Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

From today's The Hill:
"Gallup noted, however, that the Republican Party’s advantage over Democrats in the U.S. appears to be tapering off, as the polling group found that the GOP currently has just a 2 percent point lead over Democrats, 46 percent to 44 percent."
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/589987-us-shifted-from-democratic-preference-to-republican-in-2021

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

LOL.....so the link I provided showing his dismal approval rating at 33% was on The Hill as well......guessing you wont dispute the source

LOL...The Hill reported the polls but didn't conduct them. The poll in question on Biden surveyed around 1300 people while the poll on the Republican vs Democratic party preference surveyed 12000. 

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

No doubt some of you actually believe Joe Biden got 81 million votes......

Personally I would believe Bigfoot was sighted riding the Loch Ness Monster on his way to an Elvis concert over that pile of bovine excrement......

There's no doubt you believe in the big lie...

"With over 81 million votes, Biden received the most votes of any presidential candidate in history. "
https://www.usatoday.com/news/

Originally Posted by Greg Shaffer

I certainly dont believe Bumble got 81 million votes.....and I believe anyone who does is a stone cold idiot. Does that clear it up for you?

See post #15, does that clear it up for you?

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hi James:

I too like 538 and RCP's aggregates.  But no matter how you slice it, Biden's numbers are poor.  He is beating Trump only among modern presidents at this point in time.  (See your initial post).  If I were a D, I'd be very concerned, since presidential approval is a good predictor for midterm results. 

Jim

Well Jim, as you've previously stated in other posts, inflation and the price of gas are going to be determinants of the outcome of the midterms. If the Republicans do well, the people will see they have no policies to deal with either or anything else, for that matter.  Take Glenn Youngkin who was sworn in as governor of Virginia the other day. He signed a "executives actions" on day one including: 1 Banning critical race theory. Er, ah, Virginia has never taught CRT in its schools and didn't plan to. 2. Eliminate mask mandates in schools. Well, that's likely to be held illegal by the courts since it was enacted by the general assembly of the state. And if you've been following how it's been going in the school districts that have been forced to so  by governors like DeSantis, you know how badly that's worked out.
Finally, we need to see what the Fed will do about taming inflation. It appears that oil production by the Saudis will increase:  https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/01/04/business/opec-russia-agree-increase-oil-output/
So, we'll see what that does with gas prices...

https://www.statesman.com/story/news/politics/politifact/2021/12/11/fact-check-have-there-been-160-carve-outs-filibuster/6460696001/

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hi Rod:

I looked it over, as you probably recall I am not a gun owner myself, although I have some hunting experience from my youth.  One thing intrigued me on their web page - you and your brethren in New York can not buy these.  See below.  I do not know if it is illegal to own them.  This seems pretty counterintuitive to me.  Does California want to force you into the gun market if you are interested in defending your family?  Any insight?  Jim

Thanks for the comments and info, Jim. I wasn't aware of the restriction to California or other states. It's not clear to me if the "gun" or launcher as it's called is restricted or only some of the ammo it shoots. Anyhow, your point is well-taken.

Saw this advertised on CNN: basically it's a glock-like co2 powered handgun-like device that shoots nonlethal musket-like sting balls into potential assailants:
https://byrna.com/
Now I'm guessing cons like the real deal instead but I'd thought I'd ask...

Answer: you can't:
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/01/19/big-lie-different-reality-keilar-krebs-sot-dip-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/