tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post5928167541688064762..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Democrats Should Write Off "The White Vote"Dale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-86234571005297100742014-03-17T15:18:11.678-07:002014-03-17T15:18:11.678-07:00Ah, the irony. All in one issue of the New York T...Ah, the irony. All in one issue of the New York Times.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/us/politics/obama-factor-adds-to-fears-of-democrats.html<br />---------------------<br />Obama Factor Adds to Fears of Democrats<br />By JONATHAN MARTIN and ASHLEY PARKER<br />MARCH 15, 2014<br /><br />. . .<br /><br />Democrats are becoming increasingly alarmed about their midterm<br />election fortunes amid President Obama’s sinking approval ratings,<br />a loss in a special House election in Florida last week, and<br />millions of dollars spent by Republican-aligned groups attacking<br />the new health law. . .<br /><br />[T]wo races create unanticipated opportunities improving<br />Republicans’ chances to take control of the Senate.<br />No prominent Democrats predict their party will win back<br />the House. . .<br /><br />One Democratic lawmaker, who asked not to be identified,<br />said Mr. Obama was becoming “poisonous” to the party’s<br />candidates. . .<br /><br />The [campaign spending] gap is yawning. Outside Republican<br />groups have spent about $40 million in this election cycle,<br />compared with just $17 million by Democrats. . .<br /><br />In addition to problems with the health law, the White House<br />is losing the support of Democrats on key appointments such<br />as Mr. Obama’s nominee to head the Justice Department’s Civil<br />Rights Division and his choice to be surgeon general. . .<br /><br />Republicans also seem to be benefiting from the argument —-<br />reinforced by advertising and by their media surrogates —-<br />that Mr. Obama has presided over an activist government that<br />has overreached and proved incompetent. . .<br /><br />Most Democrats up for re-election are trying to put some distance<br />between themselves and the president. . .<br /><br />Other Democrats are openly critical of the health care law in<br />their advertisements. In one ad. . . the narrator says she<br />“blew the whistle on the disastrous health care website,<br />calling it ‘stunning ineptitude. . .’ . . .<br />====<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/business/income-gap-meet-the-longevity-gap.html<br />---------------------<br />Income Gap, Meet the Longevity Gap<br />By ANNIE LOWREY<br />MARCH 15, 2014<br /><br />Fairfax County, Va., and McDowell County, W.Va., are separated by<br />350 miles, about a half-day’s drive. . . Perhaps the greatest distance<br />between the two counties is this: Fairfax is a place of the haves,<br />and McDowell of the have-nots. . .<br /><br />One of the starkest consequences of that divide is seen in the<br />life expectancies of the people there. Residents of Fairfax County<br />are among the longest-lived in the country: Men have an average<br />life expectancy of 82 years and women, 85, about the same as<br />in Sweden. In McDowell, the averages are 64 and 73, about<br />the same as in Iraq. . .<br />====<br /><br />But they don't need no socialist health care!<br />jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-3605793279638776832014-03-04T14:57:11.095-08:002014-03-04T14:57:11.095-08:00> Written by a LessWronger, no less, who goes b...> Written by a LessWronger, no less, who goes by the name "Yvain"<br />> there, but on this (new?) blog calls himself "Scott S. Alexander".<br /><br />And who also used to have a LiveJournal blog, which he closed,<br />I gather, after getting a medical degree -- I gather he's a<br />psychiatrist, at least according to http://archive.is/njFcW --<br />and wanting to obfuscate his identity on the Web.<br /><br />FWIW, the LiveJournal posts (in the form of page captures) are archived<br />at:<br />http://archive.is/offset=480/squid314.livejournal.com<br /><br />There's some interesting stuff there to browse through.<br /><br />And also on the new blog; e.g.:<br /><br />http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/03/04/book-review-the-perfect-health-diet/<br />Book Review: The Perfect Health Diet<br />Posted on March 4, 2014 by Scott Alexander<br /><br />(His real name, despite the attempt at obfuscation, isn't hard<br />to find if you really try, but since he has asked that people not<br />mention it, I won't. But he **is** on the staff of MetaMed. ;-> )<br />jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-51718402358699312782014-03-04T12:49:34.545-08:002014-03-04T12:49:34.545-08:00> For whatever reason I am already hearing the ...> For whatever reason I am already hearing the pundit choir<br />> ringing changes on the inevitable Concern Chorus over<br />> Democrats losing the highly desirable wonderful White Vote. . .<br /><br />As in yesterday's New York Times:<br />http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/03/us/politics/democrats-try-wooing-ones-who-got-away-white-men.html<br /><br />> It is quite true that I hold out little hope for votes from<br />> hicks with dicks and am uninterested in the nasal twang of<br />> their siren song.<br /><br />And what a song it is! It plays endlessly from TV sets in public<br />places in the NY/NJ metro area:<br />http://www.salon.com/2014/02/27/i_lost_my_dad_to_fox_news_how_a_generation_was_captured_by_thrashing_hysteria/<br /><br />Here's an interesting analysis I stumbled across the other<br />day:<br /><br />http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/10/20/the-anti-reactionary-faq/<br />-------------------<br />Let’s examine exactly how opinions have changed on a<br />host of important political issues. These are taken from<br />the National Election Survey, Pew Research, and Gallup.<br />I’ve tried to avoid cherry-picking – I took every issue<br />I could find, starting from the first year data was<br />available. In cases where I could find two different<br />polls, I kept the one with a longer data series:<br />====<br /><br />Written by a LessWronger, no less, who goes by the name "Yvain"<br />there, but on this (new?) blog calls himself "Scott S. Alexander".<br /><br />http://slatestarcodex.com/sample-page/<br />jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.com