October 11, 2022

Gabbard’s Gone

October 11, 2022 Buck Banks

It was always difficult to tell where she was at,
And she never demonstrated the skills of a diplomat.
But one thing’s for certain —
She’s closed a political curtain.
Thank heavens! Tulsi Gabbard is no longer a Democrat!

Ryan Destroys Vance in Debate

October 11, 2022 Buck Banks

“I don’t know anybody I grew up with, I don’t know anybody I went to high school with, that would allow somebody to take their dignity like that and then get back up on stage. We need leaders who have courage to take on their own party, and I’ve proven that. And he was called an ass-kisser by the former president.”

— Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), in his Senate debate last night with J.D. Vance (R).

Most Say Pandemic Is Not Over

October 11, 2022 Buck Banks

50%

Monmouth poll finds that just 21% of the American public says the Covid pandemic is over, while another 26% say it is not over yet but will end eventually. However, 50% of the country feels the pandemic will never be over and we will just have to live with it.

The Undecideds are Just Inattentives

October 11, 2022 Buck Banks

“There’s an instinct to think of undecided voters as politically engaged moderates wrestling with policy contrasts. That is almost never the case. Most are just not paying attention yet.”

— Philadelphia Inquirer

Over Half of Americans Disapprove of SCOTUS

October 11, 2022 Buck Banks

53%

A new Annenberg Public Policy Center survey finds that 53% of U.S. adults disapprove of how the Supreme Court handles its job. The survey also reveals a chasm between the qualities the American people say they value most in judges, such as fairness and impartiality, and the traits they perceive in Supreme Court justices.

Day: October 11, 2022

Gabbard’s Gone

Ryan Destroys Vance in Debate

— Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), in his Senate debate last night with J.D. Vance (R).

Most Say Pandemic Is Not Over

50%

The Undecideds are Just Inattentives

“There’s an instinct to think of undecided voters as politically engaged moderates wrestling with policy contrasts. That is almost never the case. Most are just not paying attention yet.”

— Philadelphia Inquirer

Over Half of Americans Disapprove of SCOTUS

53%

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Rick Wilson

— Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) on the “resign or be fired” ultimatum from the GOP’s Freedom Caucus just 174 days into his tenure as sp[eaker, reported by Punchbowl News.

“Trump’s head slowly dropped, his eyes closed. It jerked back upward. He adjusts himself. Then, his head droops again. He straightens up, leaning back. His head droops for a third time, he shakes his shoulders. Eyes closed still. His head drops. Finally, he pops his eyes open.”

— Law360 reports from the second day of Donald Trump’s “hush money” criminal trial.

— Jonathan Last

“He’s f**king crazy! The press often will ask me if I think Donald Trump is crazy. And I’ll say it this way: I don’t think he’s so crazy that you could put him in a mental institution. But I think if he were in one, he ain’t getting out!”

— New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R), quoted by the Associated Press two years ago. Sununu is now backing Trump for president.

Numerati

$71.1 million to $45.2 million

56% to 37%

270,000

50 of 96

New York Times: “Of the 96 possible jurors brought into the room, more than 50 raised their hands to say they couldn’t be fair. They were immediately excused.”

20%