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To: i-node who wrote (814945)	11/3/2014 11:40:31 AM
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78% Say Politicians Play ‘Race Card’ Just to Get Reelected in Politics Email thisShareThis Related Articles Daily Presidential Tracking Poll 34% Rate U.S. Race Relations Good or Excellent Whites Are Much More Likely Than Blacks to See A Divided America Voters to Holder: Racism Is Not the Reason for Opposition to Obama Should Obama Campaign in Your State? Voters See ‘War on Women’ As Politics, Not Reality Sign up for free daily updates Monday, November 03, 2014 Voters, regardless of race, agree that most politicians play the so-called “race card” just to pick up votes. Still, blacks strongly believe that those who oppose President Obama are racist. Just nine percent (9%) of Likely U.S. Voters think most politicians raise racial issues to address real problems, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Seventy-eight percent (78%) say they bring up race just to get elected. Thirteen percent (13%) aren’t sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.) There is surprising racial agreement. Sixty-eight percent (68%) of blacks agree with 79% of whites and 81% of other minority voters that most politicians raise racial issues just to get reelected. These findings are similar to those regarding another common political charge these days, that some candidates are engaging in a “war on women.” But 59% of voters say the “war on women” is primarily a slogan used for political purposes. Only 22% believe there really is a political “war on women” going on. When it comes to the specifics of the president, however, a racial divide is evident. Eighty-seven percent (87%) of black voters believe those who oppose Obama’s policies do so because of racism. Sixty-seven percent (67%) of whites and 56% of other minority voters think instead that opposition is primarily because they believe the president’s policies are bad. Among all voters, 59% think people who oppose Obama’s policies do so because they don’t like those policies. Thirty-one percent (31%) believe their opposition is due to racism, but that’s up from 28% in mid-July and up 13 points from 18% in October 2011. Only 41% of voters say racial issues are at least somewhat important to their vote. Fifty-five percent (55%) say race is not important to how they vote. This includes 21% who say racial issues are Very Important and 29% who consider them Not At All Important. Thirty-eight percent (38%) think political candidates discuss race too much, while 21% say they talk about it too little. Twenty-eight percent (28%) believe the level of discussion is about right. Fourteen percent (14%) are undecided. (Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in our polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook. The survey of 1,000 Likely Voters was conducted on October 31-November 1, 2014 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology. Going into Election Day, white voters are nearly twice as likely as blacks to believe America is a more divided nation than it was four years ago. For one-in-three of all voters, the president is what this election is all about. Only 27% say it would help political candidates in their state if the president came to campaign for them, while 39% think a presidential visit would hurt the candidates instead. Just 22% say Obama’s presidency has been a success. Eighty-two percent (82%) of voters say they have been following recent news reports about the upcoming midterm elections, with 46% who have been following Very Closely. Most Democrats (55%) think opposition to the president’s policies is due to racism. Eighty-seven percent (87%) of Republicans and 66% of voters not affiliated with either major party say opponents believe Obama’s policies are bad. In the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll, the majority of voters in his own party approve of the job Obama is doing, while most GOP voters and unaffiliateds disapprove. Voters across the partisan board, however, agree that most politicians raise racial issues just to get reelected, although Democrats don’t believe that as strongly as the others do. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Republicans think political candidate discuss racial issues too much, but that view is shared by only 19% of Democrats and 39% of voters not affiliated with either major party. Fifty-three percent (53%) of blacks feel that political candidates discuss racial issues too little in their campaigns, but just 14% of whites and 30% of other minorities agree. But then 79% of black voters say racial issues are important to their vote, as do 51% of other minority voters. For 66% of whites, however, racial issues are not important to their voting decisions. Women and those under 40 attach slightly more importance to racial issues than men and older voters do. Only 34% of all Americans now rate race relations in the United States as good or excellent. Just 31% think those relations are getting better. Sixteen percent (16%) of voters think life for young black Americans has gotten better since Obama’s election in November 2008, but 22% believe it’s gotten worse.

