Up And Away
Disapproval of President Obama’s handling of the economy is heading higher — alongside gasoline prices — as a record number of Americans now give the president “strongly” negative reviews on the 2012 presidential campaign’s most important issue, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. (Washington Post, 3/11/2012)
The Post surprises us by admitting this - on the front page, no less. Has RedStateVT been wrong about its objectivity?
In any event, the poll results raise an interesting thought that we have been mulling over. Consider that by all accounts the popular perception is that the presidential race will be a close one and one that - between now and November - could swing either way. What if, however, it is already over? What if Obama's negatives are so high and his support among independents is so eroded that he has no chance of being re-elected?
If Obama is defeated decisively, pundits will look back in awe at the prescience of RedStateVT.
Creative Problem Solving
Here are a few ways Ms. Fluke and her friends might get their contraceptive costs down below that $3,000 level:
They could have men pay half. Modern men do half the parenting work or pay at least half the child support. Why shouldn't men pay for half of the contraceptive costs?
Ms. Fluke and her friends could use condoms instead of prescription birth control pills. One Georgetown student group reportedly handed out 4,500 "free" condoms during one recent semester. Or the law students could buy condoms online at $40.25 for a package of 100. At about 40 cents a condom, the Georgetown students could have sex twice a day, 365 days a year, for all three years of law school, for just $881 dollars. (Ira Stoll, WSJ, 3/9/2012)
Perhaps Rush Limbaugh and fellow conservatives were wrong in demonizing Sandra Fluke. Stoll's approach is to view Fluke's dilemma as a problem solving exercise. Here, several very useful and creative suggestions are offered up.
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