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McCain Can’t Think of Any Savvy Republicans

November 19, 2012 Trish

I would find someone even as high-ranking, frankly, as former President Bill Clinton to go and be the negotiator.

Sen. John McCain, offering his opinion on how to end the Israeli-Hamas violence in Gaza and Tel Aviv. It’s notable that McCain couldn’t think of a single Republican who would be creative enough, or able to come up with fresh ideas, or skilled at finding compromise, to lead such an effort.

Obama’s Popularity Highest in Three Years

November 19, 2012 Buck Banks

58%

President Obama’s favorable rating, his best in over three years, according to a new Gallup poll. He was more popular after his first election than now, with a 68% favorable rating in November 2008. His all-time high of 78% was measured shortly before his inauguration in January 2009.

Plenty of Blunt Assessments Where This Came From

November 19, 2012 Buck Banks

Some of the groups that would have agreed with us on a lot of issues, they don’t even look at us. We scare them.

— Former Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA), quoted by Politico, offering a blunt assessment of the Republican Party.

Most Independents Elected Since 1942

November 19, 2012 Buck Banks

25

Minor party and independent candidates were elected to state legislatures this month, Ballot Access News reports.”Checking records of past elections reveals that this is the highest such number since 1942, when there were 31 such candidates elected. In 1944, there were 22 such candidates elected, and at no time since 1944 (until 2012) had there been any election with more than 17.”

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Like the Rest of Us, Barbara Bush Is Tired of Elections

November 19, 2012 Buck Banks

I’m tired now of the elections. People spoke. Move on, get on with it. I want to do other things and not to be ugly.

— Barbara Bush, quoted by Reuters.

Just a Poor Little Republican Who Has Lost His Way …

November 19, 2012 Buck Banks

Oh shit, I’m in the wrong meeting. Where are the Republicans meeting?

— Rep.-elect Chris Collins (R-NY), quoted by Roll Call, when he found out he was in a House Democratic Caucus meeting.

An Iowan Cuban

November 19, 2012 Buck Banks

The GOP has started the 2016 presidential games
By dispatching Sen. Marco Rubio to Iowa and Ames.
Rubio projects vigor and youth,
But to tell you the truth,
His old, worn-out ideas are exactly the same.

Murphy Defeats West Again as Board Misses Deadline

November 17, 2012November 20, 2012 Trish

Despite a judge’s refusal to grant a recount to Rep. Allen West (GOP/Tea-Fla.), a partial recount of the early votes only is under way, as of Saturday morning, Nov. 17.

The colorful (read: “nut case“) tea party congressman lost to Democrat Patrick Murphy by about 0.6 percent. Florida law requires that a candidate lose by 0.5 percent or less to trigger a full ballot recount. But when the governor of the state is Rick Scott, himself a tea party champion, anything can happen.

Updates available after the jump

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Think of the Savings If These States Secede

November 17, 2012November 17, 2012 Trish

23%

Amount of total federal revenue alloted to the states in 2010 that was taken by six of the seven states with the most signatures on petitions to secede following Pres. Obama’s re-election. The states are Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina. Alabama also gathered among the most signatures but did not receive as much funding.

One-Third Followed Election Results Online

November 16, 2012 Buck Banks

One-Third

Of the country followed the election returns last week online, a new Pew Research survey finds. And most of them were actually “second screeners,” who used both the TV and the Internet to keep up.

I would find someone even as high-ranking, frankly, as former President Bill Clinton to go and be the negotiator.

Sen. John McCain, offering his opinion on how to end the Israeli-Hamas violence in Gaza and Tel Aviv. It’s notable that McCain couldn’t think of a single Republican who would be creative enough, or able to come up with fresh ideas, or skilled at finding compromise, to lead such an effort.

58%

President Obama’s favorable rating, his best in over three years, according to a new Gallup poll. He was more popular after his first election than now, with a 68% favorable rating in November 2008. His all-time high of 78% was measured shortly before his inauguration in January 2009.

Some of the groups that would have agreed with us on a lot of issues, they don’t even look at us. We scare them.

— Former Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA), quoted by Politico, offering a blunt assessment of the Republican Party.

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I’m tired now of the elections. People spoke. Move on, get on with it. I want to do other things and not to be ugly.

— Barbara Bush, quoted by Reuters.

Oh shit, I’m in the wrong meeting. Where are the Republicans meeting?

— Rep.-elect Chris Collins (R-NY), quoted by Roll Call, when he found out he was in a House Democratic Caucus meeting.

23%

One-Third

Of the country followed the election returns last week online, a new Pew Research survey finds. And most of them were actually “second screeners,” who used both the TV and the Internet to keep up.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

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30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%