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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173917)	10/19/2014 8:02:03 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Respond to of 224757

why do you need an ID to buy a gun

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173917)	10/19/2014 10:47:22 PM
From: FJB	Respond to of 224757

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama made a rare appearance on the campaign trail on Sunday with a rally to support the Democratic candidate for governor in Maryland, <span style="font-size:1.3em;">but early departures of crowd members while he spoke underscored his continuing unpopularity.</span> With approval levels hovering around record lows, Obama has spent most of his campaign-related efforts this year raising money for struggling Democrats, who risk losing control of the U.S. Senate in the Nov. 4 midterm election. Most candidates from his party have been wary of appearing with him during their election races because of his sagging popularity. Not so Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown of Maryland, who is running for governor, and Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois, who is running for re-election. Obama plans to appear at an event for Quinn later in the evening. "You've got to vote," Obama repeated over and over at a rally for Brown in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, near Washington. Democrats have a history of not turning up to vote in midterm elections. "There are no excuses. The future is up to us," Obama said. <span style="font-size:1.3em;"> A steady stream of people walked out of the auditorium while he spoke, however, and a heckler interrupted his remarks. </span> Obama's help, or lack thereof, may not matter much to Brown, who is 11 points ahead of Republican opponent Larry Hogan, according to an average of polls by RealClearPolitics. Quinn's race is tighter. He is ahead of Republican opponent Bruce Rauner by 1.8 points, according to the RealClearPolitics average. Obama is scheduled to spend the night at his Chicago home after the campaign event for Quinn. <span style="font-size:1.3em;"> @ZekeJMiller lots of folks leaving the rally with Obama at the stage. It's weird.</span>

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173917)	10/19/2014 10:51:12 PM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

CROWD WALKS OUT ON O

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173917)	10/20/2014 1:05:35 PM
From: locogringo	3 Recommendations Recommended By FJB Honey_Bee TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

What happened to the daily polls showing the slaughter of Republicans? What's different this time? How come nobody is taking (OR REPORTING) their polls?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173917)	10/20/2014 1:43:28 PM
From: locogringo	3 Recommendations Recommended By FJB Honey_Bee TideGlider Respond to of 224757

TRUST ME

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (173917)	10/20/2014 1:51:05 PM
From: locogringo	3 Recommendations Recommended By Honey_Bee TideGlider tonto Respond to of 224757

Small Businesses Get Sobering Dose Of Reality as Health Insurers Reveal Their Rates For 2015 Although the Obama administration has yet to release the federal healthcare premiums for 2015, some private insurers have. One of them in Minnesota has indicated that they will be showing increases of up to 60% for their ACA-compliant policies. Preferred One, the largest and lowest-cost provider of health insurance in the state, pulled out of the state’s MNsure exchange last month due to its being “ unsustainable.” Alycia Riedl, with the Minnesota Association of Health Underwriters, commented on the news: You’ve gotta remember that the majority of consumers who have individual health insurance policies did not buy them through MNsure; most of them are outside of MNsure at this point and so they haven’t received their renewals yet; and as they start to receive them, they’re going to understand that they have significant increases facing them. Furthermore, a study was also just released that surveyed 2,600 businesses around the state, finding that 74% said prices of healthcare insurance increased after the law went into effect and that most of these increases were over 10%. Years ago, economist and author Dr. Thomas Sowell warned of the problems that would accompany a universal, government-mandated healthcare system: It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer “universal health care.” Despite repeated assurances from the Obama administration that this would not be the case and that lowering costs was a fundamental tenet of the plan at its passing, it seems that in practice it is not working out this way. In fact, it’s working out in precisely the opposite way: Not only are rates increasing, but they are increasing at extremely high levels. ijreview.com