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A senior White House official told the Wall Street Journal that the administration doesn't really care when the shutdown ends because they're "winning" the PR fight against the GOP. While it's true that Republicans are absorbing more blame than Democrats for the dysfunction, the gap isn't especially wide, especially compared to the 1995 rout. Plus, voters are heaping opprobrium upon all parties involved in the squabble; most people are insisting on compromise which isn't helpful to Obama's "no negotiations" stance. The White House must ask itself if the presidentmay be"winning" in relative terms, but losing in absolute terms. A new Associated Press poll shows Congressional approval at five (!) percent, which is almost within the margin of error. The American people, needless to say, are disgusted by the spectacle playing out on Capitol Hill. Despite his efforts to play the role of an above the fray, frustrated bystander, Obama is also taking a hit from this mess. As well he should. Between his atrocious leadership on shutdown talks, which he's single handedly blocked, and the ongoing Obamacare meltdown, Obama's overall job approval has sunk to 37 percent. This ain't pretty:
Businesses are the job producers in Massachusetts, and they have been suffocating under the mounting costs of health care, Senate President Therese Murray, D Plymouth, said in a statement after the vote. bill brings the relief they need to start growing again, and it ensures a shared sacrifice from insurers and providers to bring relief in the short term as we continue to work on complicated, long term cost control measures.
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You could do a lot worse than use Jimmy Carter as a model with regard to energy policy. If the energy policy Carter put forth in 1977 had been adopted by this country then, we wouldn't be in the energy mess we're in today. Indeed, with some modifications, Obama could dust it off and use it as a starting point for his own. Now, like then, it will require some sacrifice on the part of most Americans to achieve energy independence. But isn't that better than the sacrifice of tens or hundreds of thousands of lives for foreign oil as we've done under Bush Cheney Coleman?
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