• Barack Obama,  Harry Reid,  Obamacare,  Polling

    Obamacare Poll Watch: Support for Congressional Health Care Reform Falls to New Low

    August 11, 2009 /

    I don’t think Obamacare in its current form is going to fly.

    Public support for the health care reform plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats has fallen to a new low as just 42% of U.S. voters now favor the plan. That’s down five points from two weeks ago and down eight points from six weeks ago.

    A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that opposition to the plan has increased to 53%, up nine points since late June.

    More significantly, 44% of voters strongly oppose the health care reform effort versus 26% who strongly favor it. Intensity has been stronger among opponents of the plan since the debate began.

    No matter how much lipstick Obama puts on this turkey, it is still a turkey.

    Who will be the first Democrat leader in the Congress to throw Obamacare under the bus?

    My money is on Dingy Harry Reid.

  • Harry Reid,  Polling,  Sue Lowden

    Poll Watch: Nevada Senator Harry Reid In Re-Election Trouble

    August 11, 2009 /

    Political Cartoon by Michael Ramirez

    The latest poll from Nevada has Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid losing to Republican Sue Lowden.

    Republican Sue Lowden would defeat incumbent Democratic Sen. Harry Reid by 6 percentage points in a head-to-head matchup, according to a poll of likely Nevada voters.

    Unfortunately for Reid-bashers, Lowden isn’t running — at least not yet.

    On Monday, Lowden supporters, including political strategist Robert Uithoven, disclosed the results of a poll commissioned as part of an effort to persuade the Nevada Republican Party chairwoman to run, especially if Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., decides not to challenge Reid.

    The poll by Denver-based Vitale & Associates was conducted July 29-30 and showed that 48 percent of respondents favored Lowden to 42 percent for Reid. Ten percent were undecided. The margin of error was plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.

    Of the 510 poll respondents, 44 percent identified themselves as Democrats, 38 percent as Republicans, 15 percent as independent or non-partisan, and 3 percent declined to state an affiliation.

    The findings reaffirm the notion that Reid is in trouble in his home state, despite expectations that he will raise as much as $25 million to maintain his grip on the seat, said those behind the poll.

    “Sue would have plenty of money to win this race,” Uithoven said. “She doesn’t have $25 million, but she wouldn’t need it.”

    Pollster Todd Vitale said the most telling numbers might be the ones related to Reid.

    In three Reid-related categories — image, approval and whether they would vote to re-elect — respondents gave the senator a thumbs down. Just 39 percent viewed Reid favorably, and 34 percent said they would vote to re-elect him.

    “All of those are very, very telling pieces of information,” said Vitale, who has been a pollster for 15 years. “I’ve never seen an incumbent with numbers this bad who hadn’t had some scandal.”

    If the national GOP can support Sue Lowden, why not go after Harry Reid?

    For an incumbent Senator his poll numbers suck and who knows if the Nevada voters will confuse Reid with scandal plagued GOP Nevada Senator Ensign. Although Dingy Harry Reid has his own financial scandals to refute.

    Stay tuned…..

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  • Barack Obama,  Harry Reid,  Iraq War

    Iraq War: Mission Accomplished as Iraq Takes Charge of the War?

    July 2, 2009 /
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    Political Cartoon by Michael Ramirez

    The actual war in Iraq was over some time ago, after the Bush “SURGE” was the final nail in the coffin. But, now, President Obama will take the credit for the end of the Iraq War which former President Bush deserves.

    The decision to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq’s cities on June 30 was made by Iraqis, not Americans. That’s why the Iraqi government is holding a massive celebration to mark the redeployment as National Sovereignty Day. At the insistence of Iraqis, the Status of Forces Agreement, which was concluded late last year between the Iraqi government and the Bush Administration, required that U.S. troops be out of Iraq’s urban areas by June 30, 2009, and withdrawn from the country altogether by the end of 2011. Now, Iraqi citizens and the American forces hovering in Iraq’s countryside are holding their breath for the first stage of testing Iraq’s ability to protect itself. It didn’t get off to an auspicious start with the news that four U.S. soldiers were killed in combat on the eve of the withdrawal.

    But, is the war really over or is Obama just drawing down troops because American political will is drained and he promised a withdrawal during the campaign?

    Oh yeah, remember that Obama opposed the Surge as did Democratic Senate Majority leader Harry Reid who proclaimed the war was lost.

