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Gallup: Obama Approval Plunges with Working-Class Whites to 27 Percent
Post Date: 2014-11-27 04:02:30 by out damned spot
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A new Gallup poll finds that President Barack Obama's approval rating with working-class white Americans has fallen to just 27 percent, a record-low for his presidency. Among whites who've graduated college, Obama's approval stands at 41%, also a new low in the Gallup poll. Perhaps most troubling of all for Obama: Gallup's data only extended to the end of October, well before the recent racially-charged riots broke out in Ferguson, Missouri, and protests across the country. "About two-thirds of adult whites have not graduated from college, making working-class whites a particularly important group politically because of its sheer size," says Gallup. "At ...
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHUCK HAGEL RESIGNS
Post Date: 2014-11-25 02:26:41 by out damned spot
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Somewhat surprisingly, the first member of Barack Obama’s cabinet to resign after the midterm elections is Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. Although nominally a Republican, Hagel’s appointment encountered quite a bit of resistance from Republicans in Congress who didn’t think he was up to the job, and now he’s gone after less than two years on the job. According to the New York Times, while Hagel’s departure is being officially portrayed as an amiable “resignation,” it was something of an assisted career suicide: The president, who is expected to announce Mr. Hagel’s resignation in a Rose Garden appearance on Monday, made the decision to ask his ...
Brat: 'Not one thin dime' for Obama's immigration plan
Post Date: 2014-11-22 23:44:15 by out damned spot
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CULPEPER, Va. — The 7th District's newly elected Congressman vowed via Twitter Thursday night that he supports, "Not one thin dime," to fund the proposed actions outlined by President Barack Obama to deal with the broken immigration system. "I support using the power of the purse to defund Obama's amnesty," tweeted Rep. Dave Brat, R-Richmond, the economist, replacing Eric Cantor, who recently took office in Washington. Virginia Democrats, meanwhile, applauded the president's efforts attempting to bring some five million undocumented residents "out of the shadows." In a speech Thursday evening, Obama unveiled sweeping executive actions to: ...
Liberal 2016 poll: Elizabeth Warren beating Clinton by double digits
Post Date: 2014-11-21 22:01:07 by out damned spot
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Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren -- not Hillary Clinton -- is the top progressive choice for president in 2016, according to a new poll. In fact, Clinton doesn't even make second place. Forty two percent of respondents favor Warren, and Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders also edges out Clinton with 24% compared to her 23%, according to results from the 2016 Presidential Pulse Poll commissioned by progressive grassroots organization Democracy for America. These results come amid a groundswell of activism from the Democratic party's more liberal wing, which has called for a contested 2016 primary and has often questioned Clinton's financial ties to Wall Street. ...
HILLARY CLINTON: 'I SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION'
Post Date: 2014-11-21 03:02:44 by out damned spot
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released a statement supporting President Obama’s decision to grant executive amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants in America. “I support the President’s decision to begin fixing our broken immigration system and focus finite resources on deporting felons rather than families,” she said in a carefully worded statement released after Obama’s speech on Thursday evening. Clinton asserted that she was “hopeful” that the Senate Gang of Eight bill would have passed the House, but that congress had failed in its duty. “Their abdication of responsibility paved the way for this executive action, which follows ...
Enzi Plans to Oust Sessions from Budget Chair
Post Date: 2014-11-19 20:34:03 by out damned spot
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Serving as the Ranking minority member on the Budget Committee over the past few years, Sessions has effectively used budget point of orders to tactically block big spending bills and has fought terrible budget deals proposed by both Republicans and Democrats. He has served as a one-man think tank and stalwart against amnesty and in defense of our nation’s borders, sovereignty, workers, and taxpayers. Indeed, in an era when the budget process will be the last recourse against Obama’s lawlessness, there is nobody more qualified to serve as Budget chair than Sessions. But this thought process all assumes that other Republicans value the leadership qualities Sessions has exhibited ...
