Democratic strategist and Clintonista, James Carville, spoke to Politico about Obama's economic plan: "They believe that they have to say what they are doing is working, but let me tell you, that's annoying the hell out of people. No one thinks it's true. It irritates people who are out there struggling and just feeds this perception that they are out of touch."
You heard it here, Obama will face a Democratic primary. Who will be the one taking the plunge? Hillary? Out-going Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana? Will Obama even make it to the primary if a challenger shows impressive polling numbers?
Saturday, September 18, 2010
The U.S. in revolutionary mode
This past week's republican primaries across the nation dealt a very serious blow to the Republican party as the rank-and-file voted for tea party candidates in New York's gubernatorial race and Delaware's US senate seat once held by vice president Joseph Biden.
Clearly, Americans see the need for political change as they've grown tired of the same aged politicians who've been in Washington for decades providing the same old gibberish. Americans are yearning for freshness. For something bold and out of the ordinary (which they thought, mistakenly, they'd get from President Obama). And, they are out for blood, too.
In several letters to friends, Thomas Jefferson wrote, "God forbid we should ever be twenty years without a such a rebellion." Well, Jefferson would be proud to see Americans standing up in defense of their nation and their liberty from corrupt politicians who think their cherished seats in the House and in the Senate belongs to them and not the people.
The 1994 Contract with America brought about changes in Congress under former Speaker Newt Gingrinch such as welfare reform and a balanced budget. But, that revolution was short-lived after Gingrinch resigned in 1999.
Fed up with the increasing cycle of spending, the republicans were booted in the 2006 mid-term election, and replaced by Nancy Pelosi as House speaker and Harry Reid as the senate majority leader. Nothing changed, really, as spending still increased under Bush's last two years in office. However, those increases paled in comparison to the $2T increased federal expenditure under Obama's 20-month presidency thanks to the Stimulus and the healthcare reform. Two programs Americans totally opposed.
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occassions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will always be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere," wrote Jefferson to his wife Abigail in 1787.
The GOP status quo in New York, which, if you haven't noticed, has been on life support for the past decade, sought to crown Rick Lazio as its gubernatorial candidate. Far from it, thought the rank-and-file, who then went on to support the winner, Carl Paladino of Buffalo.
Now, the state party is looking at quietly supporting the Democrat Andrew Cuomo, as has former NY senator Alphonse D'Amato done. What gives? The bottom line is power and money. The state GOP does not truly like or appreciate its rank-and-file. It thinks it owns them and their vote just because these registered voters don't like the Democrat party. After all, where else will such voters go to on primary day or in the general election? Staying home is an option, but then that will leave the party stalwarts to be the decider.
Money is the other part of this equation, and D'Amato, for example, has a lucrative lobbying business that survives on tax dollars being doled out to him by state and city agencies who routinely call Big Al to place a five-figure call to so-and-so for this-and-that. Don't believe me, google it and you'll find plenty of NY Post articles about it.
In Delaware, the same GOP establishment sought to snooker the voters by tarring the eventual winner and tea party favored candidate, Christine O'Donnell, as a candidate who was destined to lose in the general election. Sorry, but the folks aren't buying it anymore.
What the tea party has done to the Republican party is that it has shaken the GOP's foundation to the core. But, it's not finished yet. This is but the beginning of a long political revolution to take back this nation and its government from the ruling cabal who have woefully led us into near bankruptcy and financial ruin in their quest to expand both the government and their corrupt pockets at the expense of the American people and their liberty.
The tea party has done what neither party has been able to do for a long time. It has listened and united a large cross-section of the American people who feel they've been abandoned by both parties to network for a common goal. To cleanse Washington and the state legislatures.
Some are saying the tea party will fizzle out after November. Love to say it but 2010 is but a quiz for the real change will come in 2012.
Governor Sarah Palin is taking her sweet time assessing the maelstrom, organizing, strategizing, listening and talking the talk voters want to hear.
"I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms are in the physical," wrote Jefferson to James Madison in 1787.
