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The past week's political events that help shape the American  politics.

Acontecimientos políticos de la semana pasada que ayudan a conformar el cuerpo político estadounidense.

The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recargas.

U.S. Speaker of the House Thomas P Tip O'Neill of Boston coined this phrase which encapsulates the principle that a politician's success is directly tied to his ability to understand and influence the issues of his constituents.

Obama leads Romney 53 percent to 40 percent among likely voters, even as the public gives him low marks on handling the economy and the deficit, and six in 10 say the nation is headed down the wrong track, according to the poll conducted June 15- 18. Selzer & Co.

Some of the accounts that I read about the Bloomberg poll avoided that trap, describing it as an “outlier.” I don’t have any huge problem with using that term, although that still leaves you with a choice to make.

1) You could just disregard the poll entirely, or,

2) You could include it in some sort of average and then get on with your life.Nat Silver

The Obama ground game is the whole ball of wax.

It is difficult to overstate the importance of non-white turnout to Obama’s chances. Obama’s 2008 victory was built on historic showings from traditionally low-turnout groups, including young voters and African Americans, and most polls suggest that Obama is holding strong among non-white voters. If non-white voters turn out and support Obama to the same extent that they did in 2008 (26 percent of the electorate, 80 percent for Obama), then Obama’s 38.8 percent share of the white vote would give Obama more than 49 percent of the national popular vote, even without winning any additional undecided voters.Nate Cohn New Republic

The Bush taxcuts exprires at the ernd of the year(1 January 2013).And the GOP will wait until after the election to act.

    The two "marriage penalty elimination" provisions will expire, so that:

    The standard deduction for married couples will fall, no longer double what it is for single filers; and

    The ceiling of the 15% bracket for married couples will fall, no longer double what it is for single filers

    The 10% tax bracket will expire, reverting to 15%

    The child tax credit will fall from $1,000 to $500

    The tax rate on long-term capital gains earned by middle- and upper-income people would rise from 15%     to 20%

    The tax rate on qualified dividends earned by middle- and upper-income people would rise from 15% to     ordinary wage tax rates

    The 25% tax rate would rise to 28%

    The 28% rate would rise to 31%

    The 33% rate would rise to 36%

    The 35% rate would rise to 39.6%

  

This is a call to action to pregressives by Van Jones.

Politics Sunday is a hard look at news from the past week and the upcoming week in the political world with commentary and insights into polling tends. Política El domingo es duro noticias mirar la semana pasada y la próxima semana en el mundo político con comentario y visión de mesas de votación tiende

The past week's political events that help shape the American  politics.

Acontecimientos políticos de la semana pasada que ayudan a conformar el cuerpo político estadounidense.

The political magazine with a full cup of Coffee and a few polling numbers in between the refills.

La revista política con una taza llena de café y algunos números de las encuestas entre las recargas.

My job is to bring jobs back to America," Willard Romney told an audience of business executives during his speech at the Business Roundtable in Washington, DC. The presumptive GOP presidential candidate said the role of government is to be "the partner, not the enemy, of private enterprise."

Graham, appearing Wednesday on a conference call organized by business groups, said he would introduce an NLRB amendment to the Labor, Health and Human Services appropriations bill when the Senate Appropriations Committee marks it up on Thursday. The measure would ban the use of federal funds to implement an August 2011 NLRB ruling, known as Specialty Healthcare, that critics argue allows for the creation of “micro-unions.”the Hill

It has been a hot-button issue for years. The much talked about, much debated Fighting Sioux nickname debate. Voters are trying to decide, once and for all, whether to retire it or keep it and risk sanction by the NCAA.Yes: 82,015 (67.55%)No: 39,403 (32.45%)24/426 Precincts reporting A "Yes" vote retires the nickname. A "No" vote requires U-N-D to keep it.WDAY TV

Measure 2, the elimination of property taxes. Voters have resoundingly rejected the measure that would have made North Dakota the 1st state to end local property taxes.

The decision in 2011 to strip non-uniform employees of their collective bargaining rights caused a public backlash that resulted with the biggest City Council turnover since 1992 in Muskogee,OK. Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees hope this year’s election results will translate into a victory for collective bargaining rights Mayor Bob Coburn(related to Tom Coburn), who declared support for employees’ right to collectively bargain during his campaign, said he is opposed to the proposed amendments..