Gallup: 'Unprecedented' GOP lead

This is great news for the Repugs!....Except for the fact that people don't vote on generic ballots.

Generic ballots don't matter...especially when you look at the Extremist roster of Republican candidates this year (Sharron Angle, Rand paul, Joe Miller etc) and the fact that congressional Republicans are still polling worse than anyone.

More greatest hope this fall is for Republicans to continue to puff out their chests and bloviate about how they're going to win back the House this fall.

Very Interesting! Both Political Parties have messed things up big time. First Bush the Younger and the Republicans spend like drunken sailors and the economy collapses in 2008. The Democrats win big in 2006 in Congress and finally take the White House in 2008. But the Democrats have run up huge deficits that dwarf those of Bush and the economy is in the tank. The Republicans, who many gave up for dead just 1-2 years ago, are set to make big gains in Congress by default due to the Democrats messing up. The United States seems to be in a leaderless state where all our high elected officials do is blame the other guy and come up with no constructive programs of their own. Meantime the country continues to drift downward economically.

Thank you, President Obama and the Democratic Congress!

Posted by: depot jim | August 30, 2010 4:57 PM
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jimmy,
How exactly is the deficit hurting you personally? Seriously, if you want to bitch and moan about the deficit you can hardly blame it on both parties when your beloved Republicans spent on tax cuts for billionaires and uncalled for wars (Iraq) while Dems were forced to spend to keep the economy from going into a full blown Bush Republican depression.
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http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/19/republican-budget-hypocrisy-health-care-opinions-columnists-bruce-bartlett.html

As was confirmed again by the latest CBO report, the American Recover and Reinvestment Act (THE STIMULUS) was critical in preventing the nation from plunging from a Bush Recession into a full blown Bush Depression. It dramatically reduced the rate of job losses, and saved businesses -- and more importantly, states -- that were standing on the cliff's edge. And now is the time to do it again.
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http://www.cbo.gov/publications/collections/collections.cfm?collect=12

Posted by: Equal time | August 30, 2010 5:15 PM
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Swamp Troll,
That was pretty weak. You better try again with a different sock-puppet.

jimmy,
How exactly is the deficit hurting you personally? Seriously, if you want to bitch and moan about the deficit you can hardly blame it on both parties when your beloved Republicans spent on tax cuts for billionaires and uncalled for wars (Iraq) while Dems were forced to spend to keep the economy from going into a full blown Bush Republican depression.
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http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/19/republican-budget-hypocrisy-health-care-opinions-columnists-bruce-bartlett.html

As was confirmed again by the latest CBO report, the American Recover and Reinvestment Act (THE STIMULUS) was critical in preventing the nation from plunging from a Bush Recession into a full blown Bush Depression. It dramatically reduced the rate of job losses, and saved businesses -- and more importantly, states -- that were standing on the cliff's edge. And now is the time to do it again.
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http://www.cbo.gov/publications/collections/collections.cfm?collect=12

Posted by: Rob | August 30, 2010 5:19 PM

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Rob, come back to the real world. I think you really have drifted off to dream land where you like huge deficits. And speaking about deficits, let's look at Illinois. Our state (Illinois) and California now are tied for the worst credit ratings. There was a time not long ago when Illinois had one of the best ratings among the states. And I stand by my previous statement that both Parties, including your beloved Democrats, have been major disappointments. And you better hope that ten point spread in the Gallup Poll does not hold on election day because if it does the Democrats are in big time trouble.

Poor Rob, it's all coming apart at the seams for your pathetic little liberal run. For most people it is kind of like signing onto a bad lease, like Comcast or something like that. You get promised everything, Hope and Change blah blah blah, but what you really want after 2 years is just to get out of that freaking lease any way you can. It's called customer dissatisfaction or in this case voter dissatisfaction. Of course there are always people that just keep letting the bad lease renew for some stupid reason. We call them Fitz and Rob in the Swamp...

Where are the jobs?????

Posted by: depot jim | August 30, 2010 5:38 PM
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jimmy,
You're the one that needs to come back to the real world and quit making excuses for why you keep supporting a Republican party that doesn't give a damn about anyone other than rich people, corporations, big oil and the military industrial complex.

States are broke everywhere...because your beloved Republican party gave out tax cuts to billionaires, let Wall Street operate like a casino and fed the military industrial complex (Hallibutron, Blackwater etc) with tax payer money.

Republican Deficit Hypocrisy

"The human capacity for self-delusion never ceases to amaze me, so it shouldn't surprise me that so many Republicans seem to genuinely believe that they are the party of fiscal responsibility. Perhaps at one time they were, but those days are long gone."

http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/19/republican-budget-hypocrisy-health-care-opinions-columnists-bruce-bartlett.html

Robbie boy
You are even an embarrassment to the Liberals.