Truer words said over 200 years ago are still having an impact in American politics today. If only Jefferson could be alive to witness it all over again and to provide counsel.
Clearly, Americans see the need for political change as they've grown tired of the same aged politicians who've been in Washington for decades providing the same old gibberish. Americans are yearning for freshness. For something bold and out of the ordinary (which they thought, mistakenly, they'd get from President Obama). And, they are out for blood, too.
In several letters to friends, Thomas Jefferson wrote, "God forbid we should ever be twenty years without a such a rebellion." Well, Jefferson would be proud to see Americans standing up in defense of their nation and their liberty from corrupt politicians who think their cherished seats in the House and in the Senate belongs to them and not the people.
The 1994 Contract with America brought about changes in Congress under former Speaker Newt Gingrinch such as welfare reform and a balanced budget. But, that revolution was short-lived after Gingrinch resigned in 1999.
Fed up with the increasing cycle of spending, the republicans were booted in the 2006 mid-term election, and replaced by Nancy Pelosi as House speaker and Harry Reid as the senate majority leader. Nothing changed, really, as spending still increased under Bush's last two years in office. However, those increases paled in comparison to the $2T increased federal expenditure under Obama's 20-month presidency thanks to the Stimulus and the healthcare reform. Two programs Americans totally opposed.
"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occassions, that I wish it to be always kept alive. It will always be exercised when wrong, but better so than not to be exercised at all. I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere," wrote Jefferson to his wife Abigail in 1787.
The GOP status quo in New York, which, if you haven't noticed, has been on life support for the past decade, sought to crown Rick Lazio as its gubernatorial candidate. Far from it, thought the rank-and-file, who then went on to support the winner, Carl Paladino of Buffalo.
Now, the state party is looking at quietly supporting the Democrat Andrew Cuomo, as has former NY senator Alphonse D'Amato done. What gives? The bottom line is power and money. The state GOP does not truly like or appreciate its rank-and-file. It thinks it owns them and their vote just because these registered voters don't like the Democrat party. After all, where else will such voters go to on primary day or in the general election? Staying home is an option, but then that will leave the party stalwarts to be the decider.
Money is the other part of this equation, and D'Amato, for example, has a lucrative lobbying business that survives on tax dollars being doled out to him by state and city agencies who routinely call Big Al to place a five-figure call to so-and-so for this-and-that. Don't believe me, google it and you'll find plenty of NY Post articles about it.
In Delaware, the same GOP establishment sought to snooker the voters by tarring the eventual winner and tea party favored candidate, Christine O'Donnell, as a candidate who was destined to lose in the general election. Sorry, but the folks aren't buying it anymore.
What the tea party has done to the Republican party is that it has shaken the GOP's foundation to the core. But, it's not finished yet. This is but the beginning of a long political revolution to take back this nation and its government from the ruling cabal who have woefully led us into near bankruptcy and financial ruin in their quest to expand both the government and their corrupt pockets at the expense of the American people and their liberty.
The tea party has done what neither party has been able to do for a long time. It has listened and united a large cross-section of the American people who feel they've been abandoned by both parties to network for a common goal. To cleanse Washington and the state legislatures.
Some are saying the tea party will fizzle out after November. Love to say it but 2010 is but a quiz for the real change will come in 2012.
Governor Sarah Palin is taking her sweet time assessing the maelstrom, organizing, strategizing, listening and talking the talk voters want to hear.
"I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms are in the physical," wrote Jefferson to James Madison in 1787.
Truer words said over 200 years ago are still having an impact in American politics today. If only Jefferson could be alive to witness it all over again and to provide counsel.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Obama takes on the GOP while Democrats run towards Bush
I find is amusing, all this political stuff happening across the nation. Nothing soothes the American palate most watching career politicians scurrying throughout their districts in need of support, and being told that it's time to give up the seat.
