The BigAss 2nd term thread

[KevinNYC]

4 in 10 Republicans think Benghazi is the biggest political scandal in American history. Of those Republicans 4 in 10 don't know where Benghazi is.
http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/05/13/P...7321368469022/

Last week, Sen. James Inhofe said in an interview that, “Of all the great cover-ups in history -- the Pentagon papers, Iran-Contra, Watergate, all the rest of them -- this ... is going to go down as most egregious cover-up in American history." He further suggested President Obama could be impeached over it.

PPP put that question to voters. 41 percent of Republicans say they consider this to be the "biggest political scandal in American history" compared to only 43 percent who disagree. Only 10 percent of Democrats and 20 percent of independents agreed.

Of the 41 percent of Republicans who consider Benghazi to be the worst political scandal in American history, 39 percent are unaware that Benghazi is located in Libya. 10 percent said it's in Egypt, 9 percent in Iran, 6 percent in Cuba, 5 percent in Syria, 4 percent in Iraq, and 1 percent each in North Korea and Liberia, with 4 percent unwilling to venture a guess.

Voters trust Hillary Clinton over Congressional Republicans on the issue of Benghazi by a 49/39 margin and her favorability rating shows no signs of decline at 52 percent versus 44 percent unfavorable. Congressional Republicans remain unpopular with a 36/57 favorability rating.

By a 56/38 margin voters say passing a comprehensive immigration reform bill is more important, and by a 52/43 spread they think passing gun background checks should be a higher priority than Benghazi.

[longhornfan1234]

4 in 10 Republicans think Benghazi is the biggest political scandal in American history. Of those Republicans 4 in 10 don't know where Benghazi is.
http://www.upi.com/blog/2013/05/13/P...7321368469022/

Biased poll.

[KevinNYC]

Biased poll.

Longhorn takes the bait again. Swing and a miss. You don't have to swing at every pitch you know.

Also Google and Wikipedia are your friends

Elections
2008
PPP first entered prominence through its performance in the 2008 Democratic primaries between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The company performed very well, producing extremely accurate predictions in many states ranging from South Carolina to Wisconsin, many of which featured inaccurate results by other pollsters.[
After the November election, PPP was ranked by the Wall Street Journal as one of the two most accurate firms, among those who were most active in the presidential swing states.

2010
PPP was the first pollster to find Scott Brown with a lead over Martha Coakley in the Massachusetts Senate special election; Brown ultimately won in what was considered an upset, and PPP's final poll in that race predicted Brown's winning margin exactly.

2011
PPP was praised for its accuracy in polling primaries and special elections, which are notoriously hard to predict. The contests they accurately predicted include the West Virginia gubernatorial primaries, special elections in New York and California, as well as all eight Wisconsin recall elections.

2012
A study by Fordham University found that, of 28 firms studied, PPP had the most accurate poll on the presidential national popular vote, both its independently conducted poll and the one it does in collaboration with Daily Kos and the SEIU. PPP correctly called the winner of the presidential election in all 19 states it polled in the final week of the election, as well as the winners of all the U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races it surveyed.

Does work for Daily Kos and SEIU. Is Highly Accurate.

[longhornfan1234]

Q: *Where is Benghazi?

By political ideology:

Libya -*Very liberal: *55%, Somewhat liberal: *43%, Moderate: *55%, Somewhat conservative: *67%, Very conservative: *74%

By party affiliation:

Libya - Democrat: *49%, Republican: *60%, Independent/other: *68%


Go to sleep, Kevin . Do a little research.
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/p...onal_51313.pdf

[KevinNYC]

Current deficit plunges 32%.
http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/07/news...html?iid=s_mpm

CBO has revised its deficit numbers even lower.

[QUOTE]If the current laws* that govern federal taxes and spending do not change, the budget deficit will shrink this year to $642 billion, CBO estimates, the smallest shortfall since 2008. Relative to the size of the economy, the deficit this year

[KevinNYC]

Q: *Where is Benghazi?

By political ideology:

Libya -*Very liberal: *55%, Somewhat liberal: *43%, Moderate: *55%, Somewhat conservative: *67%, Very conservative: *74%

By party affiliation:

Libya - Democrat: *49%, Republican: *60%, Independent/other: *68%


Go to sleep, Kevin . Do a little research.
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/p...onal_51313.pdf

So now PPP is accurate? Also, you're not doing an apples to apples comparison. First off, Benghazi is a republican obsession and it's not suprising that more republicans are generally aware of it than Democrats, secondly you're comparing the general pool of voters to the pool that expressed the opinion that Benghazi is the worst scandal in American history. So you're comparing different things. I'll give you a B+ on this one.

[KingBeasley08]

So many controversies right now, what the hell

[KevinNYC]

So many controversies right now, what the hell

Pew just did a poll, pretty much right before these hit and Obama's approval was 51%.
May 1-5, 2013 51 43

Wondering what it will look like in 6 months. So mark this page and check back in November.

I don't think the Benghazi thing is going to resonate much in 6 months. I think the AP and the IRS thing are more likely to still be an issue in 6 months.

[KevinNYC]

Also overshadowed by the bigger news is this political nugget.

The head of Hispanic Outreach for the GOP in Florida quit today. Also he became a Democrat.

It doesn’t take much to see the culture of intolerance surrounding the Republican Party today. I have wondered before about the seemingly harsh undertones about immigrants and others. Look no further; a well-known organization recently confirms the intolerance of that which seems different or strange to them.

[Patrick Chewing]

First off, Benghazi is a republican obsession and it's not suprising that more republicans are generally aware of it than Democrats,

Says who?? Biased Liberals? No f'n doubt. If anything, it was a travesty that Liberal media outlets didn't cover it as much. Democrats are well aware of it, they are just choosing to ignore it as it tarnishes their Democratic leaders. Look at the hearing by the whistle-blowers. Every Dem Representative used their time to defend Hillary and completely ignored what the three of them had to say. They think this is an attack on Hillary.....please.

[KevinNYC]

Says who?? Biased Liberals? No f'n doubt. If anything, it was a travesty that Liberal media outlets didn't cover it as much. Democrats are well aware of it, they are just choosing to ignore it as it tarnishes their Democratic leaders. Look at the hearing by the whistle-blowers. Every Dem Representative used their time to defend Hillary and completely ignored what the three of them had to say. They think this is an attack on Hillary.....please.

What exactly did we learn from the most recent hearing? Some Republicans were predicting impeachment and explosive revelations and we learned stuff we knew months ago for the most part. What new info came out?

[Patrick Chewing]

What exactly did we learn from the most recent hearing? Some Republicans were predicting impeachment and explosive revelations and we learned stuff we knew months ago for the most part. What new info came out?

We learned what Republicans had assumed happened, that requests were shot down, that the State Department knew well in advance of the heightened situation, that one of those guys got demoted as a result, and that talking points were changed even though intelligence in the area predicted a possible terrorist attack. MSNBC and the other Liberal media outlets weren't even talking about Benghazi until now. And only severe pundits are talking about impeachment, but major media outlets especially ones on the Right are not focused on that.

The problem here is the lying by the Administration to the American people. Sure, it's not as severe as the other two issues going on right now, but to sit in front of Congress and tell the world that you didn't know certain things when the American people pay you to know these things is absurd. The Liberal media is doing their best to protect their Golden Girl, Hillary, but she's already put her foot in her mouth big time and the rest is now damage control. It's funny, for as many sound bites that you can play from her regarding Benghazi, the sheep don't seem to care. She's won a victory before the war and that's quite pathetic from an American's perspective.

[secund2nun]

2nd term 1st term it doesn't matter.

Both parties are control by the same people. It is all a show just like WWE.

Obama is a war loving corporate bailout loving patriot act loving monster just like Bush and the rest of the presidents who are nothing but puppets to the central bankers. They all have the same exact voting record on the major issues. Thank you Obama for bringing hope and change.

How many countries have you drone bombed? How many trillions in corporate welfare have you given to the big banks and big corporations? How many civil libery killing bills have you voted for?

Obama

The left= the right- Same old sh*t. The corporate media is BS.

[Nanners]

2nd term 1st term it doesn't matter.

Both parties are control by the same people. It is all a show just like WWE.

Obama is a war loving corporate bailout loving patriot act loving monster just like Bush and the rest of the presidents who are nothing but puppets to the central bankers. They all have the same exact voting record on the major issues. Thank you Obama for bringing hope and change.

How many countries have you drone bombed? How many trillions in corporate welfare have you given to the big banks and big corporations? How many civil libery killing bills have you voted for?

Obama

The left= the right- Same old sh*t. The corporate media is BS.

cannot agree more.

[rufuspaul]

Eric Holder getting grilled today. Probably won't amount to anything but I like watching him squirm.