Obama has wrecked the democrat party for generations to come.
Who would of thunk the first black president could of done so much damage to this nation in just 18 months.
The new word for November will be m-a-s-s-a--c-r-e.

Paulo

Rob's head is spinning faster than his lies.

Even Bill Clinton has exposed the claim that the Banking collapse was Bush's fault as a lie.

Bill Clinton telling us how Larry Summer and Robert Rubin Gave HIM bad advice about regulating derivatives. You DO know who Larry Summers is, right? He is Obama's economic top econ adviser. How long has Larry been around now? 20 years?

President Clinton was forthright on ABC's "This Week" yesterday when asked whether Larry Summers and Bob Rubin had given him bad advice about regulating derivatives (the advice was don't regulate them.)

Clinton accepted responsibility, but he also said the advice was lousy:

Joshua Zumbrun, Bloomberg:

“I think they were wrong and I think I was wrong to take” their advice, Clinton said on ABC’s “This Week” program.

Their argument was that derivatives didn’t need transparency because they were “expensive and sophisticated and only a handful of people will buy them and they don’t need any extra protection,” Clinton said. “The flaw in that argument was that first of all, sometimes people with a lot of money make stupid decisions and make it without transparency.”

“Even if less than 1 percent of the total investment community is involved in derivative exchanges, so much money was involved that if they went bad, they could affect 100 percent of the investments,” Clinton said.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-bill-clinton-larry-summers-and-bob-rubin-gave-me-lousy-advice-about-derivatives-2010-4#ixzz0xwsp4U9u

The meltdown is on the Dems from the CONTINUING economic policies of Larry Summer, Robert Rubin, the Democrats in the legislature, Barney, Nancy, Harry, and Barry. You know, those people that you put in charge of destroying our economy.

Depot Jim,

"First Bush the Younger and the Republicans spend like drunken sailors and the economy collapses in 2008." Both of your statements are true, but one did not lead to the other.

Trickled ON Rob,

You mention the costs of the wars, when you calculate that Trillion dollars are you using full-costing or incremental costing?

I thought the Stimulus was to keep unemployment under 8%. The only jobs saved were those of gov't workers and unions - the non-union private sector - that sector that makes the economy go, has not grown and has shed jobs.

How does the deficits effect us? What is your beloved BO's plans? Higher taxes. That effects those of us that work as compared to those that sponge off mummy.

BillyR,

Your guy is in charge - let's go to the graph.

http://michaelscomments.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/the-census-shores-up-the-employment-rate/

Looks like a really winner (read with a heavy dose of sarcasm).

500,000 people on the mall this weekend should have the elected Democratic politicians take notice.

The main-stream-media might ridicule the attendees but their day is coming and it is November 6th.

The "silent majority" has been awakened in a fashion never seen before!

Come on, boys and girls of the Rabid Right!! Get them pom-poms out and start your cheerleading. Your only problem is, who will you be cheering for, your Party of No, Neut " The M-80 Thrower " Getrich and his latest divorce decree: America from her Constitution!! " Run, Sarah, Run " will not quit playing the wheel of fortune, long enough to be defeated and Dick Armey is too busy counting those skid-loads of dollar bills, with his greasy paws!! The Party of No is left with the likes of former Senator Craig or sleazy Senator Vitter, of the battered and betrayed Louisiana, or Senator Ensign, and his accomplice, Senator Coburn. They are indeed a dysfunctional Party. Maybe they will call on Cheney the Chump, to come to their rescue! That would be as farcical as Bush's " Mission Accomplished "!!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.

501C4 GOP Theft by Deception Axis of Evil Doers Speak! It's working! It's working! Drink the McVeigh TEA! Join the PARTAY! It's working! It's working! Our TEAM GOP "suspension of disbelief" is working! You go BECK! "Our People" You go SARAH! Don't be just the "sheep" Thank You! Thank You! Just say he's a failure! Just say he's a "Anchor Baby." Just say he's YOU LIE! YOU LIE! Brown skin, brown eyes, man, woman or child that trying to go through the BACKDOOR OF OUR AMERICA! Drink the McVeigh TEA! Drink the McVeigh TEA! Let's PARTAY! It was always about "civil rights." It was always about just us! Not JUSTICE! It was always about "Z" people walking that way, talking that "bilingual" way! Catherine Harris heard the voices! We hear the voices! No jobs for them! No education for them! Just layoffs! Just stall baby stall! Just US! Just no JUSTICE! Suppress that vote! Cage that vote! Provisionalize that vote! Heardee! Heardee! Get your SB1070 Section 1070 rooms in advance! We got vacancies! We got Two for One Immigrant Super Tuesday November 2nd!

