I ran across this at Yahoo Finance:
"Special Coverage: Race to the White House"
http://finance.yahoo.com/personal-finance/article/105906/Special-Coverage:-Race-to-the-White-House
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Colin Powell today became the most prominent Republican to endorse Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, crossing party lines to declare Obama a "transformational" figure who would "electrify our country....and the world."
Powell said he respected John McCain, the Republican nominee, and considered him a friend. But, he said, McCain's "unsure" response to the ongoing economic crisis and his selection of a running mate who is "not ready to be president of the United States," along with an increasingly "narrow" Republican approach to deepening national problems, had led him to support Obama.
"His ability to inspire, the inclusive nature of his campaign, his reaching out all across America, who he is and his rhetorical abilities....he has both style and substance," Powell said of Obama. He said that Obama's own intellectual ability, and the experts surrounding him, had convinced him of Obama's readiness to lead the country. - Source
Kasz216 said:
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Actually, the Democratic congress was not replaced until 1994. This is largely because of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 (AKA Deficit Reduction Act) which is credited with balancing the budget. It raised taxes and cut spending. Every single Republican in Congress (House and Senate) voted against the bill. Republicans were able, IIRC, to hammer Democrats for raising taxes and swept into control of both House and Senate in 1994.
The 1992 election that I believe you're referring to ("both got replaced") which threw out Bush the Elder didn't even budge Senate numbers (overall) and the House only lost about one-fourth as many seats in 1992 as in 1994.
Senate
102nd: 56-44 to 57-43
103rd: 57-53 to 56-54
104th: 46-54 to 47-53
House
102nd: 270-164-1
103rd: 258-176-1
104th: 204-230-1
(source: Wikipedia again)
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Right now, McCain would have to win every single toss-up state and then 1-2 blue states in order to win the election. A lot can happen in 2 weeks, but not that much.
| fkusumot said: Colin Powell today became the most prominent Republican to endorse Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, crossing party lines to declare Obama a "transformational" figure who would "electrify our country....and the world." Powell said he respected John McCain, the Republican nominee, and considered him a friend. But, he said, McCain's "unsure" response to the ongoing economic crisis and his selection of a running mate who is "not ready to be president of the United States," along with an increasingly "narrow" Republican approach to deepening national problems, had led him to support Obama. "His ability to inspire, the inclusive nature of his campaign, his reaching out all across America, who he is and his rhetorical abilities....he has both style and substance," Powell said of Obama. He said that Obama's own intellectual ability, and the experts surrounding him, had convinced him of Obama's readiness to lead the country. - Source |
Interesting. Yeah, only thing preventing me from voting Obama is that he would make the global food crisis much much worse with the increase of ethanol in his energy plan.
I still can't believe that Powell endorsed Obama. I hope some more Republicans do, it would be a good move for sever contested house seats but I think it would also be good for the country to have a land slide, with a good amount of bipartisan support.
I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.
Kasz216 said:
Interesting. Yeah, only thing preventing me from voting Obama is that he would make the global food crisis much much worse with the increase of ethanol in his energy plan. |
Kasz, I never figured you for a one issue voter!
Well I'm really glad she explained it.
Liberals = Leftists = anti-Americans = terrorists
10-11 min = best part
She demands that the media find out how many members of congress are leftist revolutionary anti-Americans...
I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.
| steven787 said: Well I'm really glad she explained it. Liberals = Leftists = anti-Americans = terrorists |
I like how in that phone message they talk about what Ayers did for 90% of the message but barely give any details as to how Obama is actually connected to Ayers.
The Republican party just needs to kill itself and start over (which may actually happen on Nov. 4th). Its really just a shell of any value whatsoever it used to have. Even McCain, a respectable and generally "above the fray" kind of guy, is letting his campaign be run by "boogeyman" tactics. Its just fucking pathetic.
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It is hard to shed anything but crocodile tears over White House speechwriter Patrick Buchanan's tragic analysis of the Nixon debacle. "It's like Sisyphus," he said. "We rolled the rock all the way up the mountain...and it rolled right back down on us...." Neither Sisyphus nor the commander of the Light Brigade nor Pat Buchanan had the time or any real inclination to question what they were doing...a martyr, to the bitter end, to a "flawed" cause and a narrow, atavistic concept of conservative politics that has done more damage to itself and the country in less than six years than its liberal enemies could have done in two or three decades. -Hunter S. Thompson
I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.
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