The Bush years — then and now

3 comments January 7th, 2009

Is “legacy” really the word for THIS?

GOP a drag on approval rating for Congress

6 comments January 7th, 2009

 

An Applesauce commenter recently implied, as most conservatives are wont to do, that the American public’s prevailing disapproval of Congress on the whole is the fault mostly of the Democratic majorities in both houses.

In reply, I wrote this:

In a recent ABC/Washington Post poll, respondents were asked this question: “Overall, which party — the Democrats or the Republicans — do you trust to do a better job in coping with the main problems the nation faces over the next few years?”

Fifty-six percent said the Democrats. Twenty-three percent said Republicans. Fifteen percent said neither party. Three percent said both parties, and 3 percent were unsure.

And now there’s a new Gallup Poll SHOWING that congressional Republicans are considerably less popular than congressional Democrats.

Oh, but the right-wingers are still considered the bee’s knees down South. The folks in those parts are now the base of the Republican Party.

Lotsa  luck with that.

Let’s not allow governors to appoint senators

Add comment January 7th, 2009

Thomas Geoghegan (above), noted labor lawyer, author and playwright, OFFERS A SLANT on the Blago-Burris controversy that most people seem not to have considered.

UPDATE: Meanwhile, it looks like BURRIS WILL BE SEATED after all.

Paul Krugman vs. Sanjay Gupta vs. Michael Moore

6 comments January 7th, 2009

Interesting dispute HERE.

Open thread

4 comments January 7th, 2009

 

I’m going to be out for much of the day.

Discuss things among yourselves.