Don Fitz, good effort, but not as loony as Roger. You need to up your game. There are no points for being the second craziest guy on the Swamp.

Rube, Rube, Rube, the Lefty Loon formerly known as HHH, former republican, Hulk Smash, John E and an assortment of other names, real and fake, is really coming apart at the seems!
Rube, please explain how Bush's tax cuts are for billionaires when Obama is considering extending the Bush tax cuts to the middle and lower classes?
Anyway, Obimbo is spending and spending and spending and all it is doing to hurting the economy, not helping it.
Meanwhile, Germany's economy is growing. Why? because they have cut back on spending and letting the free market do its thing!
But then facts and the Loony Left never were in the same ballpark.

Didn't they say JD Hayworth was neck & neck with John McCain a few short months, nay, weeks ago?

But: good news for Reps......

You can relax now. Maybe find a way to cut the cables to Obama's TelePrompTer.......

Yes, that empty suit in the White House is history.

Just relax now. You can barely keep your eyes open. You're feeling drowsy...very drowsy. Your eyes are closing.....

Can I just say a word for my yet-unborn great grandchildren?

They're very annoyed that a huge tax burden is being shifted their way.

Will there be enough left over in the trust funds to pay their way in life?

Why does no one consider the plight of the great grandchildren and their trust funds?

Gallup should have prefaced its very unprofessional survey with, if the bean counters had any honesty left, an acknowledgment of the unprecedented lying and distortions that are being peddled by the Corporate Media, against President Obama, along with the dysfunctional Right. The character assault is almost as outrageous as it became against former Senator Max Cleland, D-GA, but it is early, yet!! Instead, we have this: Oh, what a surprise!! Can you believe this ' unprecedented " lead!! The Gallup gatherers pretend not to know of the verbal assaults, the character-assassination attempts on President Obama and Vice-President Biden. The entire nation knows that Corporate America has declared war against President Obama's presidency, including the Banks we bailed-out, the Investment Houses we sustained and yet, we have some hedge-fund managers, with unbridled stupidity and viciousness, attempting to compare President Obama to scumbag Hitler invading Poland. Or the most inept, self-promoting unprofessional politician in the last 50 years, Neut Getrich, calling American citizens, of Arab heritage, " Nazis ", because they wish to exercise their constitutional rights, as Neut bullies them at the public pillory, for doing so, exercising their constitutional rights.
One might ask where are all of our reasonable leaders, from every walk of life, while this bush-whacking of President Obama is afoot, across our, once proud and fair land. Their silence is speaking volumes. Their courage has atrophied. Their independence has given way to Corporate pay-offs. Meanwhile, our political institutions are under assault by delinquents, conspirators, con-artists, thieves, crooks, a bought and paid for, Corporate Media, not to mention a small, but narrow-minded and mean-spirited gang , who get their thrills scaring our elderly, our sick, our poor and our disadvantage. For what, one might ask? For the perverted reason of denying all America's citizens their birthright, that all men and women are created equal, not to forget, also, a fair days pay for a fair day's work. They, the Republican-Libertarian-T.Baggers, have been getting rid of good jobs for decades, shipping them to China, Tiawan, Korea, Sri Lanka, anywhere they can get the job done for cheap labor. You can thank the Republicans for the steady job loss over the last few decades and you can also thank them for the disappearance of our middle-class.
Through all of this muck and mire, of the Republican's making, I still have reason to hope, with President Obama and Vice-President Biden at the helm. They know what average Americans are going through, right now and they are willing to sacrifice another term, a setback in November, for their policies, for, their beliefs in our economy and our workers. At least they are willing to try something, in stead of obstructing what someone else is willing to try!! Like former President Kennedy, being cut-down, before his time, because, he too, had a dream of a better America, as President Obama has. So, don't be too surprised if the numbers go lower, the Republican-Libertarian-T.Baggers are not finished lying, character-assassinating and certainly not scaring the old folks, about the only lousy talent they really have!!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.

AGAIN, here is why BLAME BUSH isn't working. And Obama cries about misinformation...NOTE the DATE OF 2003, and towards the end of the article pay attention to what Barney the Frank says.

New Agency Proposed to Oversee Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
By STEPHEN LABATON
Published: September 11, 2003

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10— The Bush administration today recommended the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis a decade ago.

Under the plan, disclosed at a Congressional hearing today, a new agency would be created within the Treasury Department to assume supervision of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored companies that are the two largest players in the mortgage lending industry.

