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Day: May 28, 2013

Dole: GOP Is Broken

May 28, 2013 Buck Banks

I think they ought to put a sign on the national committee doors that says ‘closed for repairs’ until New Year’s Day next year and spend that time going over ideas and positive agendas.

— Former Sen. Bob Dole, quoted by CBS News, on the Republican party’s problems.

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Majority Doesn’t Support Obamacare

May 28, 2013May 30, 2013 Buck Banks

54%

Of Americans oppose President Obama’s new health care law, three years after he signed what was his signature domestic policy achievement, a new CNN/ORC Poll finds. But the poll also indicates that more than a quarter of those who oppose Obamacare say they don’t support the measure because it doesn’t go far enough.

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Trump Researching a 2016 Prez Run

May 28, 2013 Buck Banks

+$1 million

Amount Donald Trump has spent on “electoral research” for a potential presidential run in 2016, the New York Post reports.

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Weiner Wonders at Newspaper Coverage

May 28, 2013 Buck Banks

I have no idea how a struggling newspaper has nine reporters covering us.

— New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner (D), quoted by BuzzFeed, ribbing a New York Post reporter.

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Snowe: GOP Needs a Rethink

May 28, 2013 Buck Banks

The Republican Party is undergoing some, you know, significant and serious changes and they are going to have to rethink their approach as a political party and how they are going to regroup and become a governing majority party that appeals to a broader group of Americans than they do today.

— Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), in an interview on MSNBC.

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Out of Order

May 28, 2013 Buck Banks

The GOP finds itself in a sorry state of affairs,
Unable to govern and obsessed with Obamacare.
You know you’re in the hole
When former Senator Bob Dole
Says the Republican Party should be “closed for repairs.”

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    “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.

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    “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.

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    “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.

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    3,824

    A record number of women are running for state legislative seats this November, more than two-thirds of whom are Democrats, reports Florida Phoenix. Across the 46 states with legislative seats on the ballot, a total of 3,824 women are running — up from 2022’s previous record of 3,621 women candidates, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. Women make up 35.5% of all state legislative candidates this cycle. Currently, women hold about one-third of state legislative seats across the country — a record level of representation but nowhere near parity.

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    $1.4 billion

    “Prediction markets about the 2026 midterm elections have surpassed $1.4 billion in trading volume as Election Day fast approaches,” CNN reports. “This year has seen massive growth in the prediction industry, where people can bet on real-world events like sports, entertainment and the weather. While small-scale election markets have been around for a while, they gained traction before the 2024 presidential election and have seen huge numbers for the 2026 midterms.”

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    -35 points

    G. Elliot Morris: “Low-knowledge 2024 voters say they backed Trump by 8 points, according to our poll. Today they give him a net job approval of ?27, a 35-point shift. Compare that to Trump’s approval rating among voters who got both questions right: These voters backed Harris by 1 point and now give Trump a net ?24 approval, a 23-point shift. … Low-information voters have moved against Trump at a higher rate than high-information voters, by 12 points.”

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    31%

    President Donald ?Trump’s approval rating fell to a record low as Americans worried about high gasoline prices and appeared ready to punish his Republican Party in the November 3 congressional elections, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday. Some 31% of Americans approve of Trump’s ?performance in office, down a percentage point from two weeks earlier and the lowest level in ?either of his presidential terms, the four-day poll showed.

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    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%).”

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