From Real Clear Politics:
Delegates and members of the Democratic party booed after former Gov. Ted Strickland (D-OH) discussed God and moved to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Convention chairman Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles, had to
ask for the Yea and Nay vote several times before declaring the motion
passed.
C-SPAN cameras captured the dissatisfaction among members after the motion passed.
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From the Associated Press:
By TOM RAUM and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Speakers at the Democratic National Convention portrayed President Barack Obama's presidency in glowing terms Tuesday evening, but sometimes left out important details or embellished his record.
Others mischaracterized programs backed by Republican challenger Mitt Romney and GOP running mate Paul Ryan.
Obama's landmark health care overhaul, which Republicans lacerated at their convention last week, and his job-creation performance were among the initiatives burnished the most.
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For the past four years, the Obama Administration has waged a war against the President George W Bush. The war was to place blame on Bush and distance themselves from any responsibility over the economy. Not only has the White House made these claims, but their allies in the media have also carried the party line. It's no surprise that polls continue to show the public placing more blame on Bush vs Obama. The narrative has essentially stated that President Obama inherited the worse economy since the Great Depression and as a result, he did not create the mess and it will take another four years to turn things around. Well, the truth of the matter is that President Reagan came into office and faced a much worse economy that President Carter left behind. It only took Reagan three years to turn things around and put the economy on a track that led to the greatest expansion of growth in modern times. He didn't spend his first term blaming President Carter. I felt that it was important to go on record and lay out the facts.
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The Democrat Party along with the liberal left have been
counting on Elizabeth Warren to win the Senate seat in Massachusetts now held by the studly Republican Scott Brown. The Harvard Law professor and so-called consumer advocate looks to be going down in flames. This is bad news for the Democrats and the Obama reelection effort. According to Politico.com, the leading left leaning political blog, Elizabeth Warren has failed to shore up her base and is losing moderate independents who view her as being far too liberal even for Massachusetts standards. This is surprising considering that Scott Brown's Senate seat was once held by the late Ted Kennedy.
From Politico.com:
Elizabeth Warren will take the stage in Charlotte on Wednesday night feted as one of the Democratic Party’s brightest stars, a heroine of the progressive left and potential presidential material.
Back in Massachusetts, Warren might not even make it past her first run for office. To the amazement of many in her party, Warren enters the fall home stretch against Republican Sen. Scott Brown behind in polls, trailing among independents and even failing to lock down her own party.
The sharp-tongued consumer advocate and Harvard Law professor is struggling to connect with working-class swing voters, many of whom seem more comfortable with Brown and his middle-of-the-road, regular-guy persona. Her fierce criticism of Wall Street has sent some Democratic Bay State financial types scurrying into Brown’s camp, too.
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From the American Thinker:
A worthless new Quinnipiac poll gives Obama a big edge in Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
The survey shows Obama up 6 in Ohio and Florida and 11 in Pennsylvania. These are all bigger margins than Obama received when he won all three states in 2008 -- Florida (2.8%), Ohio (4.7%). Pennsylvania(10%). It seems unlikely that Obama would be doing better in these states than he did 4 years ago. If you look at page 9 of the detailed results provided by the pollster (now linked to the New York Times and CBS for these state polls), you get the answer for the odd results:
Those surveyed revealed who they voted for in 2008. Here are the results by state (Page 9):
Florida: Obama 53%, McCain 40%
Ohio: Obama 53%, McCain 38%
Pennsylvania: Obama 54%, McCain 40%.
In other words, the bias towards Obama voters is 10% in Florida and Ohio, and 4% in Pennsylvania, compared to how people actually voted in these states in 2008.
These results are as valuable as the media that sponsored them. It is a shame that Quinnipiac, which was once respected, has thrown in with the propagandists.
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