Election Results: The Presidential Race
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2012-11-07/election-results-presidential-race
In his victory speech last night, President Barack Obama spoke of reaching out to Republicans to address issues that can only be solved together. He won a second term after a tough race against GOP challenger Mitt Romney and record-breaking campaign spending on both sides. Many say he prevailed over Romney, at least in part, as a result of changing U.S. demographics: a rising number of Latino voters and the declining impact of white voters. Obama faces a Congress that remains divided and a still-struggling economy. Please join us to to talk about the challenges ahead for both Democrats and Republicans.
Guests
James Thurber
professor and director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University, and author of "Obama in Office: The First Two Years."
Andrew Kohut
director of the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.
Michelle Bernard
founder and president of the Bernard Center for Women, Politics and Public Policy.
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Voters to the Administration and Congress:
Work together, compromise, and deliver a government that is smarter, more efficient, less costly, and serves We The People from the 47% down through the 1%.
Winners, be magnanimous in victory. Losers, be graceful in defeat. Prepare the country to be the new shrewd, more diverse, less male dominated, better educated, more technically oriented, more innovative, less complacent, less jingoist, modern yankee wheeler dealer nation it should be.
America to the "Job Creators":
Show up, put up, or shut up.
"America to the "Job Creators": Show up, put up, or shut up"
You seem to be counting on "the people" having some folding money.
Who should men vote for for to catch up to women in reproductive rights? A pill and forced parental responsibility? Why is "reproductive rights' only a womans issue?
HonestAbe wrote:
"...deliver a government that is smarter, more efficient, less costly,..."
National debt, January 20, 2009
10,626,877,048,913.08
National debt, November 6, 2012
16,209,959,246,534.15
National debt, January, 2017 (projected)
23,500,000,000,000.00
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
- Albert Einstein
Is there any chance that the Dems will regain the house in 2 years?
What can the democrats do over the next 2 years to win a majority in the house?
Hello Diane, people or white males, shouldn't question what they need to do to get the minority votes, they need to study themself to see why they think the way the do, or why to don't connect with people of color. They need do study why they are racist.
The questions of tombroem and Ppppqqq are fascinating to me.
"What can the democrats do over the next 2 years to win a majority in the house?"
That says to me there is no interest whatsoever from the left in compromise. Instead, 'let's get all three chambers so we can ram through our agenda'. Amazingly revealing!
The host and guests continue to overlook the fact that beyond Republican donors to campaigns and causes, unions continue to contribute large sums of money to campaigns that further their viewpoint. Are they and others such as George Soros exempt from the same criticism as the Koch Brothers?
I have to disagree with the caller who said that big money didn't have much of an effect. Here in VA the challengers for the 5th, 7th and 9th congressional districts could not compete with the tea party incumbents in fund raising or television ads. It was an uphill battle to even get the challenger candidates names out to the public while the obstructionist incumbents ads played non stop.
ecgberht wrote:
HonestAbe wrote:
"...deliver a government that is smarter, more efficient, less costly,..."
National debt, January 20, 2009
10,626,877,048,913.08
National debt, November 6, 2012
16,209,959,246,534.15
National debt, January, 2017 (projected)
23,500,000,000,000.00
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
- Albert Einstein
for all you that are suddenly so interested in the debt...Lets not forget
When Bush was sworn in on January 20, 2001, the national debt was $5,727,776,738,304.64.
When “W” left office on January 20, 2009, the national debt was $10,626,877,048,913.08.
The growth in the national debt during his eight years in office: $4,899,100,310,608.44.
The average yearly growth in the national debt during Bush’s presidency: $612,387,538,826.05.
http://agonist.org/bushs_two_term_increase_in_the_national_debt/
billydlyon wrote:
"The average yearly growth in the national debt during Bush’s presidency: $612,387,538,826.05."
Thanks for that. Yes, Bush spent too much.
Obama's average rate is approximately double that.