To: i-node who wrote (814945)	11/3/2014 11:44:49 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 1578450

"If you really want something to happen it is obviously necessary to dump Reid" Nothing will happen, regardless of who is in charge. Dems have learned how to win by a 41-59 majority over the last few years.

To: i-node who wrote (814945)	11/3/2014 11:51:10 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578450

It is strange you would actually want that, the way you people have bitched about nothing getting done in Congress. If you really want something to happen it is obviously necessary to dump Reid. I don't know whether at any time in history the Senate has been paralyzed like it has been under Reid. What needs to be done is in 2020, realign districts in states so its not so easy for Rs to control the House. Rs can't govern.....we have more than enough evidence to validate that statement. Its as simple as that. So Rs need to sit out a couple election cycles and figure it out.

To: i-node who wrote (814945)	11/3/2014 11:56:14 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578450

Rs are very scary people. The result is predictable: partisans who use language they probably shouldn't. Take this report, for example, published this morning by New Hampshire Public Radio. If you are seeking nuance or restraint, you won't find it at a get-out-the-vote rally on the Sunday before a tight election. Here's State GOP chairman Jennifer Horn* last night in Manchester:* *"This is our time. We need to crush it. We need to grab it, run with it, push their heads under over and over again until they cannot breathe anymore, until the elections are over Tuesday night."* How charming.

To: i-node who wrote (814945)	11/3/2014 12:00:08 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578450

See.........I don't know if R pols are stupid or ignorant or just plain bull headed stubborn but this is not an example of good governance...........and you think Reid is the problem. LMAO. Science Committee chair shrugs off terrifying new climate data 11/03/14 11:19 AM By Steve Benen Over the weekend, the United Nations published a synthesis report of its “most comprehensive assessment of climate change ever.” As Jane C. Timm noted, “The 40-page report sums up 800 scientists’ thousands of pages of research from over 13 months, using an enormous amount of science to argue that carbon emissions must be dramatically reduced.” The findings can fairly be described as terrifying. The New York Times’ report noted, “Failure to reduce emissions, the group of scientists and other experts found, could threaten society with food shortages, refugee crises, the flooding of major cities and entire island nations, mass extinction of plants and animals, and a climate so drastically altered it might become dangerous for people to work or play outside during the hottest times of the year.” The U.N. report pointed to the “increasing the likelihood of severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts for people and ecosystems.” And though the document was specifically intended to help provide guidance to policymakers, Republican officials just don’t care. The chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee said on Sunday that a United Nations report that said the earth is heading toward “severe, pervasive, and irreversible” climate change impacts is “nothing new.” Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) said in a statement that he appreciates efforts “to better understand the complex science of our ever-changing planet,” but adds that the new report “says nothing new.” “Similar to previous reports, the latest findings appear more political than scientific,” he said. “People are tired of the re-packaged rhetoric. It’s time to stop fear mongering and focus on an honest dialogue about real options.” Smith may not fully appreciate what the word “scientific” means. For elected U.S. officials, who are ostensibly interested in Americans’ well being, to casually dismiss terrifying warnings is alarming. It is not, however, surprising – contemporary Republican politics is dominated by a fairly aggressive strain of climate denial. Indeed, it’s about to get considerably worse. Ron Brownstein took a closer look at the 14 most competitive U.S. Senate candidates in the Republican Party this year, most of whom are favored to win. [W]hile all 14 GOP contenders promise to fight the proposed Environmental Protection Agency climate regulations limiting power-plant carbon emissions, Ernst would eliminate the EPA itself – a position rarely heard. […] Other than Terri Lynn Land in Michigan, who is the least likely to win, none of the 14 has endorsed the scientific consensus that carbon emissions are driving global climate change. Of the U.S. House members poised to get a promotion to the U.S. Senate, all of them are such fierce climate deniers that they voted to prohibit the Pentagon from even considering the national-security implications of global warming. The more serious the crisis becomes, the more forceful the GOP becomes in rejecting the science. History will not be kind.