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To: i-node who wrote (469474)	4/7/2009 2:30:20 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575725

A couple hours ago you (along with the Z of Idiocy) were claiming Part D was a failure. I showed that of all the government run health care programs it is the most successful, and it IS because they retained the privatization, which is what you want to eliminate. What country pays the most for the same drugs? By about 100%? That's success? What's failure?

To: i-node who wrote (469474)	4/7/2009 4:13:29 PM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575725

Oops! A REGIONAL PARTY.... In late January, about a week after President Obama's inauguration, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) outlined some of this thoughts on the future of the Republican Party. "[T]he Republican Party seems to be slipping into a position of being more of a regional party than a national one," McConnell said. "In politics, there's a name for a regional party: it's called a minority party." I thought of this quote when looking through the cross-tabs of the latest weekly tracking poll from Research 2000 for Daily Kos. Notice the regional differences (thanks to reader DD for the heads-up): President Obama favorability: Northeast: 88% favorable, 11% unfavorable Midwest: 73% favorable, 24% unfavorable West: 76% favorable, 22% unfavorable South: 41% favorable, 54% unfavorable Democratic Party: Northeast: 66% favorable, 23% unfavorable Midwest: 52% favorable, 39% unfavorable West: 54% favorable, 38% unfavorable South: 31% favorable, 61% unfavorable Republican Party: Northeast: 8% favorable, 82% unfavorable Midwest: 22% favorable, 68% unfavorable West: 20% favorable, 70% unfavorable South: 43% favorable, 47% unfavorable "[T]he Republican Party seems to be slipping into a position of being more of a regional party than a national one," McConnell said. It was one of the more reasonable observations he's ever made. washingtonmonthly.com