Wednesday Open Thread [3.12.14]
I am up in the wonderful Clarion, Pennsylvania on business today and tomorrow, so my presence here will be limited. But here is a polling fix to sooth the pain of the special election loss down in Florida (which was entirely predictable, as I said yesterday, since it has been a Republican district and seat since the Eisenhower Administration).
PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL BACK UP–A new Bloomberg Poll has President Obama’s job performance rating at 48%, a jump of 6% since December. His favorability rating is nearly the same, at 49%.
DEMS TAKE THE LEAD IN THE GENERIC BALLOT–A new Public Policy Polling survey finds the Democrats lead the generic Congressional ballot, 43% to 40%, after trailing by two points in January.
“One key difference is that Democrats are at least happy with their own party in Congress, giving it a 66/21 approval, while Republicans give their own [party] a negative assessment at 43/48.”
So as the supposedly liberal media carps today about a coming Republican wave in November as predicted by last night’s loss in FL13, keep in mind that two prerequisites to any GOP Wave is presidential approval at or below 40% and a lead in the generic ballot. Neither of which favor the GOP at this point.
A GEORGIA CHRISTINE O’DONNELL GIFT–A new Public Policy Polling survey in Georgia finds batshit insane Rep. Paul Broun (R) leading the GOP Senate primary race with 27%, followed by Rep. Phil Gingrey (R) at 14%, Rep. Jack Kingston (R) at 13%, David Perdue (R) at 12% and Karen Handel (R) at 9%.
WE’VE LOST THAT CHRISTIE FEELING–A new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll finds positive feelings about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) “are eroding across the board — even among his once-loyal base of Republicans and Northeasterners – in the wake of allegations that top deputies engineered a massive traffic jam to get back at Democratic mayor who withheld an endorsement.”
“Overall, the potential 2016 contender was viewed positively by 17% and negatively by 32%… That’s a stark contrast from October, when the Republican governor was on the verge of a landslide re-election on Democratic turf and viewed positively by 33% and negatively by 17%.”
I can’t believe they can’t locate that missing Malaysian jet. I thought those things were tracked by GPS or something.
I mean it’s not like it’s 1937 and they are looking for Amelia Earhart in her downed Lockheed L-10E Electra.
I can’t believe that casino committee in Dover had the balls to ask the state for $30 million over the next two years.
FBH… alien abduction is now the only plausible and possible explanation.
They have, no doubt, traveled through a hole in the space time continuum and are probably fighting off Sleestaks right now.
The casino bailout by another name is absurd. Close them down and use that money to retrain the workers. It’s one of the many blemishes on Markell’s record as Governor and one of the reasons, IMO, why he’d never actually be able to seek national office.
PU: Right. And raise taxes by the $200 million we currently get from the casinos. Any more brilliant ideas?
By a vote of 225-104, the New Hampshire House passes a bill to repeal the state’s death penalty. The bill will now head to the Republican-controlled Senate. Governor Maggie Hassan has promised to sign it, should it pass.
http://www.concordmonitor.com/home/11108700-95/state-house-live-nh-house-overwhelmingly-votes-to-repeal-death-penalty
@G “PU: Right. And raise taxes by the $200 million we currently get from the casinos. Any more brilliant ideas?”
And most of that money comes from people in Delaware and much of what isn’t taxes flies right out of the state.
Now that virtually every nearby state has casinos too, the casinos we have simply suck money out of the local economy and send away. It’s a disaster for Delaware.