tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38526706203998262402011-08-22T14:13:59.842-04:00Featuring analysis and commentary on politics and policy by Todd Eberly, assistant professor of political science and coordinator of public policy studies at St. Mary's College of Maryland teeberly@smcm.eduTodd Eberlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14634156953096877002noreply@blogger.comBlogger451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3852670620399826240.post-46626915672835272892011-08-22T14:13:00.001-04:002011-08-22T14:13:59.848-04:00

Do matter how you measure party preference, Democrats have enjoyed a consistent lead for over 60 years. According to data from the American National Election Studies that lead has fluctuated, but remains significant. In 2008, Democrats led Republicans by 14 percentage points (when voters who lean toward one party or the other were included in the calculation). Even in years when Republicans

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I'd like to thank everyone for checking in with the PoliProf blog - for the next few weeks I will focus most of my efforts on the FreeStater Blog for St. Mary's College as we prepare for it's official roll out. So keep checking the FreeStater for news and commentary.

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Last week I offered my assessment of the key 2009 elections one week out, I return as promised to offer predictions for tomorrow. Virginia - It's all over but the counting. Tomorrow will be a big night for the GOP as Republican Bob McDonnell reclaims the governorship and the GOP wins all other statewide races (Lt. Governor and Attorney General). I expect the results to be quite lopsided with

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Back in early September I urged you to watch the off year elections in VA and NJ very closely, arguing that two GOP victories would indicate a high level of GOP intensity, Independent willingness to vote GOP, and, most deadly, Democratic apathy. Today marks the one week countdown to Election Day 2009 and I think that it is a good time to revisit the states. There appears to be nothing left to do

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The current reform proposals being considered in the House and the Senate will not solve the systemic problems in the American health care system - in fact they will likely make the problems worse. The current reform proposals maintain our fragmented system and will even add to the fragmentation.... read the rest at the FreeStater Blog.

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Perhaps it is appropriate that an 86 year old WWII vet reminds us that equality has always been the American ideal.... in a simple way this is a man standing up for his son, in more profound way it is veteran demanding that his nation live up up to the ideals for he so many have fought and died - freedom, liberty, equality.

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Trying to understand what all of these health reform polls mean? I argue that Democrats are correct when they say that the public supports a public option, and Republicans are correct when they say that the public opposes the health reform proposals currently being considered in Congress... How can both be true? Check out the FreeStater Blog to find out.

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It's a dirty word that no politician dares to utter, but any discussion of health reform, and of cost containment, demands that we talk about rationing. As stated by ethicist Peter Singer argued this past summer "The debate over health reform in the United States should start from the premise that some form of health care rationing is both inescapable and desireable. Then we can ask, What is the

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Interesting data from Pollster.com on health reform - seems clear that support for health reform has not been on the rise as some have suggested. According to Pew, Obama's approval is down and the public clearly opposes Congressional health reform proposals - and this is from a sample with only 23% Republicans. Gallup puts it at 51% in favor to 41% oppose, the AP puts it at 40% to 40%, and

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The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has provided compelling justification for comprehensive health care reform – not the insurance reform that is likely to emerge from the House and Senate, but true health care reform. In their report “Updated Long-Term Fiscal Deficit and Debt Projections,” the CBPP used data from the Congressional Budget Office to estimate long term debt, deficit,

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The Senate Finance Committee has essentially completed work on the Baucus health reform effort, the committee is waiting for the preliminary CBO score before taking a final vote. That report should come by mid-week. I suspect that it will find somewhat less in savings than did the CBO score of Baucus’ original bill – but will still see the promise of deficit reduction. I also expect that one or

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This is just a scathing bit of "satire" from Saturday Night Live - and it's important. It signifies that the media love affair that has shielded President Obama from scrutiny and criticism (among mainstream media outlets) is ending. Now that SNL has opened the floodgates, expect O'Brien, Letterman, Stewart and others to start bursting through. Until now, most comedians, especially John Stewart

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Check out the FreeStater blog for my take on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's latest expression of support for a "public option."

