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Official Gingrich-Cain 2012 response to Rick Santorum’s homophobia: “Rick, Rick, Rick. Don’t you know that the anti-gay bigotry only carries water if you have a few failed straight marriages under your belt?” Follow all their other words of wisdom here. (0 comments)Ron Paul Quote of the Week: Honest Rape
Here’s Grandpa Fustypants on rape and abortion:“If it’s an honest rape, that individual should go immediately to the emergency room, I would give them a shot of estrogen.”
via (4 comments)Unhinged vagina-shackler on Komen’s volte face:Cancer is Cancer! Aboration is Aboration!
(0 comments)Since it’s Mitt Romney week everywhere, I figured I’d post this op-ed by an ex-Mormon, which is a pretty interesting take at the institutional culture of the LDS church. Not much to say about it, but it’s definitely worth 5 or so minutes of your time. (0 comments)Why Bipartisanship Is Impossible, In One Sentence
When one party climbs back to power by promising action on the economy, does nothing on it, and instead spends literally all its time trying to hurt the other party. (0 comments)New From The Gingrich-Cain Front
Newt rants about cable movies he doesn’t like, and flips out when Herman tries to seize control. Catch all the fun here. And the main site is here, as always. (0 comments)Headline of the Week: Making Rapeanade
Leave it to TBogg:
(0 comments)Rick Santorum Suggests That When Life Gives You Rape, You Should Make Rapeanade Back when I was in junior high and the Clinton Impeachment was going on, I could hardly have imagined that Clinton would be used as an excuse for wrongdoing by Republican leaders. But that’s where we are. Interesting, isn’t it? (0 comments)Catch up with the official Gingrich-Cain “Great Statesmen” series over at @GingrichCain12. (0 comments)Only 65% of White Americans Have a Favorable Opinion of MLK Jr
…with a whimper. Drum is worth reading on this. I think he’s just got to be the most overhyped and overcovered guy who never managed better than third place since…Joe Lieberman? (0 comments)Mitt Romney's Overwhelming Inauthenticity
It’s amazing to me that Mitt Romney brings up France as a scary comparison point to himself so often when he spent years there and speaks the language. It’s such a minor point, but telling. Of all the people running for president, Mitt Romney has to be the most aware that the rightwing caricature of ... (0 comments)Mother Teresa Doesn't Deserve Sainthood
Case in point. It’s amazing how all the famous/respected Catholic figures from the 1990s have turned out to be incredibly corrupt, isn’t it? I’m sure they’re somehow connected. Of course, as I’m a Protestant I know little about such things. (1 comments)I Fixed It! Ban Sitting Politicians From Running For Another Office
Wonkette reminded me of one of the provisions that I want to write into my fantasy Constitution:No person who holds any elected office shall be permitted to seek election to any other office until he shall have permanently vacated his current post.
(2 comments)The Kardashians want their own magazine?
Unintentionally hilarious: “Bachmann, 55, told a small group of supporters Tuesday night that she was staying in the presidential race…”What other kind of group of Bachmann supporters could there be?(0 comments)Santorum Finishes #2, Sliding Down In The Final Minutes To Lose To Romney
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I can't say that surprises me in the least. People want to see the change they voted for.
I'm not very surprised either. The economy being what it is and all.
Yeah, Obama could do just about anything and still lose the election if the economy doesn't improve considerably.
Obama has been a disappointment either because of his inability to achieve the Change we wanted to believe in or my expectations for change was unrealistic given the amount of problems this country was facing and still is facing as a result of 8 years of Republican rule. I suspect the truth lies somewhere in the middle.
another thought came to mind. so many people think that "independents" just naturally love "centrism" and "bipartisanship". i'm not so sure. sure, some of them may genuinely pay homage to those useless bromides but I suspect most of them would prefer a firm, aggressive pursuit of the policy agenda they favor (e.g., health care reform).
nobody likes milquetoast. your fans will say the toast is too soggy while your enemies will claim the toast was so overcooked that it scraped their palette raw.
Well this just screams of projection, missing the mark in several respects.
The firm pursuit of health care reform did not do Obama any favors among independents.
Independents are quite keen on centrism--it's the whole point of being independent, we don't want either party to "aggressively pursue" its agenda. In fact we're most comfortable with divided government--it's why things tend to swing towards the opposition party during midterms.
I can't remember the exact stats offhand, but most presidents in the last century have lost house seats during their first term.
um, i would be careful about wrapping independents in the same cloak you choose to wear.
let's take health care for example. obama campaigned on universal coverage, with a strong public option. independents heard this, as well as other campaign pitches and came away with a a decision to vote for him. you assume too much when you say that health care reform didn't do Obama any favors. you fail to ask "WHY?". my assertion that the fact that health care reform was overly watered down and therefore drove away independents is just as plausible as your assumed claim that passing any kind of health care reform hurt him among independents (p.s., why exactly would that be the case? because independents love the same kind of deficit peacockery as the tea partiers?).
i really find the concept of centrism to be garbage (i.e., take two points of view, split it down the middle and VOILA!). it's mushy, milquetoast bologna and independents -- in my opinion -- are very adept at spotting milquetoast bologna.