Comments on: The More Things Change... http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/04/07/the-more-things-change/ Reality-based political commentary Fri, 15 May 2026 16:56:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: tinsldr2 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/04/07/the-more-things-change/#comment-13843 tinsldr2 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:29:00 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=3761#comment-13843 The poll of 1,005 adults, conducted Friday through yesterday, also found that 54 percent said they agreed with Clinton that the GOP budget proposal "makes too many cuts in domestic programs and gives tax breaks to the wealthy." Nearly a third, 32 percent, said they favored the GOP plan to balance the budget in seven years and cut taxes for most Americans, while the remainder were undecided. Overall, more than one-half, 53 percent, said that Clinton's position on the budget was closer to their own, while 37 percent sided with the GOP. now compare that to this from Huffpo: two questions on yesterday's Gallup survey show that more Americans think that the budget proposals from Obama and the Democrats "do not go far enough in cutting federal spending" (45 percent) than think the GOP proposals "go too far in cutting federal spending" (32 percent). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/07/tea-party-roadblock-polls_n_846122.html The poll of 1,005 adults, conducted Friday through yesterday, also found that 54 percent said they agreed with Clinton that the GOP budget proposal "makes too many cuts in domestic programs and gives tax breaks to the wealthy." Nearly a third, 32 percent, said they favored the GOP plan to balance the budget in seven years and cut taxes for most Americans, while the remainder were undecided. Overall, more than one-half, 53 percent, said that Clinton's position on the budget was closer to their own, while 37 percent sided with the GOP.

now compare that to this from Huffpo:

two questions on yesterday's Gallup survey show that more Americans think that the budget proposals from Obama and the Democrats "do not go far enough in cutting federal spending" (45 percent) than think the GOP proposals "go too far in cutting federal spending" (32 percent).

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/07/tea-party-roadblock-polls_n_846122.html

]]> By: tinsldr2 http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/04/07/the-more-things-change/#comment-13842 tinsldr2 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 23:09:31 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=3761#comment-13842 Chris, a remarkable rundown and you are right the similarities are eerie. The song remains the same...... I caught this in Clinton's speech "Let me be clear --" Where have I heard that recently? I know Obama is a great at recycling but I didn't know his catch phrase was a recycled Clinton line..... I guess Obama will truly go down in history as the environmental president with all this recycling! Chris, a remarkable rundown and you are right the similarities are eerie.

The song remains the same......

I caught this in Clinton's speech "Let me be clear --"

Where have I heard that recently? I know Obama is a great at recycling but I didn't know his catch phrase was a recycled Clinton line..... I guess Obama will truly go down in history as the environmental president with all this recycling!

]]> By: Michale http://www.chrisweigant.com/2011/04/07/the-more-things-change/#comment-13827 Michale Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:44:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=3761#comment-13827 Regardless of what history shows us, I think in the here and now, the GOP will win the PR war. It was a masterful stroke to include military pay in the latest stop-gap bill.. The GOP will be able to claim, accurately, that they passed a bill to get the military (a military that is fighting two wars and several skirmishes on many fronts) paid and that the President vetoed that pay... Michale..... Regardless of what history shows us, I think in the here and now, the GOP will win the PR war.

It was a masterful stroke to include military pay in the latest stop-gap bill.. The GOP will be able to claim, accurately, that they passed a bill to get the military (a military that is fighting two wars and several skirmishes on many fronts) paid and that the President vetoed that pay...

Michale.....

]]>