Executive order on immigration would ignite a political firestorm
Post Date: 2014-11-17 07:12:54 by IbJensen
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Reports are rampant that President Obama will sign an executive order as soon as this week that will allow up to 5 million undocumented immigrants to avoid deportation. Signing such an order would have explosive political consequences — it would not only reshape the near-term fights in Congress but also have a potentially profound effect on the two parties’ national coalitions heading into the 2016 election and beyond. Republicans have made it clear that if Obama goes forward, it would be the equivalent of giving the middle finger to their incoming majority — and, by extension, the American public, which helped the GOP gain seats in the House and Senate on Nov. 4. At a news ...
Follow the Money: 2014 Midterms
Post Date: 2014-11-16 11:58:02 by CZ82
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Follow the Money: 2014 Midterms THE CONSUMER’S GUIDE TO CORPORATE SPENDING IN 2014 SENATE MIDTERMS By: Chris Walker (Diary) | November 12th, 2014 at 04:00 PM | 4 A week ago, voters elected a new Senate majority. In key Senate races across the country, voters made their choice on which candidates supported their values. What most people don’t know is corporations did the same. For all the post-election analysis involving mega donors such as the Koch brothers or liberal Tom Steyer, labor union get out the vote efforts, or shadowy organizations’ barrage of ads, not much attention has been given to hundreds of corporations’ outright support of one candidate over another ...
POLITICO: CONSERVATIVE STAND AGAINST OBAMA'S EXECUTIVE AMNESTY LEAVES WHITE HOUSE IN DISARRAY
Post Date: 2014-11-15 08:34:41 by out damned spot
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The White House must have thought Republicans in Congress would fall in line behind Speaker John Boehner and let President Barack Obama do what he’s “gotta do” on executive amnesty for millions of illegal aliens. Politico reports that as Republicans have instead organized behind incoming Senate Budget Committee chairman Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) to oppose the President, the Democrats and White House—including Obama himself—are showing signs of weakness. Obama showed his frustration during a press conference in Myanmar on Friday, Politico’s Seung Min Kim and Carrie Budoff Brown wrote late Friday night. “They [Republicans] have the ability to fix the ...
PELOSI: MY CRITICS ARE SEXIST
Post Date: 2014-11-13 20:23:48 by out damned spot
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — There is veiled sexism behind questions about whether she plans to step down after losing seats in the midterm elections, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi argued Thursday. “When was the day that any of you said to [Senate Republican Leader] Mitch McConnell when they lost the Senate three times in a row — lost making progress in taking back the Senate three times in a row —‘Aren’t you getting little old Mitch?’ ‘Shouldn’t you step aside?’ Have you ever asked him that question?” Pelosi said to the female reporter who asked about whether she had given thought to stepping down. Pelosi argued there is a double ...
Losing senators make emotional return
Post Date: 2014-11-12 21:27:29 by out damned spot
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The Senate floor was a display of mixed emotions on Wednesday as Democratic senators who lost their reelection bids last week returned to vote on two nominees. Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) embraced a wan-looking Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.), who Democrats thought would pull out a win last week. Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska), another losing incumbent, kept his arms firmly folded across his chest as he immersed himself in serious conversation with sympathetic Democratic colleagues. The Associated Press declared his GOP opponent Dan Sullivan the victor just this morning, though the Alaska Democrat has yet to concede. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) tried to console Begich ...
Sullivan, Parnell gain ground in latest round of Alaska vote counting
Post Date: 2014-11-12 04:05:00 by out damned spot
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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan's lead over Democratic Sen. Mark Begich shrank slightly, and Gov. Sean Parnell fell a bit further behind challenger Bill Walker in his bid for a second full term, as Alaska election officials continued counting votes Tuesday evening. The effort -- held at five regional Division of Elections offices around the state -- was Round 2 of a process that began immediately after polls closed last Tuesday in the Nov. 4 general election. Last week, more than 220,000 votes were counted in those prominent statewide races. More than 17,000 additional votes were counted Tuesday. An initial count during the day showed gains for Parnell and Sullivan; a ...
