Inept like us? Florida Dems rejoice over story comparing their past struggles to GOP dysfunction
by Michael C. Bender | July 18th, 2009Democrats are giddy this morning over an interesting column from St. Petersburg Times political editor Adam Smith that pulls together some recent trends to conclude that “Today’s Florida Republican Party looks more and more like yesterday’s dysfunctional Florida Democratic Party.”
No question that Florida Democrats should be energized: the political pendulum has swung in their favor and there would be alarms sounding if they weren’t capitalizing on the trends to increase their registration numbers and bankroll.
But one quarter of out-raising the Republican Party of Florida, while noteworthy, is perhaps a little early to claim victory (especially during a quarter when the leader of RPOF pulled in $4.3 million for his own U.S. Senate campaign).
Meanwhile, does anyone else find it a little amusing that Democrats are passing around a story that uses their own very recent past to define dysfunctional?
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July 18th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
Obama said unemployment would max out at 8% with his huge so called stimulus pork filled bill and look at it now. Thank you Mr. Obama and also our other two socialist/liberals in congress Grayson & Kosmas who just voted for the Cap & Trade Tax that is a job killer for sure. I wonder who is paying for all those TV commercials that both Grayson and Kosmas are running together now with the same idiot in the commercials telling us that he was in Iraq and how wonderful both Grayson and Kosmas are. He and they must think we are all idiots too. I guess he likes his representatives to vote for bills they never read and then we should thank them?
July 18th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Run Marco run we need you now more than ever
http://marcorubio.com/
July 19th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO CAN’T WAIT FOR OBAMA GOVERNMENT HEALTHCARE NEED TO WATCH THIS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2jijuj1ysw
July 20th, 2009 at 7:12 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House is being forced to acknowledge the wide gap between its once-upbeat predictions about the economy and today’s bleak landscape.
The administration’s annual midsummer budget update is sure to show higher deficits and unemployment and slower growth than projected in President Barack Obama’s budget in February and update in May, and that could complicate his efforts to get his signature health care and global-warming proposals through Congress.
The release of the update – usually scheduled for mid-July – has been put off until the middle of next month, giving rise to speculation the White House is delaying the bad news at least until Congress leaves town on its August 7 summer recess.
July 21st, 2009 at 1:03 pm
With the public’s trust in his handling of health care tanking (50%-44% of Americans disapprove), the White House has launched a new phase of its strategy designed to pass Obamacare: all Obama, all the time. As part of that effort, Obama hosted a conference call with leftist bloggers urging them to pressure Congress to pass his health plan as soon as possible.
During the call, a blogger from Maine said he kept running into an Investors Business Daily article that claimed Section 102 of the House health legislation would outlaw private insurance. He asked: “Is this true? Will people be able to keep their insurance and will insurers be able to write new policies even though H.R. 3200 is passed?” President Obama replied: “You know, I have to say that I am not familiar with the provision you are talking about.” (quote begins at 17:10)
This is a truly disturbing admission by the President, especially considering that later in the call, Obama promises yet again: “If you have health insurance, and you like it, and you have a doctor that you like, then you can keep it. Period.” How can Obama keep making this promise if he is not familiar with the health legislation that is being written in Congress? Details matter.
July 21st, 2009 at 2:25 pm
The Mayo Clinic on Monday issued a startling rebuke to the Obama administration coming down strongly against the healthcare reform proposal offered by House Democrats last week.
In a statement posted at the Clinic’s Health Policy Blog, one of the most respected medical institutions in the nation said: “[T]he proposed legislation misses the opportunity to help create higher-quality, more affordable health care for patients. In fact, it will do the opposite.”