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Will Republicans WIN the Senate?

The ReadyWriter

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This is the biggest question being asked and filtering throughout the internet.

With the election being just eight (8) days away, every Gallup poll imaginable is predicting the Republicans to “WIN” the senate and rule the house.

It is also a prediction that Latino Americans will abandon the democratic vote because of the staggering approval on immigration reform. But “I’m laughing out loud” and wondering how is this even remotely possible when Republicans are opposed on economic issues like this:

  • GOP opposition to raising the minimum wage.
  • GOP refusal to renew unemployment benefits to the long-term unemployed.
  • GOP obstruction of Democratic proposals to lower payments and cut interest rates on student loans.
  • The incredibly unpopular GOP proposal to eliminate the Medicare guarantee and replace it with a voucher for private insurance.
  • The failed GOP proposal to privatize Social Security.

And dressing up Republican candidates (African-Americans especially), to disguise these positions is their trick to win over the majority but I don’t think it’s going to work; especially since most of these candidates personally embody these deeply unpopular stances.

So I ask the question here…Do you think Republicans will ‘WIN’ the senate?

Eric Cantor, Politics, President Obama

While Congress PRETEND to be at Work!

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The government shutdown continues!

GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor posted the above photo on his Twitter.com account the other day. The photo shows House GOP members sitting across the table from a row of empty seats patiently awaiting Senate members.

“In divided government, the only way forward is to sit down at the table. The House awaits the Senate…” Cantor tweeted. The majority Democratic Senate members refused to show up for a conference to continue talks that could end the government shutdown. And in a failed meeting with President Obama yesterday, a median compromise still could not be reached.

In the meantime, President Obama is standing his ground that “he will not compromise to end the government shutdown” just to appease the republicans.