Subscribe"The glee with which Matthews and other angry male pundits prematurely danced on Hillary's grave made me -- for one night only -- a Clinton supporter."
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There was a great video of someone actually explaining this to Matthews on his show.
it isn't so much old white men that want to keep women in their place as much as fat white men in their 30's and 40's who blindly follow fatter 50 and 60 year old men.
Maybe Kerry himself isn't that helpful, but I know one thing the Obama people are thrilled with today: the voter file. Obama now has access to the largest, most recent presidential campaign voter file. The millions of email addresses, phone numbers, addresses and invaluable as Obama starts to go national. I imagine the information Kerry has from 2004 could easily double the size of Obama's voter file in states like South Carolina and Nevada and maybe even triple the size in states like California and New York. Also, Obama now has access to activists and supports of Clinton who - in all likelihood - where in Kerry's general election voter file. So while the man himself probably won't give him that big of a boost, the fact that Kerry just pinned his email list is pretty significant in terms of data and list building.Also, I'm surprised to see people write off Kerry's endorsement. Kerry is exactly the kind of guy who the types of people who follow Hillary would look up to. Someone who supposedly knows what he's doing. Or maybe they would if he hadn't lost. Either way, you just don't turn down endorsements, unless they're from David Duke or someone like that.
"So if Chris Mathews walked up to you, a presidential Candidate, and pinched your cheek — what would YOU do?"The Secret Service should've wrestled his ass to the ground.
lean toward Hillary in part because of how she's being treated as well as how she's handling herself in return. For instance, I also cite her performance in the Saturday New Hampshire debate and, by contrast, Obama's smug, condescending attitude toward her.I don't think Obama was that smug. The "You're likable enough Hillary," bit seems like it just came out wrong. You can't expect people to never slip up or say something imperfect. Doing so is no less reasonable then the media flipping out about Hillary's "tears."
"As an ABC News/Washington Post poll showed in 2003, the majority of Americans support a single-payer, government-sponsored health care system, even when they hear the right-wing's alarmist arguments.b_thinky, any data to support your claim?
Here are the key findings:
- Question 48 in the poll shows that 79% of Americans say they support 'providing health care coverage for all Americans, even if it means raising taxes' over 'holding down taxes, even if it means some Americans do not have health care coverage.'
- Question 49 shows 62% say they support a universal health care system 'run by the government and financed by taxpayers' over the current system.
- Question 50 shows 57% say they would support this program even 'if it limited your own choice of doctors' (which doesn't necessarily have to be a side-effect of a single-payer system).
- Similarly, question 51 shows 62% say they would support this program even 'if it meant there were waiting lists for some non-emergency treatments' (again, not necessarily a side-effect)."
Most Favor Raising Taxes for Health Care
Two-thirds of the public (67%) favors the government guaranteeing health care for all citizens even if it means repealing most of the recent tax cuts. Significantly, just as many Americans say they want the government to provide universal health coverage even if it means raising taxes.
Half of respondents were asked if the government should guarantee health insurance for all even if it means repealing "most of the recent tax cuts," while the other half was asked a different version of the question that mentioned "raising taxes." The virtually identical results indicate that most people do not make a distinction between providing health insurance by rolling back tax cuts or by actually raising taxes.
Partisanship influences attitudes on both measures, with Democrats more supportive of scrapping tax cuts and raising taxes than are Republicans. Still, half of Republicans favor repealing tax cuts to provide health insurance for all Americans and somewhat more (60%) back raising taxes to achieve that goal. By comparison, more Democrats prefer repealing tax cuts than raising taxes to provide universal health coverage.
"Thinking again about health care in the country as a whole: Are you generally satisfied or dissatisfied with the total cost of health care in this country?" -- 81% - Dissatisfied.Quinnipiac University Poll | Oct. 23-29, 2007
"Which of these statements do you think best describes the U.S. health care system today? -- 56% - "It has major problems."
"Do you think it is the responsibility of the federal government to make sure all Americans have health care coverage?" -- 64% - Yes.
"Do you think it's the government's responsibility to make sure that everyone in the United States has adequate health care." - 57% (All Registered Voters) - Yes.ABC News/Washington Post Poll | Sept. 27-30, 2007
"Do you think it's the government's responsibility to provide health insurance for those who can't afford it? -- 60% - Yes.
"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bush is handling health care?" -- 63% - Disapprove.CBS News Poll | Sept. 14-16, 2007
"Which political party -- the Democrats or the Republicans -- do you trust to do a better job handling health care?" -- 56% - Democrats.
"How serious a problem is it for the United States that many Americans do not have health insurance." -- 76% - Very Serious.CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll | May 4-6, 2007
Which do you think would be better for the country: having one health insurance program covering all Americans that would be administered by the government and paid for by taxpayers, or keeping the current system where many people get their insurance from private employers and some have no insurance?" -- 55 % - One Program For All.
"Do you think the government should provide a national health insurance program for all Americans, even if this would require higher taxes?" -- 64% - Yes.*
No male candidate would have to deal with that, nor with the 'iron my shirt' idiots for that matter.
Interestingly, Huckabee wasn't accused of playing the gender card when he got a bunch of photographers to follow him around when he was in his hunting costume.
"One source inside the Clinton camp said the 'iron my shirts' comment appeared to anger and energize women in particular, boosting Hillary Clinton's share of the women's vote and pushing her to a narrow upset victory over Barack Obama.
The Clinton source said Hillary Clinton's tearing up at another Monday event seemed to play better with men who suddenly saw her as more vulnerable and appealing. The two incidents together were viewed by Clinton insiders as helping to explain how Clinton succeeded in righting her foundering campaign at the last minute."
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