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Subscribe to RSSThe Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd is joined by the AP's Kasie Hunt, Stu Rothenberg, Roll Call's Nathan Gonzales, and NBC's Kelly O'Donnell to take a look over noteworthy results from Tuesday's Senate and House primaries, as well as the a few notable initiatives facing American voters.
Updated at 5:04 pm ET In Democrats’ efforts to gain the 25 seats they need to retake control of the House, Tuesday’s primary election outcome in California was one step forward -- and one step back.
California was using a new primary system in which the two biggest vote-getters in each congressional district advance to the November ballot.
In some districts – such as the 8th Congressional district along the Nevada border – voters will pick from two Republicans in November, while in other places such as the 15th district in the Bay area, voters will have two Democrats from which to choose.
In one competitive district —the 31st in Ventura County – Democrats had run a risk that independent Linda Parks would finish second to Republican state Sen. Tony Strickland, leaving no Democrat on the November ballot.
But the Democrats averted that outcome due in part to an extraordinary $700,000 in spending – most of it for TV ads – by a Democratic super PAC, the House Majority PAC, helping boost Democrat Julia Brownley who finished second with 27 percent to Strickland’s 44 percent on Tuesday. Strickland now will face Brownley in November in a district that voted for President Barack Obama in 2008.
House Majority PAC Executive Director Ali Lapp said this “represents a prime Democratic pick-up opportunity in the fall.”
But Democrats suffered a surprising and costly defeat in the 31st District – identified by House race expert David Wasserman of the non-partisan Cook Political Report as “a must-win for Democrats.”
Their candidate Pete Aguilar won only 23 percent of the vote – leaving two Republicans, deep-pocketed seven-term incumbent Gary Miller and state Sen. Bob Dutton, to square off against each other in November.
Democrat Ron Barber and Republican Jesse Kelly are in a near dead heat to fill the seat left vacant by the retirement of Gabrielle Giffords. The Daily Rundown's Chuck Todd takes a Deep Dive into the race.
Aguilar’s failure was a “devastating blow,” said Daniel Scarpinato, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee.
“It’s looking like House Democrats’ road to 25 just hit a dead end,” said Dan Conston, spokesman for the Congressional Leadership Fund, a Republican Super PAC that has raised more than $5 million from casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and others to invest in House races. “With the California battlefield now set, House Republicans stand in a remarkably strong position in a state that was supposed to be the Democrats’ golden ticket to the majority.”
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had favored Aguilar, placing him on its Red-to-Blue list as a signal to donors. In April DCCC chairman Rep. Steve Israel said, “Pete is building a strong campaign to bring his common sense leadership to Washington and stand up for San Bernardino County's middle class and seniors, not millionaires and mega corporations."
Backed by contributions from Democratic House leaders Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer and Jim Clyburn and raising more than $330,000, Aguilar also got support from a relatively small Sacramento-based Super PAC called Restoring Our Community which spent its money on phone-banking efforts and door-to-door field organizing to boost Aguilar.
In contrast, the House Majority PAC – which stayed out of the Aguilar race – waged the air war on television for Brownley and will likely do so again in the fall.
It’s worth noting that much of the funding for the House Majority PAC comes from public-sector labor unions – including the American Federation of Teachers and the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees.
Those public-sector unions suffered a stinging defeat Tuesday in Wisconsin when Gov. Scott Walker overcame a recall effort. Walker had signed legislation curbing the unions’ bargaining power and impeding their dues collecting and thus their fund-raising.
Commenting Wednesday on Walker’s victory, DCCC Chairman Rep. Steve Israel said in a written statement, “The Wisconsin results should serve as a wake-up call for Democrats: on the ground organizing is critically important, but it must be coupled with an aggressive air campaign.”
Referring to Democrats’ loss of the majority in 2010, Israel added, “I’ve long said that Republicans didn’t beat Democrats in 2010, Karl Rove and (the) Koch brothers did after the Citizens United decision … Without robust air cover, the voice of the middle class will be silenced.”
Asked about Aguilar’s loss, DCCC spokeswoman Jennifer Crider said Wednesday, “It was disappointing but we have other opportunities that more than make up for that.”
