Obama, Republicans, and polls -- bad numbers all around

Time for real change in America. Here's your chance. Don't vote for career incumbents. 10 and out!

There's some bad news for President Obama in a new poll, but also some bad news for his Republican opponents.

According to the NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 52% of Americans disapprove of Obama's handling of the economy. By a 45-44% margin, they now disapprove of his handling of the Afghanistan war. Also, 40% say the country is worse off since he became president, while only 31% think we're better off.

The Rand Paul Kidnapping Story Deflates

The Rand Paul Kidnapping Story Deflates

Now, Paul's alleged victim is speaking out and any allegations of kidnapping seem pretty far fetched. In an interview with the Washington Post, the woman said "The whole thing has been blown out of proportion... They didn't force me, they didn't make me... I went along because they were my friends." Her clarification didn't make a huge splash but some took notice:

- The media went along with a smear of a political candidate who is politically incorrect. The establishment views Paul as a threat. And I'm no fan of his or his dad.

Home repossessions surged in July, but pace of new home loan defaults continued to slow

Home repossessions surged in July, but pace of new home loan defaults continued to slow

New jobless claims near a six-month high

New jobless claims near a six-month high

New applications for unemployment insurance rose last week to their highest level in almost six months, the latest evidence that some employers are still cutting their staffs.

First-time claims for jobless benefits edged up by 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted 484,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. Analysts had expected a drop. That's the highest total since February.

Like Arizona, Florida mulls law on 'illegals'

Like Arizona, Florida mulls law on 'illegals'

Term Limits Back to Voters

The politicians want to return what they stole from us. What's to stop them in the future? NYers should vote out every council member that voted to overthrow the will of the people in the last election.

New York City voters will have the opportunity on Election Day in November to restore a law that prohibits elected officials from serving more than two four-year terms, the city's Charter Revision Commission decided Wednesday night.

But in a move that may infuriate the public, the commission voted to approve a so-called grandfather clause to allow all sitting council members to serve a maximum of three terms, even if the electorate decides this fall to restore a cap on two terms.

Wells Fargo fined $203M for overdraft practice

Wells Fargo fined $203M for overdraft practice

Dollar Drops to 15-Year Low Against the Yen

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- On the road to becoming a third world nation.

Gunmen kill 8-year-old Chicago girl as she plays

Gunmen kill 8-year-old Chicago girl as she plays

Another shooting of a child in Chicago. And still nothing from Chicagoan Barack Obama.

'The Daily Show' Video: No Mosques in My Neighborhood

Jon Stewart exposes the stupidity of the anti-Mosque movement in America, including New York. He shows the ignorance of the argument by those opposing building a Mosque on 'hallowed ground.' And how the nation of freedom of religion is trying to deny that right Muslims in America. No one has done a better job than putting this issue in context than TDS...using humor, in the process.

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New Superbugs Spreading from South Asia: Study

"...could become a serious global public health problem"

"Health tourists" flocking to south Asia have carried a new class of antibiotic-resistant superbugs to Britain, researchers reported Wednesday, warning that the bacteria could spread worldwide.

Many hospital infections that were already difficult to treat have become even more impervious to drugs due to a recently discovered gene that can jump across different species of bacteria.

Record Low Mortgage Rates do Little for Demand

What now:

Home loan demand climbed last week but record low mortgage rates failed to light a fire in a market constrained by unemployment and tight lending practices.

Mortgage purchase and refinancing applications rose by less than 1 percent in the first week of August, even as 30-year loan rates fell to 4.57 percent, the lowest in 20 years of record keeping by the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Primary Votes Show Limits of Anti-Incumbent Wave

You have no one to blame but yourself if you return the incumbents to Congress. The people whom have brought this country near ruin are being given a vote of confidence. This is our chance to bring real 'change' to Washington. Don't blow it. In November, vote out every member of Congress who's been in office 10+ years. 10 and out! Or watch your country become a third world nation:

In an election year dominated by a desire for change in Washington, voters in Colorado and Connecticut on Tuesday nominated a trio of Senate candidates who positioned themselves as political outsiders. But Colorado's results proved there are limits on how much change voters actually want, a telling sign that November's pivotal midterm elections may be even more unpredictable than polls suggest.

Rand Paul calls GQ story ‘absolutely untrue’

Rand Paul calls GQ story ‘absolutely untrue’

Rangel: 'Don't leave me swinging in the wind'

This is bad news for the Democrats. Rangel wants to go down with the boat and take everyone with him. They coddled this crook for too long. Now he thinks he's entitled:

A combative Rep. Charles Rangel told the House on Tuesday he's not resigning despite 13 charges of wrongdoing and demanded the ethics committee not leave him "swinging in the wind."

Rangel, who is 80, spoke without notes in an extraordinary, often emotional 37-minute speech that defied his lawyers' advice to keep quiet about his case.

The New York Democrat and 40-year House veteran had a sharp message in dismissing fellow Democrats who, worried about election losses, want him to quit: "If I can't get my dignity back here, then fire your best shot in getting rid of me through expulsion."

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Fed Move on Debt Signals Concern About Economy

During the Reagan days they called it 'smoke and mirrors.'

Federal Reserve officials, acknowledging that their confidence in the recovery had dimmed, moved again on Tuesday to keep interest rates low and encourage economic growth. They also signaled that more aggressive measures could follow if the job market and other indicators continued to weaken.

Robert Gibbs says Leftwing Critics of Obama 'Ought to be Drug Tested'

This amoral administration is figuring that they don't need the left. That explains why Gibbs is constantly giving them the finger. As he did with Speaker Pelosi. They want to appease the ever growing independent vote. Play for the center is the political strategy of most Presidents. Clinton did the same exact thing. The problem is that the left naively believed that Obama was one of them. They fell for the same ole scam Democrats love to play. They make promises intended to win the primaries and then move to the center during the general election. This is the political equivalent of biting the hand that feeds you. In this case the Obama administration is biting the left.

The Obama administration's most public face, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, has tried to climbed down from angry remarks he aimed at leftwing critics, calling them "crazy".

In an interview with The Hill newspaper in Washington DC, Gibbs revealed frustration at attacks on the administration from liberal Democrats and others on the left, in terms likely to make relations even worse:

US govt sending ground zero mosque imam to Mideast

US govt sending ground zero mosque imam to Mideast

Woman Goes Berserk in Case of McNugget Madness