candidates in those races,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Democrats in the most competitive races reported they had a total of $30.9 million to spend on their campaigns at the end of 2013. That was $6.3 million more than the top Republicans in those races.”