Democrats :^/

In generic DEM VS GOP polls, the Democrats USED to be way ahead..

And their lead has shrunk and shrunk and shrunk and NOW it's the GOP who is ahead in a generic DEM VS GOP matchup...

:D

I think yer Blue Wave is going to be a Red Trickle... :D

Bad news for ya'all.... :D

That's *ALL* the denizens of the PROW do is cherry pick polls..

THAT'S my point.. :D

So, we agree...

PRESIDENT Trump is pathetically sad and Neil is pathetically sad..

OK... :D

Well, thank you for the kind words!

neilm [2] -

Yeah, I have a friend that predicts each and every election that the Dems are going to win back the House and the Senate. This time around she might turn out to be right, but it is kind of like a broken clock being right twice a day...

Heh.

Michale [6] -

Do you know how pathetically sad you sound using a tragedy like this for a lame political attack??

Wait, wait...

Do you know how pathetically sad the president sounds using a tragedy like this for a lame attempt at bravado?

There! Fixed it for you...

Michale [8] -

Did weed suddenly become legal in Florida?

Heh. Couldn't resist, after reading your first draft sentence again...

:-)

Don Harris [9] -

I don't think Bernie's personally involved in this CA race. It's more the movement he started having burrowed in to the Dem party machinery -- more subtle, in other words.

Michale [10] -

Wait, now you're admitting Trump actually has nefarious Russian connections? Man, that Sunshine State weed must be really powerful, dude!

Heh. Again, couldn't resist.

Don Harris [11] -

I still say Joe Montana'd be a better sports-star candidate. He's pretty universally loved, at least up here in the Bay Area.

neilm [21] -

You raise a good point. And after that 2005 tax cut (wait for it, Michale...) there was the 2006 "blue wave" election.

Coincidence? We'll see...

Heh.

neilm [22] -

Sounds interesting, I will check the link out.

Michale [35] -

Not from Rasmussen, it doesn't. If you want to cherry-pick, he's down to record lows (35%) in other polls this week...

Various folks -

As for Kushner, well, see Tuesday's article...

:-)

-CW

Do you really think that will happen considering how much Trump has relied on him to handle the workload that Trump refuses to do himself?

Of course not.

My money is on Trump granting him full clearance with an executive order.

Really? I'm thinking more along the lines that I wouldn't rule out the idea Trump will just let Kushner have access to everything regardless without granting a waiver whatsoever, and then another problem that's likely to arise is that word of Kushner's debt and financial entanglements and thus being a bribery target becomes more widely known than it already is, leaving the administration no choice but to accept his resignation, etc.

Under all these circumstances, Kushner will likely never be able to obtain a security clearance but will sooner likely be handed a multiple-count indictment for lying to the FBI, lying on his SF-86, etc.

Mueller's team has filed today a motion to dismiss against Rick Gates regarding charges 5-10 and 15-32 of the Superseding Indictment... so he must have really delivered the goods... which does not bode well for Kushner, et al.

Trump is like a five year old child in his bedroom who suddenly yells to his parents downstairs, “I didn’t just take a poop in the hallway closet...so don’t come upstairs!” — you can always count on him to admit what he’s done by how much he denies that he did anything wrong!

Exactly that... and his continuous projection of controversies onto his opponents. :)

Democrats are toast in the 2018 midterms..

They might as well not even show up...

YOU people are the ones who are hung up on polls.. I know that ALL polls are useless. A point that was PROVEN beyond any doubt in the 2016 Election..

I just like rubbing your noses in yer hypocrisy... :D

A poll that you don't like, so it's wrong. :D

:D That was done by my mobile device and couldn't put the requisite :D to it.. :D

Aka GIGO factory. Rated C+ by 538. The Ipsos poll (rated A-) at the same time read 40-55 for a -15 approval rating.

However I know you are desperate for happy polls, so enjoy.

Yup, busted, jumped he gun on that one.

Really Neil???

. I know that Trump has said that he’s deferring to Gen. Kelly to make that decision,
-Russ

Do you READ anything you comment on???

OOoooooooo!!!!

THAT'S GOTTA HURT!!!! :D

Oddly enough, 45 can grant Kushner permanent security clearance if he wants to. He punted and said “I will let General Kelly make that decision.”

And nothing in the link you posted says anything as to WHY Kushner is allegedly losing his TS/SCI clearance..

So, once again, you have NOTHING but bullshit.... NO FACTS to support anything you say...

Do you really think that will happen considering how much Trump has relied on him to handle the workload that Trump refuses to do himself?

My money is on Trump granting him full clearance with an executive order. I know that Trump has said that he’s deferring to Gen. Kelly to make that decision, but we all know that for Trump to make such a promise that really means he is going to do the complete opposite! Kelly will be ordered to say that he authorized Kushner’s clearance, but will he be willing to lie to the public is the question.

Trump is like a five year old child in his bedroom who suddenly yells to his parents downstairs, “I didn’t just take a poop in the hallway closet...so don’t come upstairs!” — you can always count on him to admit what he’s done by how much he denies that he did anything wrong!

Any FACTS to support this??

Nope, of course not.. Just "anonymous reports" as usual..

Not a SINGLE fact to be found...

Typical...

I almost miss the little guy.. :D

Jared Kushner is losing his TS security clearance because lies.

https://tinyurl.com/y9qx893w

Should read:

The net impact is that the split between rural and poor urban (e.g. Detroit) vs, rich urban are unlikely to reverse course.

Agreed.

I'm reading "The New Geography of Jobs" by Enrico Moretti at the moment that examines job distribution. The job market does not follow the simple rules of economics. It is an interesting read, and the current policies from both parties are unlikely to address some of the potential downside issues Moretti raises.

