Mother Jones : Obama won about 46 percent of the white vote outside the South and 27 percent of the white vote in the South. That's a difference of nearly 20 points. - Obama won only 39 percent of the total White vote, but in the Northeast Obama wins more than 50% of Whites

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"In other words: Democrats don't have a white problem. They have a Southern white problem"

The Midwest and West are more tolerant and inclusive than the Old South. - There in the "Confederacy" White people voted against the "Black" guy in the White House.

Mother Jones Magazine
The Democrats' Southern White Problem
By Kevin Drum
Tuesday November 13, 2012


The Democrats' Southern White Problem


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VIDEO : "America Wins!" by Old Fart Rants : This is the "Ha Ha Ha" VIDEO after the election against the idiots of GOP, Fox News and Friends. --- Romney just basically won the Confederacy. "The Confederacy is not coming back"

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Warning : Old Fart was born in the Confederacy and heard a lot of Racism and Bullshit of the Old South as a youngster before being liberated of Imbecility and Stupidity in the most enlightened State of California.

 Published on Nov 8, 2012 by oldfartrants

Whatever's left of the old Republican Party can thank the Tea Party for losing the 2012 elections. That's right - the dumb ass idiots of the Tea Party lost the election. Why? Because only idiots think that that waging war on women, seniors, students, minorities, intellectuals, gay people, unions, public service employees, veterans, sick people, poor people, the middle class, working people, 47% of the country, and the government itself is a good way to win an election.

Only idiots support a party that does nothing but talk about rape, abortion, birth control and Jesus instead of creating jobs. Because while they were obsessed with their stupid fantasy of living in the America of 300 years ago, the rest of us were voting to live in the future. And when your platform is really just racism, sexism, and homophobia, you deserve to lose.

When your platform is really just racism, sexism, and homophobia, you deserve to lose. Obama ran on sanity and decency and equality - and protecting things that 99% of the people in this country hold dear. Republicans ran on the hate and paranoia, and the greed of the 1%.

Even though the Koch brothers and Sheldon Adleson and ALEC and the corporations that are people now spent hundreds of millions of dollars on non-stop propaganda and lies, character assassination, influencing the Supreme Court, union busting, election rigging, and voter suppression - all to hide the fact that Mitt Romney was nothing but George Bush in magic Mormon underwear, we didn't fall for their neo-con con job.

Thankfully, enough sane, educated and motivated American voters were able to spot and stop these filthy anti-American traitors from stealing our government. At the end of the day this election was all about trust - people don't trust Mitt Romney and people don't trust a party that wants to turn back the clock on all the scientific and social progress that's been made over the past 200 years!

Just like when your lover cheats on you, once the trust is gone, it's really hard to get it back - it's really that simple. So... what's Fox News going to do now? Their whole programming schedule has been focused on one thing - fear mongering and lying about President Obama every minute of every hour of every day - day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year for the last 4 years to keep him from having a 2nd term.

What are they going to talk about for the next 4 years? Donald Trump's revolution? The Republican Party has 2 choices: they can keep obstructing every attempt by progressives to move this country forward, which will most likely cost them their own re-elections since they won't be able to justify hurting their own constituents on stopping Obama from having a 2nd term, or they can actually earn their paychecks and work for the good of the American people. If they don't, it could be the end of the Republican Party.

The Republican Party is toast if it refuses to acknowledge this fact and change with the times. And the first thing they need to do is get rid of the teabaggers that have infested and ruined what used to be a Grand Old Party. Thanks to the Tea Party idiots you've actually secured the future of the next several generations for progressives. Roe V. Wade isn't going anywhere.

Medicare and Social Security aren't going anywhere. Marriage equality is coming. Science rules, superstition drools. Progress has been signed, sealed and delivered for the foreseeable future, thanks to the idiots with their tri-corner hats and misspelled signs. And speaking of idiots - remember what tea Party hero Ted Nugent said back in April, that "If Barack Obama becomes the president in November, again, I will either be dead or in jail by this time next year"? What's it going to be Ted? Either way you go the rest of us will be fine with it.