Millions of Americans, 17M estimated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, are unemployed, and because Congress has yet to energize the economy with a cogent plan that does not stifle economic prosperity, millions of voters are finally having a say in the coming election. They are planning a massive routing of Congress, and for the second time in five years, both Houses stand a chance of switching party control.
Americans are visibly angry and rightly so. We are going on three years with stagnant economic growth, businesses afraid to lend or invest and hire, and an end to the Bush tax cuts at the end of the year.
Meanwhile, President Obama flirted with the idea of a $50B stimulus to help build up infrastructure and green technology. That plan was sunk by Congress days later, because Americans do not want more government spending which will saddle future generations with a higher debt for the failure of today's leaders not being able to control spending and debt.
Today, as he has done in the past, President Obama has taken the GOP to task. It is an effort that is rather too little, too late given the president and his party's ignoring calls from the GOP to early last year to come to the table to craft pertinent legislation.
Fact is, Obama can call out the GOP all he wants, but voters have grown weary of such attacks. It will not work. It is too late for Obama and the congressional Democrats to stem the tide against them.
When Obama decries Bush's tax cuts and refuses to support extending it unless the cuts to the rich are taken out, and then you read about a number of Democrats supporting full extension of Bush's tax cuts, what does both messages say to the American people?
How can a president blame the economic mess on Bush's tax policies, and then you see Democrats running in support of that very same Bush policy?
Look, neither President Obama nor the congressional Democrats know or have a cogent plan to help the economy. The president's economic advisors are not men and women who come from the business sector. They are professors who understand economic theory ensconced in their academic bubble, but know absolutely nothing about actual business practices.
The United States is on the verge of a political revolution like that which hasn't been seen since 2006 and 1994. Americans want real, positive political and economic changes that betters the standard of life for all. Americans are sick and tired of class warfare, high taxation, federal mandates, government spending and meddling, and an end to immigration abuses. Americans want a return to Constitutional government, and if it takes political turmoil at every election, then by far they are going to wreak havoc until the right leaders are elected to implement the necessary changes that's called for.
Millions of Americans, 17M estimated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, are unemployed, and because Congress has yet to energize the economy with a cogent plan that does not stifle economic prosperity, millions of voters are finally having a say in the coming election. They are planning a massive routing of Congress, and for the second time in five years, both Houses stand a chance of switching party control.
Americans are visibly angry and rightly so. We are going on three years with stagnant economic growth, businesses afraid to lend or invest and hire, and an end to the Bush tax cuts at the end of the year.
Meanwhile, President Obama flirted with the idea of a $50B stimulus to help build up infrastructure and green technology. That plan was sunk by Congress days later, because Americans do not want more government spending which will saddle future generations with a higher debt for the failure of today's leaders not being able to control spending and debt.
Today, as he has done in the past, President Obama has taken the GOP to task. It is an effort that is rather too little, too late given the president and his party's ignoring calls from the GOP to early last year to come to the table to craft pertinent legislation.
Fact is, Obama can call out the GOP all he wants, but voters have grown weary of such attacks. It will not work. It is too late for Obama and the congressional Democrats to stem the tide against them.
When Obama decries Bush's tax cuts and refuses to support extending it unless the cuts to the rich are taken out, and then you read about a number of Democrats supporting full extension of Bush's tax cuts, what does both messages say to the American people?
How can a president blame the economic mess on Bush's tax policies, and then you see Democrats running in support of that very same Bush policy?
Look, neither President Obama nor the congressional Democrats know or have a cogent plan to help the economy. The president's economic advisors are not men and women who come from the business sector. They are professors who understand economic theory ensconced in their academic bubble, but know absolutely nothing about actual business practices.
The United States is on the verge of a political revolution like that which hasn't been seen since 2006 and 1994. Americans want real, positive political and economic changes that betters the standard of life for all. Americans are sick and tired of class warfare, high taxation, federal mandates, government spending and meddling, and an end to immigration abuses. Americans want a return to Constitutional government, and if it takes political turmoil at every election, then by far they are going to wreak havoc until the right leaders are elected to implement the necessary changes that's called for.
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