The net impact is that the split between rural poor urban (e.g. Detroit) and rich urban are unlikely to reverse course. Poor urban has a better chance, but rural communities are going to be retirement areas with little in the way of job prospects if we keep on the same path.

I'm not really up on the details of Carrier "taking Indiana's money and expanding in Conn.", but I'd say if Ind. is dumb enough to give them the $ without strings, they deserve being conned.

But you can hardly blame any company for going where the resources are. Nobody produces steel in ID, and nobody produces Tater Tots in MI. That's kinda just a common sense thing.

“I think people just kind of assume he’s a goner,” FiveThirtyEight statistician Nate Silver told me recently, “but look, he’s now more in a range where presidents have recovered to win reelection. His approval rating is up to 41 or 42 percent in our tracking. That verges on being a normal number that resembles what happened to Reagan or Clinton or Obama in their second years.” (Silver noted over the weekend that Trump dipped to 39 percent in their tracking.) As Jim Messina, who managed President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign in 2012, warned earlier this month, “Donald Trump can absolutely be reelected.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/147119/trump-wins-reelection

Suck it up, NeverTrumpers...

Ya'all will be saying PRESIDENT TRUMP until Jan of 2025.. :D

Just to be clear, Collias is not a democrat, she is a Republican challenging an incumbent right wing nut from the center.

Source: Chris Ladd's latest column: https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisladd/2018/02/25/rational-republicans-are-finally-fighting-back/#24fea9907826

This is good news for the markets, but sort of throws all the BS about "new factories" and "more jobs" out of the window.

This should come as no surprise. Money has been basically free for U.S. companies for the last decade, so if they wanted or needed to invest they could.

We should also look at where they will invest the 8-10% - look at Carrier who took Indiana's money then expanded in Connecticut where the well educated workers they needed to hire were available.

Actually, that was you Dumbocrat's word.. But why let facts ruin a perfectly good hysterical rant..

Don't care.

Of course you don't care. That's why ya'all can't win elections. :D

Ain't nobody gonna buy into that.

Go back a few months before you joined and look at Altohone's replies to my comments.

Don't care. It wasn't me that told them I was going to slash their taxes and then bait and switch them with (your word) "crumbs".

OK, when you've got a minute, cite a couple of those instances where you were "attacked by the left around here" (or anywhere).

Ain't nobody gonna buy into that.

"Our guys" are some of 45's buddy's hired Russian mercenaries that were preparing to attack our troops. We monitored them and struck first.

Man, if the democrats get the House in November Benghazi!!! is going to look like a picnic - was 45's Russian buddy (who is indicted by Mueller already) ever contact 45 or his family or team? Did they do business together? Did 45, or his business, fund, directly or indirectly, the mercenaries? Treason is not too strong a word for this.

Get out and vote in November - help us get the Hillary harassment payback started.

Can you imagine how you insult the vast majority of Americans who really NEED and APPRECIATE those "crumbs"...

Every time a hysterical Dumbocrat uses that "crumbs" bullshit, another Trump supporter is created..

But, by all means.. Continue to treat Americans like shit..

See if they want to vote Dumbocrat in 18 and 20...

In Militia Compound State anything even slightly to the left of fascism may seem to be bordering on communism, but in the real world I'm definitely a centrist.

Can you imagine how much more 45's approval rating would have dropped if he hadn't dropped some crumbs from his table?

Curious, you being a self-proclaimed "centerist", I've gotta wonder, just exactly what is it you are in the center off?? Surely not the political spectrum, right? Maybe the center of 'far left redistributionist radicalism'?

OK, that was kinda tortured...

It seems to me that the Democrat Party is moving away from electibility and moving more towards Party purity...

There... Much better.. :D

Kewl.... :D

Do you know how pathetically sad you sound using a tragedy like this for a lame political attack??

THIS is exactly what's wrong with you people.. Once President Trump was elected ya'all lost ALL SENSE of decency...

Sad....

Keep dreaming, Neil.. :D

Americans are actually LIKING their $1000 bonuses and the "crumbs" raises they are getting..

With Pelosi as ya'all's leader, 2018 is simply going to be a continuation of 2014 and 2016.. :D

Neilm - "2018 looks like a wave election."

I have come to think all US elections are wave elections. It's mostly a matter of how big the wave is, whether the wave breaks red or blue and how the districts are gerrymandered. I agree with your historically based prediction that the wave is more likely to break blue on the day...and also agree with your caveats 'bout why it might not.

Sure, ol' "bone spurs" is suddenly a paper hero. If he thinks we are going to believe that nonsense then he should be the first inmate in his new mental hospitals.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/26/us/politics/trump-school-shooter-florida.html

I see this at work as well - many baby boomers have not saved enough for retirement and defined benefit plans are rare, so there is a mass of older, highly paid (due to longevity in positions) middle to senior managers who are stopping the progression of the 30-40 year olds.

I do not advocate for a mandatory retirement age (such as the ones in France or Japan), however it might be an idea that could gain momentum, and would be a corollary to term limits in political positions.

2018 looks like a wave election. As we know, the midterms when one party holds all the power seldom go well for the establishment. Couple that with the unprecedented distaste for the occupant of the White House, and a big swing seems likely.

The only saving grace is the economy, however we know how fickle that can be - nobody knows when the next recession will hit (although a lot of people like to speculate then claim they were right - it is a bit like predicting the roulette wheel is going to come up Red 25 time after time until it does then claiming you have special insight). If there is a downturn in the economy then it is going to look bleak for the Republicans since they have used up all our recession ammunition on a huge tax cut for the wealthy and corporations (did you see Buffet's letter today - Berkshire Hathaway saw a $29B windfall from the tax bill?) This might be a particularly brutal and drawn out downturn for Main St.

Far and away the best summary of the Feinstein situation I've seen anywhere!