October 2011 - Page 8 of 17

Majority Blames Obama for Economic Woes

October 20, 2011October 20, 2011 Buck Banks

53%

Of Americans blame President Obama for the nation’s economic problems — the first time a majority blames him, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll. Key findings: 53% say Obama deserved “a great deal” or a “moderate amount” of blame for the economic problems the country currently faces. But an even larger number — 69% — said that former President George Bush deserved a “great deal” or a “moderate amount” of blame for the economy.

Obama Deserves More Credit for His Foreign Policy Successes

October 20, 2011 Buck Banks

To rid the world of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Qaddafi within six months: if Obama were a Republican, he’d be on Mount Rushmore by now.

— Andrew Sullivan, reflecting on President Obama’s recent foreign policy successes in the Daily Beast.

Occupy, Oh My!

October 19, 2011 Buck Banks

In Ohio, they’ve got lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
In Las Vegas, they’ve got Romney and Perry making fur fly!
But it’s a demonstration
That’s terrorizing the nation —
In New York. On Wall Street. Starts with “Occupy.”

Chris Hedges OWS Interview

October 19, 2011October 19, 2011 Buck Banks

99% Advocate Shows How to Talk to FOX

October 19, 2011October 19, 2011 Trish

Masterful job by Susannah Lindberg Randolph, activist and wife of Florida Rep. Scott Randolph (D-Orlando), in refusing to be run over by the FOX News anchor or the tea party representative. If you need talking points to defend the 99% movement, here’s your model.

Johnson Curries Pagan Vote

October 19, 2011 Buck Banks

I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government.

— Gary Johnson’s unorthodox presidential campaign now includes reaching out to pagan media outlets, The Hill reports.

Gingrich Tops List of Over-Rated Thinkers

October 19, 2011 Buck Banks

Maybe it’s the Ph.D., his extensive bibliography or his constant appearances on Fox News, but Newt Gingrich has held on to his reputation as the ‘ideas man’ of the Republican Party for too long… It’s certainly not evident to us. Gingrich has one of the loosest, least rigorous, most pretentious minds in politics. He loves ideas, he’s just no good at them; and the idea of ideas is not enough to make a man a serious intellectual. The bloopers in his works of history — fiction and nonfiction, and nonfiction that turns out to be fiction — are legendary.

— The New Republic puts Newt Gingrich at the top of its list of over-rated political thinkers.

Romney Trips Over Illegals in Debate

October 19, 2011 Buck Banks

You can’t have any illegals working on our property. I’m running for office, for Pete’s sake, we can’t have illegals.

— Mitt Romney, at last night’s Republican debate.

Most Americans Agree with Occupy Wall Street Protesters

October 19, 2011 Buck Banks

59%

Of Americans either “completely agree or mostly agree” with the Occupy Wall Street protesters, while 31% mostly disagree or completely disagree; 10% of those surveyed didn’t know or refused to answer, according to a new National Journal poll.

Average American Vote Costs $145

October 19, 2011 Buck Banks

$145

Average amount it costs a U.S. politician to sway a single voter, according to an analysis of election data by Matilde Bombardini and Francesco Trebbi of the University of British Columbia. Factoring this into their calculations, the researchers also find that industries and other special-interest groups receive about $71 in government subsidies for every $1 of political contributions.

Month: October 2011

Majority Blames Obama for Economic Woes

53%

Obama Deserves More Credit for His Foreign Policy Successes

To rid the world of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Qaddafi within six months: if Obama were a Republican, he’d be on Mount Rushmore by now.

— Andrew Sullivan, reflecting on President Obama’s recent foreign policy successes in the Daily Beast.

Occupy, Oh My!

Chris Hedges OWS Interview

99% Advocate Shows How to Talk to FOX

Johnson Curries Pagan Vote

I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government.

— Gary Johnson’s unorthodox presidential campaign now includes reaching out to pagan media outlets, The Hill reports.

Gingrich Tops List of Over-Rated Thinkers

— The New Republic puts Newt Gingrich at the top of its list of over-rated political thinkers.

Romney Trips Over Illegals in Debate

You can’t have any illegals working on our property. I’m running for office, for Pete’s sake, we can’t have illegals.

— Mitt Romney, at last night’s Republican debate.

Most Americans Agree with Occupy Wall Street Protesters

59%

Of Americans either “completely agree or mostly agree” with the Occupy Wall Street protesters, while 31% mostly disagree or completely disagree; 10% of those surveyed didn’t know or refused to answer, according to a new National Journal poll.

Average American Vote Costs $145

$145

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%).”