Political & Elections

Abyss · Senior Member

RE: Why the Republicans Will Lose in 12

SamuraiLandshark · Guru

It's all about jobs.

Politicians are idiots.

poetgrl · Senior Member

Also from the article:

A new AP-GfK poll asked 1,000 adults to name the one thing they would want the federal government to do this year, if it accomplished only a single thing. The economy and jobs ranked first, cited by 38 percent of those surveyed. By comparison, 31 percent named health care, with some supporting Obama's health law and some opposing it.

No other issue exceeded 12 percent; abortion barely registered.

Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, who oversaw GOP House campaigns in past years, defended the early focus on health care and abortion. "These are commitments we made" during the fall campaign, he said, adding that a heavier emphasis on jobs is coming soon.

poetgrl · Senior Member

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20110129/US.Republican.Priorities/?cid=NET_SZHeadlineRSSLinks&attr=article_news_general_US.Republican.Priorities

"It's astonishing to me how tone-deaf the Republicans have been in the first weeks of the session," said Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass. "They've talked about everything but jobs."

Few were surprised when House Republicans moved quickly and voted to overturn the law, but the Democratic-controlled Senate will block that effort.

Heads turned when Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, presented the next item on the agenda: writing into law a perennially renewed ban on federal dollars for abortion, and to specify that it applies to health plans.

The abortion proposal "reflects the will of the people," said Boehner. "It's one of our highest legislative priorities."

Every time we in the center "vote the bums out" they decide to take it as a "mandate" for their f.ing social agenda.

-- Edited by poetgrl on Saturday 29th of January 2011 03:14:00 PM

-- Edited by poetgrl on Saturday 29th of January 2011 03:18:22 PM