++By the way, PPP's latest national poll has President Obama 50 to Romney 42. Nate Silver has Obama with 291.x electoral votes.
++But we digress. Today was a treasure trove of zany ideas put out by Romney and which I am sure will not draw the attention they deserve. Romney's educational adviser Margaret Spelling of the Bush Administration stepped aside because she said that she believes in a strong role of the federal government in education. Willard, it seems,told the Chamber of Commerce that he wants to combine $50 billion in the educational budget to introduce "vouchers" for schools and give tax credits to parents who "home school" children. Diane Ravitch, no slouch to these tricks, said Romney's plan would provide funding for schools that teach creationism and ,in fact, the vouchers would be aimed at church schools, providing Catholic schools with the much needed infusion of funds. However,such a plan would severely cripple any public school system. No wonder he doubled down on saying he didn't want to hire teachers.
++Then Romney spoke about introducing a "consumer-oriented" health care system based on market principles. Of course, the system of state exchanges in Obamacare would introduce competitive pricing of insurance plans and reduce premiums because they would enlarge the insurance pool. But instead of that,Romney wants individuals to be able to purchase insurance plans like businesses, naturally urging businesses not to cover their employees. So when you have a heart attack you can shop around for the best price until EMS shows up. This is the natural conclusion of Romney's plan to finally loot the country of its last resources.
++He didn't stop. He also wants to send Medicare to the states for them to administer and regulate as well as Medicare would be block grants.
++He's lucky the Republicans stepped on his message today in their tantrum on Eric Holder. First, John McCain demanded a Special Prosecutor to look into the national security leaks because he doesn't trust Eric Holder. Senator Cornyn wants Eric Holder to resign because he claims he committed perjury. Rep. Issa is going to hold a hearing about contempt charges against Eric Holder for the Fast and Furious investigation. And all of this got heavy duty treatment on Fox News as if it was the Monica Lewinsky affair. One Republican staffer said, "We just want to let the economy be the news, not this." It looks to obvious that the Republicans are ginning something up to embarrass the President. They detest Eric Holder, especially now that he is going after violations of the Voting Act in South Carolina, Florida and Pennsylvania.
++Meanwhile, always wanting to help the economy, Mitch McConnell told the Senate Republican caucus that nothing will be passed on the economy until after the election. Eric Cantor also has stiffed John Boehner on any transportation bill.
++How outside the realm of reality will the Congressional GOP go and how weird will Romney get. The problem is that Romney's bizarre policy ideas, ideas that can only benefit religious organizations and corporations,are not seeing the light of day. This is the Wrecking Crew on steroids.
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