Case in point: the San Diego/La Jolla based district now represented by Republican Brian Bilbray. In Tuesday’s primary Bilbray won 41 percent, compared to a combined Democratic vote of 46 percent. The DCCC has high hopes for Scott Peters who will be the Democrat on the November ballot. Crider called Bilbray “a poster child for what’s wrong with Washington,” partly due to his lobbying during the interim between his two tours of duty in the House. Like the Ventura County district, Bilbray’s is one that Obama carried in 2008.
On the GOP side, Scarpinato pointed to what Republicans see as encouraging news from California in Rep. Mary Bono Mack’s race in her Palm Springs district. She won 58 percent to 42 percent for Democrat Dr. Raul Ruiz – they were the only two candidates on Tuesday’s ballot. “We now know that race isn’t really in play,” Scarpinato said, but Democrats say the November electorate will be much more favorable to Ruiz.
Yet here as in the other House races, money – and TV ads – will be crucial and the Congressional Leadership Fund’s $5 million is one indicator that Republicans may have the edge in resources.
Democrats will have to watch over the next several months as millions of additional dollars will be invested in the incumbent versus incumbent match between Rep. Howard Berman, the 15-term Democratic congressman who is battling rival Democrat, eight-term Rep. Brad Sherman. Redistricting put the two Democrats in the same district.
Next door in Arizona, Republicans have their own money pit, as Reps. Ben Quayle and David Schweikert battle each other. As of the end of March, Quayle had raised $1.3 million to Schweikert’s $1 million. That struggle will drag on until Arizona’s Aug. 28 primary.
Since incumbents have deep donor networks, such member vs. member races consume money that could probably be better used in competitive inter-party races elsewhere.
Note: The original version of this story said that two Democrats were the top two finishers in California's Second congressional district. In fact, the top two were Democrat Jared Huffman and Republican Daniel Roberts, according to the California Secretary of State's web site.
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So, a "must-win" for the Democrats in one district is a NO WIN !
California needs to focus on California's massive debt issues and why companies are leaving this state in droves. The liberal politics is one of the reasons along with the high tax structure.
Perhaps that is why one comedian referred to the people of California as being like a box of cereal ......
"Once you get rid of all the fruits and all the nuts, you still have a bunch of flakes"
Legislate the content of Happy Meals you libbies in San Francisco .... we know how important the growth of government is to your mindset !
Yep, been to California once, don't ever want to go there again. The only problem is that CA has some of the best railroad museums in the country.
California IS a box of cereal: my sister-in-law lives there and is one of the craziest loons in the state.
I think many Democrats are incorrectly interpreting Tuesday's voting results in Wisconsin. Yes, Walkers spending advantage made a difference, but I think the main issue is private sector taxpayers are increasingly fed up with the public sector worker benefits. State budgets are in tatters, largely due to public worker compensation packages - especially defined benefit plans. This is what I think taxpayers are rebelling against.
I guess that you don't consider Reagan increases in government.
This really seam like a trend. Republicans are taking the country.... Dems crying foul because of money... The same money that got President Obama elected. He (Obama) set records for his fund raising, small, untraceable donations that totaled tens of millions. He promised "total transparency" then the DNC would not release it's list of donors. Then Citizens United and that freed Corporations to give "unlimited" funds but they have to report who and how much.... What the Dems don't mention is that Obama received "record" amounts from Wall Street in 08 but but now (for his anti-business stance) has given little (Chuck Todd "Gay money has replaced Wall Street money)
I predict Republican not only will win the White House but the will keep the House and possibly the Senate. Yet even though the chance does exist for abuse, I predict stabilization of monetary policy, a budget and continued drone strikes and secret involvement with the Syrian rebels... Euro zone will stabilize and a sense of global stabilization will take hold... What will upset this (at least in the near term) would be Iran's coming nuclear test.. That will be a game changer and neither Romney nor Obama can do anything... this will be a tipping point and Israel will not wait but act unilaterally... I hope I'm right about the US recovery... I hope I'm wrong about the latter.
Love the comparison to the cereal box from Jim!
Get rid of the Democrats, they are sinking California and the USA.
When Mexico loves the Democrat party while exporting their own citizens to the U.S., you know that party is no longer a viable option for American government.
