There is an interesting poll out by the Washington Post and ABC News showing support for Democrats in Congress failing to a record low. Given the even more unpopular GOP, that is not necessarily surprising. The parties have long given up being popular and have focused on simply being less unpopular than the other party in our duopoly. However, what was particularly surprising was that some 47 percent of blacks now oppose the Democrats.
It is no love fest with either party. Democrats in Congress has an incredible 67 percent unpopularity level with voters. However, some 72 percent disapprove of the Republicans. Yet, the Democrats appear to be falling significantly at a time when they could lose both houses of Congress.
Some 50 percent of blacks approve of the Democrats but 47 percent disapprove.
While Democrats have contested reported polls showing women leaving the Democrats in droves, it is clear that women are not a lock in this election despite being the most carefully cultivated voting block by the White House for years.
This election is shaping up in very unexpected ways given the perceived movement of these groups. The fear is that Democrats would be devastated by large numbers of disaffected blacks staying home on election day.
Source: Washington Post
I have been keeping track of Ron Paul’s audit the fed push. I think we all deserve an accounting of where all those checks have gone. Of course, I anticipate the fireworks would be more than astounding. Last thing I read, Harry Reid was stonewalling it. Seems like we deserve a right to know. And how much gold is in Fort Knox–hardy harr….
I don’t give a DEM, No MO!
IMA NOTA* VOTE.
(None Of The Above)
It is really time to push a 3rd party. Uphill battle though. There is a video of Nader and Buchanan talking about how they were treated in their independent bids to get debate time. You’re bad if you vote for one side or the other, but dear God, don’t EVEN try to vote for an independent! Everyone needs to push hard and go in with their pitchforks. I have an extra one. At least the pressure of a third party may make the dividing lines between the parties credible again. We all know it’s smoke and mirrors now.
Ah, nick has a new target.
Is it me, of did BarkinDog’s act get old, about 2 years ago?? Does anyone even read his comments? Maybe time for an intervention.
I want to start a DogOpposition Party. We are opposed to: welfare, war, food stamps (same as the first two), RepubliCons, Koch Brothers except when they give to the NACDL, MajorMedia, MobMedia as in Ferguson defamations, and tobacco.
We have a song to encourage people to stay away from the polls. It is called:
Nick Nack Patty Wag Give a Dog a Bone–This Old Dog Is Staying Home.
Nick Spinelli
There’s an eye opening piece today in Politico titled, Team of Bumblers. Cultists should not read it but all others should.
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Obviously too late on the cult thingy.
The Green Party has candidates on the ballot in several states. Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones are challenging Cuomo in NYS.
http://sullio.blogspot.com/2014/10/a-letter-to-nysut-leaders-from.html
UNLIKE THE millionaire Cuomo, Howie Hawkins is a working Teamster from Syracuse He has carved out a platform to meet the needs of working people, including a $15 an hour minimum wage, a ban on fracking, and fully funded public education through the college level. The spectacular rise of Hawkins’ Green Party campaign for governor threatens to eclipse the Working Families Party
There’s an eye opening piece today in Politico titled, Team of Bumblers. Cultists should not read it but all others should.
re: Green Cards
excerpt:
The combined estimates mentioned in the RFP led many to mistakenly believe that President Obama planned to allow more than 30 million immigrants to enter the United States in the near future, rather than the government’s seeking a vendor who could supply that number of card blanks (for both newly issued cards and replacements of existing cards) over a span of several years….
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The USCIS bid request was not issued by President Obama via executive order, nor did it make any mention of social security cards. The numbers frequently cited in references to this bid state the maximum materials that a successful bidder must have the potential to manufacture; but those estimates in no way reflect the actual number of documents USCIS expects to issue in the short term, and the word “surge” referred not to a number of immigrants expected but to a number of documents anticipated (in line with document current circulation numbers).
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/greencards.asp#JfJTXeoEPmvGCOqh.99
bettykath – they are expecting 9 million illegals for green cards immediately and up to 30 million in the foreseeable future. Obama, of course, is waiting until after the election. Just as you will not know the cost of your new Obamacare policy until after the election. Funny, that. Holder is waiting for the sands of time to run out.
The Amazing Randi pointed out that the trick often happens hours before it is seen in public. That’s our electoral system to a T. Elections are rigged before we vote. Candidates are chosen by the elites for the elites and we get to “choose” one of their choices. That is, unless we stop being so cooperative.
If you are able, write in a 3rd party, vote for a third party. This poll is somewhat heartening in that it shows exactly what Darren and Mike A. said. The first step in getting out of a mess is to acknowledge it. That gives us a chance.
Paul, That’s why Al Sharpton has Obama’s cell phone# and is a frequent visitor and policymaker for the WH. Street cred!
Wow,
Hillary thinks bussiness does not create jobs.
Be sure to vote her in and finish off free market capitolism. After6 years of KeynskN pump priming how do you like the results?
BigGuy – Well, if business does not create jobs than it cannot create unemployment. Therefore all unemployment is the problem of the government. That pesky 25% unemployment rate for black teens is a government problem, not a business problem. So, it is all on Obama.
Here in New York, the Libertarians are running several candidates for office.
The most coveted office is governor, for which Michael McDermott is running.
The Republicans, Carl Marcellino (R), tried very hard to kick one our candidates, Gigi Bowman (L), off the ballot, but we fought back hard and argued our principled position in court, and the court agreed with us, and she is back on the ballot for NYS Senator 5th Distr.
Even though we won, the local Board of Elections jumped the gun, expecting an adverse decision, and removed her name off the ballot forms. We are now fighting with them to have them put it back.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/09/prweb12202640.htm
One of the reasons I came to this blog is my shared derision for the duopoly. The first step in battling this monolith[it is really a mono], is having “None of the Above” on the ballot.
Good discussion. I’m not sure what it is, but although SWM is as Dem talking points as they come, you can go toe to toe w/ her and still usually have a civil, albeit, lively discussion. I have said this before. Must be brown nosing her!! I told my wife recently that people here accuse me of brown nosing and she almost peed her pants.
Well, Then what is it about? Paul C Monkey Cage is supposed to be an independent organization comprised of professors.
McCain is a RINO which is equal to a LINO which is equal to a DINO.
What next, an IINO (Independent in name only)?
Sounds like an episode of Fractured Flickers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/10/27/the-2014-campaign-is-a-campaign-about-nothing/ “As the 2014 midterm election campaigns headed into their last weeks, a number of journalists and pundits suddenly realized that for all that was at stake (control of the U.S. Senate) and for the billions of dollars spent, it was really “a campaign about nothing,” as MSNBC’s Perry Bacon Jr. put it. Others have taken to calling it the “Seinfeld election.” Almost all the campaigns have been about gaffes and personality, such as whether Senate candidate Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) threatened to sue a neighbor over runaway chickens, rather than issues or ideas.
But why? Is it just the superficiality of life in the Kardashian era? Is it that politicians have run out of ideas? No – as with so much else in modern politics, it’s deeply and directly related to the fact that the two political parties are now completely divided, with little ideological overlap either in Congress or among voters. When politicians are polarized and voters are polarized, issues, too, become either Democratic or Republican issues. There’s little payoff to being a Republican who favors health insurance or a Democrat who supports, say, Paul Ryan’s plan for changes to Medicare. It doesn’t get you any new voters, and it risks losing the voters you already have.”
Paul C, I saw the movie.
SWM – ah, the WH has sent out new marching orders to the press corps. It is now a campaign about nothing. I would call this voter suppression.