tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post1023039299621805059..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-18379053212236358372013-11-14T20:49:43.112-05:002013-11-14T20:49:43.112-05:00PS If there must be panic ...Let it be organised!PS If there must be panic ...Let it be organised!Examinatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08990595916031900662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-52573946152891262122013-11-14T20:48:32.314-05:002013-11-14T20:48:32.314-05:00Well, why should I change the habits of a life tim...Well, why should I change the habits of a life time....examinate <br /><br />Chris Andersen says most of it for me.<br />Translation<br />Hair on fire crises are a political wonk issue... a Capitol Hill myopic internecine storm in a wash basin.<br /><br />Steve, there's a pragmatic wise old axiom that goes " a day is a long time (a year is an eternity) in politics. <br /><br />The reality is that the tea bag party end of the GOP is going to run hard on the issue. However, I suspect the progressively less "frothing in the mouth" Republicans on the hill will give progressively less support.<br /><br />Three factors that don't seem to be factored in in the post.<br />- The level of average voter's political disengagement at the moment(particularly those who it doesn't effect directly).<br />- The dems are never going to change the GALLOPING INERTIA AFFLICTED VOTER's vote unless it INVOLVES THEM. Remember the TP protest against Social security and the sign "hand's off my Medicaid" Who amongst those are going to deny themselves a better service?<br />- Lastly, the overwhelming desire of voters for someone to 'take charge'. hence I agree with Chris A. and say Dems need stop running around like their hair is on fire every time a loony TB strikes a match..... TAKE CHARGE... BE SEEN TO DO THAT and pour cold water on criticism that they're not by explaining the solutions in graphic/ measurable goals. Then achieve them. <br /><br /><br /><br /> <br />Examinatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08990595916031900662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-26838048400470620292013-11-14T16:36:32.796-05:002013-11-14T16:36:32.796-05:00Steve,
You're such a downer, that somehow or ...Steve, <br />You're such a downer, that somehow or other, you're an upper! <br /><br />I think you get the endorphin's going in my system, or something.<br /><br />Either that, or I'm a whacko - which, I'll openly cop to.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-78781870500912461712013-11-14T15:15:50.687-05:002013-11-14T15:15:50.687-05:00Are you kidding? Even I feel I'm a bit of a d...Are you kidding? Even I feel I'm a bit of a downer.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-17313197301367038992013-11-14T15:03:38.415-05:002013-11-14T15:03:38.415-05:00OT--but wow! I thought I was the only one who felt...OT--but wow! I thought I was the only one who felt NMMNB tended to be a bit of a downer.Missy Vixenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05855474556072096066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-18510048747803366642013-11-14T13:57:58.296-05:002013-11-14T13:57:58.296-05:00yea, nice to see your not so gloomy ... today. 201...yea, nice to see your not so gloomy ... today. 2016 is a political millennium from now, 2014 a political century. There are at least two more budget battles looming, hopefully repubs will comport themselves as badly as they did last time.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00438381898457152773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-76319853084149111382013-11-14T12:52:20.244-05:002013-11-14T12:52:20.244-05:00Stop using the term "Obamacare". It is r...Stop using the term "Obamacare". It is racist and when you use it the white-dogs win.<br /><br />And yes, win can pretty much wager Obama won't be re-elected in sixteen, unless we change The Constitution to qualify the son of a Nazi storm trooper. Wouldn't surprize me, after eight years of the grandson of Hitler's. financeer.<br /><br />No fear.Ten Bearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06594307610015584119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-47282726363489759622013-11-14T11:06:03.902-05:002013-11-14T11:06:03.902-05:00Nice post, Steve -- a somewhat rare optimistic tak...Nice post, Steve -- a somewhat rare optimistic take.<br /><br />These dunces like Cilliza really are children following the soccer ball, and then kicking it as hard as they can, conflating every day's development into a definitive conclusion. (mostly when it's bad for Dems.)Peter Janovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07590229306105292675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-51344004372708820552013-11-14T10:48:43.472-05:002013-11-14T10:48:43.472-05:00The overreaction of the GOP and the media is prett...The overreaction of the GOP and the media is pretty much standard practice now and doesn't really piss me off.<br /><br />What pisses me off is Democrats who start running around with their hair on fire any time there is a bad poll. I got sick of it in 2008 and 2012 and I'm already sick of it now.<br /><br />And no, I'm not sick of the Democrats, like Jeff Merkley, who want to actually do their job and fix the inevitable problems with a program as complicated as this. I'm sick of the Democrats who scream at the top of their lungs that Obamacare is a disaster and the Republicans are going to use dissatisfaction with it in an electoral juggernaught.<br /><br />Haven't these hair-on-fire Dems learned anything in the last 5 years? Nothing is ever accomplished by panicking. It's been a central tenet of Obama's success: when things go bad just fix the problem and move on. <br /><br />Drama gets you no where.Chris Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18139817527808942227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-37061034594771878202013-11-14T10:09:40.535-05:002013-11-14T10:09:40.535-05:00Yeah CG, you were so unfair about GWB incompetence...Yeah CG, you were so unfair about GWB incompetence post-Katrina, when the current trouble with Obamacare is WORSE than any screw-up by any other American President in history.Dark Avengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02220642215040873632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-64265019061784687002013-11-14T08:57:29.981-05:002013-11-14T08:57:29.981-05:00ZOMG!!!
The Republicans are going to try to obstru...ZOMG!!!<br />The Republicans are going to try to obstruct President Obama and the Democrats on any and every thing they want to do, and in any and every way they can!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />Thanks for the memories - January, 2009!<br /><br />Well, at least SOMETHING hasn't changed in the last 4 years and 10 months...<br /><br />Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.com