Yesterday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), or rather, his staff, prepared a tweet that was supposed to both briefly describe in bullet point form the GOP Jobs Plan (because after being in power for four years in the House, NOW is as good a time as any to get started on that) and then link for a more detailed description, presumably. Now, you might think that Twitter, what with the 140 character limitation, might be the wrong place to even briefly describe a Five Point Congressional Jobs Plan. But not the GOP! Their entire economic theory does boil down to four words: Cut Taxes, End Regulations.
Still, this was embarrassing. It seems the Speaker and/or his underpaid intern didn’t complete their homework before sending this out:
Or maybe it is a rare moment of honesty from the highest ranking Republican in the land: The GOP has no jobs plan.
Either way, this was a hit on Twitter, spawning such mockery as this:
During his run for the Presidency, GOP nominee promised that his far superior Republican policies would reduce unemployment during his first term. His actual quote:
“I cannot predict precisely what the rate would be at the end of one year. I can tell you that over a period of four years, by a virtue of the polices that we put in place, we get the unemployment rate down to 6 percent, perhaps a little lower.” — Mitt Romney.
President Obama’s policies did it in a third of the time, considering that, right now, the unemployment rate is down to 5.9%. But hey, we all know that Democratic economic policies are always the right ones when it comes to the economy and jobs.
Nate Cohn on the sudden blueness of Georgia:
“No other plausibly competitive state has seen a more favorable shift for Democrats in the racial composition of eligible voters over the last decade. The pace of demographic change is so fast that Michelle Nunn, a Democrat, is locked in a tight race against the Republican David Perdue for an open Senate seat — even with an off-year electorate that is favorable for the G.O.P.”
“The pace of demographic change might even be fast enough to outpace the polls.
Indeed, Hillary Clinton will win Georgia in 2016.
GEORGIA–PRESIDENT–PPP: Fmr. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton (D) 47, Sen. Rand Paul (R) 44; Clinton (D) 46, NJ Gov. Chris Christie (R) 41; Clinton (D) 48, Religious Extremist Mike Huckabee (R) 45; Clinton (D) 48, Herman Cain (R) 45; Clinton (D) 49, Sen. Ted Cruz (R) 41; Clinton (D) 49, Newt Gingrich (R) 43; Jeb Bush (R) 45, Clinton (D) 44.
SOUTH DAKOTA–SENATOR–Survey USA: Mike Rounds (R) 35, Larry Pressler (I) 32, Rick Weiland (D) 28.
Another supposedly “in the bag” GOP seat is now suddenly up for grabs. If Pressler wins, I think it is probable if not likely he caucuses with the Dems.
In a National Journal article entitled “Former Republican Senator Making his Comeback as an Independent,” Pressler said that he “sees a political system in which both parties are too entrenched in their respective ideologies at the expense of commonsense solutions. And he thinks voters see things the same way.” If elected, Pressler supports raising taxes, gradually increasing the retirement age for Social Security and decreasing the growth of those payouts. He also supports “much, much stronger” background checks for gun sales. After being approached by a group of citizens asking him to run, Pressler assessed his chances of victory by saying, “I think it’s possible but unlikely.” [22]
At the conclusion of an exploratory tour of South Dakota’s 66 counties in late 2013, however, Pressler announced his candidacy and stated confidently, “I intend to win.” [23]
In a Politico article of November 14, Pressler explained his becoming an independent: “I don’t think I’ve moved, I think the party has moved. I feel like a man without a party…My intent is not to hurt anyone.” [24]
In 2013, Pressler was a signatory to an amicus curiae brief submitted to the Supreme Court in support of same-sex marriage during the Hollingsworth v. Perry case.[25]
He also endorsed Obama twice. The Social Security stuff is troubling but he sounds more like a Max Baucus than a Paul Ryan.
KANSAS–SENATOR–SurveyUSA: Greg Orman (I) 47, Pat Roberts (R) 42.
KANSAS–GOVERNOR–SurveyUSA:In the race for governor, Paul Davis (D) tops Gov. Sam Brownback (R) by five points, 47% to 42%.
CONNECTICUT–GOVERNOR–Quinnipiac: Gov. DannIl Malloy (D) 43, Tom Foley (R) 43.
FLORIDA–GOVERNOR–0ptimus : Charlie Crist (D) 40, Gov. Rick Scott (R) 39.
FLORIDA–GOVERNOR–Public Policy Polling : Crist (D) 45, Scott (R) 43.
ILLINOIS–GOVERNOR–We Ask America: Gov. Pat Quinn (D) 44, Bruce Rauner (R) 40.
GEORGIA–SENATOR–PPP: David Perdue (R) 45, Michelle Nunn (D) 43, Amanda Swafford (L) 8.
GEORGIA–GOVERNOR–PPP: Gov. Nathan Deal (R) 46, Jason Carter (D) 41, Andrew Hunt taking (L) 4.