Showing posts with label 9/11. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 9/11. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Public Opinion Strategies Looks At The "Bump" From OBL Death


I wanted to take a moment this morning to pass along this very interesting chart that my friends over at @POStqia have put together.  It is a fascinating look at how long the “bump” from Sunday’s historic event may last, as compared to other Historic events.

While pundits on CNN, MSNBC, and others want you to believe the election is over and Obama has secured his second four years, I could not disagree more.  I would have never advocated making this upcoming election about national security to start with, while it is clearly a Conservative issue, it is not at the top and when people walk into the voting booth in November of 2012, unless the economy has changed it will be the pocket book that is voting.

Families, are sleeping better these past few nights, but their sleep is not as good as it should be, because they still don’t know how to pay the next payment on the house, or how they will pay for summer camp, heck families aren’t sure if they will be driving two cars next week because of gas prices.  So while Sunday was an amazing milestone, and as a nation we should be proud.  To go and say Obama has locked it up, would be going just a tad bit to far. 

Since the news broke Sunday evening, I know I have been saying and Glen Bolger points out,
“I’m certainly not about to predict the length or size of the bump that Obama receives. But, it is unlikely to run though next year unless the economy improves dramatically as well.”    
Only time will tell, but if your thinking about running for office and your a Conservative, you should not take the events of Sunday as a reason to throw in the towel and go home just yet, November is still over 500 days away, and the last time I filled up my car it cost me well over $60.00!

Monday, May 2, 2011

Tweets Per Second: Evening of May 1, 2011

Graphic provided by @Twitter
@Twitter graphic depicting the tweet rate last night #fascinating #tcot

News and information flows at a completely different speed now than it did when this search started nearly 10 years ago.

Can you imagine this home where they killed bin Laden had no Internet or phone, everyday Americans would have a hard time functioning let alone leaders of whole multinational organizations.

The Secret Team That Killed bin Laden

Marc Ambinder of National Journal bringing us first rate coverage of how the mission to take-out bin Laden was done.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Statement by Congressman Joe Heck D.O. (NV 03) On The Death Of Osama bin Laden

The death of OBL marks the successful conclusion of a painful chapter in American history. While there is still a great deal of work to do in the Middle East to stabilize the region, and this will never bring back the losses our country suffered, today we take another step forward. The men and women fighting, both in our military and intelligence community, to maintain our freedom deserve all of the credit for their dedication to this effort.
- Congressman Joe Heck, D.O.
Our grief has turned to anger and anger to resolution. Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.
 - George W. Bush