    Stay tuned…….

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  • Barack Obama,  Harry Reid,  North Korea

    Another Distraction for Obama: North Korea Fires Another Missile

    May 26, 2009 /
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    NIce spin away for Obama to nominate his Supreme Court nominee today after North Korea test fires missiles and conducts a nuclear explosion in violation of United Nation’s Resolutions and American diplomacy over the long Memorial Day weekend.

    But, North Korea is not cooperating.

    North Korea launched an additional short-range missile from its east coast Tuesday night, an official at the South Korean presidential office said Wednesday.

       “The North appears to have launched a ground-to-ship missile into the East Sea shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday,” the official said, asking not to be identified. Pyongyang had launched two short-range missiles from its east coast earlier Tuesday, following its supposed nuclear test the day before.

       Officials here believe the missile launches are partly aimed at preventing South Korean and U.S. reconnaissance planes from nearing the communist state to verify its claimed nuclear test.

    In the meantime, President Obama is on his way to Las Vegas where he is to raise money for Democrat Senate Majority Leader Dingy Harry Reid’s 2010 re-election race.

    It is a dangerous world out there, Mr. President.

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  • Harry Reid

    Dingy Harry Reid in Trouble in Nevada Re-Election Race?

    May 19, 2009 /
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    Political Cartoon by Michael Ramirez

    Democrat Senate Majority leader Dingy Harry Reid continues to unimpress in Nevada re-election polls.

    Nearly half of Nevadans have had enough of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as the powerful Democrat heads into his re-election campaign, a new Las Vegas Review-Journal poll finds.

    About a third of the state’s voters would re-elect Reid if the 2010 election were held today, according to the poll, but 45 percent say they would definitely vote to replace him. Seventeen percent would consider another candidate.

    The findings are echoed by another poll question about Reid’s popularity that finds the four-term incumbent to be a polarizing figure in his home state.

    Half of Nevada voters had an unfavorable view of Reid, while 38 percent had a favorable view and 11 percent a neutral opinion.

    The statewide poll of 625 Nevadans who vote regularly was conducted by telephone last week by Washington-based Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. for the Review-Journal. It carries a margin of error of 4 percentage points in either direction.

    Reid’s approval ratings at home have been subpar for years, particularly since he ascended to Democratic leader in 2004 and to majority leader in 2006.

    An unpopular, old Pol with financial ethics problems in a state where the economy has crashed and burned under his watch. 

    One would think the Nevada GOP could recruit an excellent candidate to run against Reid?

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  • Arlen Specter,  Harry Reid

    Arlen Specter: But, But, Harry Reid Promised Me Seniority

    May 6, 2009 /
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    Veteran Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania discusses his conversion to the Democratic Party at the White House with President Barack Obama, left, in Washington, Wednesday, April 29, 2009

    Well, Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and your new Democrat Caucus friends screwed you, Arlen.

    You will not be able to argue you that by re-electing you in 2010 that the voters of Pennsylvania will be getting a Senator with seniority. At best you will get a vote.

    “Senator Reid assured me that I would keep my committee assignments and that I would have the same seniority as if I had been elected as a Democrat in 1980. It was understood that the issue of subcommittee chairmanships would not be decided until after the 2010 election. Some members of the caucus have raised concerns about my seniority, so the caucus will vote on my seniority at the same time subcommittee chairmanships are confirmed after the 2010 election. I am confident my seniority will be maintained under the arrangement I worked out with Senator Reid. I am eager to continue my work with my colleagues on the various committees on which I serve and will continue to be a staunch and effective advocate for Pennsylvania’s and the Nation’s priorities.”

    No respect for the traitor and Specter will likely draw a Democrat opponent in a primary election from the NUTROOTS.

    Sucker……

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  • 1984,  Barack Obama,  Day By Day,  George Orwell,  Harry Reid,  Nancy Pelosi

    Day By Day by Chris Muir February 9, 2009 – Frickin’ Politics

    February 9, 2009 /
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    Day By Day by Chris Muir

    Yes, Chris, Obama, Pelosi and Reid are all masters of NEWSPEAK.

    And, the new “Fairness Doctrine” will declare conservative talk radio a “THOUGHTCRIME” with the government empowered to impose “FAIRNESS” throughout the land.

    Sounds SOOOOO 1984.

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