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Carly Fiorina: Most Americans See the Democrats as the Extreme Party
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and California U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina on CNN today gave her unsolicited advice to the national Democratic Party – moderate your EXTREME out of the mainstream positions on the issues.
On Thursday, former Republican Senate candidate from California, Carly Fiorina, dropped an impressive bit of counterintuitive political wisdom on her fellow panel guests during CNN’s increasingly interesting, unscripted “unsolicited advice” segment with Pete Dominick. Fiorina performed a clever bit of reverse logic on Democrats and identified, succinctly and dispassionately, the many reasons why the Democratic National Convention has handed Republicans a litany of ways in which they can tar Democrats as the party of real extremism for America’s center-right electorate.
Here is the video and it is worth a watch:
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Gallup: American Unadjusted Unemployment Rate Is 8.1 %
According to the latest Gallup Poll:
U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, is 8.1% for the month of August, down slightly from 8.3% measured in mid-August and 8.2% for the month of July. Gallup’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for August is also 8.1%, a slight uptick from 8.0% at the end of July.
These results are based on Gallup Daily tracking interviews, conducted by landline and cell phone, with more than 30,000 Americans throughout the month. Gallup calculates a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate by applying the adjustment factor the government used for the same month in the previous year. The government adjusted its July numbers downward last year, but made no adjustment in August, which accounts for the increase in seasonally adjusted unemployment despite the decline in the unadjusted number.
U.S. unemployment declined significantly during the first part of the year, but August marks the third straight month with little change in the unadjusted number. Gallup’s estimate of adjusted unemployment has increased by 0.3 percentage points since June. Despite the lackluster jobs growth, August’s 2012 unadjusted and adjusted unemployment are each more than a full point lower than they were in August 2011.
Underemployment is also down a bit.
Underemployment, as measured without seasonal adjustment, was 17.1% in August, unchanged from the end of July but significantly improved from 18.5% a year ago. Gallup’s U.S. underemployment measure combines the percentage who are unemployed with the percentage of those working part time but looking for full-time work. Gallup does not apply a seasonal adjustment to underemployment.
The pundits anxiously await the BOL official jobs numbers on Friday. If the numbers show a declining unemployment rate, then President Obama may have a bigger bounce in his re-election poll numbers.
However, with the Obama re-election folks trying to loser expectations on the eve of the President’s acceptance speech tonight, I suspect these numbers will be slightly improved or unchanged.
The decline in unemployment seen earlier in the year has not been sustained, with unadjusted unemployment flat over the past three months. Although there is no longer a net loss of jobs, employers are not adding enough jobs to dramatically reduce the unemployment rate.
Gallup’s slight increase in seasonally adjusted unemployment indicates that the unemployment rate the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases on Friday will likely remain flat and possibly increase by a tenth of a point.
Unemployment hovering just above 8.0% could have important implications for President Barack Obama as the election nears. The only incumbent president since 1912 to win his re-election bid when the unemployment rate exceeded 8.0% was Franklin Roosevelt, who was re-elected as the U.S. recovered from the Great Depression. What may matter more, though, is the direction of the unemployment rate, which provides mixed signals for Obama’s chances — improving earlier this year but leveling off in recent months.
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@Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-09-06
- @LizMair Short memory – Clinton speech is different than his governing and his lifestyle – LOL #DNC2012 in reply to LizMair #
- Not a bad speech for only the second President to ever been IMPEACHED and the first who pled guilty to perjury #DNC2012 #
- But Bill….Obama is no Bill Clinton – he doesn''t make deals or even try with the GOP #
- Bill Clinton is pivoting to the middle for Bill Clinton and not Obama #DNC2012 #
- Now, comes the Bill Clinton we all love: Me Me Me My foundation, I work with Bush yada yada yada #DNC2012 #
- Bill Clinton needs to stop shouting…. pitch problems too. Monica Lewinsky is trending #DNC2012 #