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In 1974, President Richard Nixon addressed Congress on the issue of health care. Said Nixon “Without adequate health care, no one can make full use of his or her talents and opportunities. It is thus just as important that economic, racial and social barriers not stand in the way of good health care as it is to eliminate those barriers to a good education and a good job.” Nixon went on to

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Charlie Cook has some eye opening news over at National Journal - the Democrats may not have long to enjoy their 60 vote super-majority.  Cook counts Harry Reid (NV), Blanche Lincoln (AR), Christopher Dodd (CT), and Michael Bennett (CO) as endangered and sees a real chance for Republicans in DE and NY, not to mention the open seat in IL that has been tainted by scandal. That's 7 seats. Now add

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See my post at the FreeStater Blog for an update and analysis. Today will be a decisive day in the health reform battle. Today, the Senate Finance committee will decide whether or not to amend the Baucus bill to add a public option. The Committees 13 Democrats and 10 Republicans will consider no fewer than 4 "public option" options and at this point, no one knows what will happen. Most counts

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Charlie Cook at National Journal offers some great reasons for redistricting reform. From Cook: "When I first came to Washington in September 1972, Congress abounded with conservative and moderate Democrats, as well as liberal and moderate Republicans. These lawmakers provided the ballast that prevented their parties from going to extremes. They kept the Democrats from driving into the ditch on

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As all other polls show the president hovering around 50% approval, with little improvement regarding his handling of health care along comes a new poll from CBS News and the NY Times suggesting that the president has a 56% approval rating. It also suggests that he now has a plurality 47% to 45% supporting his handling of health care reform... So what's the problem? Look to the last page of

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Jay Cost at RealClearPolitics offers an interesting take on where things stand on health care reform - like me, he's trying to figure out just what Nancy Pelosi is trying to accomplish by dissing the Blue Dogs. What I have to ask as well is - how far are Democrats willing to go to pass what is essentially pretty basic reform. From Cost: "Some commentators have suggested that the Democrats are

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The debate over health care reform in the last few months has featured plenty of yelling, a lot of finger-pointing and a shortage of dialogue. Todd Eberly, an assistant political science professor and coordinator of Public Policy Studies at St. Mary's College of Maryland, hopes to bring some civility to the rancorous issue on Monday, Sept. 28, when three health policy experts offer diverse

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Word that Speaker Pelosi has reneged on a deal with Blue Dogs and now intends to make a full court press for a Public Option in the House version of health reform offers further evidence that Democrats are leaning toward using reconciliation to pass health reform - a parliamentary trick and clear violation of Senate rules. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has warned Democrats that they

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I'll be "appearing" on WTOP radio in DC all week long as part of their Answer Desk segment. I explain just what the Public Option is in health reform. The segments will play all week - usually between 5 and 15 minutes past the top of the hour. Listen to a clip here.

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So, according to Eric Boehlert at MediaMatters right wing hate killed John Kennedy - "But I've been thinking about Dallas in 1963 because I've been recalling the history and how that city stood as an outpost for the radical right, which never tried to hide its contempt for the New England Democrat. Now, in this this month's Vanity Fair, Sam Kashner offers up in rich detail the hatred that ran

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We have movement on the health care front - Olympia Snowe is sending clear signals that she may yet support the Baucus health reform plan. First, she signed a letter "commending" Baucus for the legislation and now she says that she will decide not based on party, but on policy. As I argued in a prior post "Baucus needs a Republican - he needs to get to 60 votes. If he can get to 60 votes the

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So I have folks on the Left angry that I've criticized Liberals for hurling the racist label around and I have folks on the Right angry at me for making the Sauerbrey "fascism" comments public. Look - I think that we are on dangerous ground here and I'm not going to play favorites in this debate. Calling all of the president's critics racist is almost as crazy as calling the president a fascist

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Update After I shared this story with Talking Points Memo, they contacted Ellen Sauerbrey and she said "I think that we have a government that is following policies that are socialistic and fascist," she said. "I would not personalize my comments to describe the president. I hope to Heaven he's not. But I think that he's following policies that are taking us rapidly in the wrong direction."

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During the Bush years we were assured that "Dissent is the Highest Form of Patriotism" oh how times have changed... In the ever escalating battle over whether critics of the President are motivated by racism columnist Mary Mitchell has weighed in to endorse Jimmy Carter's sentiments that indeed yes Obama's critics are simply racists. From Mitchell: "Say what you will, but former president Jimmy

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Wyden's amendment makes good sense and would preserve our employer based system - but move us more toward the German model that works so well. The Wyden amendment would not add to the cost and should be added to any legislation. Wyden: "Under the nation’s current employer-based system, most people have little if any choice about where they get their insurance. They just have to accept the plan

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What a great and awful day to be Max Baucus. He has delivered his long negotiated health reform bill and even though it represents a tremendous bipartisan effort it was introduced with no Republican support and a great deal of Democratic opposition. Simply put, many Democrats feel that the bill gave away too much and Republicans argue that it costs too much - an argument that lost all credibility

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From a new Rasmussen Poll: Following President Obama’s speech to Congress last week, support for his health care reform plan increased steadily to a peak of 51% yesterday. However, the bounce appears to be over. The latest daily tracking shows that support has fallen all the way back to pre-speech levels. Forty-five percent (45%) of all voters nationwide now favor the plan while 52% are