When the Republican party systematically and openly dismantles the democratic process for the american people, screams jobs while pushing social agendas, and empowers baseless suspicion the president is not a citizen for dissent's sake. It is no longer a viable option for a free government.
Landon,
Both parties have extremists, but they are not the majority of either party. Republicans as a party are not dismantling the democratic process - they are taking steps to further reduce the chance of voting irregularities - but that type of action is largely supported by voters. I'm an independent that voted Democratic from 2004 to 2008, and I support requiring picture ID's when voting as long as they are reasonably able to be obtained prior to the election.
The one thing I see Republicans doing that I don't see from many Democrats doing is actually proposing plans to get the deficit under control. I'm not thrilled with Ryan's budget, but at least he's proposed something with enough detail to begin a debate.
If we don't get our deficits under control, we are going to lose most of those cherished entitlement programs in another decade or two. Just ask Greece what happens when the rest of the world loses confidence in your central governments ability to pay its debt.
Ron/ The only way to reduce the debt we are in is by increasing the amount of taxes we collect and by our discontinuing our policing of the civil wars around the planet. To increase our taxes we must have more people employed and everyone paying their fair share of the tax burden and stop the employers from outsourcing jobs.
Exactly, Listoire. The deficit is not as important as getting people back to work. THAT will pay down the deficit. It's like when someone loses their job. What is more important? Paying your bills or finding a job? Because, without the job, you can't pay the bill. Without a tax base, we cannot pay the bills. And, without major corporations paying their fair share (we are looking at you GE, Walmart, Exxon-Mobil) and taking government handouts called "subsidies" when they don't need it or forcing their employees onto social services because they don't pay their employees enough or provide them with health insurance, while raking in record profits year after year, we cannot pay down the deficit. Yet, the Republicans NEVER want to make them responsible, just the poor, the infirm and the elderly. The Democrats have wanted to put people back to work, build up our infrastructure and invest in our country. I don't see that from Republicans. I see them want to go to austerity route, which has been shown all across Europe NOT to work but only to help the wealthy. When the Republicans start realizing they represent ALL the people, not just their wealthy handlers, then maybe they will get it.
While I think deficits have reached the point that eventually we'll need to raise taxes on everyone (not just the 1%), unless we can get spending under control, it won't matter. In fact, if we increase taxes without also making real cuts, my experience is, government will just spend more than the amount of the tax increase - which will put us even further in the hole.
Using the president's own projections, Medicare/Medicaid alone will run over a $6 Trillion deficit the next 10 years. That is not sustainable. Even if we added back all of the Bush tax cuts, that would only cut that deficit in half. Also, Obama's projections are fairly rosy - so I expect the deficits will be even larger.
Austerity has worked quite well in most of Europe. It hasn't worked well in Southern Europe because tax cheating (by all levels) is rampant, the government worker benefits are very generous, and a large percentage of their economy is based on government.
Romney will nominate Marco Rubio as his VP. Conservatives will be more comfortable and hard working, family orientated, American Hispanics will help throw out the Marxist. Romney will be re-elected and Marco will be our first Hispanic president in 2020. (16 years of prosperity for the U.S.!)
Getting a little ahead of yourself there aren't you? Romney actually has to win in November first. As the saying goes, do not count your chickens before they hatch. The Republican party and still throw the election if they do something stupid like they did in February by latching onto irrelevant social issues again.
It is a tossup really. If Obama carries all of the suspected Democratic states then he only needs 10 electoral college votes to take the Presidency. Romney is starting from a much lower number and has a farther hill to climb. I am not saying he cannot do it, I am just saying you should be realistic instead over overly idealistic, if only to save yourself from frustration if Romney does lose.
I have thoroughly accepted that Obama can lose this election, not many on the Right seem to be able to accept that Romney can lose.
Well certainly not many on the left think Obama will lose....so it is a standoff UNTIL November 2, 2012.
The bigger question is: does the left really think, or do they just spend?
Bob... stop the stupid insults. It goes both ways in my book.
Capt, Rubio aint a Mexican Hispanic and has almost nothing in common with them other than a name. Just check with your national Hispanic groups. I'm not predicting the election because all the Koch Bros money may change things, but please don't think if Mitty chooses Rubio, the Latino vote is locked up. SO far from it.
