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Politico: Voters are stupid

Seeded on Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:10 PM EDT (Examiner Campaign 2012 - Beltway Confidential)

The article quotes Tom Jensen of the Democratic polling firm Public Policy Polling who admits, “The first lesson you learn as a pollster is that people are stupid. . . I tell a client trying to make sense of numbers on a poll that are inherently contradictory that at lea …

elections, conservatives, democrats, politics, republicans, voters, polls, liberals, dv, msm

Dear Jamie Dimon,

Seeded on Fri Dec 23, 2011 9:08 PM EST (The Reformed Broker)

No, Jamie, it is not that Americans hate successful people or the wealthy. In fact, it is just the opposite. We love the success stories in our midst and it is a distinctly American trait to believe that we can all follow in the footsteps of the elite, even though …

economy, wall-street, fraud, corruption, 1-percent, banksters, dimon, 99-percent

Obama and Geithner: Government, Enron-Style

Seeded on Wed Dec 21, 2011 10:54 PM EST (Rolling Stone)

The notion that what Wall Street firms did was merely unethical and not illegal is not just mistaken but preposterous: most everyone who works in the financial services industry understands that fraud right now is not just pervasive but epidemic, with many of the biggest banks …

markets, sec, wall-street, fraud, politics, finance, obama, us-government, taibbi, geithner

1/3 of Health Care Spending is Waste

Seeded on Tue Dec 6, 2011 9:13 PM EST (The New York Times)

The official in charge of Medicare and Medicaid for the last 17 months says that 20 percent to 30 percent of health spending is “waste” that yields no benefit to patients, and that some of the needless spending is a result of onerous, archaic regulations enforced b …

medicare, politics, healthcare, medicaid, obama, government-waste

US Gasoline Exports at Record Highs

Seeded on Mon Dec 5, 2011 12:07 PM EST (CNN)

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The United States is awash in gasoline. So much so, in fact, that the country is exporting a record amount of it. The country exported 430,000 more barrels of gasoline a day than it imported in September, according to the U.S.

business, oil, drilling, gasoline, domestic, supply

Liberals vow to challenge Obama in Democratic primaries

Seeded on Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:40 PM EDT (The Washington Times)

President Obama’s smooth path to the Democratic nomination may have gotten rockier Monday, after a group of liberal leaders, including former presidential candidate Ralph Nader, announced plans to challenge the incumbent in primaries next year. The group said the goal …

white-house, election, politics, president, obama, republican, democrat, washington-dc, liberals, conservative

Chicago Tribune: Why Obama should withdraw

Seeded on Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:28 PM EDT (Chicago Tribune)

...Obama might do his party a big favor. In hard times, voters have a powerful urge to punish incumbents. He could slake this thirst by stepping aside and taking the blame. Then someone less reviled could replace him at the top of the ticket.

white-house, election, conservatives, democrats, politics, president, republicans, obama, liberals

To govern responsibly, the White House will need to negotiate like Republicans

Seeded on Wed Aug 3, 2011 8:54 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

To govern responsibly, Democrats cannot simply raise taxes on the rich and call it a day. That’s a world in which Republicans continuously force crises, refuse taxes, and extract deeper and deeper cuts.

washington, taxes, democrats, politics, republicans, government, debt, washington-post, obama, klein

Sanders: Would be 'good' for Obama to face primary challenge

Seeded on Tue Jul 26, 2011 9:30 AM EDT (TheHill.com)

One of the Senate's liberal stalwarts suggested over the weekend that President Obama could benefit from a primary challenger over the next year.

election, democrats, politics, obama, presidency, progressives

Right vs Left: The False Debate

Seeded on Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:31 AM EDT (Truthdig)

Investing emotional and intellectual energy in electoral politics is a waste of time...

politics, liberal, conservative, republican-democrat, tea-party

Marjah, the city that never was

Seeded on Wed Mar 10, 2010 12:36 PM EST (atimes.com)

WASHINGTON - For weeks, the United States public followed the biggest offensive of the Afghanistan war against what it was told was a "city of 80,000 people" as well as the logistical hub of the Taliban in that part of Helmand.

us, afghanistan, world, military, surge, news, us-news, opinion, marjah

Afghanistan surge costs $57,077.60 a minute!

Seeded on Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:53 AM EST (atimes.com)

The sum of US$57,077.60. That's what the United States is paying per minute. Keep that in mind - just for a minute or so.

us-news, foreign-policy, budget-deficit, us-military

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Politico: Voters are stupid
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