March 21, 2011 - Pensito

Nearly Three-Quarters of Americans Worry About Economy

March 21, 2011 Buck Banks

71%

Of Americans say they have more anxiety about the economy than about any other major national issue Gallup tracks. “Federal spending and the budget deficit” spark nearly as much concern, at 64%. The environment and race relations rank lowest of 14 issues tested.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott Booed at Ballgame

March 21, 2011 Jon Ponder

Gov. Rick Scott received a chilly reception while throwing the first pitch at a spring training game between the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays.

Scott was greeted by boos, mixed with modest applause, at Saturday’s game in Tampa.

Verbatim

March 21, 2011 Buck Banks

What can I say about Newt Gingrich today that his ex-wives have not already said?’

— Political consultant Pat Griffin, quoted by the Boston Globe.

Verbatim

March 21, 2011 Buck Banks

Silly, sexist me. Yesterday, I associated military action against Libya with testosterone. As the New York Times reports today, the pressure for action came from Hillary Clinton, UN Ambassador Susan Rice and the NSC human rights expert Samantha Power — with the macho boys over at the Pentagon opposed. This may be a first in American history, a welcome one I might add — although I remain extremely skeptical about military action and heartened that the President seems intent on letting other countries take the lead.

— Time magazine columnist Joe Klein, on the wind-up to bombing Libya.

Verbatim

March 21, 2011 Buck Banks

I believe that force can be justified on humanitarian grounds, as it was in the Balkans, or in other places that have been scarred by war. Inaction tears at our conscience and can lead to more costly intervention later. That is why all responsible nations must embrace the role that militaries with a clear mandate can play to keep the peace.

Day: March 21, 2011

Nearly Three-Quarters of Americans Worry About Economy

71%

Of Americans say they have more anxiety about the economy than about any other major national issue Gallup tracks. “Federal spending and the budget deficit” spark nearly as much concern, at 64%. The environment and race relations rank lowest of 14 issues tested.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott Booed at Ballgame

Verbatim

What can I say about Newt Gingrich today that his ex-wives have not already said?’

— Political consultant Pat Griffin, quoted by the Boston Globe.

Verbatim

— Time magazine columnist Joe Klein, on the wind-up to bombing Libya.

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— President Obama, in a speech accepting his Nobel Peace Prize.

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%).”