Yesterday was the 150th anniversary of the Civil War’s beginning. Think Progress has a less than shocking look at attitudes regarding the civil war: According to the poll, nearly one in four Americans sympathize with the Confederacy more than with the Union. That number grows to nearly four-in-ten among white Southerners. Among Tea Party members, [...]
Tags: American Civil War·Confederate States of America·republican·Tea Party attitudes·think progress
Uh-oh: Exit polls showed independents supporting the GOP by a 19 point margin last year at 56-37. Now only 30% of those voters think that the Republican controlled House is moving things in the right direction, compared to 44% who think things were better with the Democrats. Given those numbers it’s not much of a [...]
Tags: Congress approval ratings·Democratic·exit polls·Independent (voter)·Politics·Public Policy Polling·republican
Whether you believe the founding fathers abhorred slavery, and consisted of a diverse collection of races is not as relevant as the narrative bringing it inside the margins of political thought. The callous certainty of prominent political leaders– quick to create an air of false historical reference to buttress their arguments– is taking a more [...]
Tags: Historical revisionism·michele bachmann·Racism·republican·slavery·United States
The GOP-controlled house has managed to successfully repeal the health care bill. The repeal, rooted in symbolic political pandering, does nothing to advance any real attempt at crafting an alternative–or remedying specific aspects of the bill. But it’s not shocking that the GOP’s leadership is rooted in partisan preening. To further complicate things, republicans are [...]
Tags: Barack Obama·Democratic Party (United States)·GOP·political process·Politics·republican
There you have it. Not only is Obama a terrible president in Rove’s eyes, he’s akin to an animal that cannot reason because it’s not in his nature. Perhaps it’s his black half that’s given him this genetic predisposition to attack his much gentler white counterparts during negotiations. My God! the man is a brute [...]
Tags: Barack Obama·karl rove·President·republican·White House
I’ve often thought of a world where sensibilities and common good would trump ego and jaded ideologies. How much more would we accomplish, and how much stronger would our nation become as a result? Can No Labels achieve this, and can they save our political discourse? Political gridlock is ingrained in everyday life in our [...]
Tags: Barack Obama·Bipartisanship·Democratic Party (United States)·Matthew Wright·No Labels·Political Gridlock·republican·United States
I’ve always thought holding the GOP accountable for their wildly inconsistent rhetoric, and irresponsibly vacant platform, was the way to expose them. Now, they may have given the president the platform to do just that: Republicans killed Democrats in November by selling voters on a wildly inconsistent platform of reducing taxes, opposing cuts in Medicare, [...]
Preach Sullivan: My view is that the McConnell-Biden deal – for that’s who negotiated it – is great for Obama. Why? Because it will greatly add to economic growth in the next two years, the sine qua non of survival in this economic climate; because, once the Democrats had failed to pass a budget before [...]
Tags: Barack Obama·GOP·republican·tax compromise·tax cuts·United States
For the one millionth time: The state of Hawaii did NOT have a long form birth certificate. Got it? You got it wing nuts? Please come armed and equipped with facts– not small brain cells– when you choose to battle on this topic.
Tags: Anderson Cooper·Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories·Birth Certificate·hawaii·republican·Texas
H/T to Andrew and the Dish: This was too good not to pass along to my readers. It gets better: While 75% identify the Republicans as the party regarded as doing best in the midterms, fewer than half (46%) know that Republicans will have a majority only in the House when the new Congress convenes [...]
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