The Leaked Plan – Part II

Carter Wrenn posted on March 19, 2013 11:00

The poll young Sean Kosofsky and Jessica Laurenz took told them three stories:

That President Obama’s mantra – ‘Democrats are for middle class families while Republicans are for the rich’ – had permeated the political atmosphere across North Carolina.

That President Obama’s plan to expand Medicaid – the plan Republicans in the state legislature just voted down – was widely popular.

And that the Republicans’ tax reform plan was not popular.

Jessica Laurenz then sat down to write a plan but, right off, took a wrong turn and started thinking like a lobbyist: She took a long hard look at the Republicans in Raleigh and saw, as she put it: ‘Tensions.’ Tensions between the Republican Governor and Republican legislators, tensions between Republican Senators and Republican Representatives – then while ambling down the wrong road, leading her into the thickets of lobbying, she unearthed a political nugget and wrote she sees tension between the Republicans’ base and the Republicans’ statewide political reality.

What Laurenz meant by ‘Republicans’ statewide political reality’ sounded obtuse – but, maybe without even knowing it, she had put her finger squarely on a throbbing nerve: Republican voters just naturally don’t like anything Obama’s for – like Obama’s Medicaid expansion. But Independents just naturally see things through different eyes. They see Obama’s Medicaid expansion as a pretty good idea and that one bit of political ‘tension’ (between Republicans and Independents) leads straight to a cold hard fact: A Republican legislator running in a swing district, say, in Raleigh, needs a lot more than Republican votes to win – he needs Independent votes. And every Republican who will be running in a swing district in two years just voted against President Obama’s Medicaid expansion.

To be continued…

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# clarence swinney

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:39 AM

DEMOCRATS CREATE WEALTH AND JOBS-----------
1.From Harding In 1921 to Bush in 2003
2.Democrats held White House for 40 years and Republicans for 42.5 years.
3.Democrats created 75,820,000 net new jobs -- Republicans 36,440,000.
4.Per Year Average—Democrats 1,825,200---Republicans 856,400.
5.Republicans had 9 presidents during the period and 6 had depression or recession.
6.Republicans had a recession/depression in 177 months and Democrats in 32 months.
7.DOW—1928 to 2003—Stock market gained 11% average per year under D presidents versus 2% under R presidents. Small Cap stocks gained 18% as yearly average under D and minus 3% under R.
8.GDP—grew by 43% more under Democrats.
9.Income Growth—1948-2005--each increased (percentagewise)under D presidents over R presidents by these numbers-- Quintiles--(Top-10%)--(2nd-71%)-(third-127%)-(fourth-212%)-(fifth-550%) wow
Add on Bush horrid numbers it is much worse
Increased Spending by 90% (1800 to 3500); Debt by 112% (5800 to 11,900;31,000 measley net jobs per month;
Surplus to 1400B Deficit
source--TimothyNoah-- Nov. 2010 in Slate magazine
Question—Why would a working person vote for a Republican for President?

# clarence swinney

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:43 AM

# Reaganite

Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:49 AM

As to polls, I wonder about the methodology of the one conducted in North Carolina by this far left pair. A poll on the same issue in Ohio showed voters divided down the middle overall on Medicaid expansion, but GOP primary voters 65% opposed. That means that opposing Medicaid expansion is a wash in a general election but is a dangerous position to take in a GOP primary. Here is an article on the poll: http://www.redstate.com/jasonahart/2013/03/18/medicaid-expansion-poll-confirms-primary-risk-for-ohio-republicans/

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