September 20, 2013

Americans Still Unclear on the Obamacare Concept

September 20, 2013 Buck Banks

62%

Of Americans say they do not have the information necessary to understand the changes the Affordable Care Act will bring, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds. Nonetheless, 52% still say they oppose the law and 55% disapprove of the law’s implementation.

Rand Paul Is ‘Winning’ Like Charlie Sheen

September 20, 2013 Buck Banks

Does anybody remember Charlie Sheen when he was kind of going crazy… And he was going around, jumping around saying ‘Winning, winning, we’re winning. Well I kind of feel like that, we are winning. And I’m not on any drugs.

— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), quoted by NBC News, on the Republican party winning recent battles with Democrats. First Read commented: “Is it a positive — in any situation — when a politician quotes Charlie Sheen?”

Vote Your Stomach!

September 20, 2013 Buck Banks

Like cruel, mean-hearted medieval trolls,
The Republicans voted to cut the food stamp rolls.
They’re hoping 4 million voters
Who happen to to be eaters
Will simply be too weak to vote in the 2014 polls.

Cruz Lauds ‘Rise of the Grass Roots’

September 20, 2013 Buck Banks

I’m convinced there is a new paradigm in politics — the rise of the grass roots.

— Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), quoted by National Review.

Those Creepy Anti-ACA Ads Depicting Invasive Dr. Uncle Sam Were Created by the Koch Bros.’ Group That Advocates Involuntary Vaginal Ultrasounds

September 20, 2013September 25, 2013 Jon Ponder

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Rough Transcript:

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Day: September 20, 2013

Americans Still Unclear on the Obamacare Concept

62%

Of Americans say they do not have the information necessary to understand the changes the Affordable Care Act will bring, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds. Nonetheless, 52% still say they oppose the law and 55% disapprove of the law’s implementation.

Rand Paul Is ‘Winning’ Like Charlie Sheen

Does anybody remember Charlie Sheen when he was kind of going crazy… And he was going around, jumping around saying ‘Winning, winning, we’re winning. Well I kind of feel like that, we are winning. And I’m not on any drugs.

— Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), quoted by NBC News, on the Republican party winning recent battles with Democrats. First Read commented: “Is it a positive — in any situation — when a politician quotes Charlie Sheen?”

Vote Your Stomach!

Cruz Lauds ‘Rise of the Grass Roots’

I’m convinced there is a new paradigm in politics — the rise of the grass roots.

— Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), quoted by National Review.

Those Creepy Anti-ACA Ads Depicting Invasive Dr. Uncle Sam Were Created by the Koch Bros.’ Group That Advocates Involuntary Vaginal Ultrasounds

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%).”