Monday Open Thread [3.12.12]
An ABC News/Washington Post poll indicates that 60 percent of Americans say the war in Afghanistan is not worth its costs, and Republicans are evenly divided on whether the war has been worth it. Indeed 54% say the United States should withdraw its forces from Afghanistan without completing its current effort to train Afghan forces to become self-sufficient. With the recent and disgusting murders by an American soldier, we need to hightail it out of there. And soon.
Despite previous statements that he would drop out if he does not win in Mississippi and Alabama, Newt Gingrich is now in it till the end. Romney must have promised him VP or something.
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY — PRESIDENT — It is going to be a toss up on Tuesday in the Deep South Primary.
ILLINOIS (Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV): Romney 35, Santorum 31, Gingrich 12, Paul 7
MISSISSIPPI (PPP): Gingrich 33, Romney 31, Santorum 27, Paul 7.
ALABAMA (PPP): Romney 31, Gingrich 30, Santorum 29, Paul 8
ISSUE POLLING
In a new Pew Center poll, 61 percent said the economic stimulus plan in 2009 mostly helped the economy, while just 31 percent thought it mostly hurt. 56 percent described the bailouts for General Motors and Chrysler as mostly good for the economy, compared to 38 percent who thought the bailout was mostly bad for the economy.
No blood for oil. The Commander in Chief should get us out of Afghanistan and do some justice to his Nobel Peace Prize.
It has to be killing Santorum that he would be cruising to the nomination if Newt dropped.
What is the GOP nomination this year, if not a contest to select the king freak?
Did you see these polling numbers?
Given the composition of the base, it would be impossible for the GOP to NOT pick an insane a-hole as their leader.
A rouge soldier suffering from mental illness brutally murders sixteen and it is an international story of the highest priority…and rightfully so. Yet, Obama and his drones have murdered at least twenty times that many innocent people and it barely gets mentioned anywhere. The vast majority of the Obama murders violate international law and have occurred in a country with whom we are not at war. But again, we hear nothing. It is all very troubling. We need to get out of that region immediately.
Interesting that two conservatives think we should get out of Afghanistan. Maybe if the right starts to complain about the war Obama will listen; he certainly hasn’t listened to the left.
Speaking of drones…just when you thought you couldn’t buy a bigger bomb…drones going for commercial purchase in May. Be the first on your block.
Pandora has a great topic and go there before you go HERE for the ukulele version.