The new agency would have the authority, which now rests with CONGRESS, to set one of the two capital-reserve requirements for the companies. It would exercise authority over any new lines of business. And it would determine whether the two are adequately managing the risks of their ballooning portfolios.

The plan is an acknowledgment by the administration that oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- which together have issued more than $1.5 trillion in outstanding debt -- is broken. A report by outside investigators in July concluded that Freddie Mac manipulated its accounting to mislead investors, and critics have said Fannie Mae does not adequately hedge against rising interest rates.

''There is a general recognition that the supervisory system for housing-related government-sponsored enterprises neither has the tools, nor the stature, to deal effectively with the current size, complexity and importance of these enterprises,'' Treasury Secretary John W. Snow told the House Financial Services Committee in an appearance with Housing Secretary Mel Martinez, who also backed the plan.

Mr. Snow said that Congress should eliminate the power of the president to appoint directors to the companies, a sign that the administration is less concerned about the perks of patronage than it is about the potential political problems associated with any new difficulties arising at the companies.

The administration's proposal, which was endorsed in large part today by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, would not repeal the significant government subsidies granted to the two companies. And it does not alter the implicit guarantee that Washington will bail the companies out if they run into financial difficulty; that perception enables them to issue debt at significantly lower rates than their competitors. Nor would it remove the companies' exemptions from taxes and antifraud provisions of federal securities laws.

The proposal is the opening act in one of the biggest and most significant lobbying battles of the Congressional session.

After the hearing, Representative Michael G. Oxley, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, and Senator Richard Shelby, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, announced their intention to draft legislation based on the administration's proposal. Industry executives said Congress could complete action on legislation before leaving for recess in the fall.

''The current regulator does not have the tools, or the mandate, to adequately regulate these enterprises,'' Mr. Oxley said at the hearing. ''We have seen in recent months that mismanagement and questionable accounting practices went largely unnoticed by the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight,'' the independent agency that now regulates the companies.

''These irregularities, which have been going on for several years, should have been detected earlier by the regulator,'' he added.

The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, which is part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, was created by Congress in 1992 after the bailout of the savings and loan industry and concerns about regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which buy mortgages from lenders and repackage them as securities or hold them in their own portfolios.

At the time, the companies and their allies beat back efforts for tougher oversight by the Treasury Department, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the Federal Reserve. Supporters of the companies said efforts to regulate the lenders tightly under those agencies might diminish their ability to finance loans for lower-income families. This year, however, the chances of passing legislation to tighten the oversight are better than in the past.

Reflecting the changing political climate, both Fannie Mae and its leading rivals applauded the administration's package. The support from Fannie Mae came after a round of discussions between it and the administration and assurances from the Treasury that it would not seek to change the company's mission.

After those assurances, Franklin D. Raines, Fannie Mae's chief executive, endorsed the shift of regulatory oversight to the Treasury Department, as well as other elements of the plan.

''We welcome the administration's approach outlined today,'' Mr. Raines said. The company opposes some smaller elements of the package, like one that eliminates the authority of the president to appoint 5 of the company's 18 board members.

Company executives said that the company preferred having the president select some directors. The company is also likely to lobby against the efforts that give regulators too much authority to approve its products.

Freddie Mac, whose accounting is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission and a United States attorney in Virginia, issued a statement calling the administration plan a ''responsible proposal.''

The stocks of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae fell while the prices of their bonds generally rose. Shares of Freddie Mac fell $2.04, or 3.7 percent, to $53.40, while Fannie Mae was down $1.62, or 2.4 percent, to $66.74. The price of a Fannie Mae bond due in March 2013 rose to 97.337 from 96.525.Its yield fell to 4.726 percent from 4.835 percent on Tuesday.

Fannie Mae, which was previously known as the Federal National Mortgage Association, and Freddie Mac, which was the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, have been criticized by rivals for exerting too much influence over their regulators.

''The regulator has not only been outmanned, it has been outlobbied,'' said Representative Richard H. Baker, the Louisiana Republican who has proposed legislation similar to the administration proposal and who leads a subcommittee that oversees the companies. ''Being underfunded does not explain how a glowing report of Freddie's operations was released only hours before the managerial upheaval that followed. This is not world-class regulatory work.''

Significant details must still be worked out before Congress can approve a bill. Among the groups denouncing the proposal today were the National Association of Home Builders and Congressional Democrats who fear that tighter regulation of the companies could sharply reduce their commitment to financing low-income and affordable housing.

''These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis,'' said Representative BARNEY FRANK of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ''The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.''

Representative Melvin L. Watt, Democrat of North Carolina, agreed.

''I don't see much other than a shell game going on here, moving something from one agency to another and in the process weakening the bargaining power of poorer families and their ability to get affordable housing,'' Mr. Watt said.