- Judge OKs Arizona's show-me-your-papers law – US news – http://t.co/8sUQGIy9 http://t.co/iKjthDjX #tcot #
- The first "Black" President is speaking to the choir #DNC2012 #
- So, when is POTUS going to arrive and attempt to trump Bubba? #tcot #
- Are they going to recycle the "Era of Big Government is Over?" Or, "I didn't have sex with that woman Lewinsky?" #Bubba #tcot #
- God >>> Elizabeth Warren at #DNC2012 #Fauxcahontas #
- Now, we know why Senator Scott Brown is ahead in his Mass Senate re-election race #Fauxcahontas #
- RT @michellemalkin: LOLOLOL – Race preference huckster Elizabeth Warren talking about "level playing fields." #DNC #Fauxcahontas #
- RT @stephenkruiser: Sandra Fluke. Fauxcahontas. #WarOnReality #DNC2012 #
- I say aftewr Elizabeth Warren's uninspiring speech at #DNC2012 that Scott Brown goes up a few points #tcot #
- I rate Elizabeth Warren's speech as BORING #DNC2012 #tcot #
- Wonder if Elizabeth Warren is going to start out discussing her Native American heritage? #tcot #
- Sandra Fluke >>> God at #DNC2012 #tcot #
- Sandra Fluke went to medical school? No, wait – law school. LOL…. The victim is standing up for all of the country to see.. #tcot #
- Yay! It is the Sandra Fluke on prime time. Where is my free birth control? #tcot #
- Why did the #DNC2012 drop Sandra Fluke? Oh My! #tcot #
- Looks like Sandra Fluke got passed over in the DNC program? #tcot #
- Oh MY! LOL… RT @jimgeraghty: The delegates just booed Arizona's immigration law like it was God or something. #
- Judge OKs Arizona's show-me-your-papers law http://t.co/oJLyunIB #tcot #
- Flap's Dentistry Blog: Heartland Dental Care Up for Sale? http://t.co/GRPh0owB #tcot #
- Democrats Put God And Jerusalem Language Back Into The Party Platform http://t.co/tC5ltgMY #tcot #
- Medscape: Medscape Access http://t.co/VLiaR7ha #tcot #
- Heartland Dental Care Up for Sale? http://t.co/oIrFF4V4 #
- What were the Dems saying about the GOP platform? http://t.co/0mXta6Fq #tcot #
- The God and Jerusalem Gaffes befuddled LA Mayor Villaraigosa – one more time = the Chicago Way – BOOOOOOO http://t.co/0mXta6Fq #tcot #
- Democrats Put God And Jerusalem Language Back Into The Party Platform http://t.co/rH5nyib5 #tcot #
- Medscape: Medscape Access http://t.co/Pgn1u2HR #tcot #
- Gallup Poll: Favorability of Democratic Headliners – Bill Clinton 69% Vs. M. Obama 65% Vs. Prez Obama 53% Vs. Biden 44% #tcot #
- Another great comeback! RT @usopen: GSM MARIA: #Sharapova def #Bartoli 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. #ashe #usopen. #
- Californians spend freely on http://t.co/aqnMtw5a before sales tax deadline – September 15 http://t.co/ynr6DTSm #tcot #
- Lifestyle Changes Could Prevent 50% of Common Cancers http://t.co/RpBgHREK #tcot #
- Sacramento Bee erects paywall http://t.co/hDmSFraC #tcot #
- Does Obama really have any choice but to dump Debbie Wasserman Schultz? http://t.co/8E8E92qx #tcot #
- @HockeyTarheel Not what I hear. Here DNC was struggling to fill 75% of the stadium. Nice spin though #tcot in reply to HockeyTarheel #
- Democrats worried they cannot fill Charlotte Bank of America Stadium,for Obama eh? http://t.co/ier6NgL7 #tcot #
- Watching Sharapova vs. Bartoli http://t.co/FyLfuRT8 #GetGlueHD #USOpen #
- Michael Ramirez answers the question on whether Americans are better off than four years ago http://t.co/zcpONclo via @pinterest #tcot #
- What One Word Describes Joe Biden? How About Idiot http://t.co/WcLzJXe3 #tcot #
- Nationwide erosion RT @ByronYork: Talking with '08 Obama voters in NC, it's pretty clear many have abandoned president. http://t.co/KbmdiQXn #
- Indeed – pants on fire…RT @jimgeraghty: Debbie Wasserman Schultz lies, gets caught lying, then lies some more. http://t.co/buiRvseu #tcot #
- ABC/WAPO Poll Favorability Poll – Obama sinking among women 46% Fav Vs. 50% Unfavorable #tcot #
- Day By Day September 5, 2012 – Hang ‘em High http://t.co/yimKbWsI #tcot #
- DWS attacks Examiner for ‘deliberately’ misquoting her, but here’s the audio http://t.co/GRbOIZDC #tcot #
- Facing wipeout, North Carolina Dems put on brave faces at Charlotte convention http://t.co/FUPU73an #tcot #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-09-05 – Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/sr5qQvEk #tcot #
- Bye Bye Bee RT @CapitolAlert .@SacBee_News launches new digital subscription plan today: http://t.co/qv2pZLPk #
- RT @JonahNRO Paul Ryan pushes back on b.s. lying charges. http://t.co/ZCyafqiS #tcot #
- RT @thehill Poll finds Romney closing favorability gap with Obama http://t.co/P5Pl4qJj #
- Flap’s California Blog @ Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-09-05 http://t.co/JKiJ68w0 #
- You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming.
-Frank Shorter
Happy Wednesday! #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-09-05 http://t.co/6Tulloqy #tcot #
- Medscape: Medscape Access http://t.co/tQq5r4Ph #tcot #
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