Economy Still Diving

With the stimulus bill just starting to gear up, we are still seeing job loss at an alarming rate. Above is a graph of the rate of job loss. Notice that we are already at the lowest point within the past 50 years. Also notice the line for 2008. It hasn't even started to curve. Hopefully, the stimulus bill will curb this but this whole economy needs seems to be struggling.

Obama Linking GOP to Limbaugh

Obama has begun a large campaign to link Limbaugh as the leader of the GOP. The LA Times reports today:

"The Obama White House has begun advancing an aggressive political strategy: persuading the country that real power behind the Republican Party is not the GOP leaders in Congress or at the Republican National Committee, but rather provocative radio talk show king Rush Limbaugh. "

Why is this good? Well, as I have stated earlier, Limbaugh is only liked/supported/tolerated by the wingnuts of the repub party. By showing that their leader is a nut, he can neutralize the GOP brand, or what is left of it. This will be important for passing legislation and getting dems elected. 

The GOP brand is so tarnished that keeping them from recaptureing the brand over the next several years will help the dem cause considerable. The GOP is already trying to rebrand as the "fiscal responsible" party. But it is too early to start that b/c of the huge cluster f @# ck of an economy they left for Obama.

Rush Really Does Run the GOP

Steele, after calling Limbaugh an "entertainer", has backtracked on his statements and issued an apology.

"I went back at that tape and I realized words that I said weren't what I was thinking," Steele said. "It was one of those things where I thinking I was saying one thing, and it came out differently. What I was trying to say was a lot of people ... want to make Rush the scapegoat, the bogeyman, and he's not."

If the chairman of the GOP is issuing apologies to Rush, then who else is leading the party except for... Rush.

My suggestion to dems is tie the GOP and Rush together and use him as the bogeyman. Why not? He is only palpable to the crazies on the right and if the dems can really show that link then they can neutralize the GOP party as the party of "Rush". Who would vote for Rush??? Crazies.

Kansas Governor Tapped for Health and Human Services

The very popular gov of Kansas, Katherine Sebelius, was tapped by Obama to be the H n H Secretary. I think Obama knows that Sebelius was the likely next senator from Kansas b/c of the 2010 open senate election in Kansas. She was a shoe in, which would have put Obama at 60 senate seats. 

Knowing this, he really must have wanted her.