Midterm Election Indicators Daunting for Democrats

[wjk]

"I guess those shovel ready jobs weren't so ready after all."

 

[Lucrum]

The Ohio Primary has come and gone. Once again, GOP Rep. John Boehner has won and advances to the general election....



I never did like Ohio. WTF is wrong with those people?

 

[Tsing Tao]

WTF is wrong with those people?

Have you ever been there?

 

[Lucrum]

Have you ever been there?

More times than I can remember, but not recently.

 

[Lucrum]

Hey, remember that whole 2010 “recovery summer" thing? Yeah, that was classic.

From CNS News:

The labor force participation rate in April 2014 for Americans ages 25 to 29 hit the lowest level recorded since 1982, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) started tracking such data.

The labor force participation rate, which is the percentage of the civilian non-institutional population who participated in the labor force by either having a job during the month or actively seeking one, hit a record low in April 2014 of 79.8%...

 

[Tsing Tao]

More times than I can remember, but not recently.

Then you should be able to answer "What is wrong with those people?"

 

[Lucrum]

Then you should be able to answer "What is wrong with those people?"

Come to think of it, they were a bit looney. And those were the (R)'s.


I wonder, how much if any of "Boner's" continuing support comes from what I'll call the sports fan mentality. As in the voters of Ohio are more concerned about the speaker of the house being from their state than who is best to represent Ohio.