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Monday, September 13, 2010
Poverty up under Obama
US poverty on track to post record gain in 2009
By HOPE YEN and LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writers Hope Yen And Liz Sidoti, Associated Press Writers – Sat Sep 11, 2:13 pm ET
WASHINGTON – The number of people in the U.S. who are in poverty is on track for a record increase on President Barack Obama's watch, with the ranks of working-age poor approaching 1960s levels that led to the national war on poverty.
Census figures for 2009 — the recession-ravaged first year of the Democrat's presidency — are to be released in the coming week, and demographers expect grim findings.
It's unfortunate timing for Obama and his party just seven weeks before important elections when control of Congress is at stake. The anticipated poverty rate increase — from 13.2 percent to about 15 percent — would be another blow to Democrats struggling to persuade voters to keep them in power.
"The most important anti-poverty effort is growing the economy and making sure there are enough jobs out there," Obama said Friday at a White House news conference. He stressed his commitment to helping the poor achieve middle-class status and said, "If we can grow the economy faster and create more jobs, then everybody is swept up into that virtuous cycle." Read more here.
By: Byron York Chief Political Correspondent September 9, 2010
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) speaks on jobs and the economy at the City Club of Cleveland, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan) (AP)
Things have gotten out of hand when it comes to predictions of a Republican victory in the upcoming midterm elections. In recent days, talk of a GOP edge has turned into talk of a GOP blowout. Prognosticators have upgraded the coming political storm from Category 4 to Category 5. Republican control of the House has gone from possible to inevitable.
But Republicans don't believe it, or at least the insiders involved in the midterm effort don't believe it. As they see it, they're in a good position to pick up the 39 seats needed to win control of the House, but polls showing a huge GOP lead are simply wrong. "I'm assuming that Cook and Rothenberg and Rove and the others have got different indications from what we've got," says one member of the House GOP election team. "I don't want to overestimate what's out there."
Obama defends mosque rights; pastor deliberates burnings - Summary
Washington - US President Barack Obama on Friday stepped into the controversy over plans for a New York City mosque near the 2001 terrorist attack site, while an obscure Florida pastor continued to inflame global protests with the threat to burn Korans.Muslims should be able to build wherever other religious groups can build, Obama said, adding that the United States stood for equality of all men and women, and of their right to "practice their religion freely.""What that means is that if you could build a church on a site, you could build a synagogue on a site, if you could build a Hindu temple on a site, then you should be able to build a mosque on a site," Obama said at a press conference.
Kliphnote: With poverty up, I bet Obama will blame Bush. I am sure if the Democrats don't lose as many seats as they
thought, they will call it a victory.
Watch and see. Does anyone think(other than Obama) that the only reason they want to build a mosque
close to the Ground Zero is to stick a thumb in the eye of Americans?
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