* Why does anyone, especially MSNBC still have right winger Pat Buchanan as some kind of political analyst? The man is anti-minority, anti-immigrant, and I have to turn him off as soon as he opens his mouth. Yuck!
* Sen. Baucus announced his bipartisan health care plan. The Republicans who worked on the plan had no intention of supporting anything that was created. So far, the entire, super secret, bipartisan, health care focused committee appears to have been a complete time waster. The Republicans "punked" Baucus into believing that they'd support his bill.
* Public Policy Polling is reporting:
Barack Obama's approval rating is only 45% with likely voters for this fall in New Jersey. Also, 8% of respondents think he is the Anti-Christ.....
I'd like to know exactly who those 8% are so that I can check their level of intelligence.
* The Dispatch is reporting the results of a new Quinnipiac Poll. Here are a few excerpts:
....Yet Ohioans trust Obama far more on handling health care than the GOP members of Congress. In fact, more see the Republican role as wanting Obama to fail rather than playing a constructive role in the debate....
....Overall, the president's job-approval rating in Ohio has rebounded to 53 percent from 49 percent in the university's July poll. And approval for his handling of the economy is back on the plus side by 2 points, up a bit from the negative 2 in the earlier survey.
Democrats still hold the upper hand in the race to succeed U.S. Sen. George V. Voinovich, a two-term Republican retiring next year. Both Democrats in the contest, Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher and Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, top Republican former Congressman Rob Portman and Cleveland-area car dealer Tom Ganley in possible general-election matchups....
While the Ohio GOP continues to play their same old games, it appears that Ohioans still favor Democrats over Republicans.
