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Sun Mar-07-10 03:13 AM
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Presidential Job Approval Dropping ; Democratic Party Affiliation Dropping |
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Sun Mar-07-10 03:14 AM
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1. Um..so? Both to be expected. |
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Sun Mar-07-10 03:17 AM
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3. No. It's due to a lack of prioritization on jobs. |
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That is the only thing that matters.
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Sun Mar-07-10 03:19 AM
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4. the health care reform circus certainly is not helping |
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Sun Mar-07-10 03:22 AM
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6. Every week should have seen something to fix the economy. |
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Chewing gum and walking is not something this crew is capable of.
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Sun Mar-07-10 03:25 AM
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8. Can't disagree, more consistant messaging would be a good thing |
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Sun Mar-07-10 10:01 AM
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27. Agreed. I blame this administration for not coming up with a message we can all agree on |
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Sun Mar-07-10 03:22 AM
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7. It seems to be a variety of things, but mostly perception. |
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I think the President needs to seriously consider a cabinet shakeup and needs to start taking more direct stands
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Sun Mar-07-10 03:26 AM
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9. he has exactly the cabinet he wants |
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Sun Mar-07-10 03:34 AM
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11. And the lame Democratic chairman he wants. |
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Sun Mar-07-10 09:58 AM
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26. Moving the deck chair on the titanic at this point |
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He will have a reset in January of 2011, when he is forced to deal with Speaker Boehner.
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Sun Mar-07-10 01:29 PM
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29. people realize it's been bait and switch repeatedly; they're not stupid |
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Sun Mar-07-10 03:17 AM
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2. Not trying to rain on anyone's parade |
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But we need to reverse this trend, and the current tactics are not working.
The second trend is the most concerning long term.
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Sun Mar-07-10 03:21 AM
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Sun Mar-07-10 03:33 AM
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10. Well, the party left ME, I never moved |
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good riddance to bad rubbish (well, okay most of them)
"Democrats" sat on their soft hands while BushCo stacked the Supreme Court. Now the floodgates to legal bribery are open. And there will be no job growth because of Clinton/Gore's NAFTA. But we wont know it's happening because Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act destroying the media.
There is no opposition party to corporatism- should be my sig line I guess.
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Sun Mar-07-10 03:37 AM
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Sun Mar-07-10 03:40 AM
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13. I am still determined to work to get things back on track |
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Edited on Sun Mar-07-10 04:16 AM by Go2Peace
I understand what you are saying. The party is not representing the base or it's ideals well. But getting the party back on track is our only hope, I don't think leaving the party will get us anywhere. Maybe if we had a Parlimentary system.
I believe the party is waking up but it is happening Veeeeerrry slowly. The problem is how much damage will be done and how many will suffer in the interim, and will it be in time or will we end up stuck with a 50 year dark age?
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Sun Mar-07-10 05:02 AM
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14. Agreed, like using a watering can when your house is on fire |
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Might as well be slippin' on down the avenue. I work to unseat blue dogs, but rarely donate. It's pointless since the Dems sat on their soft hands and allowed the Supreme Court to become an organ of corporatism.
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Sun Mar-07-10 05:41 AM
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Sun Mar-07-10 05:17 AM
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15. As much as it pains me to (sic) Reagan: "The Democratic Party I Grew Up With is not the Democratic |
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Party I see now."
All motion is relative. Perhaps it is the Democratic Party that moved away by standing still.
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Sun Mar-07-10 05:22 AM
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16. Officially I'm a registered Democrat but |
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I don't feel it's my party any longer. The Democratic party doesn't represent what I believe in any longer or care about my issues. Come election time I may not feel like voting for a party that has left me, may sit it out.
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Sun Mar-07-10 05:53 AM
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Because he moved left like FDR, Obama could also win four terms, at least.
:sarcasm:
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Sun Mar-07-10 05:56 AM
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19. count me among those disaffiliated Democrats--reregistered as Independent |
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about 3 months ago, when I realized the 2 parties are simply 2 sides of the same coin, like Coke vs Pepsi.
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Sun Mar-07-10 07:23 AM
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Sun Mar-07-10 09:37 AM
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in illinois, you don't register party affiliation- you're either a registered voter or you're not.
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Sun Mar-07-10 08:14 AM
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21. I guess people aren't the suckers |
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that the Dem leadership think they are.
Why do corporate lobbyists have the power that they do? Because politicians know that crossing them has consequences. If Democratic voters want any power in this party, they'd better be willing to do the same.
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Sun Mar-07-10 09:34 AM
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22. Banker money is moving to the GOP |
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Edited on Sun Mar-07-10 09:36 AM by AllentownJake
Which was rather predictable the moment they were bailed out with no conditions...well the money was going there anyway, but all those banking institutions that donated to Barack in 2008 are moving their money to GOP congressional races.
If I have any money I'll buy an overall short for October. These guys are rather predictable. Divided government ensures no movement on any new regulation or enforcement in the sector.
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Sun Mar-07-10 09:40 AM
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24. Not surprising but I'm not agreeing with current "wisdom". |
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As a party insider through the past couple of elections, registrations soared as a result of how the bush administration ruled. This swell of new blood into the party was looking for strong change of course Democrats have failed to deliver. The swell even occured in Republican districts in my area. Now registrations are not with us. Cynicism is back.
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Sun Mar-07-10 09:57 AM
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25. What do you think happens |
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When people realize, that neither party is interested in cleaning up the mess.
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Sun Mar-07-10 12:43 PM
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28. I have no idea but it probably won't be pretty. |
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Sun Mar-07-10 08:06 PM
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31. The goosestepping party wins. |
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Sun Mar-07-10 07:00 PM
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30. I could not agree more mmonk. The upswell in Democratic party support were people wanting serious |
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