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Is the margin of error on the

Verified Atheist — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:35:15 +0000

Is the margin of error on the poll +/- 10%? Emphasis is on the "-", in case that wasn't clear.

10% approval (& 87%

artappraiser — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 00:21:47 +0000

10% approval (& 87% disapproval) rating for Congress as of Sept. 27-29. And Tea Party approval @ an "all time low." Simply amazing, calling it nutty doesn't cover it.

These are some great ideas

ocean-kat — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 20:41:14 +0000

In reply to Dem's could also add a SS

These are some great ideas and I support them all. The idea that democrats should wait until we get a majority in the house to pass these bills is so old school. Passing this agenda in exchange for raising the debt ceiling is clearly fair even if it means defaulting on America's debt for a few months, crashing the world's economy, and possibly causing a global depression. Sure that would cause world wide suffering but it would all be the the fault of the house republicans for refusing to pass this completely fair and balanced set of proposals.

To be clear, I am willing to compromise. I'd accept a SS payroll tax on all income up to $900,000 until the next CR or the next time America needs to raise the debt ceiling.

Dem's could also add a SS

NCD — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 23:00:14 +0000

In reply to Its all ridiculous. If the

Dem's could also add a SS payroll tax on ALL income up to $1 million making SS solvent forever, a hedge fund billionaire tax on capital gains, a tax on high speed computer trading, a national right to vote law that covers all states and all counties, DREAM Act, optional buy in to Medicare at 55......the American people do demand it.

Its all ridiculous. If the

ocean-kat — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 18:27:54 +0000

In reply to Shutdown Prediction

Its all ridiculous. If the senate passed a CR with the immigration bill attached to it who would be shutting down the government? The house republicans because the immigration bill passed the senate with 68 votes and significant republican support? If the senate passed a CR with an amendment extending background checks to gun shows and internet sales who would be shutting down the government? The house republicans because extending background checks on guns is supported by 90% of the people?

Of course everyone here knows how stupid the republican extortion plot is. I wish the senate could do something like passing three CR bills. A clean CR, one with the immigration bill attached, and one with a background check amendment. Then maybe enough of the ignorant public would see how stupid the republican extortion plot is. But of course the senate would never do anything like this.

So now we just wait and see how far the house republicans are going to push it, if the democrats will stand firm, and where the public will stand when the government shuts down.

We have been told for years

trkingmomoe — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 07:11:49 +0000

In reply to By and large, a big hunk of

We have been told for years that our country is more conservative then liberal which now is not the case. I don't think it was all that conservative then either. It has just been the matter of getting more people to the poles. The GOP has a members that realize this and that they are finding themselves on the wrong side of history. This group is starting to bulk at the 40 members that are wanting to crash and burn the economy. The republicans are going to own this mess they are making.

Good point, MM. A gov't

Oxy Mora — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:16:35 +0000

In reply to I take some faint heart in

Good point, MM. A gov't shutdown, just might, might, heap so much crap on the tea partiers that they won't do it again. In that way, it might be some leverage for Boehner over the partiers.

By and large, a big hunk of

NCD — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 14:24:08 +0000

In reply to We are watching the GOP

By and large, a big hunk of the GOP has decided that the Good 'Ol USofA just doesn't work for them anymore, on a lot of levels, Economically, spiritually, and especially culturally. Kind of like it stopped working for them in 1860. Same sort of folks, I think. So just blow it up and start all over again.

from a comment at NYT.

He may have lost tthe piss

CVille Dem — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:08:51 +0000

In reply to We are watching the GOP

He may have lost tthe piss and vinegar, but he's still full of something else!

We are watching the GOP

trkingmomoe — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 05:38:53 +0000

In reply to He was great. Republicans

We are watching the GOP crumble. The Speaker of the House will have to cut a deal with the other side to get a clean bill through. I just wonder how many House R's that the White House knows that they can arm twist away from the bullies after the shut down starts. They only need 16 plus Joe Biden. The Democrats can file a discharge petition to bring it to a vote when there is enough R's to cross over. The President Obama is very confident. Cruz is trying to audition for leadership of the GOP because the Minority Leader of Senate is in a tight race. By the way McConnell is running behind Alice Grimes in the last three polls, that has taken all the piss and vinegar out of him.