Month: April 2015
Pence’s Approval Rating Takes a Dive
45%
Gov. Mike Pence’s approval rating, according to a new Howey Politics Indiana poll — down from 62% in February. The survey was less than a month “after Pence signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, a law hailed as a reaffirmation of the First Amendment by supporters but derided as bigoted against gays and lesbians by critics.”
And Marco’s Not One of Them
80
Number of people who have signed up for Florida Health Choices, the Obamacare alternative health insurance plan devised by Sen. Marco Rubio (R) back in 2008 but only rolled out last year. “Obamacare, which Rubio wants to repeal, covers 1.6 million in Florida alone,” according to Politico, which adds that Rubio doesn’t mention his plan as part of his presidential platform.
Walker Maintains Lead in N.H.
24%
Scott Walker’s lead among the GOP presidential field, followed by Ted Cruz at 14%, Rand Paul at 12%, Jeb Bush at 10%, Chris Christie at 8%, Marco Rubio at 8%, Ben Carson at 7% and Mike Huckabee at 7%, according to a new Public Policy Polling survey in New Hampshire.
Oklahoma A.G. Defends Distributing Bibles on Public School Campuses
It is a challenging time in our country for those who believe in religious liberty. Our religious freedoms are under constant attack from a variety of groups who seek to undermine our constitutional rights and threaten our founding principles.
— Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R), in a letter to public school superintendents across the state vowing to defend religious freedom amid “veiled legal threats” over the distribution of Bibles on campuses, Tulsa World reports.
Republicans Just Don’t Understand Twitter — or Is It English They’re Unclear About?
150 years ago today, the first Republican President, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. America is forever indebted. pic.twitter.com/vhIE1k20e7
— Senate Republicans (@Senate_GOPs) April 15, 2015
The Sisyphean Task of Gay Republicans
Watching gays try to be conservative Republicans is like watching people beat themselves up.
— Steve Silberman, Wired writer and editor, tweeting a link to an AP story about the Western Conservative Summit barring Log Cabin Republicans from taking a booth at their expo this summer, where Republican presidential candidates are expected to speak. “We’d love to have them attend the summit and be in the discussion,” the group’s president said. “But we have to draw the line at a formal relationship between two organizations with diametrically opposed policy beliefs.”
Will We Fall in Love With Hillary in Time?
Hating their guy (or gal) never makes up for not loving ours
If you’re fired up at the prospect of Hillary Clinton’s campaign for president and what it means for Democrats, you’ll want to skip this post. I don’t want to ruin your day with something none of us can do anything about. It’s not as if we can conjure up another Barack Obama or John F. Kennedy or even an Angela Merkel by closing our eyes and wishing.
We’re stuck with HRC, and here’s why I feel a sense of impending doom for our team:
No one loves Hillary.
