October 2, 2014

Why Women Are Democrats' Last Best Hope to Salvage the Senate

October 1, 2014 In North Carolina, GOP Senate nominee Thom Tillis had built leads of up to 14 percentage points among men in recent polls. Republicans who have won male voters by that margin have only lost two Senate races in the past 10 years, according to exit polls. It's equal to the margin Republicans posted nationwide during their electoral sweep in 2010.

But Tillis has consistently trailed in recent surveys, because Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan—whose campaign, like her party's efforts in Colorado and elsewhere across the country, has focused relentlessly on issues of greater importance to women—has run up the score even higher among female voters.

The "gender gap"—the difference between Republicans' usual margin of victory among men and Democrats' usual margin of victory among women—is nothing new. It has been evident for years in almost every election up and down the ballot. But a National Journal analysis of public polls, and interviews with strategists from both parties, suggests that the gap has ballooned to historic proportions across 2014's battleground states. Democrats are running campaigns designed to press an advantage among women that is helping the party compete in a number of races despite an unfriendly political climate and steep GOP advantages among men. Meanwhile, Republicans are searching for issues to combat the trend with female voters.

"I think the gender gaps are growing compared to past election cycles," said Matt Canter, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee's deputy executive director. "We'll see how that turns out, but that's certainly what the public and internal polling shows, in every race across the board."

More here: http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/with-a-democratic-push-gender-gap-widening-into-gender-gulf-in-2014-20141002

October 2, 2014

Elizabeth Warren Is Now a Jeopardy! Category

The nexus between the TV game show Jeopardy! and prominent Washington figures involved in financial regulation continued this week, with contestants testing their knowledge of facts about Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.).

Contestants on Tuesday night’s show were confronted with a category entitled “Mrs. Warren’s Profession.” It was the second time this year that one of the creators of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Ms. Warren led in its early days, has made Jeopardy-related news.

The CFPB’s director, Richard Cordray, is a five-time Jeopardy champion who tried — but failed — earlier this year to recreate his winning ways.

While the five Warren-related questions posed by host Alex Trebek would not stump many Beltway insiders, not all contestants fared well. Here’s a recap:

1) In 2012, Elizabeth Warren was elected a senator from this state.
Answer: What is Massachusetts?
Mr. Trebek: You got it.

2) Mrs. Warren is on the Senate committee known as HELP: Health, Education, Labor and these retirement benefits.
Answer: (incorrect) What is Social Security?
Answer: (correct) What are pensions?
Mr. Trebek: P stands for pensions, correct.

3) Elizabeth chaired the Congressional oversight panel for this program, whose 4-letter abbreviation sounds like a canvas cover.
Answer: What is TARP?


More here: http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/10/02/elizabeth-warren-is-now-a-jeopardy-category/

October 2, 2014

GOP Bible:

October 2, 2014

'He Cried And Begged His Father, "Don't Do It, Daddy. Don't Shoot Mommy." My Son Said That.'

Kate Ranta's ex-husband was released from a restraining order and immediately went out and purchased a gun. Then he came to her apartment, where her father and her 4-year-old son were with her. Hear her story. There's a million more Kates in the world, and each one of them has a similar and unacceptable story to tell.

http://www.upworthy.com/he-cried-and-begged-his-father-dont-do-it-daddy-dont-shoot-mommy-my-son-said-that?c=bl3

October 2, 2014

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October 2, 2014

Sen. Bernie Sanders: Millions of Jobs!!!

October 2, 2014

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October 2, 2014

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October 2, 2014

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October 1, 2014

ELIZABETH WARREN: The Secret New York Fed Tapes Confirm The Game Is Rigged

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who has called for congressional hearings regarding conduct at the Federal Reserve following the ProPublica and This American Life report from last week, told NPR in an interview on Wednesday that the report, "tells us exactly what we already knew."

Warren told NPR's Steve Inskeep that the report, "ultimately this report tells us exactly what we already knew — that the relationship between regulators and the financial institutions they oversee is too cozy to provide the kind of tough oversight that's really needed."

Last week, a report from ProPublic and This American Life released secret audio recordings from former New York Fed official Carmen Segarra that appeared to showed disagreements and dysfunction among Fed officials stationed inside Goldman Sachs.

Listening to the tapes, Warren said two things jumped out: the lack of truthful reporting and the emphasis by Fed officials on talk over action.

"You know, the regulators seemed to think that it was a victory just to raise an issue, even if they took absolutely no action to address the issue," Warren said. "And that's the kind of approach that allowed banks to take on massive risks before the financial crisis. You know, think about that: The regulators seemed to think that fussing at banks behind closed doors was their toughest sanction. Does anyone believe that Goldman Sachs is gonna give up a deal that would yield millions of dollars because someone fussed at them behind closed doors?"


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-on-goldman-sachs-the-fed-2014-10#ixzz3Evikc96V