Rubio is too intelligent to run with Romney. Rubio wants a future, not to be known as a loser, as Mitt will be .....again....
Looks to me that Obama needs to carry Ohio. If he does, even losing the toss up states, he still has enough electoral votes. Of course carrying some of the other toss up states will help make up the gap if he doesn't carry Ohio.
Wives Fan
Yup. Look what bringing in Sarah did for McCain in locking up the womens' vote.
Bob in Kc./ It isn't so much what the Dems. spend as what the Reps. give to the large companies in reduced taxes and subsidies plus the super rich in unfair tax breaks.
California is a great state that contributes much more to the federal government than it takes. Keeping the red states that do not collect enough taxes, or pay enough wages, alive through the government teat. California will survive long after places like Wisconsin join the deep south in becoming wastelands full of cheap labor that the wealthy will gleefully take advantage of. Wake up America! We are well on the way to becoming a third world nation. No social net, universal healthcare or education. Just a bunch of cheap laborers working in a polluted country til we drop dead.
Honestly, its tripe like this that moves moderates to voting for Republicans.
Most Republicans are your neighbors. They are middle class, rich, and poor.
This over-the-top "darth-vader" picture you try to paint is sophomoric and is simply not selling to anyone but the 10% far-left fringe already buying it hook, line and sinker.
There are still too many moderate thinking people that have had enough of the hippies overpaying themselves in government while vilifying everyone else.
MisterWonderful,
Funny how you stated the word "Republicans" and "Darth-Vader". I didn't. Self reflection maybe? Try to refrain from insults. No one, except the anti union wealthy, vilify anyone. You take the high road just as you step off it by calling public employees hippies. Gosh I'm so surprised!
Ana? Mister Wonderful there doesn't speak for all moderates. Some of us don't buy into the BS. The one thing Conservatives do have is a cohesive and consistent message. That old addage about repeating a LIE over and over until it passes as "truth" and people accept the LIES as if it were gospel. Unbelievable.
Divided we fall, and this country is headed for a bad fall....all manipulation, lies and deceit while they continue to cart truckloads of CASH from our treasury.
Any liberal that complains about lies should look into a mirror and yell LIAR. There is no shame to great for a liberal that will stop their hypocritical intolerant personal attacks against freedom and economic sanity. You are entitled to your opinion but not entitled to use tax payer money for waste and unsustainable socialist programs.
VOTE ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT stop Obama's economic insanity.
Spot on, AnaBanana!
I wonder why the "community" collapsed this very astute comment. Is it really so blindsided by all the typical rhetoric?
So MisterWonderful calling public employees hippies is a villifying comment, but Bill Maher calling Sarah Palin a c*nt is not? Oh, but Bill Maher is a comedian .... so his comments are funny. Or maybe he's anti-union.
Unc S 22--/ Where do you get Liberal lies from? Liberals attacking That is left to the freedom? That is a function of the extremist ,so I suggest that you look up the word liberal and I also suggest that you Look at your own comment ,also are you under the illusion that we don't pay taxes?
Wow even in liberal bastions the dems are being routed en-mass. Im just thankful im not dem this week, nothing but losses for them.. Just go to your happy place and everything will be ok..
Sam, did we read the same article???
Layton, better start working on your hate attacks for Romney who will be our next president.
VOTE ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT stop Obama's economic insanity.
Layton - The difference is that Sam actually comprehended the article, you apparently still haven't learned when you are being fed B.S..
"represents a prime Democratic pick-up opportunity in the fall."
Your "win" is an opportunity to maybe not lose in the fall??? Have you already forgot the reality of yesterdays "opportunity" for Democrats?
U.S. I would hope that Layton would be a bigger person then many Republicans who have done nothing but attack the President. I may not have liked Bush, his actions, or his policies but I respected his administration for what it was. Being the bigger person always scores you more maturity points then nagging on like children using personal attacks because you do not like something.
There certainly are not many nobel people on the left with the attacks they placed against Bush.
Listen Toe Jam and the others. Just because the Dems in WI chose to have a stupid recall and lost does not mean ALL the Dems lost or even hurt Obama. If they had left Walker alone, he would have lost in his next election (care to read about the latest investigations of his old office)? Obama is still ahead in that state and they picked up a Senate seat (granted they won't do any business until after the election).
