Is there any good news today?

[politicasista]

I have been out and about the last few days (cousin's graduation) but it feels like the mood is somber here of late. I miss everyone. :hi:

[JI7]

1. it's kind of mixed

there was the deal on the filibuster and no side got everything they wanted. and both sides kind of had to give it up.

we will really know who benefits/loses from this deal in the future as it plays out with the judicial nominations.

i'm just hoping that by 2006 Democrats can gain enough seats to take control of the senate so the "nuclear option" is not even an issue.

[saltpoint]

2. Hi, politicasista. There is some good news.

A horse who stumbled and fell right out of the gate on Saturday charged back to win the Preakness.

The Senate, lately aflame with tension and partisanship, was the scene of a compromise yesterday on the filibuster/nuclear option issue.

Bush's poll numbers are the lowest of his presidency according to weekend polls.

Still another survey showed that a huge majority of Americans don't want their judges rubberstamped.

Bill Frist -- THE CAT BUTCHER -- is facing a steeper climb to the GOP nomination as a result of getting out-maneuvered on the filibuster.

Nutcase fundamentalists have been shown that they might not be able to control floor votes on the U.S. Senate and have been outflanked by their nemesis, John McCain.

James Taylor is on tour this summer.

And flowers are blasting out of the dirt in gardens all across the country.

[politicasista]

4. Hi Old Crusoe

Can't wait til the Cat Butcher is voted out next year. He thinks he will get nominated. He is worse than Dole. Boring and zero charisma. Yuk!


Thanks for the updates.


:hi:

[TayTay]

3. Good USA Today polling story

Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg says Bush is losing ground on "big, defining issues," including the economy and Iraq. "On Social Security, he's moved from being the person offering interesting ideas to the guy who wants to cut Social Security benefits."

Republican pollster David Winston says gas prices and Iraq violence have "unsettled the electorate" and affected Bush's standing.

There are red flags for Bush on two standard measures of a president's political health. The proportion that says he has "the personality and leadership qualities a president should have" fell to a new low of 52%. A record 57% say they disagree with him on the issues that matter the most to them.

On the filibuster confrontation — defused by a compromise announced late Monday — those surveyed favored the Democrats by 48%-40%. But they saw merit in the arguments of each side. A 53% majority say the filibuster — the ability of at least 41 senators to continue debate and delay a vote — should be preserved. Still, 69% wanted the Senate to hold up-or-down votes on judicial nominees.

Interest in the issue wasn't particularly high, though. A 57% majority wasn't following the news on filibusters closely; more than one in three weren't following it at all.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-05-23-bush-ratings_x.htm

[politicasista]

5. Thanks JI7 and Tay Tay

:yourock: :hi: