So the majority party in the Senate believes that the best way to bring down gas prices is to impose a "windfall profits tax" on oil companies--this despite the fact that the tax will eventually be passed on to consumers. It also wants to legislate against "price-gouging," whatever that is. Good thing this feel-good/do-nothing bill went down to defeat. The reasons why that defeat was deserved can be ... Read More
Did they really, really need to conduct this survey?
BALTIMORE, June 10 (UPI) — Mothers of twins seldom get the recommended full night’s sleep and often suffer from depression, U.S. researchers said.
A U.S. researcher found the mothers of twins sleep an average of 5.4 hours in a 24-hour period, rather than the recommended 7-8 hours. Almost half of the mothers reported mild to severe symptoms of depression.
“As primary caregivers for families, mothers caring for twins experience enormous workload, extreme exhaustion and limited time to meet their own needs,” study author Dr. Elizabeth Damato of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland said in a statement.
“Additionally, mothers of twins are likely to be caring for babies that are premature … Meeting the increased demands of two premature infants places mothers at risk for sleep deprivation.”
They’re depressed because they’re not getting any sleep. I’m sure you could get the same findings if you studied mothers (or fathers) of colicky babies as well.
I’ll give the survey authors another idea; mothers of twins who have a third child find that having a single baby after twins is much easier than having twins…
Did they really, really need to conduct this survey? BALTIMORE, June 10 (UPI) -- Mothers of twins seldom get the recommended full night's sleep and often suffer from depression, U.S. researchers said. A U.S. researcher found the mothers of twins sleep an average of 5.4 hours in a 24-hour period, rather than the recommended 7-8 hours. Almost half of the mothers reported mild to severe symptoms of depression. "As primary caregivers for families, mothers caring for twins experience enormous workload, extreme exhaustion and ... Read More
Evidently, there is a campaign focused on taking tiny little snippets of statements John McCain has made and making McCain look utterly cruel and heartless as a result of those snippets. This game must be amusing for about five minutes--seven, tops--but after a while, one wonders what is to be gained by it. Other than misleading the electorate, of course. The latest would-be kerfuffle involves Democrats howling over McCain ... Read More
Things are looking very good for Barack Obama 5 months out from election day according to the new NBC News/Wall St. Journal Poll (1000 RVs, 6/6-9, MOE +/- 4%.) While Barack Obama has led John McCain in this survey ever since March, post-primary, Barack Obama now leads John McCain by 6 points.
| Candidate | June | April | March |
| Obama | 47 | 46 | 44 |
| McCain | 41 | 43 | 42 |
Looking at the demographic breakdown, Barack Obama does well among those groups traditionally seen as both his own core base of support as well as Hillary Clinton’s:
In the head-to-head matchup, Obama leads McCain among African Americans (83-7 percent), Hispanics (62-28), women (52-33), Catholics (47-40), independents (41-36) and even blue-collar workers (47-42). Obama is also ahead among those who said they voted for Clinton in the Democratic primaries (61-19)…Obama has a seven-point advantage (46-39) among all white women.
So why is this thing even as close as it is? White dudes.
Yet among white men — who made up 36 percent of the electorate in the 2004 presidential election — Obama trails McCain by 20 points, 55-35 percent.
Now, it should be noted that even with what looks like a solid percentage of Clinton’s supporters on board with Obama, adding Hillary Clinton to the ticket is a big plus, getting the Democratic ticket up above the 50% mark, poised for a landslide victory in November.
| Candidate | June |
| Obama/Clinton | 51 |
| McCain/Romney | 42 |
The key: the noncommital voters categorized as “not sure,” “other” or “depends” break overwhelmingly for Obama/Clinton.
Tags: 2008 presidential election, barack obama, john mccain, hillary clinton, nbc news, wall st. journal poll (all tags)
Things are looking very good for Barack Obama 5 months out from election day according to the new NBC News/Wall St. Journal Poll (1000 RVs, 6/6-9, MOE +/- 4%.) While Barack Obama has led John McCain in this survey ever since March, post-primary, Barack Obama now leads John McCain by 6 points. CandidateJuneAprilMarch Obama474644 McCain414342 Looking at the demographic breakdown, Barack Obama does well among those groups traditionally seen as both his own core base of ... Read More
Today, Steven Limbaugh Jr., cousin of right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh, was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Eastern Missouri. President Bush nominated Steven Limbaugh to the position in December. As ThinkProgress has noted, the Bush administration has close ties to Rush Limbaugh, granting him access to Tony Snow, Condoleezza Rice, […]
Today, Steven Limbaugh Jr., cousin of right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh, was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Eastern Missouri. President Bush nominated Steven Limbaugh to the position in December. As ThinkProgress has noted, the Bush administration has close ties to Rush Limbaugh, granting him access to Tony Snow, Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Karl Rove, and Vice President Cheney. Last fall, Limbaugh was treated to his own private confab with Bush. (HT: Crooks and Liars) Read More
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is working hard to dispel the notion that his presidency would effectively constitute a third Bush term, saying recently that he has “disagreed strongly with the Bush administration” on Iraq. But McCain took a very different stance in June 2005 when he told Tim Russert that he has “been totally […]
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is working hard to dispel the notion that his presidency would effectively constitute a third Bush term, saying recently that he has “disagreed strongly with the Bush administration” on Iraq. But McCain took a very different stance in June 2005 when he told Tim Russert that he has “been totally in agreement and support of President Bush” on “the transcendent issues“: RUSSERT: The fact is you are different than George Bush. SEN. McCAIN: No. No. I–the fact is that ... Read More
The ongoing negotiations between Iraqi leaders and the Bush administration over the future role of the military occupation “have turned into an increasingly acrimonious public debate.”