What is the republican plan for job creation, increasing employment, small business growth, and deficit reduction?? Millions of American jobs have been outsourced and will never be coming back. Bush tax cuts are a fraud, benefitting only millionaires and billionaires and adding $1,350,000,000,000.00 to the deficit. They have not created a single job.
Greatest redistribution of wealth occurred under Ronald Reagan and Bush #43. Reagan granted amnesty to millions of illegals. Bush/Cheney increased big government and government spending to unprecendented levels. Iraq and Afghanistan have added another $1,000,000,000,000.00 to the deficit (at least). Under republican control of Congress, gas will be over $4 a gallon, unemployment will be 15%, and the budget deficits will be double of what they are today. Just wait and see.

UNPRECEDENTED ~ the Republican word of the day

I / we, I think, don’t maintain an automatic, undying, endless, just-do-unto-me whatever you desire, kind of unrequited bestial love for Republicans like the democrats do for Mustapha. But we do thank all of u democrats for this wonderful OPPORTUNITY.

UNCERTAINTY ~ the democrat word of the Biennuim

Such a simple word. U would think that democrats could figure a thing or two out. Apparently not.

MASSACRE ~ the democrat NOVEMBER word of the month

I like how this word just seems to marinate with the mood. May the Proletariat not lose their focus. Thanx Paulo.

NOVEMBER 2nd ~ D-Day 2010

November 1st - All Saints Day, one of those Catholic kind of deals, followed by November 2nd - El Dia de Muerte, an interesting intersection of reverence and tradition. “Dance a la Django in D minor”, to commemorate the for-real great Django Reinhardt and El Dia de Muerte. That's a Tuesday that follows the first Monday, in the month of November.

D-Day 2010 ~ Take back a small piece of America. Just taking too long to get here.

I hope the most important questions will be asked....such as Birth certificate, are they Muslum, and can we send postcards with watermelons in the front of the Whitehouse and is he a racist with a deep seeded hatred for white people.

Give it a rest, F2W. Your meaningless post could have been twice as long and it still would not shed have any light on the Republican disaster caused by the Gramm-Leach-Blyby Act of 1999.
Since, I don't know any, " Barney the Frank ", I fail to see the relevance of this post, other than your obsession of diverting the truth from the real culprit of the Bush&Cheney Depression, The G-L-B Act of 1999. Check it out, you may learn something, if you were so inclined to learn something, which I don't think you are. It would mean you would have to kennel that straw-dog, you have been walking since the depression settled in, in 2008, and carried over, into President Obama's term!!! Don't you worry, though, he and Vice-President Biden will not do, what the Bush&Cheney have been doing most of their lives, running from their problems. President Obama and Vice-President Biden are fulfilling their responsibilities to our nation!! Now, if we can just convince the Republicans to do the same, instead of obstructing, in our Congress. America, tell the Republican-Libertarian-T.Baggers to do right by America. Quit obstructing our government from doing its job.
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.

Hey bill r, how the heck are ya? “postcards with hydrogen oxide-melons in the front of the WH” ~ that was funny. I like that.

We Publicans can’t say stuff like that. We, the Party of Lincoln, would get called out as being racist for that sort of thing. Freedom-hating democrats, on the other hand, have the freedom to say that kind of stuff. What a strange journey this has become.

Mustapha promised to “transform” America. Folks weren’t listening. We get this. This ain’t worth crap. A course change is much needed. It is no more complicated than that.

Of course the republicans have an unprecedented lead,
you have such an inept, idiotic, stupid, dishonest, disrespectful, with a little bit of childish, boorish behavior thrown in. sitting in the white house - what else would anyone expect.
obama is unaccountable and secretive - pushing his agenda without any concern about the current enviroment the democrats have put us in.
The future disasters they call "accomplishments" will destroy this country.
First time in my life I'm ashamed of my country! But hey, that amazon, racist wife of obama's is happy - but then - aren't those people happy whenever they get free stuff?

We Publicans can’t say stuff like that. We, the Party of Lincoln, would get called out as being racist for that sort of thing. Freedom-hating democrats, on the other hand, have the freedom to say that kind of stuff. What a strange journey this has become.
Posted by: Django - N Rotational Exile | August 31, 2010 11:07 AM

First time in my life I'm ashamed of my country! But hey, that amazon, racist wife of obama's is happy - but then - aren't those people happy whenever they get free stuff?

Posted by: worsethanbefore | August 31, 2010 11:08 AM
Gosh if us liberals had a quarter for everytime we called Mrs Bush an Amazon waiting for handouts we could have solved the debt. No racism here.

The dumbing down of America is now complete.

