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GOP Puts Spotlight on Feckless Senate Democrats

Optimista Wrote: Jan 21, 2013 11:04 AM

The Republicans inability to effectiveley communicate with the voters is beyond my comprehension. You don't need the mainstream media to get your message out. And why negotiate beyond closed doors? Unless of course this is nothing but a a bunch of democratic and republican politicians cutting deals. The Sandy 60 Billion aid was half pork and yet it was passed in two stages. What gives?

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GOP Puts Spotlight on Feckless Senate Democrats

Have the House Republicans come up with a winning strategy on the debt ceiling and spending cuts? Or just a viable one? Maybe so.

They certainly need one that is at least the latter, if not the former. Barack Obama is up in the polls since the election, as most re-elected presidents have been. The most recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows him with 52 percent approval and 44 percent disapproval. Other public polls have similar results.

In contrast, the NBC/WSJ poll reports that only 26 percent have positive feelings about the Republican Party and 51 negative feelings. Toward Speaker John...

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