The Bush administration’s demand for 58 permanent bases in Iraq — a near doubling of the current 30 bases — are causing Iraqis to warn that the status of forces […]
The ongoing negotiations between Iraqi leaders and the Bush administration over the future role of the military occupation “have turned into an increasingly acrimonious public debate.” The Bush administration’s demand for 58 permanent bases in Iraq — a near doubling of the current 30 bases — are causing Iraqis to warn that the status of forces agreement would be “more abominable than the occupation.” The administration is reportedly holding hostage “some $50bn of Iraq’s money in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York ... Read More
Hensarling’s memo to Republican Study Committee members is below.
Dear RSC Colleague—
Conference Leadership has just unveiled its Economic Reform Agenda. Incorporated within that agenda are all of the relevant points of the RSC’s 8-point Action Plan save one. For those who worked so hard on the RSC plan, I congratulate you. I believe it was an important contribution and catalyst to the Conference’s plan, and I ask that you thank Leader Boehner for incorporating most of our Action Plan.
The portion of the plan not included, as of now, is the call for an immediate and unilateral earmark moratorium to be enacted today. As you have heard me state before, without action today, I fear the American people will never learn our party has called for a moratorium, while the Democrats stand for business as usual on pork-barrel spending. I know there are a number of legitimate issues to be resolved, and I hope we can resolve them soon.
For your information, some press reports concerning the RSC’s role in this situation are misleading. To make it clear, most of our membership believe it will probably prove necessary to discuss and resolve this issue at a special conference to be scheduled soon. What is accurate, as described by CQ Today, is that, “Boehner and Hensarling were working to find ways to persuade more Republicans, to join them in taking a ‘no earmarks’ pledge.”
We will speak more of this at today’s meeting, and I again thank you for your help in this effort.
Yours respectfully,
JEB HENSARLING
Chairman of the Republican Study Committee
As House Republicans unveiled their economic agenda today, conservatives expressed disappointment that it does nothing to address earmark reform now and instead calls for an "immediate moratorium" in the future. The document was drafted to lay out the GOP's agenda in January 2009 if Republicans reclaim control of the House. Earmark critics, however, say that view is completely unrealistic. They think a total ban on earmarks must be instituted ... Read More
On Monday, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) introduced 35 articles of impeachment against President Bush. Today, a spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) dismissed the call for impeachment as the efforts of “left-wing bloggers“:
This is just another example of the Democratic leadership in the House indulging trivial and silly conspiracy theories from left-wing bloggers, […]
On Monday, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) introduced 35 articles of impeachment against President Bush. Today, a spokesman for House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) dismissed the call for impeachment as the efforts of “left-wing bloggers“: This is just another example of the Democratic leadership in the House indulging trivial and silly conspiracy theories from left-wing bloggers, rather than working with Republicans to deal with the real issues facing the American people. But impeachment is more popular than Boehner would like to admit. A July ... Read More
The McCain campaign held a conference call this afternoon with reporters, discussing the latest example of Democrats hilariously trying to excerpt McCain in order to make him look out of the loop on Iraq.
I don’t know who keeps telling the DNC this is a worthwhile effort, but it is sort of like putting David Beckham on TV to claim Carolina Panther Steve Smith doesn’t know anything about football. You’re not even talking the same sport Senator Obama. McCain is discussing a successful surge, you are discussing a quagmire. He’s in 2008, you’re in 1968. He’s talking football, you mean soccer.
During the conference call, Senator Joe Lieberman said that it was particularly nasty to question whether John McCain understands the sacrifices of military families, considering his father, his own experiences, and his son’s service.
More than most any American, Sen. McCain knows the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform make and the burden that their families bear, and it really is wrong to suggest otherwise. Obviously he knows that from his own—from his father’s service and the impact it had on his family; from his own service and incarceration; from his eight visits to Iraq — on which I’ve been with him on a lot of them — and interacting with our troops there; and of course from the fact that his son was deployed to Iraq.”
The LA Times quickly jumped on this. The “reporter” began by saying that Sen. McCain has made a point of not discussing his son and not making a political issue of his service. She then said she was surprised, therefore, to hear Lieberman mention that McCain has a son in the military, and should we expect that, from now on, McCain surrogates will be using his son’s service to score political points.
So that’s the strategy?
LA TIMES: “McCain doesn’t understand what it’s like to have family in Iraq”
MCCAIN CAMPAIGN: “Well, you know, his son …”
LA TIMES [interrupting]: “bup bup bup, no no no, Senator McCain said he wouldn’t use his son for political purposes. Why is he exploiting his son like this? Does he hate the military? Didn’t he fire laser cannons from orbit during the Vietnam war anyway?”
They’ve posted it at their blog, under the hilarious title “Joe Lieberman makes political issue of John McCain’s son” which ought to take some sort of award home, either for Teh Most Overblown Blog Title or maybe Most Pathetic Gotcha Evah!. (Blog awards should have hip spelling.)
I suppose it shouldn’t come as a surprise. This is the same LA Times that thought McCain’s military pension made him unfit for duty. When you’re being echoed by the likes of DailyKos and the internet abomination americablog, you aren’t exactly topping the credibility lists.
So this is your warning from LA, Senator McCain: You have no son.
The McCain campaign held a conference call this afternoon with reporters, discussing the latest example of Democrats hilariously trying to excerpt McCain in order to make him look out of the loop on Iraq. I don't know who keeps telling the DNC this is a worthwhile effort, but it is sort of like putting David Beckham on TV to claim Carolina Panther Steve Smith doesn't know anything about football. You're not even talking the same sport Senator Obama. McCain is discussing a ... Read More
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