READ the exit polls of the Dems who voted for Walker. It was NOT because they were for him, it was because they didn't think a recall was the proper thing. I happen to agree. I disagreed with CA when they did it to Grey Davis. The money behind HIS recall was from an opponent. Go figure. They got Ahhhnold... and look what happened. The state is in worse shape than when he got there. Recalls should ONLY happen for misconduct of an illegal nature. NOT because someone is doing something you don't like. That is what elections are for.
Uncle Sam, I don't have any hate attacks for Romney but you're a foolish man if you think he's qualified to run this country. He has no record of his own nor a plan that is progressive. Just wants to go back to what the GOP "thought" worked before. Hold on to your hats, houses, pensions, jobs, etc. IF he should be elected, this country is going to be in for one scary ride.
People have to balance their check books at home. The GOP know this and the Dems want to balence the budget with taxes from the same people who are having trouble balencing their own. This GOP tide has been on the rise for 2 years now. The Dims need to recurve the spending. Period.
Otherwise they will continue to look like that douche bag that crashed on your couch, drank all your beer and ate all your food for a month a college.
The damn jig is up peeps.
So it's GOOD with you that the right wing start wars under false pretenses, send YOUR kids to die, and rake in billion$ in profits for their wealthy buddies, eh? GFY dude.
What the conservatives are REALLY good at is demonizing the working poor. Congratulations....what HEROS you all are....
It’s one thing to spin something to one’s advantage. It’s another to simply
make things up to make the other guy look bad. Romney’s Solyndra speech was an
example of the latter. Disgraceful.
Hargreaves shows that Mitt Romney’s key claim — “An independent inspector
general looked at this investment and concluded that the Administration had
steered money to friends and family and campaign contributors” — has no basis in
fact.
The second piece, also by Hargreaves, lists 7 key facts:
1. It was started by Bush: The DOE loan program that funded Solyndra was
actually started by President Bush in 2005. It was intended to provide
government support for “innovative technologies”….
In fact, as Climate Progress reported back in September, the “Bush
Administration advanced the Solyndra loan guarantee for two years” before Obama
became President.
2. Congress thought there would be more failures: Two companies have declared
bankruptcy under the loan program so far, out of the 33 projects funded.
Congress was expecting more….
What the hell does Romney, Solayndra, and Bush have to do with California's election?
Do try to stay on topic, please. It helps you not look like a troll.
The Bush administration pulled the plug on Solyndra 2 weeks before obama was sworn in.
And sorry, the actual falure rate is many more than 2,
Here's what is failing and failed
A123 - supposed to create 3000 jobs, has 690 remaining with an uncertain future.
Fisker - will survive, but cancelled American plans to open American production - and kept the money.
Tesla - no US production coming and is going to build only in Finland, just like Fisker
Solyndra - GONE
ENER1 - Bankrupt
Beacon Power - filed for Bankruptcy protection - Any Bets? - looks a lot like Enron to me.
Amonix Inc - has 100 of the 200 employees left. It is a partner with a foreign company.
Abound Solar layed off 280 employees and delayed it's in Opening of a plant in Indiana.
DB Akron, a sad list of failures. I would like to know how many of these loans were tied to political influence and contributions. Remember Obama promising that special influence would not occur in his admisistration. Wow what a fibber, special interest has really become special with Obama and his special interest cabinet, czars, agency heads, and his multitude of commissions.
VOTE ROMNEY PRESIDENT stop Obama's economic insanity.
70% were to donors. despicable. Taxpayer money laundering, Chicago style.
BTW, Fiskar is considering dropping electric cars altogether. They sure took the money and ran, not even a US company at that.
Lots of fuss over Romney and Obama's association with solar energy subsidies and irrecoverable investments. This kerfuffle only masks the reality that the US spends $6 billion every year subsidizing the production of ethanol, enriching the red state corn farmers. Source: Reuters 6/16/2011
Let me make one thing clear, Obama's policies have worked. Under bush we had 4 consecutive years of job losses in the hundreds of thousands per month. Now, basic economics tells us that we cannot spend money and RESOURCES on military stuff and grow an economy. WE ONLY HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF RESOURCES, is why. When we spend on the military we lose growth in the private sector. It took Obama a little more than 3 years to end two wars, that bush created. Now, as a matter of fact we are more than able to pay off the national debt. The reason we do not do so is countries like China depend on the interest that we pay in order to grow their economies. That means if we paid off everything today would likely cause growing economies to collapse. The fact that we have entitlement programs is because we are a Christian nation, and we look after the least fortunate. I think that is a sign of a healthy citizenship and not a drag on the economy.
