Tag: politics
member name: Alan Waldman
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September 23, 2006 04:39 PM EDT --
Like most psychopathic personalities, Bush thinks he alone knows what's right, so he only listens to a handful who tell him what he wants to hear.
Condi Rice once told a national journalist . . .
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January 21, 2007 09:25 AM EST --
1) (On an infant's shirt): Already smarter than Bush
(OK, not a bumper sticker!)
2) 1/20/09: End of an Error
3) That's OK, I Wasn't Using My Civil Liberties Anyway
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January 05, 2007 12:09 PM EST --
One year ago, a CBS poll found George W. Bush's job approval rate was only 41%. It has declined steadily since, until the latest survey (released 1/4/07) found it had declined to 30%--with a new high . . .
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September 18, 2006 12:16 PM EDT --
The latest Rasmussen Report (9/18) shows Democrat Jon Tester now leads Republican bribe taker Conrad Burns by a whopping 9%--his biggest lead in some time. Since February, when the two were tied, until . . .
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October 12, 2006 02:50 PM EDT --
Although USA/Gallup polls often tilt to the right, the latest one (released 10/9) still shows voters favoring Democrats' ability to handle the important issues facing the U.S.
Asked "Do you think . . .
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October 16, 2006 01:56 PM EDT --
Excerpted from Daily Kos:
INDIANA (8th CD)
Indiana State U for the Evansville Courier & Press. 10/5-12. Likely voters. MoE 3.9% (9/6-21 results, registered users).
Hostettler (R) 32 (32)
Ellsworth . . .
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October 17, 2006 05:21 PM EDT --
In the latest reported polls, Democrats are leading in the races for all their own seats and also lead in contests for five Republican seats in: Pennsylvania (by 13%), Montana (+7%), Rhode Island . . .
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September 30, 2006 12:07 PM EDT --
"We all know about the big dust-up between President Bush and the Senate leadership over his wanting to change the Geneva Conventions, right? Well, they reached a compromise. That's not just a . . .
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November 02, 2006 08:56 PM EST --
Today Democrats lead in the polls for 39 GOP House seats and 6 Senate seats--enough to take control of both chambers. They also lead in nine races for GOP governorships.
The Blue Wave to Democrats from . . .
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October 30, 2006 01:59 PM EST --
Although five key races remain close, Democrats now lead in polls for the six GOP Senate seats they need to regain control. The latest polls put Dems ahead by 11% in PA, 20% in OH and 10% in . . .
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October 23, 2006 05:44 PM EDT --
Excerpted from the latest (10/23) report from National Journal Group:
It now looks as if the Democrats are poised to win the 15 seats they need to win control of Congress. The question is: Can the battle-tested . . .
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October 31, 2006 12:06 PM EST --
Excerpted from Taegan Goddard's Political Wire (http://politicalwire.com):
So far this campaign cycle, the political parties have spent "nearly $160 million in ads attacking congressional candidates," . . .
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November 07, 2006 10:48 AM EST --
Here are the latest major independent poll results, as of Tuesday morning, culled from a dozen polling websites.
In the Senate the Dems lead by 18% in OH, 16% in PA, 8% in VA, 9% in MT, 8% in VA, only . . .
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November 08, 2006 03:52 PM EST --
Montana went Democratic, so Dems have won five of the needed six GOP Senate seats and lead in the very close Virginia race by 1% (6697 votes) with 99% counted.
Dems took 27 House GOP seats and an Indpendent . . .
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September 29, 2006 02:26 PM EDT --
Excerpted from The Wall St. Journal:
Pelosi Promises Fiscal Restraint If Democrats Win
Minority Leader Says Democratic-Run House Would Target Deficit
By DAVID ROGERS and SARAH LUECK, July 13, 2006; Page A4 . . .
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October 10, 2006 12:19 PM EDT --
A series of new polls show Bush and his GOP-led Congress dropping in popularity after the House sex scandal. USA Today/Gallup gave Democrats a powerful 23% lead over Republicans in the battle for Congress, . . .
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October 17, 2006 04:17 PM EDT --
Gallup has just learned that 48% more Americans disapprove of the job done by the current Republican Congress than approve of it: 71% vs. 23%. That is the same level of dissatisfaction as in Oct. 1994--when . . .
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October 19, 2006 12:46 PM EDT --
Excerpted from Reuters article of 10/18:
With congressional elections less than three weeks away, the Republican party's approval ratings are at an all-time low, with approval of the Republican-led . . .
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October 25, 2006 10:59 AM EDT --
As of this morning, Democrats lead in races for 22 GOP House seats, two more races are tied and another 13 are called "tossups" by the major pundits (Cook, Congressional Quarterly, et.). Several . . .
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October 29, 2006 11:29 AM EST --
The very latest polls show Democrats padding their Senate polling leads in PA (to +16%), OH (+20%), RI (+10%), NJ (+6%), WA (+12%) and MD (+11%). Dems remain 2% ahead in MT, 11% up in MI and 15% to the . . .
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