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CNN Poll: 6 in 10 back 'cap and trade'

6 in 10, 6 in 10... I think they also call that a majority. Funny, that's totally the opposite from what I've been hearing all morning on MJ about this being a center right country.

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Six in 10 Americans support a "cap and trade" proposal to cut pollution, according to a new national poll.

Sixty percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey say they favor "cap and trade," a Democratic sponsored plan in which the federal government would limit the amount of greenhouse gases that companies could produce in their factories or power plants. Thirty-seven percent oppose the proposal, which would penalize companies that exceed greenhouse gas limits with fines or by making those businesses pay money to other companies that producer smaller amounts of pollution.

Full results (pdf)

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The survey indicates a generational divide, with 68 percent of Americans under age 50 supporting "cap and trade" but those 50 and older split on the issue.

"This is one more example of the growing generation gap that is shaping politics and policy in this country," says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. "Younger Americans voted for Obama and tend to welcome change. Older Americans were less enamored of change in the 2008 election and senior citizens were the only age group that voted for John McCain."

Poll-itics: Just Five Republican States Left

By GottaLaff

5...4....3....2...

According to Gallup, there are only five states that now have a statistically significant majorities of Republicans. They are Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Alaska and Nebraska.

In contrast, there are now 35 states that are majority Democratic with 10 states up for grabs.

Alaska. 'Nuff said.

So much for that permanent Republican majority, eh Karl?

The Night Is Now Complete

We just took back the Ohio State House. It is what I have been working on the bulk of my time over the past 3.5 months. We will end up with a 2-4 seat majority, most likely, after being in the minority since 1994.

Say hello to more progressive legislation, a bench of rising stars and my personal favorite, FAIR REDISTRICTING.

Yes, life is good.

Dear President Obama: Please do something about the conservative appeals courts

By GottaLaff

It's too late, isn't it...

Love, Laffy

Conservatives Have Reshaped Appeals Courts
Mr. Bush had appointed six of the seven judges in the conservative majority. His administration has transformed the nation’s federal appeals courts, advancing a conservative legal revolution that began nearly three decades ago under Ronald Reagan. [...]

While a two-term president typically leaves his stamp on the appeals courts — Bill Clinton appointed 65 judges, Mr. Bush 61 — Mr. Bush’s judges were among the youngest ever nominated and are poised to have an unusually strong impact.

They have arrived at a time when the appeals courts, which decide tens of thousands of cases a year, are increasingly getting the last word. While the Supreme Court gets far more attention, in recent terms it has reviewed only about 75 cases a year—half what it considered a generation ago. And Mr. Bush’s appointees have found allies in likeminded judges named by Mr. Bush’s father and Mr. Reagan.

Republican-appointed judges, most conservatives, are projected to make up about 62 percent of the bench next Inauguration Day, up from 50 percent when Mr. Bush took office. They control 10 of the 13 circuits, while Democrat-appointed judges have a dwindling majority on just one circuit.

David M. McIntosh, a co-founder and vice-chairman of the Federalist Society, said the nation’s appeals courts are now more in line with a conservative judicial ideology than at any other time in memory.

Dear Laffy,

I'll try.

Love, Barack

An Obama victory could roll back the Republican advantage on the appeals courts and even create a Democratic majority by 2013, according to a study of potential upcoming vacancies by Russell Wheeler of the Brookings Institution. But if Mr. McCain wins, Republicans could achieve commanding majorities on all 13 circuits.

November 4th.

Tidbits, whatnots, thingamajigs

By GottaLaff

Schumer reaches for 60

DENVER — Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) inched ever closer Wednesday to declaring a 60-seat Democratic majority in 2009 to be a distinct possibility.

Lewis: ‘I just hope I make it through my speech’

Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a civil rights leader who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on Wednesday defended former President Bill Clinton against charges of racism.

Clinton to release delegates
DENVER — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) will “release her full delegation on Wednesday afternoon” to vote for Barack Obama, according to a statement from the convention committee.

Plus, Hillary Clinton was just nominated at the Democratic convention.