Yes the Golden tax state of CA....
Then please PLEASE move down to Texas. Their Property Taxes are only 3%. Not to mention the freaking toll roads pretty much anywhere you NEED to go aorund Dallas....Oh yeah....California "taxes" are just SOOO oppressive (not) We like our roads, bridges and infrastructure. If you don't like it, don't live here!
JT just how are your roads? They look pretty bad to me, lots of chuck holes, broken pavement, and insufficient capacity. Been in any traffic jams lately? Are you going to vote for the increase in sales tax? Just how many billions is California in the hole now? The only people moving into California are the illegal alien invaders across your border with Mexico. Business is moving out and people that are not on welfare are moving out. Unfortunately many of the Californians are moving into Oregon and have Californicated our state. We wish you would go some where else.
Democratic voters need to do their homework better and watch out for Repuglicans who flood the Democratic candidate list with Fake Democrats. I mean if you put 100 candidates on the docket then you split the vote which is pretty much what it looks happened in the 31st district. Only 2 Repuglican candidates splitting the Repuglican vote getting less than 50% and 4 Democratic contenders splitting the Democratic vote and getting more than 50% but having no candidate in the Fall. I hope the 31st district voters have the brains to write in the candidate of their choice and free the world of another teabagger.
What you and your partner do in your bed like teabagging is your business. Normal people find the gay sex act of teabagging offensive. I am disgusted to even have to learn what gays do to each other. The term is Tea Party and Republican. Your intolerant narrow minded slurs only serve to demonstrate how degenerate and ignorant liberal Democrats are.
VOTE ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT stop Obama's economic insanity.
Actually Uncle Sam, if you would do a little reading you would find that the Tea Party are the ones that started calling themselves Tea baggers, and had they hanging from their hats. Read up a little.
This is what liberal idiots get for such a stupid primary idea. Serves them right.
Gotta love the liberal hate here in msnbc-land.
Maybe that's why I proudly voted no on prop 29 and didn't vote for Aguilar. :)
To be fair, I voted for Feinstein...just because. :)
I hate liberals.
Who doesn't? ...oh yea, foreign criminals looking for new hosts to leech from.
California is on the cusp of bankruptcy. It has been run by left wing politicians for many years and now the time to pay the piper is upon us. We had a chance with Meg Whitman, a sharp business woman who might have made a difference, but we got Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown instead. I guess Calif. is going to get what it deserves, too bad it used to be such a great place.
DCCC Chairman Rep. Steve Israel said in a written statement, “The Wisconsin results should serve as a wake-up call for Democrats: on the ground organizing is critically important, but it must be coupled with an aggressive air campaign.”
Referring to Democrats’ loss of the majority in 2010, Israel added, “I’ve long said that Republicans didn’t beat Democrats in 2010, Karl Rove and (the) Koch brothers did after the Citizens United decision … Without robust air cover, the voice of the middle class will be silenced.”
Someone needs to explain to Mr. Israel that if by middle class he is using the Obama definition of people who actually earn a living wage and bring in up to $250,000 per year, he's not talking about Democrats, he's talking about Independents and Republicans. Democrats are the people who live off the government, plus those who are the 47% who don't pay federal income taxes, plus people in this country illegally that the Democrats have managed to get onto the voting roles. The last thing Mr. Israel should want is for the mostly-Republican middle class to vote. (And yes, I do realize that the Democratic Pary also includes a large number of one-percenters, especially those who got their money from entertaining, or inheriting it.)
Gee, look at that one! "Without robust air cover," What does this goober think he is doing, fighting the Gulf War all over again?
The whole thing is a lose-lose for the Demoncraps.
