The MSM & its pundits always look for national tea leaf readings in the NJ & VA gov. races. More often than not they’re wrong to do so. It’s lazy thinking to fill empty air space with jibber jabber until the next commercial break.

“Which unavoidably creates a pool full of only higher-risk people who necessarily will cost more to insure and thus will be paying higher rates.”

What if the government subsidized these folks?
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SBJ,

Again:

Are you calling for government subsidies?

Still waiting for a reply.

Funny how VA and NJ flipped from Republican to Democrat and this year they did the opposite.

Bush had 90% approvals back in 2001. Obama is fairly high, of course he didn’t have 9/11 tailwind behind him to elevate him to those levels.

When he asked Cornyn, “But you are at least raising and spending money for Crist?” Cornyn shot back –

“No, we won’t be doing any of that until after the nomination.

“JIM LEHRER: Two other big races: The governor’s race in Virginia and in New Jersey. Read a trend there. If there is one to read.

MARK SHIELDS: I would say that….

JIM LEHRER: Democrats won both of them.

MARK SHIELDS: The Democrats had not won either of them since 1989.

JIM LEHRER: Now we’re going to get a trend here. ”

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/political_wrap/july-dec01/sb_11-9.html

“Doug Hoffman didn’t just have money to burn and the staunch support of Facebooking frost bunnies, Fox News and the Ghosts of Vanity Campaigns Past. He also had coots on the ground; an army of volunteers from the tea bag movement, the 9/12 Project and the fanatic anti-choice fringe. The problem was, they could shout at the polling places as loud as they wanted, and they did, but they didn’t live there, so they weren’t allowed to vote.

There’s probably a lesson to that. Something about politics being local.”

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-kelly/dud-baby-dud-the-lesson-o_b_345049.html

For any state with a bad governor – you have my sympathy. We’ve had over a decade of the worst.

But Obama DID campaign for these guys?

I found this interesting gem.

In fact, that official, Steve Schmidt, communications director for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said, the two losers, Mark L. Earley in Virginia and Bret D. Schundler in New Jersey, were at fault.

”We’re glad the president did not campaign for these guys,” Mr. Schmidt said in an interview. ”No one wants to see him spend political capital on people who have run preposterously bad campaigns.”

“An interview with Oprah Winfrey is already scheduled, and I’m also hoping to have the opportunity to talk with Bill O’Reilly, Barbara Walters, Sean Hannity, Greta Van Susteren, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham, Dennis Miller, Tammy Bruce, and others, including local Alaska personalities Bob & Mark and Eddie Burke. (Variety is the spice of life!),” – Sarah Palin.

“Which unavoidably creates a pool full of only higher-risk people who necessarily will cost more to insure and thus will be paying higher rates.”

What if the government subsidized these folks?
……………………….

SBJ,

Again:

Are you calling for government subsidies?