This really shows the fantasy land that Republicans choose to live in: Senator Bill Frist (R-TN) appeared on CNN’s American Morning to explain why the Senate is spending time on issues like flag burning while polls indicate that the American people are more concerned about Iraq and the economy. CNN host Miles O’Brien asked Frist […]
A week after Congress was given another raise, Senate has sent a big fuck-you to the American workers: The U.S. Senate Wednesday defeated a proposal pushed by Democrats to raise the federal minimum wage in increments from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour by Jan. 1, 2009. Sen. Edward Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat, unsuccessfully tried to […]
After all – why should he? President Bush understands there is growing U.S. concern over his handling of the Iraq war but will not rely on polls to determine when to withdraw troops, his spokesman said Sunday. “The president understands how a war can wear on a nation,” White House press secretary Tony Snow said. […]
Tomorrow (Tuesday, May 2nd) there will be primaries in Indiana, North Carolina and my own state of Ohio. I will be keeping the blog up to date on the returns here in Ohio. We have a couple hot races that are gaining some national attention. First we have Jean “Full Of” Schmidt running against former […]
Two new polls have Bush still in the gutter. First off, the WSJ released the results of a Harris poll today. That poll is putting him at 36%. That is down 4 points from last month and only 2 points about his all time low of 36% recorded by Harris last Novemeber. CNN/Usa Today/Gallup released […]
It looks like Bush’s Dubai deal is starting to pay off – for the Democrats: Just 17% of Americans believe Dubai Ports World should be allowed to purchase operating rights to several U.S. ports. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that 64% disagree and believe the sale should not be allowed (see crosstabs). Just 39% of […]
A prelude to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s questioning of Gonzalez A study shows that Republicans are more likely to be racists The second phase of the pre-war intelligence report is being stalled. Why won’t the media report thefacts on new polls. Chris has released his fourth installment of his polling project. Matthew’s thinks the warrantless […]
MSNBC has just released the details of the latest NBC/WSJ poll and it still isn’t good for Georgie Boy. Approval rating – 38% Economy approval – 34% Foreign policy approval -35% Terrorism approval – 39% Iraq approval – 32% 57% now believe the President deliberately misled the people into war while only 35% believe he […]
House GOP leaders have scrapped plans for a joint investigation into the Katrina response. The decision came about because of Democrats refusal to put anyone on the panel. While this may seem like Democrats are the culprits, actually it is the other way around. The Democrats are set on having a independent commission investigate the […]
As Ohioans take to the polls today to cast their vote for either a veteran of the Iraq war or a person knee deep in the Ohio coin scandal, we learn that seven more soldiers have died in Iraq and now the total of US soldiers lost is at 1800. The fact that this insurgency […]