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Senator J. Wellington Wimpy’s Health Care Bill
Big Government —
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Pollsters like to say their surveys are like a snapshot, limited to the time and the picture frame in which they are taken. What we are seeing in polling on the takeover of health care by the federal government is a consistent opposition by the American people. No major poll shows the people supporting the House or ...12 hours ago -
How Jharkhand pulled off a less violent election
Thaindian News —
Authority: 728
Ranchi, Dec 20 (IANS) The authorities in Jharkhand are patting their backs for the smooth conduct of staggered assembly polls as a Maoist-inspired bloodbath had been feared.“We created a good environment for polling by ensuring security cover to people,” Jharkhand’s Joint Election Commissioner Ashok Kumar Sinha ...15 hours ago -
AP Poll: Only one in five Americans favor increased taxes on electricity
Tom Nelson —
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November 17th - 29th AP-Stanford University Environment Topline [PDF]15 hours ago -
Congress, Left oppose Gujarat move on compulsory voting
Thaindian News —
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New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The Congress and Left parties have opposed the Gujarat government’s move to make voting compulsory in local body elections in the state.Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed said forced voting was an infringement of individual rights. “I feel forced voting is an infringement of individual ...15 hours ago -
Was it the the PBR that changed the climate?
politicalbetting.com —
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Newspaper front pages December 10 Is the Bob Worcester analysis on the nail? Sir Robert Worcester, founder of MORI, posted this on the overnight thread. “What’s going on, the polls seem all over the place? One says a lead of 6 and another a lead of 17. ” I’ve been hearing that for many a year. So ...20 hours ago -
Crew finds Centaur shipwreck
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 136
A search team has discovered the wreck of Australian wartime hospital ship Centaur. The WWII ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943 and sank off the south-east Queensland coast. Of the 332 people on board the AHS Centaur only 64 survived. This morning, seven days into an official search, the crew of the ...23 hours ago -
Poll: Who should replace Benitez as Liverpool manager?
Blaney's Blarney —
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One of these things…
Upper Left —
Authority: 137
…is not like the other. McClatchy ... WASHINGTON — On health care, the war in Afghanistan, civil liberties and the economy, President Barack Obama is meeting growing resistance from the very group that propelled his election last year: liberal Democrats. Public Policy Polling ... Our new poll suggests ...1 day ago -
80 percent turnout in Tamil Nadu by-polls (Lead)
Thaindian News —
Authority: 728
Chennai, Dec 19 (IANS) Eighty percent voter turnout was recorded in the by-polls for two assembly seats in Tamil Nadu Saturday, officials said. The polling was peaceful.Speaking to reporters here, state chief electoral officer Naresh Gupta said: “Polling was by and large peaceful with 82 percent votes cast in ...1 day ago -
Voting now a must in Gujarat local elections (Second Lead)
Thaindian News —
Authority: 728
Gandhinagar, Dec 19 (IANS) Gujarat Saturday became the first state in India to make voting compulsory in all local body elections, with Chief Minister Narendra Modi calling it a “move to strengthen democracy”.Amid opposition from the Congress, the assembly passed the Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) ...1 day ago -
70-74 voting in Tamil Nadu assembly by-polls
Thaindian News —
Authority: 728
Chennai, Dec 19 (IANS) Seventy to 74 percent voting was recorded in the by-polls for two assembly seats in Tamil Nadu Saturday, officials said.Election Commission officials said that polling was peaceful with 74 percent votes cast in Vandavasi and 70 percent in Tiruchendur. The two seats witnessed a three-cornered ...1 day ago -
Gujarat makes voting a must in local elections (Lead)
Thaindian News —
Authority: 728
Gandhinagar, Dec 19 (IANS) A bill to make voting compulsory in all local self-government bodies in Gujarat was passed by the state assembly Saturday - the first such move in the country - amid opposition by the Congress members.Piloting the bill, Urban Development Minister Nitin Patel termed it a pioneering move aimed ...1 day ago -
Gujarat to make voting a must in local elections
Thaindian News —
Authority: 728
Gandhinagar, Dec 19 (IANS) A bill to make voting compulsory in all local self government bodies in Gujarat was moved in the state assembly Saturday - the first such move in the country.Piloting the bill, Urban Development Minister Nitin Patel termed it a pioneering move aimed at making democracy more representative ...1 day ago -
Obama back down to 44% approval rating
Fire Andrea Mitchell! —
Authority: 606
The latest Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that only 28% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-two percent (42%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -14. This is 5 points of ...2 days ago -
The Story the Village Media is Missing: This is About Policy
Daily Kos —
Authority: 797
In a great post today, Greg Sargent takes them on: Ronald Brownstein, for one, is actually trying to claim that Howard Dean opposes the bill because he’s a “wine track” Democrat who doesn’t lack insurance and hence has the luxury to indulge in ideological struggles. Brownstein writes that Dean and ...2 days ago -
Poll suggests almost half of Americans believe being gay is a choice
PinkNews.co.uk —
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A poll of 1,001 American voters has found that almost half believe being gay is something people choose. The research found that 47 per cent of respondents thought homosexuality was a choice, while 46 per cent opposed gay marriage.2 days ago -
Liberal Group: Our Poll Proves Public Knows Individual Mandate Is A Sham
The Plum Line —
Authority: 761
Here’s the next shot in the left’s war on the individual mandate, the provision some progressives have targeted as part of a broader push to kill the Senate health care bill. A liberal group has taken a national poll that (it claims) shows the public understands that the individual mandate is a sham, and ...2 days ago -
Washington Post-ABC News poll: On global warming, independents turn sharply against Obama
Tom Nelson —
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On environment, Obama and scientists take hit in poll - washingtonpost.com As President Obama arrives in Copenhagen hoping to seal an elusive deal on climate change, his approval rating on dealing with global warming has crumbled at home and there is broad opposition to spending taxpayer money to encourage ...2 days ago -
TGIF! Insane Week of Teabaggery’s Almost Over
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Want to win tickets to see Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition ? Enter to win. [ Page One ] Nice how Jerry Abramson just brushes aside the Sylvia Lovely-Kentucky League Cities scandal like it was nothing. [ WFPL ] Why are KLC leaders afraid to say what needs to be said? It’s precisely this kind of blind ...2 days ago -
The Morning Plum: Copenhagen
The Plum Line —
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* Obama just wrapped up his speech in Copenhagen, where he urged the assembled to reach a climate change accord, even as the talks are falling apart. The full transcript of Obama’s climate change speech in Copenhagen, as prepared for delivery, is right here . The speech, suffused with urgency, was a ...2 days ago

