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Politics : How Quickly Can Obama Totally Destroy the US? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The1Stockman who wrote (1594)	2/21/2013 12:58:15 PM
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White Britons are minority in London for first time... White Britons are minority in London for first time...

To: The1Stockman who wrote (1594)	2/21/2013 12:59:26 PM
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Obama: U.S. “one of the largest Muslim countries in the world”

To: The1Stockman who wrote (1594)	2/23/2013 11:30:21 AM
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NC group urges hiring private investigators to go after Republicans... NC group urges hiring private investigators to go after Republicans... Raleigh, N.C. — A strategy memo circulated recently among liberal-leaning groups prescribes "crippling" legislative leaders and Gov. Pat McCrory with bad press and pressure tactics. The memo, which was first reported by The Charlotte Observer, details communications strategy, political tactics and polling data that progressive groups can use to push the policy agenda in Raleigh, where Republicans control both the governor's mansion and the legislature. According to documents included with the memo and interviews, the strategy outline was produced by Myers Research and Strategic Services for Project New America. It was originally provided to Progress North Carolina, a liberal nonprofit that has aggressively attacked McCrory during the 2012 campaign and his early term in office. Progress North Carolina shared the memo with Blueprint NC, a nonprofit that coordinates the activities of liberal-leaning nonprofits. In turn, Blueprint NC distributed it to its member organizations. An electronic version of the memo appears to contain at least three separate documents. One is an email from outgoing Blueprint NC Communications Director Stephanie Bass describing the material and emphasizing that it is "CONFIDENTIAL to Blueprint, so please be careful – share with your boards and appropriate staff, but not the whole world." Sean Kosofsky, Blueprint NC's director, said his group did not pay for or commission the research. "We were just forwarding it on," he said. The second document is a "talking points memo" that outlines strategies for progressive groups. Policy wins for the political left, the memo said, would likely be defined as "mitigating" legislation, rather than pushing their own agenda items. "The most effective way to mitigate the worst legislation is to weaken our opponents' ability to govern by crippling their leaders (McCrory, Tillis, Berger, etc...)" the memo reads, referring to the governor, House Speaker Thom Tillis and Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger. The memo goes on to describe a "potential two-year vision" during which the groups would "eviscerate the leadership and weaken their ability to govern." The bulk of the document is a poll memo that talks about how to frame opposition to conservative tax and education policies. The survey was conducted between Jan. 29 and Feb. 2. Republican strategists and operatives, some of who talked to WRAL News on background, said the memo puts the lie to liberal criticism of groups like Civitas, which are in large part funded by foundations tied to Art Pope, a former legislator who now serves as McCrory's budget director. Several said it showed Democrats didn't want to cooperate with Republicans leaders. "I think it's shameful," said Ray Martin, caucus director for state Senate Republicans. "This is who is in control of the Democratic Party in North Carolina, radical left-wing zealots." The memo indicates there are close ties between the liberal groups and the Democratic Party itself. For example, a response to McCrory's State of the State address earlier this week delivered by Rep. Larry Hall, D-Durham, tracked closely with slides from the poll shared by the liberal groups. Hall's prepared remarks included this sentence: "Cutting funding for public education is wrong because it hurts our children's ability to succeed and compete for the jobs of the future." A slide from the polling memo includes the phrase, "Cutting funding for public education is wrong because it hurts our children's ability to succeed and compete for the jobs of the future." Hall could not be reached for comment Thursday evening. Casey Wilkinson, chief of staff for the House Democratic Caucus, said the similarities aren't surprising. It is likely, he said, that the polling provided to the left-leaning groups was provided by the same company, or one similar, that the party uses for its research.