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
- Albert Einstein
I would like to ask the guests why the deep south remains firmly red when there is such a large percentage of African American voters?
I agree we need to be on a different track. The question i ask is why is Obama's avaerage double Bush's? Is it because of his policies or left over residual effects from the lost decade? Obama's average includes the emergency stimulus and bailouts no one wanted that were necessary to save the economy from Bush's policies.
Lets try something different. Lets stop twisting facts to suit our own purpose. We could all do that and it is useless. Lets work together and move forward.
Thanks
At 28:50, James Thurber stated "The Chinese are very concerned about our debt and deficit. Almost 67% of our debt has been purchased by foreigners. We have a $16 trillion debt that the president has to deal with." This contains a serious error: 67% is all privately held U.S. debt, which includes the 33% held by foreigners. The remaining 33% of the debt is mostly the Social Security trust fund. U.S. workers are larger creditors than the Chinese, and Congress and the President must consider us as worthy of creditor protection as the Chinese and other foreigners.
Burning the money in a dumpster would mean hundreds of production personnel losing their jobs. I build sets for a living and it the money from those commercials that provides my livelihood. I'd like to say thank you to both candidates and the Coch brothers.
Where are the Democrats, who advocate killing public officials, like the Republicans do?
Yes TomC, because we like how George spends his money, but not how the Bros. do.
ecgberht wrote: "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
- Albert Einstein
You couldn’t be more right! That’s exactly what the Republican’s prove every time they’re in office – you can track seventy percent of the national directly to the Republicans over the last fifty years!
TAX CUTS! (the rich and corporations)
MILITARY SPENDING! (what ever happened to SDI?)
What you right wing lunatics don’t get, is every time you’re elected your creating more Democrats!
Just keep believing in TEA PARTIES, GUNS, NON EVOLUTION, DEREGULATION, WOMENS RIGHTS DON’T MATTER AND WHO CARES ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING!!!!
“YES THE DEFINITION OF INSANITY”
billydlyon wrote:
"I agree we need to be on a different track. The question i ask is why is Obama's avaerage double Bush's? Is it because of his policies or left over residual effects from the lost decade? Obama's average includes the emergency stimulus and bailouts no one wanted that were necessary to save the economy from Bush's policies."
False. TARP went in under Bush/Paulsen. So, "Lets stop twisting facts to suit our own purpose".
Obama is responsible for a FAILED stimulus. Remember all those shovel-ready jobs? That weren't? That he LAUGHED about?! Perhaps THAT was Bush's fault. Or the auto bailout. Or Obamacare. Here's what you need to look at, billydlyon. What do we have to show for all that money? 2% growth and near 8% UE, U6 rate at twice that.
And he's been re-elected. Like I said, billydlyon. We've passed the tipping point. I didn't think it would happen this election cycle, but it has. There are enough people on the government t_t that they are afraid to vote for sanity. That is not accidental. The left says, "let us help you" and Obama says, "we're pivoting to jobs" - and he's been saying it for three years. But talk is cheap and people are getting handouts instead of jobs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloward%E2%80%93Piven_strategy
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
- Albert Einstein
@ clucas2010: you stated "Hello Diane, people or white males, shouldn't question what they need to do to get the minority votes, they need to study themself to see why they think the way the do, or why to don't connect with people of color. They need do study why they are racist."
Let me get this straight... you want white males to "study why they are racist" while you make racist and condemming comments about all of... them? Go look into the mirror my friend and consider your heart before you set out to council others.
@dvw: Go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/ and then to "spreadsheet of select tables" - then to Table 32-1 "Budget Authority and outlays by function, category and program"
You are not going to find the facts there...just the numbers the feds want you to see...but it is still pretty amazing.
We have a winner and events will dictate that solutions are necessary. Not one solution, solutions. Splitting the difference is one approach when talking budgets. As long as both parties aren't devastated with the solutions, there's no reason to go out of the way to hurt each other. We have to right our Ship of State, our country so it doesn't sink. And so it expands and grows with increasing opportunities for all. The alternative that's approaching us would be far worse for everyone. Thaks for allowing us to express ourselves during this whole campaign. Let's hope we can be more civil and respectful and learn from each other. And care more for each other. That's what they're learning in Jersey and New York.