The last three paragraphs in Free To Watch’s post tells the whole story. Democrats are generally for more regulation except when they are able to slip in and marginalize the regulatory process. Barney Frank only looks stupid. Making loans to people that can’t afford loans is another carrot in a democrat’s gift basket to the indentured serfs. Their stinkin’ FDR styled politics can only bring financial ruin to everything that it touches. In the aftermath of the carnage there will be Paul Krugman screaming “Should have spent more, faster”.

Actually, Doug R., Mustapha’s gasoline target is $6 per gallon, not $4. He still is no Economics wizard but he does know how to get u to looking at that $45,000, 45 mpg(?), 45 m/h, 45 mile range, electric car.

The survival and viability of the democrat party depends upon having their own set of facts and an unlimited supply of Koolaid drinkers. Having spent xtra time in Education World, I can assure anyone that this is a minefield of unexploded gold-plated disasters.

Don, YOU telling me to give it a rest is priceless, really.

All during the time that Fannie and Freddie were hiding their real balance sheets, CONGRESS was in charge of oversite. AND, Barney the Frank was the head of the Financial Services Commitee. During that time Barney was dithering a Freddie Mac employee.

Barney should be indicted.

Dispite all the misinformation from the left and from the MSM, the truth is going to come out, probably way to late to save us from disaster. When people realize all the lies that have hidden the corruption in Congress, you think there might be a backlash?

Rob, what drug are you on? The stimulus accomplished little- and cost more than Iraq.How do you quantify "jobs saved"? You can't. It's a meaningless metric. And if candidates like Angle are extremist, then what does that make any current member of Congress who voted for a health care bill that 60% of the public opposed? Mainstream wouldn't be the first word that comes to mind... and the generic ballot matters in that it usually favors Democrats. If the GOP has that big a lead, then November could be ugly for Democrats.

Posted by: Don Fitzgerald, IL

Hey Don, your description of the Republican Party as "The Party of No" is incomplete. What they really are is "The Party of No Socialism". Please try to get it straight. Thanks.

They only surprise in this is the size of the margin. Much less of a lead than I would have thought. With this kind of leadership it's easy to ostracize a party.

It's a wave, and it might be a tsunami. With a 14-point generic lead, the Democrats could seriously lose 100 seats. The Republicans are mad as hell, and November 2 cannot get here soon enough. Ms. Pelosi, enjoy your retirement.

Democrats have shown America their true intentions the last 2 years. The true desire of liberals and democrats is big brother government ruling every facet of our lives. WE REJECT BIG BROTHER GOVERNMENT. You liberal scum idiots better realize that soon or you will never be in power again.

9.5% UNEMPLOYMENT and going up! An economy about to go back into recession! Trillions and trillions in corrupt spending and debt with nothing to show for it except special interests with full pockets! The corrupt stimulous and healthcare bills forced down the throats of the American people by a White House and Democratic controlled Congress that think they are a bunch of stupid racists and religious bigots. We have to restore Balance to our government and end this nightmare. Every Democrat on the ballot has to go!!!!

November is going to be a warm up and a halftime speech for 2012. Obama may not be watching all the town halls and rallies that are taking place and are flooded with Americans across the country, but when he gets his hide tanned in November he will. I have a feeling Obama may already see the writing on the wall. If we win big in 2010, that is going to be a major ego boost to the Tea Party, and it will freighten everyone. I think Obama may refuse to come out of the locker room for 2012. I think we will hear a NO MAS speech from him just like we did from Johnson. All of his administration is going to run for the hills after November, then its make or break. He could get lucky, but he is stupid and has no real political saavy like a Clinton or a Reagan. Hillary will see the writing on the wall before the spring of 2011 and bolt too. Obummer is going to be in bad shape. He already is in a world of hurt and the people of this country would never elect Joe Dummy. Bye Bye Obama, the fat lady is singing. Lets have a Mitch Daniels or John Thune, someone who knows how to lead.

What is interesting in the polling numbers is this little-known fact...

Mid-term elections are all about the undecideds turning out. They usually do not commit to Decided until the last 10 days before the election. And Undecideds almost ALWAYS break for the party out of power.

If even five percent of the electorate is undecided (which may be conservative, pun intended), then the gap between D and R is much bigger than the 10 percent reflected in this poll.

The other thing to consider is this: an incumbent politician never pulls more than their poll numbers. If any politician is under water, that is polling under 50% in a two-way race, they will almost always be defeated, with the balance of the votes going to the challenger. If you see an incumbent Dem polling under 47%, they're virtually guaranteed a Goner.

I always giggle a little when I hear far left wingbats describing simple conservative Americans espousing constitutional values as "extreme".

