Friday News Roundup - Domestic
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-09-21/friday-news-roundup-domestic
New polls showed President Barack Obama opening up a lead over Republican challenger Mitt Romney, who tried to reshape his message following a damaging videotape from a fundraiser. The Justice Department found that federal agents and prosecutors ignored risks to the public from its "Fast and Furious" operation. And Chicago's first teachers' strike in 25 years ended. David Corn of Mother Jones magazine, Jeanne Cummings of Bloomberg News and Matthew Continetti of The Washington Freebeacon join guest host Susan Page for analysis of the week's top national news stories.
Guests
Jeanne Cummings
deputy government editor for Bloomberg News.
David Corn
Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones magazine and author of the new book "Showdown: The Inside Story of How Obama Fought Back Against Boehner, Cantor, and the Tea Party."
Matthew Continetti
editor-in-chief, The Washington Freebeacon
Friday News Roundup Video
Mother Jones reporter David Corn, who broke the news about the leaked Mitt Romney fundraiser video, discussed why the video had so much impact. "You see Mitt Romney uncut, raw, behind the scenes. And I think everyone wants to see candidates like that to get a sense of who and what they're really like," Corn said. Matthew Continetti, editor-in-chief of The Washington Freebeacon, said the video led to a decoupling of conservative elites from the Romney campaign. Bloomberg Newseditor Jeanne Cummings said the video is important because it's a test of a candidate's likability and compassion.
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Hi Cli,
This is exactly why I don't debate Republicans. You just can't argue with Stupid. Only someone dumb enough to vote Republican could believe that large numbers of people would read my comments on the DRS website and decide to vote the other way just to spite me. That one had me laughing till tears were coming out of my eyes! Looks like I'm beating you because I'm laughing at every comment you make. And every time you make me laugh I know I can just come right back and make you do it again. Your brainwashing won't let you stop. Let's see..... Since we know the popular vote does not elect the President, how many Republicans will it take to cancel out my vote?
From Reuter's:
Even before his running mate was booed by a lobbying group for older Americans on Friday, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was losing support among such voters, whose backing is crucial to his hopes of winning the November 6 election.
New polling by Reuters/Ipsos indicates that during the past two weeks - since just after the Democratic National Convention - support for Romney among Americans age 60 and older has crumbled, from a 20-point lead over Democratic President Barack Obama to less than 4 points.
Romney's selection of Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate put the federal budget and Medicare at center stage in the campaign. But the debate over spending and entitlement programs that Romney seemed to be seeking has not unfolded the way Republicans wanted.
"If Romney loses seniors, he loses this election, period," said Jonathan Oberlander, a health policy specialist at the University of North Carolina. "A bad showing nationally (among older voters) does not bode well for Florida and other states with big senior populations."
But the data from Reuters/Ipsos polling - along with similar results from survey data of older voters by the Pew Research Center - indicate that the crowd's response in New Orleans could symbolize more than just one large group's discomfort with the Romney-Ryan ticket.
A Pew poll, conducted September 12-16 and released last week, showed Romney with only a 47 to 46 percent lead among registered voters aged 65-plus. He also trailed Obama by 7 points among people aged 45 to 64 - a huge potential voting bloc that analysts say is increasingly concerned about retirement security.
Told ya so.
Looks like you ruined your weekend with this! LOL
September 24, 2012 - 2:18 am .
Jim Gambol wrote:
"I guess I'm going to have to set you straight too. You're delusional because you think you're really doing something here."
I notice a lot of your posts are geared toward getting people you disagree with to leave/shut up. That's what fascists do.
Someone with a strong position who can make a good argument welcomes debate.
Oh ... and your polls are laughable. See my post earlier in this thread.
Everything old is new again ... it's 1980 all over again.
Thank you for having a different voice, Matthew Continetti, on this show.
What isn't funny is that my tax dollars are taken to pay for NPR, then the left-leaning assumptions turn laughter into bile.
@Jim Gamble: OK... as an example of the inacuracy of polls:
- Telephone pollsters usually call selected homes between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. E.S.T.
Who do you think they are going to reach at home during that time?
1 - The unemployed / under-employed
2- The retired
3- Housewives - soccer moms
4- Shift workers
5- Ferris Bueller
6- Nimrods like you who still live in their mother's basement...
This kinda leaves out working stiffs, the military, students and on and on...
Regardless of the method of polling used, do you really believe that there is an accurate poll in America today? Even if you amalgamate all of the polling numbers (and methods, and sources) and come up with a base line assumption, you are going to be wrong because you are never really polling 53% of the nation and you are polling the same categories constantly. The best of polls will either under- survey or over-survey certain sectors of our populace. Good luck with your poll results... You might as well count "dangling chads"... you would be qualified I suspect. Won't discuss the electoral college with you because there are too many big words for you to trip over...
You see how your brainwashing works? You had no choice but to respond to my post- all 3 of you! The first step in overcoming your disability is recognizing you have a problem. You should probably avoid all message boards until the voices in your head begin to fade. And get laid. That always helps. And take a bath. Not a shower. You need to soak your head under water for at least 5 minutes. I think we've really made some progress today, but lets not overdo it. I can see by your "expert" polling analysis that you're still not able to think for yourself, but with my help, and electroshock therapy, I think we can at least get you up to the level of a twelve year old. If you need a prescription for industrial strength laxative (you definitely have the symptoms) just let me know- Dr. Jimbo
Jim Gambol,
Thank you for another "fact filled" post.
I respect and listen to The DRS because of the obvious attempt to include a balanced panel. The best shows are those where you have to listen closely for the right/left bias. This usually indicates a thoughtful discussion. Contrast this set up with a panel that is balanced but far right and far left and nothing informative will come from the banter unless you are a student of spin. Any show which includes David Corn is doomed. I'm a very long time listener. For the last 3/4 years I've skipped any show which included him as a guest. I gave him a try again and while he's improved somewhat he can't seem to be capable of making a comment which is not off putting even if he's right. It's probably because he sounds like he is giggling while commenting on the misfortunes of anyone that doesn't think exactly like him. Steven Moore of the WSJ isn't much better except he doesn't giggle. If you want any shot at an informative show please doesn't invite either.
John CPA wrote:
"... The best shows are those where you have to listen closely for the right/left bias."
Absolutely agree, John. The one that trips my trigger is Eleanor Clift. She is on rarely now but on those rare days I skip the DR Show. She jumped the shark when, in speaking once about President Reagan and the Iran Contra affair compared to something in the news (can't remember what any more) and the fact that he "did not remember", her comment was, "well, he can't remember much of anything any more can he?" This was while Reagan was still living and his Alzheimers was advanced and well known. I have written the DR Show many times about this incident and asked them not to have her as a guest. Her statement was over-the-top offensive to friends and relatives of the victims of Alzheimers everywhere. Plus, she's become a far-left shill.
Now I see why you don't want to believe the polls- you can't rig an election if no one believes you can win.
@ Jim Gamble: And so go your poll results my anal retentive friend...
“What a man believes upon grossly insufficient evidence is an index into his desires -- desires of which he himself is often unconscious. If a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way.”
Bertrand Russell