With ninety-five percent of the media being conservative the odds are excellent for reinvention.

http://original.antiwar.com/eland/2010/11/09/can-w-reinvent-his-presidency/

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Thom, I am a big fan of your show and wish you well in D.C. After hearing Ralph Nader speak recently, I started to think a lot about something he said in regards to how Obama never mentions poor people in his speeches. Nader was saying this about Obama during the last election before he even won the presidency. There is so much talk all the time about helping out the "middle class" but how about the working poor? Don't the working poor and unemployed now make up the majority of Americans? Just last night, I heard Elizabeth Warren profess the same "middle class" sentiment but she didn't utter a word about the working poor. I have watched her for years and as much as I like her contributions, I don't recall her saying anything about the struggles of poor people. Is the "little guy" really a middle class American worker? I don't think so and I doubt the majority of Americans think so, regardless of their political leanings. I do recall a study a few years back that showed how most Americans think they are wealthier than they are. So perhaps all of this cheerleading for the middle class is because the PR machines know that's how poor Americans tend to identify themselves. Please address this topic sometime. When the liberal left finally stand up for the Americans who need the most support, I believe the tide could turn in a more permanent way, as you alluded to in a recent episode-- with the tea party and the left coming together to address mutual grievances.

Finally, a step in the right direction, I think. If only this new bureaucracy doesn't betray Us. I wish they would re-open FDR's old "Bureau Of Price Control". So that the wealth and power boys dont use inflation against Us.

Thom, Will you ask Wendell Potter what he thinks about the idea of having employers give us the choice to reroute our insurance premiums into Medicare? We would be funding it ourselves, save the 30% administrative costs of the insurance companies and if the business eventually has too many people opting into Medicare, the whole company would transfer to Medicare ... and away we go! One way to get the Rebs on board would be to also offer people their own premium to invest in a HSA for their healthcare expenses, but it would have to be required.

@cmoore68, I do not trust conservatives but when Hassett and Stockman seem critical of the tax cuts people perk up. We need a strong president who will stand up for average Americans. Obama's economic team has elitists and they have too much influence on our weak president. Business will work with the Republicans to defeat Obama. Obama is a failed Grand Experiment.

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Chris + Thom = BINGO

@ Gerald -

I won't jump on the Kevin A. Hassett bandwagon with you. Seems the HP blogger didn't get much farther than the title and first paragraph. Hassett maintains his capitalist cred by calling for a cut to the corporate tax rate. He also suggests addressing (capping/eliminiating) special giveaways (that would be deductions and credits) that would permit rates to be lowered. Sounds like the same ole borrow and spend conservative policies to me.

A serious long-term problem!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/09/paul-volcker-unemployment-short-term_n_780787.html

Rootkit detectors do a fine job at finding keyloggers Thom. Look into it if you're concerned about it... I don't know if their are verisions made for phones, but I'd be surprised if there wasn't something.

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Just because parents can easily spy on their kids, doesn't mean they should. If you can't raise you're kids without spying on them perhaps that says more about your parental skills than it does anything else.