The Republican Nomination For President: The Race For The Race For The White House

If you was more intelligent pom I would attempt to explain what an anti-woman remark that is.

As it is I'll content myself with saying that it is suprising that a supporter of teaching evolution in schools turns out to be a silly, puritanical prig.

Obviously you have no coherent definition of "teaching evolution in schools".

Take a look at Pagan, Hindu, Polynesian, Neolithic and Japanese art from periods before Christian influence.

A hotel bar or lobby is actually a good place to meet someone.

I find it bizarre that someone in Cain's position at the NRA with ambitions for something further would meet alone with a woman in a bar and then at a restaurant without a witness/chaperone.
I find it suspicious that the woman - seemingly a professional - would get herself into a situation of meeting a potential employer in a bar and then a restaurant.

She said she booked herself a room at a hotel two blocks from the White House and when she checked in, it was upgraded to a suite by Cain. They went to dinner at an Italian restaurant and after dinner Cain made unwanted advances toward Bialek in the car.

When she asked what he was doing, she said he responded by rhetorically asking her: "You want a job, right?"

She said Cain stopped when she made it clear she was not interested.

plainoldme wrote:

A hotel bar or lobby is actually a good place to meet someone.

Sure ... for a date.

She said she was let go from the National Restaurant Association's Educational Foundation in the summer of 1997 and asked to meet him for coffee a month or so later in Washington, to ask for his assistance with her job search.

The verb you wanted to use should have been "were." Was, in this sentence, sounds illiterate.

“Q: Do you think the Republicans are intentionally stalling efforts to jumpstart the economy to insure that Barack Obama is not reelected or not?”

Yes: 50%
No: 41%
Unsure: 10%

. I think this gives credit to the idea that the Dems and Obama can hang the bad economy around the neck of the GOP in the next election

This mirrors a WaPo poll on this subject from just yesterday. I think this gives credit to the idea that the Dems and Obama can hang the bad economy around the neck of the GOP in the next election. And it has the added bonus of being perfectly true.

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. I think this gives credit to the idea that the Dems and Obama can hang the bad economy around the neck of the GOP in the next election

You seem to be blissfully unaware that a great many people believe that the government can not jump start the economy, and that all efforts to try are doomed to be counter productive. This poll result does not say what you think it says.

There certainly are people who think that the gov't can do nothing to jump-start the economy; they are fools who understand nothing of economics. We generally refer to them as 'Republicans.

I seem to remember a consensus of polling data that showed that independents do not think that the stimulus package worked or was a good use of money.

The number you should be watching is the percent of americans who believe that government efforts to fix the economy is actually making it worse.

I believe I recently read that Ms Bialek was seeking the job she approached Cain about because she had been fired from her previous position for falsifying a sexual harrassment charge.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The recovery is picking up steam as employers boost payrolls, but economists think the government's stimulus package and jobs bill had little to do with the rebound, according to a survey released Monday.

In latest quarterly survey by the National Association for Business Economics, the index that measures employment showed job growth for the first time in two years -- but a majority of respondents felt the fiscal stimulus had no impact.



NABE conducted the study by polling 68 of its members who work in economic roles at private-sector firms. About 73% of those surveyed said employment at their company is neither higher nor lower as a result of the $787 billion Recovery Act, which the White House's Council of Economic Advisers says is on track to create or save 3.5 million jobs by the end of the year.

That sentiment is shared for the recently passed $17.7 billion jobs bill that calls for tax breaks for businesses that hire and additional infrastructure spending. More than two-thirds of those polled believe the measure won't affect payrolls, while 30% expect it to boost hiring "moderately."

29% Say Stimulus Plan Helped the Economy, 43% Say It Hurt

Just 25% of voters nationwide believe the economic stimulus package created jobs and voters are counting on decisions made by business owners more than government officials to create the jobs needed by the nation.

Those results come from a Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey conducted the night before release of the government report on job creation in June. That report showed the unemployment rate falling to 9.5% but also showed that just 83,000 private sector jobs were created.

The new survey found that just 29% believe last year's economic stimulus plan has helped the economy while 43% believe it hurt. Not surprisingly, there is little appetite for another round. By a 69% to 15% margin, voters believe tax cuts is a better way to create jobs rather than more government spending.

Ultimately, though, voters are looking to the private sector to create jobs. Sixty-five percent (65%) say that decisions made business owners seeking to grow their business will do more to create jobs than decisions made by government officials. Just 23% expect the government officials to have a bigger impact.