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WaPo:
A controversial law sharply curtailing collective-bargaining rights for Ohio’s public employees is sinking in the polls, raising Democratic hopes that the measure’s defeat could boost their prospects in the crucial swing state in 2012.
The law’s diminishing poll numbers have coincided with a decline in the approval ratings of Republican Gov. John R. Kasich, the measure’s most visible proponent. The drop is coming as the law’s union-led opponents have waged an energetic campaign against a measure that they say represents an overreach by the state’s Republican political leaders.
Heh. it's like reading
Daily Kos.
First Read:
Turning the corner on the economy? Or just more of the same? When it comes to the U.S. economy, however, it’s been a rough last six months for President Obama. But yesterday’s news -- GDP growth at 2.5% for the quarter -- was the best economic news the White House has had in a while, signaling that there probably won’t be a double-dip recession. But as NBC/WSJ co-pollster Bill McInturff (R) likes to remind us, every time it seems the economy has turned a corner, there turns out to be another corner. Still, with the Europe deal, coupled with the fact that the GDP numbers were real (not artificially boosted by delayed inventory replenishing or government stimulus), this is the first time that the phrase “green shoots” might actually apply.
We agree.
Charles Blow:
We sold ourselves a pipe dream that everyone could get rich and no one would get hurt — a pipe dream that exploded like a pipe bomb when the already-rich grabbed for all the gold; when they used their fortunes to influence government and gain favors and protection; when everyone else was left to scrounge around their ankles in hopes that a few coins would fall.
Now,
that sounds familiar.
George Will:
The Republican presidential dynamic — various candidates rise and recede; Mitt Romney remains at about 25 percent support — is peculiar because conservatives correctly believe that it is important to defeat Barack Obama but unimportant that Romney be president. This is not cognitive dissonance...
Romney, supposedly the Republican most electable next November, is a recidivist reviser of his principles who is not only becoming less electable; he might damage GOP chances of capturing the Senate. Republican successes down the ticket will depend on the energies of the Tea Party and other conservatives, who will be deflated by a nominee whose blurry profile in caution communicates only calculated trimming.
So does that.
NY Times:
While the Republican presidential campaign trail bristles with talk of moats, militarization and electrified fences when it comes to illegal immigration, the view among some Congressional Republicans has become more nuanced and measured.
Now many Republican freshmen, lacking the scar tissue of previous Congressional attempts to make sweeping changes in immigration law, are advocating that policy be changed in small, bite-size pieces that could help bring order to the system and redefine their party’s increasingly anti-immigration image, even as they maintain a strong push for better federal border security.
Good luck with that. Moats, militarization and electrified fences, Jan Brewer and rejection of Texas immigration policy are the face of the GOP.
CBS on Rick Perry's acknowledging he's losing:
"I don't pay attention to the polls"
Uh oh. Can "the only poll that counts is election day" be far behind? Well, you'll love the headline:
Rick Perry: I'm not "ignorant" on climate change
He is, and not just about climate change. Sarah Palin's set the bar pretty low for dumb presidential candidates, but Perry clears it.
And a hat tip to:
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