Once Again… Obama Bows to Chinese President (Video)
Post Date: 2014-11-11 01:25:54 by out damned spot
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What is it with this guy? Obama bowed to Chinese President Xi JinPing today. Obama greets Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan at the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in China. Obama bowed to the last Chinese leader too. Good grief. Here’s the video– www.youtube.com/watch? v=Np_PCmSVUpI
Cable networks didn't tell you much about these election results & their implications for immigration policy
Post Date: 2014-11-10 18:49:04 by out damned spot
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Below in this email is quite a list of special election results that our website editor Chris Chmielenski compiled on our website through the earlier part of this very late evening. He especially looks at important House results that got little or no play on TV. You'll want to look through them for a cheery start to the morning. Lots of good news for politicians who are champions of our view on immigration policies that serve the national interests of our national community. We'll come back to you with more in-depth coverage of all of this, but let me give you some starting information, thoughts and analysis along with Chris' short reports. Overall, the results tonight have ...
The Democrats' family drama
Post Date: 2014-11-09 19:54:00 by out damned spot
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As President Obama congratulated Republican lawmakers for “running very strong campaigns” during a meeting Friday at the White House, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) stared, stone-faced, into the distance. Reid was seated at the president’s elbow, but in many ways, the gulf between the two leaders has never seemed greater. Tension between Obama and Reid has been long simmering, multiple sources with knowledge of their relationship say. It exploded into the headlines following Tuesday’s landslide victory for Republicans. Within minutes of networks declaring that Republicans had seized back the Senate, the Washington Post published a report featuring David ...
Pelosi loses support of House Democrats as she blames voters for election loses
Post Date: 2014-11-07 22:34:51 by out damned spot
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is said to be losing the strong support she has enjoyed among her Democrats in the United States House of Representatives. Yet, the 74-year-old politician powerhouse from California has made it well known to her fellow-Democratic lawmakers that she intends on keeping her position in Washington, D.C., as the House Minority Leader. As she expresses her desire to stay in power, Politico is reporting on Thursday that there are no Democrats preparing to challenge Pelosi publicly even though there are those who wish she would be replaced. According to senate aides, politicians are grumbling behind the scenes while hoping that Pelosi will basically do a better ...
Obama Lashes Out at Republicans During White House Bipartisan Lunch
Post Date: 2014-11-07 20:11:49 by out damned spot
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Obama met with Republican leaders today at the White House for a “bipartisan lunch.” This was his first meeting with Republican leaders after Democrats were shellacked in the midterm elections. Obama lashed out at Republicans when the cameras were turned off. The AP reported: Republicans attending the postelection lunch at Obama’s invitation said they asked him for more time to work on legislation, but the president said his patience was running out. He reiterated his intent to act on his own by the end of the year if they don’t approve legislation to ease deportations before then and send it to him to sign. The Republicans’ approach, three days after they ...
DEMOCRATS ABANDON AD BUYS FOR MARY LANDRIEU AHEAD OF LOUISIANA RUNOFF
Post Date: 2014-11-06 20:01:13 by out damned spot
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With the U.S. Senate now firmly in Republican control, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) has canceled advertising for embattled Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu before her December runoff against Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy. The DSCC's canceled advertising was supposed to run from Monday through December 6 in key markets, including Baton Rouge and New Orleans, reports Politico. In spite of the ad pull, the DSCC says it still backs Landrieu. "Mary Landrieu is a proven run-off winner and we support her 100 percent," said the DSCC. "We are going to make ongoing determinations on how best to invest in the race. We made the initial reservation when there ...
First Cut: 7 Polling and Elections Lessons From 2014
Post Date: 2014-11-06 06:56:14 by CZ82
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First Cut: 7 Polling and Elections Lessons From 2014 By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary) | November 5th, 2014 at 05:24 PM | 6 Well, Dear Readers, that went well. If you’re like me, you are probably a little sleep-deprived from a truly epic Election Night, and a detailed walk through the data will have to wait a bit (votes are still being counted, so margins of victory will be a bit of a moving target for the next week). But I have expended a lot of time and energy reading and analyzing polls for you these last six weeks, and a little bit of a victory lap is in order. My final elections column predicted that Republicans would gain (net) 8 Senate seats and 2 Governorships, and at this ...
