100 Ways Republicans Are Just Like Democrats
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WASHINGTON The confidential memo from a former pollster for contained a blunt warning for Democrats. Written this month with an eye toward Election Day, it predicted crushing Democratic...
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Democrats are beginning to sound more like Republicans when they talk about Ebola. And Republicans aremoving into overdrive with their criticism of the government's handling of the deadly virus.
The sharpened rhetoric, strategists say, suggests Democrats fear President Obama's response to Ebola in the United States could become a political liability in the midterm election and Republicans see an opportunity to tie increasing concerns about the disease to the public's broader worries about Obama's leadership.
"Thisis feeding into the Republicannarrative that Democrats don't know how to govern and government is too large," said Jim Manley, a former aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.). Democrats, Manley said, "are desperate to try to demonstrate that they have tough ideas to respond to the crisis."
Democrats from across the political spectrum have suddenly embraced the idea of a temporary travel ban from West African Countries battling Ebola, even as the Obama administration has resisted the plan and health officials have warned it could make things worse.
Meanwhile, Republicans are increasingly claiming Obama's response to Ebola illustrates his inability to deal with crisis, with recent polls showing a high level of concern about the president's policies on several fronts. They are trying to level that attack against Democratic candidates by tethering them to the president.
"The continual crises that this administration has found itself in has been something that has been a constant theme," National Republican Senatorial Committee executive director Rob Collins told reporters Thursday, adding that he thinks Americans "are very anxious" about Ebola.
On Friday, two Democrats running in key Senate races called for a temporary travel ban from countries battling Ebola: Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) and Georgia's Michelle Nunn.
For Hagan, who publicly encouraged Obama to "temporarily ban the travel of non-U.S. citizens from the affected countries," it marked a shift from earlier this month when her Republican opponent, Thom Tillis, called for a travel ban but she didn't join him. Nunn's Republican opponent, David Perdue, has also vouched for a travel ban.
Even Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii), a liberal Democrat who is not in any danger of losing reelection, called on Obama to "immediately suspend commercial flights from the West African nations into the United States, as well as suspend visas for their passport holders, until we can ensure that our health facilities are adequately prepared."
The moves come as polls show the public has little faith in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is in favor of tighter restrictions on travel. So far, two nurses who cared for a Liberian man who died of Ebola in a Dallas hospital have been diagnosed with the disease in the United States, leading to questions about how it happened and how officials can prevent it from happening again.
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Democrats are sounding like Republicans on Ebola while GOP moves into overdrive
A trend-line is emerging in the polls that is buoying Republicans spirits for the Nov. 4 midterms beyond President Obamas unpopularity and a few key races turning in their favor, the numbers show GOP voters simply care about this election more than Democrats.
And that could translate to a sizable advantage in turnout next month.
A Fox News poll released last week showed 45 percent of Republicans described themselves as extremely interested in the election, compared with 30 percent of Democrats.
The results aligned with a recent Gallup poll also showing Republican and Republican-leaning voters far more interested in the midterms. Forty-four percent of Republicans described themselves as extremely motivated to vote, compared with just 25 percent of Democrats.
Surveys also indicate that, compared with past elections, interest among voters of both parties is low this year, making for an unpredictable election night. But GOP strategists say dissatisfaction among Americans with the direction of the country ultimately will boost their candidates.
Thats why you see Republican candidates having real momentum right now, said Andrea Bozek, the National Republican Congressional Committees communications director.
That Democrats are less enthused or motivated is expected, considering they typically turn out in low numbers in election years without a White House race.
But this year could be particularly unnerving for Democrats, considering the poll numbers raise doubts about their success in slowing the historical trend with get-out-the-vote efforts for such loyalists as young people, unmarried women and minorities. For instance, their participation dropped 21 percent from 2008, a presidential election year, to 2010, a midterm year, according to the nonpartisan Voter Participation Center.
Campaigns to keep Hispanic voters excited about going to the polls this year for Democratic candidates suffered a setback in September when President Obama decided to delay executive action on immigration, resulting in some of the countrys most influential Latino groups accusing him of caving to election-year politics.
We are bitterly disappointed in the president, said Frank Sharry, executive director of the group Americas Voice. The president and Senate Democrats have chosen politics over people.
Getty Images President Obama on the phone at the White House on Oct. 8.
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) Here are five stories you should be reading Monday.
Democrats, diminished: With two weeks to go until Election Day, President Barack Obamas diminished standing with women is quickly becoming one of the biggest liabilities facing Democrats as they struggle to keep their majority in the Senate, Politico writes. The president is underwater with female voters in battleground states across the country, and that is making it harder for his party to take advantage of the gender gap, Politico writes, citing polling and Democratic strategists. Democrats need to win over female voters by a wider margin in battleground states like Colorado, Iowa, Alaska, North Carolina and New Hampshire, the piece says.
Words from Warren: One of those Senate races Iowas contest featuring Democrat Bruce Braley and Republican Joni Ernst is getting a little help from a very visible woman, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. She stumped for Braley over the weekend, and took a jab at Ernsts alleged ties to conservative donors Charles and David Koch. I dont think the billionaires are [going] to decide the next senator from Iowa, Warren said, according to the Hill. I think you are going to decide. Braley and Ernst are neck and neck in polling for the seat, one of a handful that could decide Senate control.
Voters prefer Republicans: One of the latest polls about the midterm elections suggests Warren and her fellow Democrats are fighting an uphill battle. In the newest Wall Street Journal/NBC News/Annenberg survey, likely voters favored a Republican-led Congress over a Democratic one, 49% to 44%. Meanwhile, registered voters, a larger group than likely voters, also said they would prefer the election to produce a GOP-led Congress a first since the poll began asking five weeks ago. As The Wall Street Journal writes, the GOP held a lead of 45% to 43% on the question among registered voters.
Get ready for higher spending: Federal spending will be higher next year, writes budget expert Stan Collender in his latest Forbes column. Why? For these four reasons: the deficit is falling; pressure for more military spending; eagerness to eliminate the threat of automatic spending cuts; and Ebola. The four reasons for more spending next year could easily blend together, writes Collender. The [spending] caps could be raised to deal with ISIS and Ebola or funding for some department and agencies could be made exempt from sequestration. Both alternatives would, of course, increase the deficit.
Avoiding Congress on Iran: President Obama will do everything in his power to avoid letting Congress vote on a deal with Iran to halt its ability to make a nuclear weapon, if such a deal is struck. Thats according to the New York Times, which also writes the Iranians have signaled they would accept, at least temporarily, a suspension of sanctions that have cut their oil revenues and terminated their banking relationships with the West. The Times says the Treasury Department has concluded Obama has the authority to suspend the vast majority of those sanctions without seeking a vote by Congress.
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