Wednesday Open Thread [6.13.12]
A new DailyKos/SEIU/PPP poll finds that 49% of registered voters nationwide think Republicans are “intentionally stalling efforts to jumpstart the economy” to ensure President Obama’s defeat for re-election. This is largely in line with a Washington Post/ABC News poll released in November that found 50% of Americans nationwide agree with the statement that President Obama is “making a good faith effort to deal with the country’s economic problems, but the Republicans in Congress are playing politics by blocking his proposals.” That’s not exactly the sabotage question, but it’s close.
The problem of this election is whether the electorate will reward such treasonous action.
I’d love to see team Obama cut some hard hitting adds running directly at the Republican congress. I know it is not his style, but the fact that being in close elections is not his style either gives me hope.
One of the people responsible for the GOP attempt at voter suppression in MD gets his sentence. 60 days in prison, three years’ probation and 300 hours of community service over the next two years doesn’t seem like enough considering that it is only the GOP that gets caught at this, but GOP legislatures are trying to disenfranchise Democrats over it.