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Today, the NYT paired two headlines, “New Consensus Sees Stimulus Package as Worthy Step” and “Michigan Again Has Highest Jobless Rate”. Let’s look for a moment at the stories themselves to see if there is any conflict.

In the former, the writers admit the stimulus has been relatively useless at adding jobs, and admits that conservatives claim that the package was a waste of governmental funds, but still claims that a consensus of economists who have viewed the data insist that it is working (interesting definition of consensus). Apparently, the best way for the economy to quickly produce jobs is to throw even more pork at states, hope some jobs get produced, then let the results ‘trickle down’ to the rest of us.

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There is continued stability today with “job approval.”

The nicest part of doing this job is when my thoughts are confirmed by data from other sources. The data from Fox News, Quinnipiac and PPP clearly confirms the downward trends within the data.

We have several new records.

1. All-time low for the 30-day trend for the “approval index” … -10.75% !!!!!!
2. All-time low for the 30-day trend for overall approval for men … 43.74% !!!!!!
3. All-time low for the 30-day trend for overall approval index for men … -11.68% !!!!!!
4. Third time that the 30-day trend for overall approval for men has been less than 44%!!!!!!

You may access this data via the links below.

This page on political polls and analysis will be updated daily so bookmark it and return frequently for updated information. The data will grow over time to include sections on key 2010 Senate race polls, 2012 presidential polls, and the data you see today.

What we have now is an analysis of Rasmussen data as it pertains to Barack Obama’s job approval rating on a 3-day basis and on a 7-day basis, public opinion of his performance on the Economy and National Security, healthcare weekly updates, the generic congressional ballot, trust on the issues on ten issues and trust on the issues regarding healthcare alone.

Recent updates are highlighted in red.

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When Liz Cheney said “Think Cheney 2012″ on the last FOX News Sunday with Chris Wallace – the panel in the studio and lame stream media later assumed she was talking about her father – former VP Dick Cheney. Everybody took the bait – and got caught in… sexism. She did not say “Think Dick Cheney 2012”. It never occurred to the Good Ol’ Boys in the media that Liz Cheney was hinting about a possible run of a Cheney in 2012… like in “Liz Cheney 2012″. Why not? The lady is extremely smart and has a whooping resume that tops Hillary and Sarah if you put them together.
Let’s take a look at who Liz Cheney really is , besides the fact that she is a daughter of her father. Can Liz become the American Angela Merkel?

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According to recent estimates by the U.S. State Department, there are 6.6 million Americans living overseas.
Obama’s health care reform will tax them for not holding US health insurance the excise tax of $750 a year. Organizations of ex-pats all over the world are currently protesting the Obama’s tax on Americans living abroad. The House Health Care Bill exempted the ex-pats from paying the tax. This is not the case in the Senate Bill.
Here is the list with the frequently asked questions by Americans living abroad answered by AACI /Association of Americans and Canadians living in Israel
1. I participate in Medicare – will I still have to pay the excise tax?

As of this writing, Medicare is not specifically named as one of the approved health care plans. Therefore we suggest you fax your objections to the excise tax.

2. If a citizen living abroad pays the $750 will they be covered when in the U.S. on visits?

Payment of the excise tax will not cover you in the US; you will get no insurance benefit for paying this tax. The excise tax will be a penalty you pay for not participating in one of the authorized health plans. You will still need to purchase travel insurance.

3. Is that amount the same for everyone regardless of income? If someone is a student, retiree, child, otherwise unemployed still required to pay it?

The excise tax mentioned in the Senate bill will be the same for everyone.

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In the United Kingdom a 59 year old man is going free after killing his wife in his sleep and waking up beside her dead body. Brian Thomas killed wife during nightmare in which he dreamt that intruders had broken into their camper while they were on vacation. During the nightmare, Thomas strangled his wife to death.

The retired Brian Thomas from South Wales suffers from several sleep disorders including sleepwalking; he apparently killed his wife during a state of automatism. Automatism is exactly how it sounds, automatic behavior while unconscious.

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On Saturday night Harry Reid is scheduled to hold a vote that would then start debate on the Health-care bill that will include a public option. See the live stream video of the health care debate below.

This is just a procedural issue right now, but it is an important step for Reid to overcome. Right now it looks like Nelson, Lieberman and Landrieu are going to vote to allow debate to start. It is not clear whether Sen. Lincoln from Arkansas will so vote, she has not yet made her intentions clear, but I think she is leaning towards allowing the debate to start.

Even if we loose this opening salvo these 4 Democrats have stated large reservations about this bill and at least two of them have stated that they will not vote for any plan with a public option. We only need one of them to vote against cloture to stop the bill and I think we have a pretty good chance of that happening.

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Accusation of Marxism fly very easy in the political rhetoric nowadays. I made the following test so you can check your knowledge about Marxism. The right answers are at the end of the post. Guess who said these quotes:

I am not a Marxist.
A. Barack Obama or B. Karl Marx

Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.
A. Ben Bernanke or B. Karl Marx

Social progress can be measured by the social position of the female sex.
A. Hillary Clinton or B. Karl Marx

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.
A. Nobel Peace Prize Committee or B. Karl Marx

The worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the world unite.
A. SEIU president Andy Stern or B. Karl Marx

Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.
A. Barney Frank or B. Karl Marx

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain
A. Senate Health Care Bill or B. Karl Marx

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Sarah Palin’s book tour is turning into bashing of President Obama’s policies. The Former Alaska governor sounded quite peaceful in the overture of the media coverage that happened on Oprah, who is President’s best friend in the media world.
The cat fight that many expected did not happen and the crowds hungry for entertainment had to wait for the first act to get some raw meat. Things were a bit different when Sarah Palin opened up to Barbara Walters.
Republican Vice-Presidential nominee signed Barack Obama’s report card on economy when asked by the host to grade his work on a scale from one to ten – with ten being best.

“There are a lot of decisions being made that I — and probably the majority of Americans — are not impressed with right now,” Palin said. “I think our economy is not being put on the right track, because we’re strayed too far from, fundamentally, from free enterprise principles that built our country. And I question, too, some of the dithering, and hesitation with some of our national security questions that have got to be answered for our country. … So, a four.”

A four? We learned Sarah Palin is a tough grader. We also learned that President Obama is likely to score poor on Palin’s chart if he does not follow Gen. McChrystal’s advice on increasing troops in Afghanistan - she told ABC’s Barbara Walters
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