What can Republicans possibly run on in 2016?

That would be true of any of them were funded. But they werent.

 

Bush kept the entire cost of his self created, war of choice, completely off the books in his budget. Gimme a break. What was our bill after that fiasco? 10 trillion? Now the right wants to pretend they care about debt. Gimme another break.

 

They'll run on against this...

#1 When Barack Obama entered the White House, 60.6 percent of working age Americans had a job. Today, only 58.7 percent of working age Americans have a job.

#2 Since Obama has been president, seven out of every eight jobs that have been "created" in the U.S. economy have been part-time jobs.

#3 The number of full-time workers in the United States is still nearly 6 million below the old record that was set back in 2007.

#4 It is hard to believe, but an astounding 53 percent of all American workers now make less than $30,000 a year.

#5 40 percent of all workers in the United States actually make less than what a full-time minimum wage worker made back in 1968.

#6 When the Obama era began, the average duration of unemployment in this country was 19.8 weeks. Today, it is 36.6 weeks.

#7 During the first four years of Obama, the number of Americans "not in the labor force" soared by an astounding 8,332,000. That far exceeds any previous four year total.

#8 According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the middle class is taking home a smaller share of the overall income pie than has ever been recorded before.

#9 When Obama was elected, the homeownership rate in the United States was 67.5 percent. Today, it is 65.0 percent. That is the lowest that it has been in 18 years.

#10 When Obama entered the White House, the mortgage delinquency rate was 7.85 percent. Today, it is 9.72 percent.

#11 In 2008, the U.S. trade deficit with China was 268 billion dollars. Last year, it was 315 billion dollars.

#12 When Obama first became president, 12.5 million Americans had manufacturing jobs. Today, only 11.9 million Americans have manufacturing jobs.

#13 Median household income in America has fallen for four consecutive years. Overall, it has declined by over $4000 during that time span.

#14 The poverty rate has shot up to 16.1 percent. That is actually higher than when the War on Poverty began in 1965.

#15 During Obama's first term, the number of Americans on food stamps increased by an average of about 11,000 per day.

#16 When Barack Obama entered the White House, there were about 32 million Americans on food stamps. Today, there are more than 47 million Americans on food stamps.

#17 At this point, more than a million public school students in the United States are homeless. This is the first time that has ever happened in our history. That number has risen by 57 percent since the 2006-2007 school year.

#18 When Barack Obama took office, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline was $1.85. Today, it is $3.53.

#19 Electricity bills in the United States have risen faster than the overall rate of inflation for five years in a row.

#20 Health insurance costs have risen by 29 percent since Barack Obama became president, and Obamacare is going to make things far worse.

#21 The United States has fallen in the global economic competitiveness rankings compiled by the World Economic Forum for four years in a row.

#22 According to economist Tim Kane, the following is how the number of startup jobs per 1000 Americans breaks down by presidential administration...

Bush Sr.: 11.3

Clinton: 11.2

Bush Jr.: 10.8

Obama: 7.8

#23 In 2008, that total amount of student loan debt in this country was 440 billion dollars. At this point, it has shot up to about a trillion dollars.

#24 According to one recent survey, 76 percent of all Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.

#25 During Obama's first term, the number of Americans collecting federal disability insurance rose by more than 18 percent.

#26 The total amount of money that the federal government gives directly to the American people has grown by 32 percent since Barack Obama became president.

#27 According to the Survey of Income and Program Participation conducted by the U.S. Census, well over 100 million Americans are enrolled in at least one welfare program run by the federal government.

#28 As I wrote about the other day, American households are now receiving more money directly from the federal government than they are paying to the government in taxes.

#29 Under Barack Obama, the velocity of money (a very important indicator of economic health) has plunged to a post-World War II low.

#30 At the end of 2008, the Federal Reserve held $475.9 billion worth of U.S. Treasury bonds. Today, Fed holdings of U.S. Treasury bonds have skyrocketed past the 2 trillion dollar mark.

#31 When Barack Obama was first elected, the U.S. debt to GDP ratio was under 70 percent. Today, it is up to 101 percent.

#32 During Obama's first term, the federal government accumulated more new debt than it did under the first 42 U.S presidents combined.