Yep, granny there with her flag is EXTREME.

You guys are gonna get spanked in November because you deserve it. Nobody needs a GOTV drive to get Republicans to the polls this year - we can't wait.

What is the margin of error for this poll? Could be 10%. Doesn't say. Where were the concentration of people polled? Were questions asked about political orientation?
Too many questions unanswered. It is called critical thinking people. Anyways, check out the polls and how the last Presidential election turned. Giant disconnect from Gallup and how things turned out. Look at the state findings because there is not a "General Election" across the country. Please team idiot republican, find out about statistics and how not to be spoon fed lies. And then believe them.
Also Terry, no response from you. cowards

Stop the slinging. Let's talk solutions. Repubs and Dems together have put us in this spot. Americans have to collectively get out of it.

Back to solutions:

1. No more deficit spending. Let's take our medicine and get our fiscal house in order. Let's make the goal to become a creditor nation once again.
2. Out of Iraq and Afghanistan. We have accomplished what we can, now we can't afford either conflict.
3. Stop the flow of jobs out this country. The "free-traders" are giving away the farm, literally. But...and this is huge, we cannot allow the unions to take this as a sign to increase presence. We have to have the balanced deal between owners and labor.
4. Protect our borders and enforce the immigration laws of our land. If we don't like the laws we should change them. No more right of citizenship to babies born in the U.S. to non-residents. We're the only idiots who have this practice.
5. Significantly reduce our military presence from around the globe. Europe and others can pay for their own protection, we can't afford it and people resent us for it.
6. End the Fed, today.
7. Institute a flat tax.
8. Allow anyone with a Masters or PHD in a technical field to immigrate to this country and gain citizenship within 2 years. We need ideas and innovations in this country.
9. Be grid smart. Our next great leap forward will come from smart energy and eliminating reliance on fossil fuels. If government is going to spend let's spend on that.
10. Reduce the size of gov't by 10% per year with the goal to become budget positive every year. A constitutional limit on spending as a percent of revenues (taxes) should be considered.

I have more but that's a good start.

Anyone who uses the word "repugs" is too childish to be given credence.

Most of us will never know if there was ever a chance for Obama and Rs to work together. Each side is too busy bleating their one-sided sources' talking points.

America needs a new party. One capable of taking the best ideas and people from each party to craft a rational agenda.

With Big Union, Big Public Union, Big Corporation (unions for rich people), and Big NGOs all working with Big Government to make the productive American citizen a debt slave, how could things be going any differently?

How funny! Someone complaining about extremist GOP candidates. I guess people like Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Waters, and Bernie Sanders are just regular down to earth public servants.

Ornery,

Those trust-funds of your future great-granchildren - is that the trust fund you will personally leave them or the gov't trust funds of social security? I'm more worried abot the tax bite that will be taken from my great-children due to wasteful gov't programs.

Doogie,

The Bush tax cuts were for ALL income tax payers, not just the rich. Those tax cuts had the economy growing for six years and the deficits were getting smaller until gov't mortgage policies overwhelmed the economy.

How much do you think another terror attack would have cost this economy and therefore tax revenues? Maybe if Clinton would have taken care of bin Laden when he was in the wide-open, that Trillion Dollars wouldn't have had to have been spent.

As for economic predictions, do you have any rational for that or is it IQ of 83 just showing off?

BillyR,

I'm sure the law professor would agree that sending those watermelon postcards are within one's constitutional rights, but are definitely in poor taste. Reminds me of a propsed mosque in NYC.

PFUTZ,

You are correct, GLB Act was a cause of the 2008-09 recession. The piece of the legislation that caused the recession was the addition, at the behest of the dems to get it passed the filabuster, was teh loosening of mortgage lending standards. Glad you are finally seeing the light.

The country is taking a hard right turn. There is no room for liberals or centrists who can't see what damage their massively idiotic spending programs have done to this country.

You have lost your driving privileges. The grown ups are now taking over. You children get in the back seat and SHUT UP.

First we will fix the mess you morons have made. Then we "might" let you have a turn at the wheel but only if you stick to the path we lay out. Your way only leads to ruin.

It was Bush and the Republicans who destroyed our country and ran it into the ground all to help their wealthy cronies get wealthier on the backs of the middle class. Don't put that evil group back in power again!!

