September 27, 2018 6:00 AM
Morning Reads – Thursday, September 27, 2018
Peaches
- “Diluted diversity” of our state’s top 2 courts
- Unsurprising report: Georgia falls short on mental health
- Georgia part of uber Uber settlement
- An $18,000 payout for the school superintendent accused of racist remarks
- The gap in gender demographics in the Georgia Governor’s race
- Sequel to “The Shining” is filming on Georgia coast
- Georgia whistleblowers get part of winnings in hospital case
Jimmy Carter
- 3,600 different anti-Kavanaugh ads from one campaign
- Voting by smartphone?
- We’ll soon spend more on interest than the military
- The wealth of the top 1% has exceeded $100 trillion
- Facial recognition at the airport?
Sweet Tea
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Why has there been so little public polling in the Georgia statewide races? I saw the one from September 6 from AJC/UGA which had Abrams and Kemp tied. Nothing on the SOS between Barrow/Raffensperger.
I saw the internal poll from Abrams’s campaign.
I looked at Real Clear Politics and Five Thirty Eight. Nothing on the governor or SOS races in the past 3 weeks.
They have some governor races from other states.
I’m surprised since it is a tight race.
I have wondered the same thing.
What happens today and tomorrow in DC might have a significant effect on any upcoming poll.
“What happens today and tomorrow in DC might have a significant effect on any upcoming poll.”
From the Gallup vault:
“WASHINGTON, D.C. — In October 1991, the U.S. Senate was preparing to vote on the U.S. Supreme Court confirmation of conservative judge Clarence Thomas when news reports of lawyer Anita Hill’s sexual harassment allegations against Thomas broke.
From the outset, Thomas denied the accusations and never wavered in asserting that he did not harass Hill, sexually or otherwise. Thomas and many of his supporters claimed that Hill, who had worked for Thomas at the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, was politically motivated, but Hill vehemently denied this…
On Oct. 15, 1991, the Democratic-controlled Senate confirmed Thomas by a narrow 52 to 48 votes. Six in 10 Americans said that in the end, the Hill-Thomas hearings were bad for the country, while 31% said they were good for the country.
After Thomas’ confirmation, Gallup asked Americans how they thought Hill’s charges of sexual harassment and the Senate hearings would affect women reporting cases of sexual harassment, and 60% thought women would be more likely to report such claims. Two in 10 each thought women would be less likely or that there wouldn’t be much change…
However, the general election in 1992 was dubbed the “Year of the Woman” as 28 new women were elected to Congress, including four to the Senate. Some suggested that the optics of a male-dominated Senate during the Thomas-Hill hearings triggered this record shift in the gender balance of Congress.”
https://news.gallup.com/vault/242417/gallup-vault-anita-hill-charges-against-clarence-thomas.aspx?g_source=link_NEWSV9&g_medium=TOPIC&g_campaign=item_&g_content=Gallup%2520Vault%3a%2520Anita%2520Hill%27s%2520Charges%2520Against%2520Clarence%2520Thomas
Deja vu all over again.
The oddest thing about that is that Thomas was confirmed by a Dem Senate. Days of old, I suppose. You’d think under those circumstances only a centrist could be confirmed.
You mean there’s something happening? Other than millions of dollars burned by libs on a p/r campaign to destroy a man. Guilt by accusation, no presumption of innocence for the accused. Case closed, nothing to see here.
Well looks like it is good for the Repubs. Looks like America is starting to get fed up with the circus parade the dems keep coming up with. Republicans polling higher now than Demoncrats. Republican favorability at 45%, Democrats at 44% https://news.gallup.com/poll/242906/republican-party-favorability-highest-seven-years.aspx
Noway cited that on Tuesday.
$31 to fill up my Honda CRV yesterday, $2.61.9/gal. for regular.
“While gasoline prices typically drop following peak summer demand season, they have not fallen as fast as expected, said Jeanette Casselano, spokeswoman for the American Automobile Association.
The national price average was at $2.867 a gallon as of Wednesday, its highest seasonally since 2014, according to AAA..
Fuel prices have risen due to a surge in crude oil prices. U.S. crude futures have gained in part because of U.S. sanctions affecting Iran’s petroleum sector, which have already cut into that nation’s exports, according to market participants…
The sanctions are expected to take supply off the market when they go into effect in November. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ended a meeting on Sunday with no formal recommendation to boost output.
Increased pressure on global supply could cause gasoline prices to remain at current levels or even rise this fall, which would be unusual, said Patrick DeHaan, head of petroleum analysis at tracking firm GasBuddy. That could have an effect on voter psyche with the midterm congressional elections approaching.
“The absence of a decline at the pump in the fall could be notable as voters head to the polls,” DeHaan said…
Yet, prices might not be high enough to sway voter sentiment. Consumers do not usually make “lifestyle changes” until prices rise to $3.25 a gallon or more, Casselano said.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-oil-gasoline/u-s-gasoline-prices-at-seasonal-four-year-high-ahead-of-midterm-elections-idUSKCN1M70D0
Well, I made a lifestyle choice after I spent my $31, no Coca-Cola for me afterwards.
I don’t think Ms. Mitchell’s style is ideal, either, but that would depend on the directions given to her by the committee.
And I also sense that while Ms. Mitchell is trying to dig into details to challenge credibility, she is also deeply empathetic, and is subtly supporting her credibility.
So, I wonder if anyone now doubts the allegation. Anyone reasonable, that is.
Her strategy may be to question the motive of the accuser rather than inflating the importance of the event.
This is a political “trial” and she is probably playing up the political aspect.
Tiptoe around the crime and jump on the motive.
The Republicans are making Kavanaugh look guilty as all heck. If they were doing this to “clear his name” they failed miserably.
On Deals appointments. What is the diversity in the State on Lawyers not the whole population. I think it is a bad story anyways. You want the best of the best for those jobs not just because they are black or female.
I can agree with that.
Meanwhile… the Dutch stopped a terrorist attack, we (the country) are suing Elon Musk, “Outlander” season 4 will premiere at SCAD on Sunday, October 28th, the mousers for 10 Downing Street and White Hall got into a fight under a car (Team Larry), the EPA is dissolving the Office of Science Advisors, home sales fell in August, and the Da Bears. Still. Suck.
Finally, a troll-free MR’s.
I don’t necessarily agree with the methods but it did have to happen. It got out of control and he didn’t want to listen to reason so I imagine real life got involved.
Huh? For the most part I’ve just been doing a selective high level flyover of the MRs.
What happened? I completely missed it.