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Re: SHAAAZZZAAAAAAMMM!!! Republicans Are LOSING the Blame Game on the "Fiscal Cliff"!
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Tom Swift Sr.
Dec 4, 2012, 1:25:31 PM12/4/12
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/12/04/republicans...
* Republicans Losing Blame Game on Fiscal Cliff *
by Chris Cillizza, Aaron Blake and Sean Sullivan
Updated: December 4, 2012
A majority of Americans say that if the country goes over the fiscal
cliff on Dec. 31, congressional Republicans should bear the brunt of
the blame, according to a new Washington Post-Pew Research Center
poll
[ http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/12/0...
], the latest sign that the GOP faces a perilous path on the issue
between now and the end of the year.
While 53 percent of those surveyed say the GOP would (and should)
lose
the fiscal cliff blame game, just 27 percent say President Obama
would
be deserving of more of the blame. Roughly one in 10 (12 percent)
volunteer that both sides would be equally to blame.
Those numbers are largely unchanged from a Post-Pew survey conducted
three weeks ago and suggest that for all of the back and forth in
Washington on the fiscal cliff, there has been little movement in
public perception. The numbers also explain why Republicans privately
fret about the political dangers of going over the cliff, while
Democrats are more sanguine about such a prospect.
The blame question is all the more relevant because a near majority —
49 percent — of those polled expect the Dec. 31 deadline to pass
without a deal, while 40 percent expect a deal to be cut. Perhaps
indicative of which side believes it has the upper hand in the
negotiations, 55 percent of self-identified Democrats believe there
will be a deal, while just 22 percent of Republicans feel the same.
Thirty-seven percent of independents expect a deal; 52 percent do
not.
There also appears to be a disconnect between a general sense that
going over the cliff would be bad for the country and an
acknowledgement of what it would mean for peoples’ lives.
Roughly two-thirds of all Americans say that not meeting the Dec. 31
deadline would have “major” consequences for the U.S. economy, but
just 43 percent believe that it would have a “major effect” on their
personal finances — despite the fact that taxes would go up on the
vast majority of the population on Jan. 1 if no deal can be reached.
Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll
Republicans are well aware of where the public seems ready to put the
blame if no deal on the cliff is reached. It’s why House Speaker John
A. Boehner (R-Ohio) offered a counterproposal Monday to the one
President Obama laid out last week. Simply letting stalemate stand
for
the next 10 to 14 days is unacceptable to Republicans who know they
have to do everything they can to avoid the cliff — and the blame for
it that seems likely headed their way.
Ailes tried to enlist Petraeus for White House bid: The Washington
Post’s Bob Woodward reports that in the spring of 2011, Fox News
Chairman Roger Ailes relayed a message to Gen. David H. Petraeus,
urging him to run for president if he wasn’t offered the chairmanship
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The messenger, Fox News national
security analyst Kathleen T. McFarland, discussed with Petraeus the
possibility of Ailes resigning to run his bid and News Corp. head
Rupert Murdoch bankrolling it, but Petraeus wasn’t interested in
running. Ailes said Monday the message he sent to Petraeus “was more
of a joke.” Petraeus at the time was commander of U.S. forces in
Afghanistan. He resigned last month as CIA director.
Bloomberg urged Clinton to consider succeeding him: New York City
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (I) reportedly called Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton some months ago to encourage her to think
about
entering the 2013 race to succeed him as mayor of the nation’s
largest
city.
Clinton made clear she wasn’t interested, but the outreach
underscores
her popularity and the extent to which she is in demand, politically.
The call’s revelation could also complicate relations between
Bloomberg and presumptive candidate and City Council Speaker
Christine
Quinn (D), for whom the mayor has privately signaled support.
Smith, Wallingford considering bids to replace Emerson: Missouri
Republican Party Executive Director Lloyd Smith and state Sen.-elect
Wayne Wallingford (R) each released statements Monday saying they
would consider running to replace Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R), who
announced that she will resign next February. Smith is Emerson’s
former chief of staff. Wallingford is a retired Air Force lieutenant
colonel. The 8th District party central committee will choose
nominees
for next year’s special election in the heavily Republican district.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/12/04/republicans...
* Republicans Losing Blame Game on Fiscal Cliff *
by Chris Cillizza, Aaron Blake and Sean Sullivan
Updated: December 4, 2012
A majority of Americans say that if the country goes over the fiscal
cliff on Dec. 31, congressional Republicans should bear the brunt of
the blame, according to a new Washington Post-Pew Research Center
poll
[ http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2012/12/0...
], the latest sign that the GOP faces a perilous path on the issue
between now and the end of the year.
While 53 percent of those surveyed say the GOP would (and should)
lose
the fiscal cliff blame game, just 27 percent say President Obama
would
be deserving of more of the blame. Roughly one in 10 (12 percent)
volunteer that both sides would be equally to blame.
Those numbers are largely unchanged from a Post-Pew survey conducted
three weeks ago and suggest that for all of the back and forth in
Washington on the fiscal cliff, there has been little movement in
public perception. The numbers also explain why Republicans privately
fret about the political dangers of going over the cliff, while
Democrats are more sanguine about such a prospect.