"America Wins!" by Old Fart Rants



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VIDEO : Jennifer Granholm : "Obamacare: Why this Friday is an important day for you" - The States have to give information to Consumers about Private Insurance Companies, Health Insurance, Options that you choose. But Republican Governors are furious

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Governors of Texas Rick Perry and Wisconsin Scott Walker refuse to set up a website to give information to people about best options to buy Health Care Insurance ( Private Sector Insurers ). They do not want to give information to the public because of Hate against Obama and ObamaCare.

This is Capitalism and Market Economy, this is not socialism. But these Governors are ideologues, dogmatic doctrinaires, bigots, right wing fanatics.

So by refusing to give information to the people in their states they harm their interests.

The Federal Government will have to set up the Information Exchanges in the Internet if these bigots continue being adamant.

A health insurance exchange (HIX) is a set of state-regulated healthcare plan whereby individuals can purchase health insurance eligible for federal subsidies. Ideally, these exchanges allow consumers to purchase more cost-effective insurance within a competitive market. The exchanges are not themselves providers, but better regulate the insurance companies that are able to participate in the exchanges, and receive federal subsidies for certain services. These marketplaces promote transparency and accountability and facilitate cost-containment by sharing high-costs within the marketplace.

States have a November 16, 2012 deadline to submit blueprints to the federal government if they want to run their own healthcare insurance exchange.

If a state is unwilling or unable to establish an exchange, the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Department will assume primary responsibility for operating a federally based exchange in the state.

These three last paragraphs taken from this site :

State Budget Solutions

Dead in the Water? Heath Insurance Exchange Deadline Is November 16th

by Kristen De Pena

November 9, 2012

Dead in the Water? Heath Insurance Exchange Deadline Is November 16th

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 Published on Nov 12, 2012 by Current

Mother Jones reporter Andy Kroll joins Jennifer Granholm in "The War Room" to talk about what the Affordable Care Act will look like on a state level as the Friday deadline looms for states to submit how they'll enact.

Tune in Weeknights at 10e/7p on Current TV

http://current.com/shows/the-war-room/

Obamacare: Why this Friday is an important day for you




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POLITICO.COM : Super Extremist Tea Party Senator Rand Paul wants to carve a compromise immigration plan with an “eventual path” to citizenship for illegal immigrants, a proposal he believes could be palatable to conservatives

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"Rand" Paul (born 1963), the junior United States Senator for Kentucky, showed himself as an enemy of the Civil Rights Acts of Lyndon Johnson, but perhaps he is now maturing into a more responsible politician, and less Tea Party Bigot and Racist. His father Ron Paul committed some Racist "Peccadillos" in his youth.

It is amazing that such enemy of Civil Rights is pushing for Immigration Reform with some type of Amnesty. Unbelievable, Incredible, Amazing, Stunning !!

Rand Paul wants to help the GOP broaden its tent and appeal to crucial voting blocs that handed Democrats big wins in the West Coast, the Northeast and along the Great Lakes.

“We have three big regions where we’re not competitive,” Paul said. “And we have to be competitive in those regions.”

POLITICO.COM
Welcome to the Rand Paul evolution
By MANU RAJU
November 13, 2012

Welcome to the Rand Paul evolution


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VIDEO CNN : San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro : ObamaCare Great Motivator Latino Turnout, not only Immigration like what Texas Republican US Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison said - Twin brother Joaquin Castro elected to U. S. House of Representatives

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When will red Texas become blue ( flip to Democratic Party ) ?? - The mayor predicts that this will happen someday.

CNN VIDEO of Soledad O'Brien interviewing the San Antonio Mayor. He says that ObamaCare is a magnet to Latinos, and Immigration is not the only issue to attract Latino Voters, the Democratic Party is more than Immigration to Latinos. This is a little contradiction to Retiring Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.

The retiring Senator is a moderate Republican that joins Charles Krauthammer, Sean Hannity and House Speaker John Boehner in a call for moderation of GOP in matters of Immigration.

My Opinion :

Such a Big Monster of Racism and Hatred like the GOP can not turn on a dime, and it has to lose two or three more elections before abandoning extremism and the powerful addictive drug of Racism.


CNN
Julian Castro predicts big change in Texas
By Ashley Killough
November 8th, 2012


Julian Castro predicts big change in Texas

Excerpts :

 Republican Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas said the Lone Star State should be considered a model for the GOP in learning how to be more inclusive. She cited the state's version of the DREAM Act, which allows certain students who came to the country illegally to attend state universities.

