News time, everybody!
Good NewsJobs Bill Passes Key Vote in Senate with Moderate Bipartisan MarginFive GOP senators and one GOP-leaning independent actually voted for cloture on the jobs bill, meaning that the jobs bill—which is one of the Obama administration's four or five key legislative priorities this year—is very likely to pass. And this jobs bill is actually an improvement upon the original proposal, which had been drafted by Republicans and conservative Democrats. This is the first significant bipartisan vote in the Senate since Obama took office over a year ago. It is a startling break in the GOP's Borg-like homogeneity, which is a testament to the bill's overwhelming popularity with the public. The final vote was 62 to 30.
Bad News71 Percent of Americans Think Iran Has Nuclear WeaponsThat's the word according to a new CNN / Opinion Research poll. This comes to you from the same country where nearly half the population does not apparently realize that the sun is a star.
This goes to show that opinion polls on matters of fact (as opposed to matters of preference) are totally worthless except in their utility in highlighting the stupidity of the American people and perhaps humans generally.
WTF NewsPublic Option More Popular than Senate Healthcare Bill in Multiple StatesSpeaking of opinion polls, here's one on preferences rather than facts. Time and again in our lifetime we have seen Democrats undermine themselves by not being liberal enough, and this is another indication of that—the latest in a long line of embarrassments and frustrations. The public option is overwhelmingly more popular in the states polled, often just short of twice as popular as the Senate bill.
This is a partisan poll, so you'll have to decide for yourself whether to take it at face value or explore the methodology. However, it mirrors poll results we've seen over the past year, indicating huge public support for the public option. And yet our Democrats in Congress just don't seem to care.
