Politics at it's finest.... Party First

IMO nobody is going to compromise until the election season is over.

Higher taxes with gasoline still $4 a gallon is pretty drastic IMO as well.

I tend to agree. I don't think the overall tax burden should increase on individuals right now. Gas prices have come back a bit, to only just under $4 a gallon. But they will go up yet again, in the not too distant future, and we'll push $5. No need for tax increases to incentivize alternatives - the natural price will do that on its own.

 

That said, I ALSO disagree with tax holidays and decreasing current gas taxes.

 

 

Week in Review (Aug 6th- Aug 12th)

Shiftless

 

Washington (Elway Poll) - Obama 47%, McCain 35%....... Obama +12

Florida (PPP (D)) - McCain 47%, Obama 44%....... McCain +3

New York (Quinnipiac) - Obama 57%, McCain 36%....... Obama +21

Oregon (SurveyUSA) - Obama 48%, McCain 45%....... Obama +3

Wisconsin (WPRI) - Obama 44%, McCain 38%....... Obama +6

New Jersey (Rasmussen) - Obama 52%, McCain 42%....... Obama +10

New York (Rasmussen) - Obama 55%, McCain 36%....... Obama +19

Alabama (AEA/Capital Survey) - McCain 47%, Obama 34%....... McCain +13

Massachusetts (Rasmussen) - Obama 54%, McCain 38%....... Obama +16

Wisconsin (Rasmussen) - Obama 51%, McCain 44%....... Obama +7

Washington (Rasmussen) - Obama 54%, McCain 42%....... Obama +12

Missouri (Rasmussen) - McCain 50%, Obama 44%....... McCain +6

Michigan (Rasmussen) - Obama 49%, McCain 45%....... Obama +4

Colorado (PPP (D)) - Obama 48%, McCain 44%....... Obama +4

Oregon (Rasmussen) - Obama 52%, McCain 42.%...... Obama +10

Iowa (Rasmussen) - Obama 49%, McCain 44%....... Obama +5

Virginia (SurveyUSA) - Obama 47,% McCain 48.%...... McCain +1

Kentucky (SurveyUSA) - McCain 55,% Obama 37%....... McCain +18

 

The title says it all. My analysis this week is very simple: nothing's changed. Virginia is still a true battle ground state showing a near tie in the most recent round of polls. All the other states haven't changed much at all.

eh I still don't think Missouri will go McCain this election.

eh I still don't think Missouri will go McCain this election.

I'm fairly confident it will

I'm fairly confident it will

I wouldn't count on any statement about any of those 4-5 really, really close states until after we see the VP picks and the conventions.

at the very least nobody wins any election in missouri by more than 1%. I'm sure our vote for assessor will be incredibly close. But so anyway, yeah no, long as I'm workin here Mo will be blue.

I guess theres some weird debate in a church or something in a few minutes.

I don't think it's a debate, it'll be similar to the thing Hillary and Obama did a few months back.

I don't think it's a debate

 

yea some evangelical is asking questions, not a debate.

yea some evangelical is asking questions, not a debate.

I might actually watch this. I could be being naive here but it sounds like the guy is going to be impartial. The candidates' responses are going to be there up front, to be taken at face value.

I might actually watch this. I could be being naive here but it sounds like the guy is going to be impartial. The candidates' responses are going to be there up front, to be taken at face value.

 

i already turned the channel. i honestly don't vote on these issues the guy is bringing up, like "what is your weakest moment with God" bla bla. total snooze fest for me. nothing i want asked will be.

i already turned the channel. i honestly don't vote on these issues the guy is bringing up, like "what is your weakest moment with God" bla bla. total snooze fest for me. nothing i want asked will be.

He followed up a question to Obama about stem-cell research, and then his next question was "do you believe evil exists" or something like that. Meh I guess it gives some insight into the candidates character, but I don't care about how much of a Christian somebody is when they're running for office.