She also pointed to the state's next U.S. senator, Ted Cruz, whose family came from Cuba. He's replacing Hutchison following her retirement in January.

"I think Texas is a way forward to show you can be very conservative and talk about the issues that Hispanics…embrace," she said on "Starting Point," adding that many of the state's small business owners are Hispanic. "I think it's doable for sure at a national level if we follow the Texas model."

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VIDEO : Mike Papantonio and Ed Schultz : "Extremist GOP No Longer Relevant In Politics" - House Speaker John Boehner wants more of the same in Big Budget Cuts and no Taxes - GOP has to lose 2 or 3 more elections to change

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GOP lost the election and is acting like a winner :

They have to lose some games to rebuild the infrastructure of the Football Team, because the GOP can't lose its extremism, racism, hate and bigotry overnight. They are in a vicious circle of fanaticism, of dogmatic doctrine, and that is a powerful addictive drug with no rehab clinic.

Mike Papantonio warn us against the deception and illusion that the GOP is going to change in four years or less. They will continue being the same rigid bigots, dogmatic doctrinaires, stubborn people allergic to change.

What House Speaker John Boehner is proposing is the same Fairy Tale that they have been preaching about Loopholes and Deductions that they will use to generate revenue. They have never explained that in detail, nothing specific. It is just Bullshit and the Fairy Tale of Trickle Down Economics. An unproved Theory that has failed many times in many places. Truly a Fairy Tale to enrich the Rich and impoverish the Poor.

Mike Papantonio is one of the most intelligent guys that I can find to analyze politics. That is why I am always following him, almost daily !!

Barry Goldwater said that Government demands compromise and that the "Fanatical Pastors" frightened him because they are rigid bigots. If pastors take over the Republican Party then Goldwater thought that they would ruin the GOP because they act on the name of God, and GOD is more important than GOP.

Change is not written in the Republican Party DNA of our days and they now are dependent on the votes of the most Fanatical Bigoted Pastors, the American Taliban.

Mike Papantonio says : Marco Rubio is not a True Latino, and his consideration that Latinos are conservative and love right wing ideas is totally false, they do not love right wing methods. Marco Rubio does not understand Latinos and is poorly informed about them, they escaped conservative governments and societies.

 Published on Nov 8, 2012 by golefttv

Mike Papantonio talks with Ed Schultz about the failures of the GOP and how their shift to the far right (thanks to the Tea Party) has made the party completely irrelevant to voters today.

Papantonio: Extremist GOP No Longer Relevant In Politics




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VIDEO Fox News, "Bob Beckel to Bill O'Reilly : "You don't get Demographics"." - Bill O'Reilly : "President Obama didn't win by very much !. Certainly far left politics hurt him more than help him" - Bigots will drive the GOP to lose in 2016

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Bob Beckel : "The Demographics of this election made things impossible for Republicans." :

Bill O'Reilly constantly says that he does not understand what happened. He does not understand why three million less people voted for Romney than for John McCain. ...

Bill does not understand why Young Single Women do not vote Republican.

Bill blames the "Entitlement Culture" : Minorities vote for the Democratic Party in order to receive handouts and gifts ( free and gratis ) so that they do not have to work again for the rest of their lives.

And what about the gifts that Romney promised to the Super Rich of the 1% ?? - They are good because they are not "Entitlements"...

Bill is a Great Super Idiot !! .... And as long as these guygs continue being very powerful in the media they will drive the GOP to lose in 2016.

The O'Reilly Factor: The Impact Segment - Bob Beckel Interview (November 7, 2012) 

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VIDEO : FOXNEWS FOX NEWS: Sasha Obama to her father Behind you 2012 Presidential Victory Speech - Here is little Sasha Obama ( youngest daughter ) reminding her father to wave "Behind you!" when the Obama family first came on stage on election night 2012

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This little girl is going to be a Great Politician :

The Youngest daughter of President Obama Sasha reminds her father that he has to greet all people and that there are many fans waiting for his salute behind him.