All right, all of you, little visitors, you can go home, now. Your mommies and daddies will get worried. You did your little piece of civic duty, even though the other boys and girls of the Republican-Libertarian-T.Baggers had you telling whoppers. You probably got the impression from them, that you would be going to Burger King, for whoppers, if you told enough good lies. I'm sure you did, but did you get the whoppers. The only reason I ask is, that you wouldn't be the first persons to be deceived and short changed, by that gang. If they did come through, you lucky stiffs. I wish I could tell lies and get Burger King whoppers, but we were obviously raised differently. Anyway, watch those whoppers, you eat too many of them, telling all those lies and you will be on the road to obesity, not to mention, a chronic liar. We all know where we can find that great gathering of those, telling whoppers, at any Republican-Libertarian-T.Bagger convention. All you have to do is bring that whopper of a lie with you and, presto, you're a full-fledge Republican-Libertarian-T.Bagger. It is that simple.
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.

Uggh,

You are questioning the credibility of a Gallup poll by saying it might have a +/- of 10% amrgin of error? Can you show me a gallup poll that has had that margin of error.

There has been 21 months since that the 2008 election. Much has changed, and little of it for the better. The American voter has buyers' remorse.

Sorry Uggh, I didn't know what I was supposed to respond to something. Also, I have a job - I can't sit on my brains all day and blog like your pals PFUTZ, Trickled On, and Roger Morris.

Reasom - Good points. I'll change on thing - I'll use of Congressman's Grayson's favorite phrases. It's time for the dems to STFU.

9 weeks and we find out who's full of hot hair, won't we...9 weeks...tick tock tick tock

Obama, Seals and Rob Nare borrowing and spending like drunken sailors. Like all other alcoholics, their sickness is fault of someone else.

Time to take the keys away from these drunkards and lettum sober up. Who knows, maybe Obama can salvage his presidency with a Republican Congress to balance him?

We're in a FULL-BLOW OBAMA depression.

Oilbama and his ilk will be getting their comeuppance this November when John Boehner is Speaker and Mitch McConnell is the Majority Leader in the US Senate. No more radical legislation Democrats don't read; no more pro-union arse-kissing; no more deficit-busting bills that waste money; no more stimulus bills that provide billions for rubbers for Indonesian midgets.

Enough is enough.

Start your engines, boys, and rub your hands together. We have to vote out the Democrats en masse, and then roll up our sleeves to undo the massive damage Obama and Pelosi and Reid have done to this country these past several years.

The Democrat Party has been a disaster. When the Dems took over in January 2007 the unemployment rate was 4.6% and the deficit was 173 Billion. We will never see such low numbers as long as the DISASTER party is in charge of Congress.

In the run up to elections I tend to not pay much attention to the polls. I think they are propaganda. To say in a simple way...don’t count your chickens until they are hatched.

Thank you, President Obama and the Democratic Congress! You have abandoned the middleclass as no group has ever done in our history. Now take your lucre and go home.

To my Democratic Friends. There will be a October Surprise from the Democrats. The Bush Tax Cuts will be extended for one more year. Even the Democratic Leadership knows that in this bad economy you cannot raise taxes on the working public. Rob, that means anyone making $25,000 or more and married couples will not be hit with a noticeable tax increase next year.

The "democrats" here sound like rats cornered by Rottweilers, trying to puff THEMSELVES up and sound defiant! Not known to be an effective defense!

Eh Eh Eh

Liberals time is short now.

Kill all of those fat, tax cuts for the dirty rich. That's a Trillion Dollars savings for our country. On top of that, we can save the tax cuts for the middle class. You know, the middle class, the workers, making middle incomes and working hard for the money. Only, the dirty rich, and other Corporations have moved and out-sourced our economy's jobs, forcing our middle class into lower income brackets and unemployment. That's the Republican-Libertarian-T.Baggers' gift to the millionaires and billionaires. Does their greed know, no bounds!?
In the meantime, the middle-class, betrayed by the Fat Cats, the Corporations and the Republican-Libertarian-T.Baggers, can look to President Obama and Vice-President Biden for help. After all, it took the Republican-Libertarian-T.Baggers , at least 8 years to down-size our middle-class and President Obama is only in Office 19 months. In that time, President Obama has created more jobs during the depression-recession, than the Bush&Cheney created in their two terms in Office. Just think what President Obama and Vice-President Biden can accomplish with a filibuster-proof Senate. Go, Democrats, go President Obama and Vice-President Biden. America is counting on you. We sure can't count on the obstructionist Republicans. they've torn our country apart!!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.

PFUTZ,

And what would those tax cuts for the rich be? Would that be the lowering of tax rates so that the business owner, the risk taker can keep 65 cents of the incremental dollar he makes as opposed to 60 cents. Raise the cost of doing business, decrease the amount of business being done, decrease the amount of jobs, decrease the amount of tax revenue to the country and increase the amount of unemployment paid.

Is that simple enough for you PUTZ or do you want to keep with your Democrat-Socialist-Rearendrammer economic policies that have put us over the economic cliff?