No Shortcuts to Peace, Prosperity … or Dreams; Updated Forecasts of Likely Winners: U.S. President, GOP Nominee, U.S. Congress

by johndavis, September 22, 2011

No Shortcuts to Peace, Prosperity … or Dreams; Updated Forecasts of Likely Winners: President, GOP Nominee, U.S. Congress Post: September 22, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 25 “What they’re in essence doing is they are voting to spend more money, because that’s exactly what will happen.” U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, September 22, 2011, chiding the
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LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 3-PART SERIES Part 3: Labor Day Forecasts for 2012

by johndavis, September 5, 2011

LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 3-PART SERIES Part 3: Labor Day Forecasts for 2012 Post: September 5, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 23     Part 3 NOTE:  This is the final in a three-part Labor Day Holiday Series of the John Davis Political Report that began on September 2 Part 1: Word that NC Republicans should add
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LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 3-PART SERIES Part 2: Question that Reelected Obama

by johndavis, September 2, 2011

LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 3-PART SERIES Part 2: Question that Reelected Obama Post: September 2, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 23     Part 2 “I’m going to ask a question to everyone here on the stage.  Say you had a deal, a real spending cuts deal, 10-to-1, spending cuts to tax increases.  Who on this stage
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LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 3-PART SERIES Part 1: Word that NC Republicans should add to their Wristbands

by johndavis, September 2, 2011

LABOR DAY HOLIDAY 3-PART SERIES Part 1: Word that NC Republicans should add to their Wristbands Post: September 2, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 23     Part 1 “In 2010, North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis handed out red wristbands to all GOP House caucus candidates that had two words stamped on them: ‘Jobs’ and
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Perdue’s Probability of Winning a Second Term as Governor of North Carolina: 45%

by johndavis, August 29, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Gov. Perdue’s Probability of Winning 2nd Term in 2012: 45% Post: August 24, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 22 NEW Premium Monthly Subscription! Due to popular demand, a monthly rate for the $245 half-price Premium Annual Subscription to the John Davis Political Report is now available at $23 per
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Afternoon Update: In Memory of Zeno Edwards: Best Counter-Attack Ad Ever; Obama’s Probability of Winning Update

by johndavis, August 23, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Afternoon Update Post: August 23, 2011       3 PM “I don’t need people like you lecturing me about morality.” Dr. Zeno Edwards, DDS, Washington, North Carolina September 30, 1926 – August 20, 2011 Quote from 1998 TV ad during race for NC House as a Democrat In Memory of
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Obama’s Probability of Carrying North Carolina in 2012: 44%

by johndavis, August 18, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Post: August 18, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 21 “You can’t bring home the bacon now because the pig is dead.” Fmr. Wyoming Republican U.S. Senator Alan Simpson, Co-chairman of the Simpson/Bowles Debt & Deficit Commission Investors Political Daily: Obama’s Probability of Carrying NC in 2012 is 44% This
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Obama’s Probability of Winning in 2012: 48%; Congressional Republicans and Tea Party Hurting GOP

by johndavis, August 12, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Post: August 12, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 20 “I’m going to keep at it until every single American who wants a job can find one.” President Barack Obama, Johnson Controls, Holland, Michigan, 8/11/2011 Nothing wrong with our country. Something wrong with our politics. Yesterday, in Holland, Michigan, while
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The Beatings will Continue until Morale Improves; Morale Improves with a Diet of Peas and Satan Sandwiches

by johndavis, August 4, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Post: August 4, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 19 “We’ve earned the threat of a downgrade.  If we don’t make significant changes in the way we operate; if we don’t cut spending on entitlements, if we don’t make real cuts in defense spending, if we don’t reform the tax
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Governor Perdue: from Dumb Luck to Lame Duck; Slim Odds of Winning a Second term as Governor of North Carolina

by johndavis, July 28, 2011

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Post: July 28, 2011       Vol. IV, No. 18 “What if I decide instead to spend my last two years doing what I think is right. Veto any bill I don’t like. Go out as a principled fighter and leader, not just another politician. Go out on my own
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