9 BILLS REPUBLICANS SHOULD PURSUE IMMEDIATELY
Post Date: 2014-11-06 06:00:09 by out damned spot
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The big question now confronts a newly-emergent Republican majority in the Senate and an overwhelming Republican majority in the House: what next? Some party leaders have called for working with the opposition; some have proposed comprehensive legislation. Others say it’s time to push forward with a hard- core conservative agenda, full speed ahead. The answer truly lies in combatting the narrative that the media will no doubt embrace: Republicans as the Party of No. We saw this narrative emerge in the aftermath of the Republican victories of 2010; Obama then ran against the supposedly obstructionist Congress. The media, seeking to prop up a Hillary Clinton run, will now demonize the ...
OBAMA AIDE: 'HE DOESN'T FEEL REPUDIATED'
Post Date: 2014-11-05 20:52:25 by out damned spot
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In the wake of historic congressional midterm losses that cost Democrats control of the U.S. Senate, President Barack Obama's inner circle says he remains defiant and unwilling to face the seismic post-election reality. "He doesn't feel repudiated," an Obama aide told the New York Times' Peter Baker. Yet despite Obama's desire to inoculate himself from blame, even progressive MSNBC analyst and Huffington Post editor Howard Fineman declared on Wednesday that "the Obama era is over." Obama's unwillingness to interpret the Republican rout as divorced from his unpopularity runs the risk of further angering Democrats who have felt betrayed by an ...
THOM TILLIS DEFEATS KAY HAGAN
Post Date: 2014-11-05 20:18:02 by out damned spot
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HARLOTTE, N.C. — The optimism exuded by Republican state House Speaker Thom Tillis’ campaign and supporters Tuesday in the early evening, panned out later tonight when the challenger defeated the incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) in one of the tightest, most expensive races of the cycle. The early vote totals showed Hagan leading but as the night wore on Tillis gained ground and as it became apparent that Tillis could win, his supporters — convened for an election night event with the candidate here at the Omni Charlotte Hotel — erupted in loud cheers and chants of “Thom! Thom! Thom!” The Associated Press called the squeaker election for Tillis at 11:25 PM EST. ...
MIA LOVE CELEBRATES BIG VICTORY IN UTAH: 'I WASN'T ELECTED BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF MY SKIN'
Post Date: 2014-11-05 19:50:48 by out damned spot
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Congressman elect Mia Love celebrated her surprise victory in Utah as the first black Republican woman to be elected to the House of Representatives. But during an interview with CNN this morning, Love was quick to explain that she was not elected because of her race or gender. “I wasn't elected because of the color of my skin. I wasn't elected because of my gender,” she said during the interview. “I was elected because of the solutions that I put at the table because I promised I would run a positive issues-oriented campaign and that's what resonated.” According to the Associated Press, Love earned 50 percent of the vote against her Democratic opponent ...
» Shocker: White House not issuing congratulatory statement to GOP tonight
Post Date: 2014-11-05 01:18:57 by out damned spot
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*Brian Stelter ✔ @brianstelter "Amazingly, the White House is not putting out a statement tonight congratulating Republicans" --@Acosta on #CNNElection Southern With Sass @LilSouthernSass By “amazingly,” he means “not amazingly.” *@brianstelter @Acosta Shocked, just shocked I tell ya! 9:27 PM - 4 Nov 2014 If you’re staying up until the wee hours of the morning waiting for the Alaska election returns, good for you. If you’re waiting for some reaction from the White House to tonight’s election results, forget about it. *Jim Acosta ✔ @Acost No official reaction from WH to GOP taking control of Senate. Nothing more expected ...
REPUBLICANS TAKE CONGRESS +7 +8? +9? SENATE THE DEM DISASTER
Post Date: 2014-11-05 00:54:37 by out damned spot
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Riding a powerful wave of voter discontent, resurgent Republicans captured control of the Senate and tightened their grip on the House Tuesday night in elections certain to complicate President Barack Obama's final two years in office. Republican Mitch McConnell led the way to a new Senate majority, dispatching Democratic challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes in Kentucky after a $78 million campaign of unrelieved negativity. Voters are "hungry for new leadership. They want a reason to be hopeful," said the man now in line to become majority leader and set the Senate agenda. Two-term incumbent Mark Pryor of Arkansas was the first Democrat to fall, defeated ...
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