The message was sent in 2010, the country is fed up with government waste, excess government spending, and government intrusion into social issues and into our private lives. We are not a socialist country, we are mostly religious, we are mostly against the use of civil rights as an excuse to give people that choose abnormal sexual practices to defile marriage which has a religious foundation. Enough. Quit the spending that can only be sustained by borrowing and raising the national debt. Quit using government agencies as a personal bully to attack people that disagree or criticize the administration. Obama talks about fairness, we want the government and it's agencies to treat the tax payer fairly. The EPA, IRS, ICE, and others do little but make life difficult for business and individuals and it is deliberate.
VOTE ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT stop Obama's economic insanity.
You know that Romney has several wives, right?
George Clooney: A handsome successful man, but he is an absolute idiot because he supports Obama.
Vote the Socialist out this November.
OBlamo was elected because he is black...............
Oblamo will be unelected because he is worthless.......
Good Old President CO as in community organizer.
It never ceases to amaze me how quick the labels fly. If you label Obama a socialist and you prefer to label Republicans as Capitalist then it should be identified as to which type of capitalist they are since there are several forms of capitalism. It is clear that Republicans have blocked every attempt to do away with tax breaks for the wealthy, corporations and oil companies so that would mean that Republicans must be Corporate Capitalist. You should be aware that this form of capitalism ultimately fails which also circumvents a democratic society. There is also another name for this form of economic society but you obviously have no problem with having your life dictated to you.
Pathetic liberal lies. Obama is practicing socialist crony capitalism, picking winners and losers, rewarding his friends, punishing his enemies, etc. Republicans didn't pass "tax cuts for the rich" they passed tax cuts for everyone! Sorry your propaganda failed.
Incentives to oil and gas companies are returned many times over in higher tax returns. Laundering taxpayer money through companies like Solyndra fills Obama's campaign war chest but costs taxpayers billions.
It is Obama's crony capitalism that is failing miserably, democrats inherited 4.6% unemployment and a booming economy and destroyed it in less than two years.
Phil....were you asleep in 2003? Remember all the WMDs in Iraq? And the absolute necessity to go into Afghanistan. The runoff of 700,000 jobs in 2008? All the time, the big oil companies bathed in BILLION dollar profits. Point the finger at Obama all, you like, you still have 3 fingers pointing at you
Well the parasites got a bost last nite, God bless them all. The minions still don't see the problem that they are causing. They are no different than a crack head when he/she starts out. They get three rocks for the price of one, then two then, then one, then half of one. The are hooked and will do all kind of this for the blast. Gop/TP minions are the new crackheads. The rich got you believing that lower taxes are the way to go. When they pull the sheet out from under your feet it is gonna be a long fall.
The parasites are the government employees sucking off the tax payer money to pay for excessive benefits and radical unions. Liberals are more inclined to do dope because they are dopes. Ever hear of the Democrat Berry who was put in jail for taking bribes and smoking crack. Democrat even voted him back into office. More dopes voting a crack smoking corrupt political into office just because he is black and a Democrat. Kinda the same story with Obama. I hope you are not one of the parasitic 48% that does not pay any federal income tax. We are the 52% and are tired of paying for the rest of you parasites.
VOTE ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT, stop Obama's economic insanity.
Hey Gateway............let's bail out the federal government. Everyone in this country is in debt to the tune of over $1,000,000 in debt and liabilites. Why don't you start the ball rolling and send your share today because according to the left, what you have is mine.
Isn't it amazing how liberals can change word meanings on the fly to suit whatever propaganda rant the happen to be spewing? Pathetic.
Republican Dictionary
Liberal -- Anyone who disagrees with or says something bad about a republican
Reform -- Eliminate
Fact -- Vulgarity and Confusion
Jobs Bill -- Tax cuts for the rich
Burdensome Regulation -- Anything that costs a company one cent or prevents them from making one cent even if making that one cent costs someone else a dollar
Lazy -- The people the GOP put out of work
Moocher -- People on medicaid because they don't get health insurance through work and private insurance costs more than they make
Hard Work - Sitting in an office counting the money you didn't pay the workers
Heavy Lifting.-- Pushing the "on" button on the machine and leaving
Greedy -- Something to describe Democrats that Republicans never are
Truth -- Something a Republican claims regardless if it is fact or fiction
Lies -- Something ONLY Democrats do. Republicans would never do so.
