Given the stark difference between the Democratic and the Republican Parties, it should be a no-brainer: The Dems taking back the House, this Fall.
Sadly, were a nation of scare-crows sometimes ... always in search of someone to flip on the lights ...
Looking solely at generic-ballot polls, Democrats look like they’re in pretty good shape in 2014, enjoying consistent advantages over Republicans for most of the year. Of course, the problem is that the generic-ballot polls mask every pertinent detail: structural factors, geographic imbalance, gerrymandered districts, voter-suppression efforts, and the nagging fact that Democratic voters don’t like to show up for midterm elections.
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What Pelosi does know, however, is that there’s probably value in letting voters know what Democrats would do with the ability to govern.
To that end, House Democrats this morning unveiled a “100 Day Action Plan” -- presumably letting voters know what Dems would tackle in their first 100 days -- intended to “jumpstart the middle class.” The agenda includes a minimum-wage increase, investments in infrastructure and education, and contraception access.
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Unfortunately, what may seem an obvious choice to you and me, isn't always that simple and clear-cut ... especially to those low-info citizens who think:
"Ahh, they're all the same -- Why Bother?"
Why bother to Vote!? Because there IS a difference between the Parties.
One is for the People; one is for the Powerful. In theory anyways, and sometimes in actual practice.
There IS a difference between the Parties.
One wants to "jump start the middle class;" the other just wants to junk all our common dreams.
House Democrats outline agenda
by Lauren French and John Bresnahan -- politico.com -- 7/16/14
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The effort is designed to give a “jump start to the middle class,” as well as challenge the House GOP’s thin record of accomplishment during this Congress. The initiatives include an increase in the minimum wage, tax incentives for companies to base their manufacturing operations in the United States, increased infrastructure spending, and the “CEO/Employee Pay Fairness Act,” which would deny companies the ability to claim tax deductions for executive pay over $1 million unless they provide their employees with a raise.
None of the Democratic proposals are new or have any chance of passing unless they control the House in 2015, and Corporate America would vehemently oppose most -- if not all -- of them.
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“This is a tribute to American entrepreneurship…. and a recognition that that innovation begins in the classroom,” Pelosi said during a press conference on the Capitol steps. “One of the most basic actions that we can take to increase and grow our economy is to increase the role of women in our economy. Our agenda for families, for women and families, is when women succeed, America succeeds. This is not just the title of our agenda, this is a statement of absolute fact.”
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It all starts with putting the
#MiddleClassFirst:
On Twitter -- #MiddleClassFirst
There IS a difference between the Parties.
Of course NO party is "perfect," sorry ... indeed they are often only as good as the People who decide to join them. You know, those old-souls who 'keep bothering' to "flip on the lights" for the rest of us ... who can't be bothered.