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Mark Salter, former Chief of Staff for John McCain, correctly points out that neither side has clean hands in the coarsening of American politics - but you would never know that if you relied on the traditional media outlets. While the hate and vitriol of the Left is ignored by the press, every hint of it from the Right is amplified and explored. Blowhards like Glen Beck and Bill O'Reilly are

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From Jeremy Lott at Politico "Barack Obama’s initial approach to the office of the presidency has been as grandiose as Bush’s was restrained. It’s not hard to recall that he ran as a transformative candidate, promising sweeping, though somewhat fuzzy, “change” during the campaign... So far, he’s failing miserably." He goes on "What all this means is, barring some unforeseeable world event, Obama

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I wanted to add something to my prior post on "All of this Hitler Nonsense..." I want to be clear - there is no acceptable excuse for comparing Barack Obama or George Bush to Hitler - None, period. Though the comparisons mostly originate from within fringe movements, mainstream Conservatives and Liberals must step up and denounce the comparisons. During the Bush years, the mainstream Left ignored

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According to the Washington Post's Capitol Briefing "Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus announced Monday that he may unveil his long-awaited health-care bill as soon as Tuesday -- and he predicted that Republicans will find plenty to like about it." If Baucus manages to report a bill from committee with Republican votes he may earn the title "Senator of the Decade." The question will then be,

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Last week I argued that the President need a game changer from his speech to re-energize health reform. The first evidence would come from polling done in the days after the speech: "Pre speech the President was at 51% in Gallup and 48% in Rasmussen. Expect a bump - an almost immediate increase to the 55% range should occur by Sunday." Well, it's Monday and Rasmussen has the President at 52% and

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On Saturday, estimates are that tens of thousands of Americans descended upon DC to protest President Obama’s domestic agenda – from taxes, to cap and trade, to health care reform – Americans took the time to protest. In a nation more known for its political apathy than activism it, like the anti-war protests that became a hallmark of the latter Bush years, was a moment to celebrate, regardless

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Eleanor Clift argues that Obama needs to be LBJ in order to get health refrom passed - she's probably right. The problem is - Obama is not LBJ, to be fair few could be such a giant. But Obama's short time in the Senate did not provide him with the skills and insider knowledge that LBJ used to get Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Medicare, and Medicaid. From Clift "Lyndon Johnson was a master of the

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The Hill is reporting that the President is laying plans to use reconciliation in the Senate to bypass normal rules of procedure and push health care reform without needing to overcome a filibuster-proof majority of 60 votes. I'll post more on this later - but it is a bad, bad, bad, idea. Reform this important and substantial must be viewed as legitimate by the public. Just research the sorry

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Did the President's health care speech have an effect?  There are to places to watch - the Rasmussen and the Gallup daily tracking polls. Each is updated by 1PM and today will mark the first day to include polling done after the speech (each poll is a three day rolling average, so today will include 2 days pre-speech and 1 day post speech). Sunday's update will be the first to show 3 days of post

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In 1993, gubernatorial elections in VA and NJ served as precursors to the Republican wave in the 1994 mid terms.  In both states, Republican candidates won seats that had been held by Democrats. Now it's 2009 and polls show that the Republicans are leading in each state - and, as with 1993, Democrats currently hold each seat. Republican challenger Chris Christie continues to lead incumbent

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Ezra Klien offers a great overview of Max Baucas' plan. The Baucus plan is not perfect - but it is the bill most likely to pass, and in our system the best plan is always the plan that can pass. From Klein: "Let's begin by stating what isn't in Max Baucus's health-care reform framework : a public plan, serious subsidies between 300 percent and 400 percent of poverty, and a real employer mandate

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The evidence continues to mount that 2010 will be a bad year for Democrats. A new congressional ballot survey done for the RNC finds 36% would vote for the Republican candidate for Congress, 36% for the Democratic candidate and 28% are undecided who they would choose. A similar poll in June found Democrats leading 38% to 33%. The real shocker comes courtesy of Larry Sabato who says "In a

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On September 9, President Obama delivered his second address to a joint session of Congress and his 29th speech on the topic of health care reform. The speech was perhaps one of his best – and I say that as someone who is not a big fan of Obama the orator (I tend to think of him as Obama the teleprompter reader). But this speech was on target – he did an excellent job of explaining why the

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As Congress returns from a summer recess of heated town hall protests and even hotter political rhetoric, health reform is on the ropes. An NBC News poll tells the tale – 54% of the public are more concerned that the government will go too far with reform and make quality worse than are concerned that government will not do enough. In April, a quarter of Americans thought that President Obama’s

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