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Post by Jeanne on Nov 2, 2010 15:45:33 GMT -8
Just like the election news I consume, I've focused far too much on the campaign ads and opinion polls. As Election Day dawns, let's take up some issues. I heard almost nothing this year from any federal candidate about the war in Afghanistan and military spending, both of which keep getting bigger and growing worse. And since John Edwards disappeared in ignomy, nobody talks about poverty, despite the recent official government statistics, based on a long outdated model, that say millions more Americans and their children are suffering. Instead, the President and most Democrats appeal to the whiny, inattentive middle class, too stupid about money to realize that a third of the stimulus last year went into their pockets, however briefly, via tax cuts. So it would be futile to try to explain other subtle provisions of the Recovery Act, such as the investment in energy research and development -- in today's dollars, more than we spent to put a man on the moon -- because that's about the future. In the next two years, the remaining Democrats who want to do right are going to need us to speak out. Like. Oh. I'm not on Facebook, am I. Like anyway.
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Post by anni on Nov 2, 2010 17:06:53 GMT -8
I, on the other hand, am totally confused at the "well understood voter anger". There really are people voting "against" the Dems, because they (these angry voters) are sick and tired of the Democrats and their big government taking all their (these angry voters) money? What money? Why? What are these "angry voters" talking about? Why are they talking? Better still, why am I listening? Hoping for a clue?
love, clueless in Tujunga
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Post by Brian on Nov 2, 2010 23:05:41 GMT -8
Somehow, I don't feel as bad as I did last night when the Giants won the World Series. And that was expected too. Even if the unemployment rate had dipped under eight percent, the Democrats were going to lose 30 to 40 House seats this year in formerly red districts that were swept into the blue zone because of Obama and the crash in 2008 and the war in Iraq and rampant Republican corruption in 2006. So, many Blue Dogs have been put to sleep. Right now I'm hearing that the Democrats lost 55 to 60 seats, which is pretty good considering that Clinton suffered a loss of 54 in 1994, when the economy was so much better.
Needless to say, I'm borderline ecstatic about the Senate results, not just because I thought the Democrats could drop eight. Harry Reid and Barbara Boxer kept their seats without changing their stands or apologizing for any votes. They were weak candidates who prevailed largely because of their excellent get out the vote operations.
I saw Ed Rendell and Bill Richardson, two soon to be termed out governors, on MSNBC tonight and fantasized about how effective they could be in the Obama Administration on jobs and infrastructure.
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