February 24, 2011

Goldman Sachs: GOP Budget Proposal Would Feed Recession

February 24, 2011February 25, 2011 Buck Banks

2%

The amount gross domestic product would fall if the spending cuts passed last week by the Republican-led House of Representatives were implemented, according to a confidential Goldman Sachs report.

Verbatim

February 24, 2011 Buck Banks

The only thing that I’ve heard is if you take a plastic bottle and put it in the microwave and you heat it up, it gives off a chemical similar to estrogen. So the worst case is some women may have little beards.

— Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R), quoted by the Bangor Daily News, arguing there “hasn’t been any science” that suggests a problem with the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), and apparently confusing the female hormone estrogen with the male hormone testosterone.

Most GOPers Think a Government Shutdown Will Hurt the Party

February 24, 2011 Buck Banks

65%

Of the Republican operatives surveyed in a new National Journal Political Insiders Poll believe that it isn’t in their party’s interest to see a government shutdown, while most Democrats feel such a confrontation could benefit them.

Verbatim

February 24, 2011 Buck Banks

If American workers are being denied their right to organize when I’m in the White House, I will put on a comfortable pair of shoes and I will walk on that picket line with you as president of the United States.

— Barack Obama, quoted by Slate, while making a campaign speech in 2007.

Verbatim

February 24, 2011 Buck Banks

I don’t know. She seems to be enjoying being Sarah Palin. Being Sarah Palin seems like a pretty good gig.

— David Axelrod, when asked on CNN if he thought Sarah Palin would run for president.

Slight Majority of Americans Favor Republican Approach to Budget

February 24, 2011 Buck Banks

42%

Of Americans favor the Republicans in Congress over President Obama and the Democrats (39%) in terms of who’s better at handling federal budget negotiations. They seem to support Republicans’ position in favor of spending cuts while also favoring a compromise to avoid a government shutdown.

Blue States Cut In Half

February 24, 2011February 23, 2011 Buck Banks

From 30 to 14

The number of states that are lean-Democratic or strongly Democratic has decreased by more than half between 2008 and 2010, while the number of lean-Republican and strongly Republican states has doubled in that time, from 5 to 10, and the number of competitive states has almost doubled, from 10 to 18.

Fake Four Eyes

February 24, 2011May 22, 2014 Buck Banks

It’s true — Sarah Palin tries harder.
She got Lasik surgery from her eye doctor.
But according to her leaked book,
It’s still all about the look —
She wears glasses to make her “look smarter.”

Day: February 24, 2011

Goldman Sachs: GOP Budget Proposal Would Feed Recession

2%

The amount gross domestic product would fall if the spending cuts passed last week by the Republican-led House of Representatives were implemented, according to a confidential Goldman Sachs report.

Verbatim

The only thing that I’ve heard is if you take a plastic bottle and put it in the microwave and you heat it up, it gives off a chemical similar to estrogen. So the worst case is some women may have little beards.

— Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R), quoted by the Bangor Daily News, arguing there “hasn’t been any science” that suggests a problem with the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), and apparently confusing the female hormone estrogen with the male hormone testosterone.

Most GOPers Think a Government Shutdown Will Hurt the Party

65%

Of the Republican operatives surveyed in a new National Journal Political Insiders Poll believe that it isn’t in their party’s interest to see a government shutdown, while most Democrats feel such a confrontation could benefit them.

Verbatim

If American workers are being denied their right to organize when I’m in the White House, I will put on a comfortable pair of shoes and I will walk on that picket line with you as president of the United States.

— Barack Obama, quoted by Slate, while making a campaign speech in 2007.

Verbatim

I don’t know. She seems to be enjoying being Sarah Palin. Being Sarah Palin seems like a pretty good gig.

— David Axelrod, when asked on CNN if he thought Sarah Palin would run for president.

Slight Majority of Americans Favor Republican Approach to Budget

42%

Of Americans favor the Republicans in Congress over President Obama and the Democrats (39%) in terms of who’s better at handling federal budget negotiations. They seem to support Republicans’ position in favor of spending cuts while also favoring a compromise to avoid a government shutdown.

Blue States Cut In Half

From 30 to 14

Fake Four Eyes

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%).”