From The Washington Post
By Alec MacGillis
March 26, 2008
[A]s Obama heads into the final presidential primaries, Sen. John McCain and other Republicans have already started to brand him a standard-order left-winger, "a down-the-line liberal," as McCain strategist Charles R. Black Jr. put it, in a long line of Democratic White House hopefuls.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign has also started slapping the L-word on Obama, warning that his appeal among moderate voters will diminish as they become more aware of liberal positions he took in the past, such as calling for single-payer health care and an end to the U.S. embargo against Cuba. ...
The double-barreled attack has presented Democratic voters with some persistent questions about Obama: Just how liberal is he? ...
In most major areas, Obama has taken positions that would seem to conform to the Republican stereotype of a liberal. Like Clinton, he favors expanding the government's role in delivering health care ... He would go a step further than Clinton by lifting the limit on income taxed for Social Security, now $100,000, to set that program on firm footing.
He strongly supports abortion rights and spoke out against a Supreme Court ruling last year that upheld a ban on the procedure that some call "partial-birth" abortion. He favors allowing illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses (after some hesitation, Clinton came out against that). He is outspoken on civil rights, and he has opposed Bush's judicial picks, staying out of a bipartisan effort to approve some nominees. ... [A]s a Senate candidate in 2004 he expressed support for strict gun control, decriminalizing marijuana and ending federal mandatory minimum prison sentences, issues he now rarely raises on the trail. ...
[H]e has opened the door to Republican caricature with his call to negotiate with hostile governments, and has been endorsed by the activist group MoveOn.org. ...
But whatever Obama's motivation, [American Enterprise Institute's Andrew] Biggs said, his platform is still liberal. "He's taken all these left-wing positions, and how do you get out of it later?" he said. "He doesn't have the appearance of a tax-and-spend liberal . . . but if the essence of being a tax-and-spend liberal is a lot of taxes and spending, that's what he comes down to." ...
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
McCain Now Leads
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows John McCain’s lead growing against both potential Democratic opponents. McCain currently leads Barack Obama 49% to 42% and Hillary Clinton 51% to 41% margin (see recent daily results).
This is good news for Republicans nationwide. This means the tide is turning against the inaction and lies of the Democrats. Americans know who they can trust and better ideas for leading country come from Republicans. The Democrats said they would end earmarks and reign in spending, and they haven't.
The North Dakota delegation with their Democrat collegues in Congress have not been able to pass a farm bill, have failed to bring real solutions for winning the war, and insist on raising taxes while increasing spending. The obivious conclusion is THEY ARE NOT FIT TO LEAD!
Monday, March 17, 2008
Under The Radar, Some Positive Polling
From U.S. News & World Report
By Kenneth T. Walsh
March 14, 2008
White House strategists are feeling a new rush of optimism about President Bush's remaining 10 months in office. ... [A] new internal Republican poll, obtained by U.S. News, which indicates that ... some of his major policies have become quite popular. If Bush and his surrogates can make the policies better known, GOP strategists believe that will lift not only Bush's approval ratings but the overall standing of his party. ...
GOP pollster Ed Goeas of the Tarrance Group [writes] ... "Fully 56 percent of likely voters approve of the president personally, driven by voter sentiments that he is a person of strong moral character and integrity,"...
About 64 percent of likely voters approve of Bush's economic stimulus package passed earlier this year; 67 percent back his initiatives to help struggling homeowners survive the current mortgage crisis; 70 percent endorse his plan to allow monitoring of foreign communications of suspected terrorists; and 72 percent back his visit to the Mideast to promote peace. In addition, 52 percent approve of his surge of U.S. troops into Iraq. ...
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By Kenneth T. Walsh
March 14, 2008
White House strategists are feeling a new rush of optimism about President Bush's remaining 10 months in office. ... [A] new internal Republican poll, obtained by U.S. News, which indicates that ... some of his major policies have become quite popular. If Bush and his surrogates can make the policies better known, GOP strategists believe that will lift not only Bush's approval ratings but the overall standing of his party. ...
GOP pollster Ed Goeas of the Tarrance Group [writes] ... "Fully 56 percent of likely voters approve of the president personally, driven by voter sentiments that he is a person of strong moral character and integrity,"...
About 64 percent of likely voters approve of Bush's economic stimulus package passed earlier this year; 67 percent back his initiatives to help struggling homeowners survive the current mortgage crisis; 70 percent endorse his plan to allow monitoring of foreign communications of suspected terrorists; and 72 percent back his visit to the Mideast to promote peace. In addition, 52 percent approve of his surge of U.S. troops into Iraq. ...
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