Usa Thread

[Bangkoktraveler]

Before the US Civil War, the National debt

could have been paid off

if every man, woman, and child

paid $1.91.

 

Today....... forget!

[Bangkoktraveler]

But then...... there are many

individuals today who claim that the US Civil War

began because one man (who resonated

very much like one of our modern day Conservatives)

who wanted to make a greater 'killing' in the USA steel industry.

[Steve]

What would Jesus do?

 

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2012/03/30/149717982/christian-is-not-synonymous-with-conservative

Christian Is Not Synonymous With Conservative : NPR

the Christian Coalition of America—founded in 1989 in order to "preserve, protect and defend the Judeo-Christian values that made this the greatest country in history"—proclaimed last year that its top legislative priority would be "making permanent President Bush's 2001 federal tax cuts."

[Flashermac]

Romney, Obama in Tight Race as Gallup Daily Tracking Begins

 

 

PRINCETON, NJ -- Mitt Romney is supported by 47% of national registered voters and Barack Obama by 45% in the inaugural Gallup Daily tracking results from April 11-15. Both Obama and Romney are supported by 90% of their respective partisans.

 

These results are the first from Gallup Daily tracking of registered voters' general election preferences, which began on April 11 and will be reported daily on Gallup.com on the basis of continuous five-day rolling averages. This initial report is based on interviews with 2,265 registered voters, and highlights the potential closeness of this year's race, with Romney and Obama essentially in a statistical tie. Gallup's previous general election trial heat, from a national poll conducted March 25-26, showed Obama with a slight 49% to 45% lead over Romney.

 

Gallup began tracking the general election on Wednesday, April 11, after Rick Santorum suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination, making Romney the all-but-assured GOP nominee.

 

The race breaks down into the expected patterns by party, with 90% of Democrats supporting Obama, and 90% of Republicans supporting Romney. The Republican results show that despite the rancor and divisiveness of the Republican campaign, the vast majority of Republicans are backing Romney in the head-to-head battle with Obama, as they have in ballot tests earlier this year.

 

The crucial voting bloc of independents breaks toward Romney by 45% to 39%, giving the GOP challenger his slight overall edge.

 

...

 

Bottom Line

 

History shows that the candidates' positioning in the spring of an election year is not necessarily good at forecasting the election outcomes. For example, in an April 20-22, 1992, Gallup poll, incumbent President George H.W. Bush was ahead with 41% of the vote, compared with 26% for Bill Clinton and 25% for Ross Perot. And in an April 11-14, 1980, poll, incumbent President Jimmy Carter led Ronald Reagan by 42% to 34%, with John Anderson receiving 18% support. Both Bush and Carter, of course, ultimately lost their re-election bids.

 

Still, the current results, and the results that will follow as Gallup tracks the race on a daily basis, provide an excellent, scientific way to understand the dynamics of the election campaign, and the impact of foreseen and unforeseen events in the weeks and months ahead. And, at this point, the results show that the 2012 presidential election is shaping up to be a close race.

 

Galumpf Poll

[kamui]

I guess it will become an extremely expensive (I read somewhere the number of one Billion USD) and almost probably a very dirty election campaign.

I fear that the super rich will simply buy the next president. Wallstreet has turned against Obama and conservative billionaires are already spending big.

[cavanami]

The billionaires put their $$$ on both sides so no matter which candidate is elected, they WIN!!!

 

How many politicians in Germany are millionaires? or billionaires?

 

...compare that to the USA and you see that $$$ runs the USA, the people are not even in the equation!!!

[kamui]

The billionaires put their $$ on both sides so no matter which candidate is elected, they WIN!!!

 

How many politicians in Germany are millionaires? or billionaires?

 

...compare that to the USA and you see that $$ runs the USA, the people are not even in the equation!!!

 

In Germany there are nearly no millionaires in the parliament - as far as I know.

 

Our party and election system is completely different. Parties as well as elections are funded mostly by public money. Therefore the candidates mustn't neither be rich nor be funded by (super)rich supporters/corporations.

 

[Bangkoktraveler]

In Germany there are nearly no millionaires in the parliament - as far as I know.

 

Our party and election system is completely different. Parties as well as elections are funded mostly by public money. Therefore the candidates mustn't neither be rich nor be funded by (super)rich supporters/corporations.

 

 

This is a major problem in the USA.

The USA Civil War probably was started

as a result of one 'jack' manipulating things

to protect his damn business and the 'hell' with everybody else.

[Flashermac]

<< Jay Leno: "President Obama released his tax returns. It turns out he made $900,000 less in 2011 than he did in 2010. You know what that means? Even Obama is doing worse under President Obama." >>

 

My link

 

 

[Steve]

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/signal/romney-top-five-vice-presidential-nods-potential-time-195339078.html

Romney’s top-five vice presidential nods: Who’s the potential time bomb?Marco Rubio is 23.2 percent likely to gain the nod from Romney, an extremely high likelihood for a race categorized by uncertainty. He would provide cover for Romney from the right and he could possibly draw Latino supporters from the center or left (he's Cuban-American). On the other hand, he does not have much experience in the public spotlight and arguably has a few small skeletons in his closet that have come to light as the media has begun to scrutinize him. The Signal take on Rubio: Big potential upside with medium potential downside.

Rob Portman, also a freshman senator from another big swing state (Ohio), follows Rubio with a 12.8 percent likelihood. Of the people listed in this article, he is probably the least well-known. In endorsing Portman for the job, the Ohio Dispatch refers to him as "safe and sensible." Their argument is that he is a reliable conservative but does not scare moderates and liberals. He would provide cover for Romney from arch-conservatives and his longer track record of solid, non-confrontational public service should make him safe not to embarrass the campaign. Portman: medium potential upside with low potential downside.

Chris Christie, governor of New Jersey, follows in third place with 10.8 percent likelihood. As a moderate Republican, Christie could help Romney with moderate voters, but will provide no cover from the right. Further, his combative style will be risky when the media and opposition research film him day in and day out. Attacks on constitutes may play well at times with constituents, but is not what a presidential campaign wants to dominate its nightly coverage. Christie: medium potential upside with medium/high potential downside.

Bob McDonnell, governor of Virginia, is in fourth place with 7.3 percent likelihood. Prior to mid-February, McDonnell looked like a better-known Portman in a similarly large swing state. Then he backed, and then ultimately withdrew his support, for a bill that would require all women seeking an abortion in an early stage to receive an ultrasound requiring a vaginal probe. If Romney chooses him as his running mate, this debate will become central to the campaign and, due to his sinking poll numbers among educated women, it is fight that the Romney campaign does not want to wage. McDonnell: medium potential upside with medium potential downside.

Paul Ryan is in fifth place with 5.8 percent likelihood. In one sense, the congressman from Wisconsin is already running with Romney, as the media ties Romney to Ryan's polarizing budget proposals. The proposals consistently call for massive tax and spending cuts, with deficit reduction to come from unnamed closes in the tax loopholes. Ryan provides Romney cover from the right and possibility some centrist support. But he risks massive alienation from the left and would overshadow Romney, as the media might defer to him as the more consistent ideas guy. This is a risky place to put a presidential candidate seen as a bit short of consistent ideas. Ryan: medium potential upside with medium potential downside.

 

VP really doesn't matter much. They really don't do anything and all they really mean is that win, lose or draw they are the presumptive party choice after the lead in the ticket goes.

 

Sarah Palin angered me because of the choice. It showed how little respect McCain had not only for the office but for the American people in my humble opinion.