Closing Tax Loopholes -- Something that Causes Billions of Dollars loss to US Treasury
Changing the Subject -- Republican direct response to question or statement
Fair Play -- Only Repubs can voice opinion without criticism. Dems must be slammed.
Women who use Contraceptives -- Prostitutes
Courtesy -- Using as much filthy language, inuendo, name bastardizing
Respect -- Insulting wives, daughters, and any other family members.
This top-two system smacks of the "elections" held in the USSR. All it does is rob the voters of a choice. The CA - D.C. should be ashamed of themselves. They might think they are "compassionate" Liberal Democrats, but in reality they are neither compassionate, nor liberal, and they certainly are not Democrats....
Many countries also have a top-two system. Look at France's presidential election, for example.
You have plenty of choice!!!!! Just look at your choices: two Democrats and no Republicans. What more could a good liberal want?
Well, I'd prefer no repugs, ever, anywhere, now that you ask.
The prospect of more Demoncrats in office feels like a hemorrhoid flare-up, and I notice my wallet is missing.
Sounds like your A$$ is in trouble.
You Californians deserve every thing you get...your state is billions in debt, yet you re-elect Nancy Pelosi instead of the candidate with the business back ground. Now you elect more Dummycrats with all their social programs, so deeper in debt you go...
I can agree with you in principle, Kansas...However, Pelosi, the botox queen, does not really have much to do with California politics. It is all the democrats that plant themselves in Sacramento. Why, because California is the liberal arm-pit of liberal politics in the country. They breed like stink flies and want the hard working Californians to pay for the non workers which includes the illegals. Recently, the California group passed their version of the dream act. Makes me want to puke.
I will puke right along with ya. That state is a wash, might as well write it off. Most of the people there are so out of touch with reality, it is scarey!!
BO's gotta go in 2012! Also, the rest of the Dems!
Isn't it great! The GOP does everything it can to stamp out labor unions and their work for politicians and welcomes zillions from the rich who have bought the GOP!
Sorry, that's a lie. Read "Bought and paid for", Obama was owned before he left the convention. Why do you think all the fat cats were bailed out while the average American is told to bend over!
A new study from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) examines the costs of education, health care and incarceration of illegal aliens, and concludes that the costs to Californians is $10.5 billion per year. Do we really want liberal Californians to run our House. Get real. They have a 16 billion dollar shortfall this year and spent 10.5 billion of the taxpayers money on illegals. This is insanity.
cgent - the real insanity is all of you who cry about the 50% earning $50K and less paying no taxes but defend the thousands of millionaires and billionaires who paid no taxes. You will push for lower taxes (for the wealthy) and reduced government spending but scream about all lost government jobs at every level from city, county and state and then point a finger at Democrats when it is the Republicans who have fought against doing away with the Bush tax breaks which would put balance between Federal revenue and the budget. For the economy to stabilize and grow there must be a strong base. There was a strong economic base when Bush took office and then wiped it out. The wealthy can't have their cake and eat it too. They can't suck every dollar out of the American people and expect them to pay for government, education, infrastructure and everything else too. The fact is that the excuse for the Bush tax breaks is to create jobs but instead of taking a significant portion of those profits to create jobs company president, CEO's, board members and senior management stuffed their pockets. What you and so many Republicans fail to see is that you cannot sell a product if there is no demand and that demand is wiped out if the economic base is wiped out. Stop focusing on symptoms and fix the problem. Lost jobs, reduced education, failing infrastructure are the symptoms and the problem is the lack of federal and state revenue. Government cannot balance the budget on the backs of the majority because of the disparity of wealth. You cannot get revenue from those who don't have it and those who do have it are greedy and politicians are either one of the out of touch wealthy or looking to become wealthy on the backs of working Americans. Stop side lining the problems with symptoms and get to the root of the problem which is the bought and paid for politicians. (Republicans)
I've never thought the "top 2" primary was fair. Having a choice between two republicans if you are a democrat or two democrats if you are a republican is no choice at all. The primary is for narrowing down the options for each party. I've never felt represented by someone from the opposite party. Not yet anyway.
Go CA democrats!!! the state isnt quite deep enough in your liberal debt..
I'm somewhat glad there is a state like California really a shining example to the rest of the nation as how NOT to do it!