#33 When you break it down, the amount of new debt accumulated by the U.S. government during Obama's first term comes to approximately $50,521 for every single household in the United States. Are you able to pay your share?

 

Let's make up a reason to go bomb somebody. Maybe the right can run on that?

 

I agree completly----So,now after 3 weeks of Government shutdown(or PARTIAL) shutdown-because the GOP is opening up those NASTY Government funded programs they hate so much as they (USED) to say are unneccessary spending. I guess those freshmen(politically uneducated) GOPBAGGERS are finding out just how helpful (in so many fields they just didn't think about before shutting our government down)our Government is for our country----So,now what are they (the GOPBAGGERS) going to run on in 2016-after all-they're the ones that decided to SPEND the Government money to open these Government programs back up----just sayin---These GOPBAGGERS remind me of a "carnival running itself"!!!

 

1- There's no way to know what hot button issue(s) will appear by then, although it's a sure thing that both parties are already working hard on creating one or two.

2- Obama and his DEMONcrats have all that time to see what additional damage they can do, so it might not matter what the Repubs run on.

So, fasten your seat belts and wait for the merry-go-round to stop, or at least slow down.

Enjoy!

 

Whereas I completely understand your GOPBAGGER attitude where you see no place for Government- PERIOD- (Speaking of which-why don't you create YOUR own party-instead of hijacking the GOP-just shows how you GOPBAGGERS like to take over & hold hostage).
I however see where Government is very helpful-I don't want to go out & pave our roadways-I will pay taxes for our Government to do that.
I don't want to go out & patrol our streets for unscrupulous thugs-I will pay taxes for a "TRAINED" policeman to do that.
I don't want to go & clean up behind selfish people that throw trash wherever they wish-I will pay taxes for our Government to pay trash collectors to do that & park Rangers
I could go on & on,but I think you get my point..........
There's not enough of you GOPBAGGERS to go out & do everything the Government helps us with-so,what's your plan,cause,without a viable plan,your lame ass BAGGERS are doomed to just be small numbered loud mouthed far right wing extremists hypocrites!

 

Always with the "zero government" strawman.

Roads are OK. Cops (up to a point) are OK. Local police with MRAPs are not OK. Gun cionfiscation is not OK. Runaway prosecutors are not OK. Airports and seaports are OK. SNAP and Section 8 are not OK. CRA is not OK. 40 CFR 52.21 is not OK.

GOPBAGGERS, eh? So you are OK with 'Hussein Obama' then?

 

Good list, good indicators. But all of these numbers will be ignored by the left until they are unsustainable, then they'll blame the right for the chaos. And you can add a few more to that list in regard to US withdrawal policy in the ME. We are going to have to clean up the mess we made from leaving a power vacuum real soon.

 

Hey I call em like I see em-GOPBAGGERS fit just fine & what is ok with me is PRESIDENT OBAMA(thanks for asking)
But that being said-I find it remarkable that given a chance to give us the GOPBAGGER agenda-I get ---- NOTHING----mmmm wonder why that is? Oh, I know why----GOPBAGGERS have got nothing-----the GOPBAGGERS have not a clue what they want other than to demonize our President OBAMA---STELLAR--I stand by my post

 

That is easy
Rush Limbaugh said so

 

Just by mentioning no more Obama. I use to think reps are out of their luck too but seeing how Obama is nudging and pushing the next election bit by bit toward the reps...

People had it with the dems. Heck, people would even vote for that Canadian guy Cruz.

 

The Republicans can run on solving the $17,000,000,000,000 debt that the Democrats want to just add more and more and more to.

They can also run on the fact that they are not sissy left wing panzies.

 

Bush ran on "I'm not Clinton" and won; Obama ran on "I'm not Bush" and won. My guess is the GOP nominee will run on "I'm not Obama or Clinton" and win. Americans have an anti-establishment streak, or at least swing voters do. I suspect you will discover all this "agenda" and "mandate" crap the left has been crowing about is largely meaningless in 2016. The GOP will take the WH and the Senate, and the dems the House.

 

Anything left of hard right is considered "liberal" to these people.

 

So Republicans will continue to sell what they have the most of:

ignorance and delusions.