FOXNEWS FOX NEWS: Sasha Obama to her father Behind you 2012 Presidential Victory Speech

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"The Hill" : Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) faces conservative backlash over call for immigration reform - Republican Civil War in the House with angry Louisiana Rep. John Fleming (R), and furious Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) - These two last guys are well known Super Racists

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The Champions of Racism in the House of Representatives are furious with "traitors" Speaker John Boehener, and with Fox News pundits Charles Krauthammer and Sean Hannity. Republican Civil War over Migra !!

My Comment : 

Speaker Boehner is just exercising leadership and being reasonable. He can not be held hostage to a few extremists. !

The Hill
Speaker Boehner faces conservative backlash over call for immigration reform
By Molly K. Hooper
November 09/12 12:38 PM ET


Speaker Boehner faces conservative backlash over call for immigration reform


Some excerpts :

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) could be facing a civil war within his party over immigration policy after conservative members of the GOP conference took issue with his call for “comprehensive" reform.

Boehner on Friday wouldn’t offer any additional details on how he would accomplish such a massive policy change.

“I’m not going to get into any of the details of how you would get there — it’s just time to get the job done," he told reporters at a press conference at the Capitol.

Boehner told ABC News on Thursday that the issue of immigration reform “has been around far too long … a comprehensive approach is long overdue.”

He added that "I’m confident that the president, myself, others can find the common ground to take care of this issue once and for all."

But several conservative lawmakers took issue with the Speaker's words.

On Friday morning, Louisiana Rep. John Fleming (R) issued a statement urging Boehner to “talk with House Republicans before making pledges on the national news.”

Fleming said “I’m concerned that Speaker Boehner is getting ahead of House Republicans when he commits to getting a ‘comprehensive approach’ to immigration taken care of ‘once and for all.’ There’s been zero discussion of this issue within the conference.”

And Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), one of the most conservative members of the GOP conference, slammed Republicans for considering citizenship for illegal immigrants.

"Obama voters chose dependency over Liberty. Now establishment R's want citizenship for illegals. You can't beat Santa Claus with amnesty," he tweeted on Friday.

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Frank Rich in New York Mag : The most caustic attack of a Very Great Writer against the GOP Madness and Denial of Reality - GOP is "Haven for Racists", "Poison for America" - Few People are so fearless as to tell the sad and tragic Truth

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Frank Rich warns us against a GOP that won't change its "faith-based view of reality" .... It is very dangerous to trust a party that constantly denies reality and lives off lies !

Excerpts:

"Barry Goldwater’s opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Richard Nixon’s “southern strategy” transformed the party of Lincoln into a haven for racists."

"The rude jolt administered by the election does not mean that the GOP will now depart from its faith-based view of reality—though it will surely heed Laura Ingraham’s postelection call for changing “the language of dealing with Latinos.”"

There are many editorialist and writers but there is only one Frank Rich, I take off my hat before this Great Guy !!

New York Magazine
Fantasyland
Denial has poisoned the GOP and threatens the rest of the country too.
By Frank Rich
November 9, 2012

Fantasyland : Denial has poisoned the GOP and threatens the rest of the country too.


Some excerpts :

That a presidential hopeful so cavalierly mendacious could get so close to the White House, winning some 48 percent of the popular vote, is no small accomplishment. The American weakness that Romney both apotheosized and exploited in achieving this feat—our post-fact syndrome where anyone on the public stage can make up anything and usually get away with it—won’t disappear with him. A slicker liar could have won, and still might.

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In truth, Romney was a perfect embodiment of the current GOP. As much as the Republican Party is a radical party, and a nearly all-white party, it has also become the Fantasyland Party. It’s an isolated and gated community impervious to any intrusions of reality from the “real America” it solipsistically claims to represent. This year’s instantly famous declaration by the Romney pollster Neil Newhouse that “we’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers” crystallized the mantra of the entire GOP.

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Daniel Patrick Moynihan might be surprised to learn that he is now remembered most for his oft-repeated maxim that “everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” Yet today most Americans do see themselves as entitled to their own facts, with one of our two major political parties setting a powerful example. For all the hand-wringing about Washington’s chronic dysfunction and lack of bipartisanship, it may be the wholesale denial of reality by the opposition and its fellow travelers that is the biggest obstacle to our country moving forward under a much-empowered Barack Obama in his second term. If truth can’t command a mandate, no one can.

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