Well, the next question was a good one. Which of the existing SCOTUS justices would you have NOT nominated. Obama sounded pretty surprised at the question. He said Clarence Thomas, he ended up saying something along the lines of how he doesn't like the executive branch encroaching where the Constitution didn't intend (nominating someone because he/she is a Democrat or a Republican and would be considered reliable to rule liberally or conservatively)

Edited August 17, 200817 yr by lostfan

Well, the next question was a good one. Which of the existing SCOTUS justices would you have NOT nominated. Obama sounded pretty surprised at the question. He said Clarence Thomas, he ended up saying something along the lines of how he doesn't like the executive branch encroaching where the Constitution didn't intend (nominating someone because he/she is a Democrat or a Republican and would be considered reliable to rule liberally or conservatively)

 

well he bs'd that answer. i guarantee he nominates a liberal Democrat to the supreme court.

well he bs'd that answer. i guarantee he nominates a liberal Democrat to the supreme court.

I agree with what he said in principle though and I wish presidents actually practiced this more. I mean, I hear conservatives b**** a lot about Reagan's O'Connor and Kennedy appointments whenever they don't give a standard conservative ruling, but in reality they look at each case in a vacuum and interpret according to the Constitution, not ideology. People can't complain about "activist judges" (as if most people knew what this actually meant or used it correctly) when they just complained that the judge didn't rule liberally or conservatively.

 

McCain just stole one of Obama's stump speech lines... lol it was pretty blatant. These are some pretty difficult questions though.

 

edit: btw McCain gave the same answer, but with more BS, and used the term "activist judges" but then applauded the nomination of Alito and Roberts right after he named all the liberal judges... um yeah John

Edited August 17, 200817 yr by lostfan

McCain: "By the way friends, if you haven't noticed, we now have a pro-American president in France, which means if you live long enough, anything can happen." :

well he bs'd that answer. i guarantee he nominates a liberal Democrat to the supreme court.

My policy on the supreme court is to keep it balanced and even. Since it's an odd number of people, it'll tip one way or another depending on the president. There is never such a thing as a complete fair court. People bring in their own beliefs and biases. So, I would be in favor of 4 "liberal", 4 "conservative", and a swing judge. I absolutely dont believe in "Activist" courts that are so heavily tilted in one direction that the minority is largely ignored.

I think of all the questions, Obama NAILED the stem cell question. I used to be against stem cell research until about 6 months ago or so. Then I heard that the stem cells were coming from embryos that were about to be "thrown out" (a fact interestingly left out by most anti-stem cell groups). I had never heard that before. And I thought, "wait, so it's better to just throw them out then use them for good?"

 

If stem cells research is so bad, shouldn't in vitro fertilization be protested by pro-life groups?

 

I knew Obama was pro-stem cell, but I've never heard that same opinion out of him before.

Well I decided to watch the question answer session with the pastor when it was replayed on FOX. There were some good questions and McCain had his best showing by a large margin thus far in the campaign.

Well I decided to watch the question answer session with the pastor when it was replayed on FOX. There were some good questions and McCain had his best showing by a large margin thus far in the campaign.

I thought so too. He was actually talking about HIM and what HE thinks. I think they both had pretty good showings actually.

He was actually talking about HIM and what HE thinks.

 

as opposed too.....?

as opposed too.....?

That was supposed to be green, yes?

 

McCain's campaign thus far has been about Obama, Obama and Obama.

 

as opposed too.....?

Obama this Obama that Obama is stupid Obama sucks don't vote for Obama vote for me because if Obama is elected you won't like him Obama just said something and it's silly Obama Obama Obamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

He probably mentions Obama's name in his ads more than his own. This is the first time since the primaries that I've seen McCain spending so much time talking about himself.

Obama this Obama that Obama is stupid Obama sucks don't vote for Obama vote for me because if Obama is elected you won't like him Obama just said something and it's silly Obama Obama Obamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

He probably mentions Obama's name in his ads more than his own. This is the first time since the primaries that I've seen McCain spending so much time talking about himself.

 

Ah yes Obama. John McSame John McSaaaaaaaammmee

 

seriously though, the majority of what Obama talks about. How McCain is actually a GW Bush clone. No real high ground on this one.