Wow, looks lilke the Dems want to force Meeks out of the FL race. What a ********ed up world we live in.
It's just desperation. Shameful, but that's the way it goes. Run over friends and allies if it's a means to an end. A leader of the GOP campaign advocated stomping on heads and gestapo tactics? If that's true, I am appalled.
How do you feel about screwing over an entire country for political gain? Isn't that what the right is doing in Congress by saying no to everything that comes down the pike? They've already said that when they win on Tuesday there will be no compromise on anything and the #1 agenda is to make Obama a one term President. How's that for governing?
No budget No decision on extending tax cuts No deficit reductions No jobs No recovery ... Remind me again which is the party of no. BTW, gridlock served us well when we were travelling a similar path during the 1990s.
There's nothing defensible about anything the president has done so far. American voters are proving that this election is a referendum on his fallacy-based policies. As a result, the GOP has a mandate to stop his idealistic and irresponsible agenda, and yes, hold serve until a Republican is sworn into office in 2012. Americans hate the health care bill, the economy has gotten worse after that stupid promise that unemployment wouldn't rise above 8%, and this rampant deficit spending has accomplished virtually nothing. The past two years has been a waste and his party will be rewarded with the equivalent of a good ole' facial from the American public on Tuesday.
Americans as in the insurance companies which discriminate against pre existing conditions or the 31-34 million Americans without basic protection ?
How do you think the people that vote all these new Republicans in feel? Here's how... http://www.tnr.com/blog/william-galston/78752/american-support-political-compromise
IMO A divided government is a better govenment I would love a Democrat in the white house and Republicans in the congress for the next 50 years.
To those who want divided gvt....historical facts prove that the economy grows best when the Dems control both the White House and Congress. It grows worst when the GOPs control both. 2 recent Alaska polls have Murkowski in the lead. One has the Dem in 2nd, one has Miller in 2nd. Obviously the race is incredibly volatile, and God only knows how polling results for Murkowski will translate into actual votes.
That's one of the recurring themes of my posts, that Dems are better for the economy than GOPs. The smartass in me wants to just post a link for all my posts in PC&E. Instead, pm me and next time I see an article, I'll let you know. It was true 15 years ago, and it's true now. It's true if you use a 25 year time frame, a 50 year time frame, or a 75 year time frame. It's just freakin' true. But I understand your skepticism. The conservatively biased media hides that particular truth. See, it wouldn't be objective to tell the truth.
yearNominalRealPresident PartyCongress controled 190020,567422,843REP 190122,269445,287/8.28%REP 190224,062468,159/8.05%REP 190325,930481,821/7.76%REP 190425,681464,761/-0.96%REP 190528,788517,201/12.10%REP 190631,037538,350/7.81%REP 190733,851552,184/9.07%REP 190830,133492,484/-10.98%REP 190932,229528,081/6.96%REP 191033,423533,767/3.70%REP 191134,343551,061/2.75%REP 191237,384576,879/8.85%REP 191339,140599,651/4.70%REP 191436,479553,739/-6.80%DEM 191538,675568,835/6.02%DEM 191649,638647,713/28.35%DEM 191759,702631,693/20.27%DEM 191875,835688,666/27.02%DEM 191978,333694,191/3.29%DEM 192088,393687,704/12.84%DEM 192173,603671,938-16.73%DEM 192273,432709,250-0.23%REP 192385,414802,64016.32%REP 192486,947827,3551.79%REP 192590,575846,7894.17%REP 192696,949902,1227.04%REP 192795,544910,834-1.45%REP 192897,365921,2731.91%REP 1929103,600977,0006.40%REP 193091,200892,800-11.97%REP 193176,500834,900-16.12%REP 193258,700725,800-23.27%REP 193356,400716,400-3.92%REP 193466,000794,40017.02%DEM 193573,300865,00011.06%DEM 193683,800977,90014.32%DEM 