The blame question is all the more relevant because a near majority —
49 percent — of those polled expect the Dec. 31 deadline to pass
without a deal, while 40 percent expect a deal to be cut. Perhaps
indicative of which side believes it has the upper hand in the
negotiations, 55 percent of self-identified Democrats believe there
will be a deal, while just 22 percent of Republicans feel the same.
Thirty-seven percent of independents expect a deal; 52 percent do
not.
There also appears to be a disconnect between a general sense that
going over the cliff would be bad for the country and an
acknowledgement of what it would mean for peoples’ lives.
Roughly two-thirds of all Americans say that not meeting the Dec. 31
deadline would have “major” consequences for the U.S. economy, but
just 43 percent believe that it would have a “major effect” on their
personal finances — despite the fact that taxes would go up on the
vast majority of the population on Jan. 1 if no deal can be reached.
Washington Post-Pew Research Center poll
Republicans are well aware of where the public seems ready to put the
blame if no deal on the cliff is reached. It’s why House Speaker John
A. Boehner (R-Ohio) offered a counterproposal Monday to the one
President Obama laid out last week. Simply letting stalemate stand
for
the next 10 to 14 days is unacceptable to Republicans who know they
have to do everything they can to avoid the cliff — and the blame for
it that seems likely headed their way.
Ailes tried to enlist Petraeus for White House bid: The Washington
Post’s Bob Woodward reports that in the spring of 2011, Fox News
Chairman Roger Ailes relayed a message to Gen. David H. Petraeus,
urging him to run for president if he wasn’t offered the chairmanship
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The messenger, Fox News national
security analyst Kathleen T. McFarland, discussed with Petraeus the
possibility of Ailes resigning to run his bid and News Corp. head
Rupert Murdoch bankrolling it, but Petraeus wasn’t interested in
running. Ailes said Monday the message he sent to Petraeus “was more
of a joke.” Petraeus at the time was commander of U.S. forces in
Afghanistan. He resigned last month as CIA director.
Bloomberg urged Clinton to consider succeeding him: New York City
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (I) reportedly called Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton some months ago to encourage her to think
about
entering the 2013 race to succeed him as mayor of the nation’s
largest
city.
Clinton made clear she wasn’t interested, but the outreach
underscores
her popularity and the extent to which she is in demand, politically.
The call’s revelation could also complicate relations between
Bloomberg and presumptive candidate and City Council Speaker
Christine
Quinn (D), for whom the mayor has privately signaled support.
Smith, Wallingford considering bids to replace Emerson: Missouri
Republican Party Executive Director Lloyd Smith and state Sen.-elect
Wayne Wallingford (R) each released statements Monday saying they
would consider running to replace Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R), who
announced that she will resign next February. Smith is Emerson’s
former chief of staff. Wallingford is a retired Air Force lieutenant
colonel. The 8th District party central committee will choose
nominees
for next year’s special election in the heavily Republican district.
--------
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-----
Please Note:
In select newsgroups this post will be followed by an out-of-date,
cut-
and-paste, SHRIEKING ranting and raving by Bob Milby Jr., aka Patriot
Games, aka Buster Norris, aka 10,000s of Sockpuppets -- and the
winner
of alt.usenet.kook's K00K of the Month Award for September 2012.
We hope to return you to more rational posting after this brief,
psychotic interruption.
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Mike Smith
Dec 5, 2012, 5:01:34 AM12/5/12
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On Tue, 4 Dec 2012 10:25:31 -0800 (PST), "Tom Swift Sr."
<thomas.sw...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/12/04/republicans...
>
>* Republicans Losing Blame Game on Fiscal Cliff *
>by Chris Cillizza, Aaron Blake and Sean Sullivan
>Updated: December 4, 2012
>
>
>A majority of Americans say that if the country goes over the fiscal
>cliff on Dec. 31, congressional Republicans should bear the brunt of
>the blame, according to a new Washington Post-Pew Research Center
>poll
Free clue: No one gives a flying fuck.
<thomas.sw...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/12/04/republicans...
>
>* Republicans Losing Blame Game on Fiscal Cliff *
>by Chris Cillizza, Aaron Blake and Sean Sullivan
>Updated: December 4, 2012
>
>
>A majority of Americans say that if the country goes over the fiscal
>cliff on Dec. 31, congressional Republicans should bear the brunt of
>the blame, according to a new Washington Post-Pew Research Center
>poll
Republicans always get the blame for the moronic actions of the
anti-American socialists infesting our US Government.
Mike Smith
Tom Swift Sr.
Dec 5, 2012, 5:11:19 AM12/5/12
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On Dec 5, 5:01 am, Mike Smith <m...@wt.net> wrote:
> Republicans always get the blame for the moronic actions of the
> anti-American socialists infesting our US Government.
You really need to start posting to alt.conspiracy, Smith.
> Republicans always get the blame for the moronic actions of the
> anti-American socialists infesting our US Government.
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