Ask New Yorkers who lost their power and transportation to Hurricane Sandy about standard of living, or gas rationing in New Jersey. It's what you find when you base your policy on reacting to catastrophe instead of planning for the future. Runaway global warming/climate change is a huge threat to the economy and infrastructure. Getting off fossil fuel energy, rejecting the Keystone pipeline and investing in renewable energy will do more for our standard of living than clinging to defunct technology while the atmosphere warms, making crippling disasters more likely to happen
My next door neighbors, who are LDS (Mormons) just shared this statement with me. It is from their church's presidency. A positive note.
Salt Lake City — The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints issued the following statement Tuesday:
We congratulate President Obama on winning a second term as President of the United States.
After a long campaign, this is now a time for Americans to come together. It is a long tradition among Latter-day Saints to pray for our national leaders in our personal prayers and in our congregations. We invite Americans everywhere, whatever their political persuasion, to pray for the President, for his administration and the new Congress as they lead us through difficult and turbulent times. May our national leaders reflect the best in wisdom and judgment as they fulfill the great trust afforded to them by the American people.
We also commend Governor Romney for engaging at the highest level of our democratic process which, by its nature, demands so much of those who offer themselves for public service. We wish him and his family every success in their future endeavors.
Well Partisan, you lost we won, their are consequences to elections, dude! Women matter, blue collar union workers matter. Can't make the argument to bail out the banks and not help the auto industry. We as a country do not plan on throwing women who make minimum wage and have children under the bus.
Riley1 wrote:
"Well Partisan, you lost we won,"
Yes, Riley. That's what you want to do. You want to throw out your chest. You want to order Repubulicans to the back of the bus. You want to say "we won the election, we write the bills". That paid off so well in the first half of Obama's first term. Yes, you want to be sure to overplay your hand again.
Democrats did a good job managing their constituent groups and were better still at demonizing Mitt Romney, who in reality is a good man. But realize that Romney got 3M fewer votes than McCain in 2008. With those votes, Romney wins the popular vote. Two Senate contests were won by Democrats because Republican candidates blew THEMSELVES up, not because your candidates were so great. So Democrats are hardly playing with a mandate, and to think so is to make a serious mistake.
Kids growing up always run into the sand lot bullies, those guys who took their turns at bat, swung and missed, then wanted to bat again and again and again.........wanting the other kids to give them another turn, another extra strike against the rules. Even when the other kids earned their turn at bat and kept getting singles, the bullies refused to believe it. rules. They never wanted to lose or strike out. They wanted the other kids to ditch the rules in their favor.
When they tried and failed they always tried to blame the other kids......."you didn't play fair....you made me miss.....you cheated....gimme that bat or I'll......". They bluff and bluster and call everybidy else names and say the rules aren't fair or need to be changed.
But eventually the little kids get tired of being pushed around and refuse to let the bullies prevail. They keep the bat for the turns they earned.
Back to the bench, bullies.
What "you libs" don't understand is that nothing matters except the economy. "You libs" should've voted for the guy who dodges taxes and ships jobs overseas because he's the business guy that knows how to create jobs (despite him saying that the Government isn't in the business of creating jobs).
Women's rights don't matter (Lily Ledbetter Act). Illegal immigrants who were brought to this country and are now educated, productive members of society should be kicked out of the country rather than allowed to stay via the Dream Act! Allowing sick kids to retain their healthcare via the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act? Doesn't matter! Gay rights? Ewwww, doesn't matter!
Just vote based on the economy, vote Republican, and everything will be allllllright.
Replace "economy" with "war" and you have the reason Bush was able to turn this country into a police state and spent trillions on a war that brought us nothing but more terrorists who hate us for killing hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and Afghans.