^Agreed. I wouldn’t have voted for McCain simply because of his choice of VP.
To paraphrase Matt Damon (on whom I have a strange man-crush): “I think there is a really good chance that Sarah Palin could be president and I think that is a scary thing, because I don’t know anything about her…There is a one out of three chance or more than McCain doesn’t survive his first term, and it will be President Palin. It’s like a really bad Disney movie. The hockey mom from Alaska and she’s the president. She’s like, facing down Vladimir Putin and using folksy stuff she learned at the hockey rink. It is totally absurd, and I don’t understand why more people aren’t talking about how absurd it is, because it’s a terrifying possiblity. I need to know if she really thinks dinosaurs were here 4,000 years ago. I want to know that because she’s going to have the nuclear codes, you know.”
I absolutely did not vote for McCain because Palin scared the shit out of me. So did basically every moderately conservative person know and all non-insane people who would have otherwise voted for McCain.
Flashman, I am a very chill person, and I am in all probability much smarter than you. I pointed out the Palin example because it is true.
There was no way a Republican was winning in 2008, especially with the recession getting worse in the months leading up to the election. Half a million Americans were losing their jobs every month.
Texas has voted another Republican as governor, and he’s disabled. Picked over pink sneakers filibuster barbie. #notshocked A german shepherd that identified as republican could probably beat a human democrat in this state. On second thought, a smart dog might be a better idea than a human in general, regardless of party affiliation…
I’d love to see the Republicans take control of the Senate tonight. It would then force Obama and a Republican controlled Senate and Congress to maybe actually get something done, as opposed to the last 2 years which has basically been blame everybody else, shut down Congress bills in the Senate, etc.
I assume then that you noticed that his approval rating jumped at the end of August 2012. He had been polling in the mid 40’s and jumped to 50%. That jump was driven by Romney’s “47%” comment. So, it’s not so much that people liked Obama at that point, they knew Romney was the alternative and didn’t like him.
I’ll take that bet. There are a few issues that both sides are fairly close on (relatively speaking) - immigration and corporate tax reform being two obvious ones. Obama is going to start thinking about his legacy and he’ll want to get a couple pieces through before his time is up.
And both sides realize the public is completely fed up with the do-nothing congress. No, we’ll some action (not lots, but more than none) over the next two years.
At least now bills can actually be sent to Obama’s desk and we don’t have to head about “Republican obstructionists” anymore (when Reid was the one blocking every bill.
Nope, unfortunately. Harry Reid will just start filibustering, so it’s the same effect. And the media will frame it as the Democrats blocking extremist right-wing bills.
Nope–the rule change was for lower court nominations and other executive appointments, not for bills. Also, the change is only in effect for the 113th Congress. McConnell can extend it, obviously, but stripping the ability to filibuster bills is something that Harry Reid did not do.