Obviously, a lot of political eyes will be on NY-26 tonight. The polls close at 9pm and we'll of course be tracking the results as they come in. But when either side claims the outcome will be a bellwether, remember the possible alternative: It won't. Even if a Hochul win scares some Republicans off the Ryan plan, the best political course might actually be to stick by the Ryan plan. And lots of Republicans are in perfectly safe seats, eager to keep their base happy by backing the Ryan plan.
None of that is meant to diminish the importance of tonight's vote--but that importance has already been established, regardless of who wins. The fact that this race became a close contest at all shows the power of Ryan's Medicare plan as a political weapon. At least for now.
Getting less attention--for now, anyway, from the debt-obsessed MSM--is a political turning point involving jobs. The Dems aren't running away from the auto bailout. They're running on it.
That's today's quick outlook. Today's "Underbuzzed" will be up soon...
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look forward to checking in on how the election is going.
Go Hochul!!!!!
I will be watching also and I hope that the Democratic candidate wins.
We all have to remember the message from Ryan that his budget proposal was not so much a budget as it was a cause. The GOP with the vote on the Ryan budget told the American people that they want to create Right wing social engineering. Take that as you will but I would take it as telling the American people that they want to create a "new America" with corporations as the head of our government. We, the American people, must take back our country. We can do it if we want to but we "have to want to do it". If we don't we will be facing a nation far worse than any Communist nation ever was with greed as the motivator.
Never in the time that I've been voting, and that's for about 50 years, have I ever been so mad at one party, the Republicans. They have caused so much turmoil in this nation over the need to get more money for the corporations.
If you say that I believe that there should be a re-distribution of the wealth, so be it. But, if you look at it there has already been a re-distribution of wealth. From the poor and middle class to the wealthy. A lot of the wealth of this nation has already accumulated with only a few people. By the way, some of those already wealthy, like the Koch Brothers only inherited their wealth; they didn't work for it, like Bill Gates(He truly earned his money by taking risks and reinvesting). The Koch Bros. got their wealth from their father who built oil refineries for Russia; they helped out our former enemies.
Those are my thoughts and opinions, take it or leave it.
So it is patriotic when wealth from taxes is redistributed UP the social ladder . . .
And it is socialism when wealth from taxes are redistributed DOWN the social ladder . . .
, the best political course might actually be to stick by the Ryan plan. And lots of Republicans are in perfectly safe seats, eager to keep their base happy by backing the Ryan plan.
Well PCCC, DCCC, DNC and others lets get engaged and see if theses safe seats are not that safe, heck lets use NY26. if we can not take it then lets make them waste money!!!!!!!!!!
Ed just revealed on his radio show that eric cantor said that ANY supplemental spending on emergency relief funding for Missouri will HAVE to be offset with equal spending cuts.These nopublicons are unbelievable! They just keep stepping in it. Yeah, they're really looking out for the American people.
The American public is not only being dumbed down but numbed down as well.
or they are trying anyways.
@Pilotshark
Maybe cantor is trying to "empower" the people of Missouri to help themselves. He just laid out what the far right's philosophy is. EVERYONE is on their own!
Curt, think cantor is rubbing off.
We Got Ours, We Want Yours, Screw YOU!! GOP motto.
May 24, 2011 10:00 AM
GOP Rep. Rob Woodall On Medicare: Suck it up and take care of yourself
Pilotshark and Curt
Maybe we aught to take away all of the perks that are given to elected officials? Then they can "suck it up and take care of themselves".
hears a headline with a word for the Teapubliecant`s!!!
May 24, 2011 12:00 PM
HEARTLESS: As Cantor's tornado comments show, that's the word for today's Republicans
By murshedz
@TominWI
I'm all for that Tom. I don't think they should have their taxpayer subsidized health care, or pensions. Let's empower THEM to deal with health insurance companies on their own, and to save for retirement with a 401K.
I'll be watching the election.....hoping we will see good results, and people will speack out loud and clear.......Tornado.....thanks to first responders....they don't need other distractions.....Hope BHO will put cantor in his place when he returns......The Rep's are already out there trying to give GW credit for bailout......The part of NO's and Deceit. Holding out on the red meat for 2016, because they can't beat Obama in 2012 and they know it. They have made their bed.....so to speak.
Corwin Seeks to Bar Certification of Winner
Jane Corwin (R) obtained a court order this afternoon barring the certification of a winner in today's special election in New York's 26th congressional district, the Buffalo News reports. Voting doesn't even end until 9 pm ET tonight.
Leave it to the GOP to cry voter fraud before the election polls even close.
She just wants time to bring in that dingbat from Wisconsin with 7,000 more votes.
In all my 76 years have I seen such a bunch of losers as the teabaggerrepublicans.. They don't give a hoot about the middle class people.... They (the republicans have always been corrupt but it has gotton a lot worse in the last two years... They are sp green eyed jealous of Obama... To bad for them .............
MASSIVE TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN Oklahoma!
I guess THEY will be on their own too if cannothelpthemtor has anything to say about it.
No, the First Responders will be there to do their job....you are so full of it, blaming natrual disaster on OBAMA.....after all you would be the first to say he's not GOD. So stop insisting he behave like it.
I did not blame Obama. I was referring to eric cantor's statement about supplemental spending for emergency relief funds. Where did you come up with that accusation? You might want to read earlier posts to get a feel for what is being said.