193791,9001,028,0009.67%DEM 193886,100992,600-6.31%DEM 193992,2001,072,8007.08%DEM 1940101,4001,166,9009.98%DEM 1941126,7001,366,10024.95%DEM 1942161,9001,618,20027.78%DEM 1943198,6001,883,10022.67%DEM 1944219,8002,035,20010.67%DEM 1945223,0002,012,4001.46%DEM 1946222,2001,792,200-0.36%DEM 1947244,1001,776,1009.86%DEM 1948269,1001,854,20010.24%DEM 1949267,2001,844,700-0.71%DEM 1950293,7002,006,0009.92%DEM 1951339,3002,161,10015.53%DEM 1952358,3002,243,9005.60%DEM 1953379,3002,347,2005.86%DEM 1954380,4002,332,4000.29%REP 1955414,7002,500,3009.02%REP 1956437,4002,549,7005.47%REP 1957461,1002,601,1005.42%REP 1958467,2002,577,6001.32%REP 1959506,6002,762,5008.43%REP 1960526,4002,830,9003.91%REP 1961544,8002,896,9003.50%REP 1962585,7003,072,4007.51%DEM 1963617,8003,206,7005.48%DEM 1964663,6003,392,3007.41%DEM 1965719,1003,610,1008.36%DEM 1966787,7003,845,3009.54%DEM 1967832,4003,942,5005.67%DEM 1968909,8004,133,4009.30%DEM 1969984,4004,261,8008.20%DEM 19701,038,3004,269,9005.48%REP 19711,126,8004,413,3008.52%REP 19721,237,9004,647,7009.86%REP 19731,382,3004,917,00011.66%REP 19741,499,5004,889,9008.48%REP 19751,637,7004,879,5009.22%REP 19761,824,6005,141,30011.41%REP 19772,030,1005,377,70011.26%DEM 19782,293,8005,677,60012.99%DEM 19792,562,2005,855,00011.70%DEM 19802,788,1005,839,0008.82%DEM 19813,126,8005,987,20012.15%REP 19823,253,2005,870,9004.04%REP 19833,534,6006,136,2008.65%REP 19843,930,9006,577,10011.21%REP 19854,217,5006,849,3007.29%REP 19864,460,1007,086,5005.75%REP 19874,736,4007,313,3006.19%REP 19885,100,4007,613,9007.69%REP 19895,482,1007,885,9007.48%REP 19905,800,5008,033,9005.81%REP 19915,992,1008,015,1003.30%REP 19926,342,3008,287,1005.84%REP 19936,667,4008,523,4005.13%DEM 19947,085,2008,870,7006.27%DEM 19957,414,7009,093,7004.65%DEM 19967,838,5009,433,9005.72%DEM 19978,332,4009,854,3006.30%DEM 19988,793,50010,283,5005.53%DEM 19999,353,50010,779,8006.37%DEM 20009,951,50011,226,0006.39%DEM 200110,286,20011,347,2003.36%REP 200210,642,30011,553,0003.46%REP 200311,142,10011,840,7004.70%REP 200411,867,80012,263,8006.51%REP 200512,638,40012,638,4006.49%REP 200613,398,90012,976,2006.02%REP 200714,077,60013,254,1005.07%REP 200814,441,40013,312,2002.58%REP 200914,256,30012,987,400-1.28%DEM http://www.measuringworth.com/datasets/usgdp/result.php http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Presidents How could I figure out what party controlled congress by year? I tried, but it looks like shit, sorry!
Do you happen to recall which of the two divided government options has performed better historically? Dem Pres & Rep Congress or Rep Pres & Dem Congress?
There's something wrong with your numbers there. I noticed that 1921 is a Dem year. That's fair, IMO, because Wilson was more responsible for the 1921 economy than Harding. But 2009 is also a Dem year. One or the other of those is wrong.
For what I saw, before, Presidents changed at different times, maybe because of death. I just looked at a list and usually gave the year to the president that took power, I could have made a few mistakes, and as you can see my excel posted pretty crappy. Obama started in January 2009. Wilson took office in March 1921. But you know how it goes, when the ecomomy does well presidents want the credit, when it goes bad they want to blame the prior president.
I don't know about Congress, but here's a graph that shows the post-WWII correlation between the party that controls the White House and national income growth rates. And before somebody says this to me; yes, I know correlation may or may not equal causation. And here's the link from which I found the graph: http://www.slate.com/id/2266025/entry/2266026/
From what I remember in my economics classes, real GDP growth in America has averaged about 2% per year since World War II. I'm not 100% sure however.
The go-go 80's were a product Reagan and O'Neil and the go-go 90's a product of Clinton and Newt. Shouting "it's just freaking true" might make you believe it, but in the end you are just shouting.
