Category: Enumerati

Just Like Us

Trish

$190 – $250 million

Mitt and Ann Romney’s assets, according to the Washington Post. A mere $5 million is kept in their Bank of America checking account (probably just to avoid the $6 monthly fee), while much of the rest was in blind trusts. Separate trusts for their children total an additional $100 million. Romney, who announced his candidacy on June 2, has spent $9 million of his own money so far on his second run for president.

Republicans’ 2008 Honeymoon with Voters Is Waaay Over

Buck Banks

18%

Is Congress’ approval rating, down four points from last month; it’s lowest since March 2010 (healthcare month), according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. The GOP’s fav/unfav is 30% to 44%, compared with the Democratic Party’s 38% to 39% score. Only 10% of respondents have a “great deal” or “quite a bit” of confidence in Congress, and majorities of ALL respondents (including Republicans) believe the House GOP has not brought much change. And the number thinking the GOP proposal to overhaul Medicare is a bad idea has increased nine points since April to 31%; just 22% believe it’s a good idea.

Most Lawmakers’ Votes Contributed to the Federal Deficit

Buck Banks

75%

Of lawmakers currently serving in Congress voted for at least one — and in most cases more than one — of three policies that contributed to one-third of the $12.7 trillion swing from projected surpluses to real debt: President Bush’s 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, funding for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and President Obama’s 2009 stimulus bill, according to the Washington Post.

Weinergate Depressing Congressional Use of Twitter

Buck Banks

120

Number of tweets from Democrats Monday, June 6, the day Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) held his press conference when he admitted he lied about his Twitter account being hacked and that he had sent lewd messages via Twitter and Facebook to women. That’s about 30 percent less than the frequency of tweets two Mondays before. On the Republican side, 338 tweets were sent the Monday of Weiner’s presser, about an 18 percent drop from two weeks before.