September 2014 - Page 6 of 10

Women Politicians Busting Campaign Findraising Myths

September 17, 2014 Buck Banks

One of the most persistent myths in politics — that women shy away from campaigns because they don’t ‘have the stomach’ for fundraising — is taking a beating this election cycle as women have emerged as top money makers, both for their own campaigns and on behalf of other candidates and national campaign committees.

— Patricia Murphy, writing in the Daily Beast.

Jindal Consulting God on Prez Run

September 17, 2014 Buck Banks

It is true. There’s no reason to be coy. I am thinking, I am praying about whether I’ll run in 2016. I said I won’t make that decision until after November.

— Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) told TPM that he’s considering a White House bid and, apparently, awaiting a sign from God.

A Foolish Consistency

September 16, 2014 Buck Banks

On the issue of gay marriage Pam Bondi sometimes varies.
O’er Floridian thresholds gay brides can’t be carried.
But if wed somewhere else
And you want a divorce,
Not in Florida, where you must stay unhappily gay married.

Gillibrand Was Not Always Able to Defend Herself Against Sexist Dolts

September 16, 2014 Buck Banks

If I could have just melted in tears, I would have. But I had to just sit there and talk to him and I switched the subject and I didn’t hear another word he said, but I wasn’t in a place where I could tell him to go fuck himself.

— Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), in an interview on HuffPost Live, on a labor leader who told her she was too fat to win a statewide election.

Lindsey Graham is the New Chicken Little

September 16, 2014 Buck Banks

This president needs to rise to the occasion before we all get killed back here at home.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by the Huffington Post, on the threat posed by ISIS.

It’s Expensive to be Poor

September 16, 2014 Trish

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Times more annually that it costs a community to leave a homeless person on the streets than it would cost to provide housing.

Impressions of Government Regulation Remain Consistent

September 16, 2014 Buck Banks

22%

Of Americans say there is too little government regulation of business and industry, while about half (49%) say there is too much, according to Gallup. These attitudes have been consistent over the past five years.

Chart: Obama Has Still Issued Fewer Executive Orders Than Most Presidents

September 15, 2014September 15, 2014 Jon Ponder

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Ballot Measure to Break California Into Six States Fails

September 15, 2014 Buck Banks

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Number of states a proposed ballot measure would have carved California into except it failed to qualify for the November 2016 ballot Friday after election officials determined that backers did not collect enough valid signatures, the Sacramento Bee reports.

Clinton: GOP Doesn’t Want Voters to Think

September 15, 2014 Buck Banks

— Patricia Murphy, writing in the Daily Beast.

It is true. There’s no reason to be coy. I am thinking, I am praying about whether I’ll run in 2016. I said I won’t make that decision until after November.

— Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) told TPM that he’s considering a White House bid and, apparently, awaiting a sign from God.

If I could have just melted in tears, I would have. But I had to just sit there and talk to him and I switched the subject and I didn’t hear another word he said, but I wasn’t in a place where I could tell him to go fuck himself.

— Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), in an interview on HuffPost Live, on a labor leader who told her she was too fat to win a statewide election.

This president needs to rise to the occasion before we all get killed back here at home.

— Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), quoted by the Huffington Post, on the threat posed by ISIS.

3

Times more annually that it costs a community to leave a homeless person on the streets than it would cost to provide housing.

22%

Of Americans say there is too little government regulation of business and industry, while about half (49%) say there is too much, according to Gallup. These attitudes have been consistent over the past five years.

6

Number of states a proposed ballot measure would have carved California into except it failed to qualify for the November 2016 ballot Friday after election officials determined that backers did not collect enough valid signatures, the Sacramento Bee reports.

They’re trying to get you to check your brain at the door, start foaming at the mouth. The last thing they want you to do is think.

— Bill Clinton, quoted by The Hill, on the Republican party.

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%