Polls show risks for Republicans in opposing Obama's stimulus plan

A Christian Science Monitor article describes polling data collected by Stanley Greenberg showing that Republican opposition to the Obama stimulus plan is a risky political strategy:

http://features.csmonitor.com/monitorbreakfast/2009/01/30/new-poll-shows-risks-to-opponents-of-obamas-economic-stimulus-plan/

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Hello, and welcome to my blog.

I am in my 20^th year of teaching history at Rufus King High School in Milwaukee. This semester I am taking this course, and Anthropology 101, to earn the credits needed for renewal of my teaching license.

While my M.A. is in U.S. History (from U.W.M.), I have been interested in politics as far back as I can recall. I majored in Political Science at Ripon College back in the 1970s, although they called it Politics and Government. I have worked in many campaigns over the years, and I even made one run for office myself, an unsuccessful attempt to become alderman of the East Side of Milwaukee in 1989. I would definitely qualify as a political “junkie.”

I have had a long, pleasant and varied association with UWM through the years. I actually began my grad. Studies at UWM in the School of Business in 1980, but then switched over to History, and I earned the M.A... while working as a History T.A. I also worked for one year in the U.W.M. History Department as an overworked and underpaid ad hoc instructor. Since starting at Rufus King I have taken most of my license renewal courses at UWM, usually in the History Department.

When I am not learning or teaching, I can be found doing one of several things. I enjoy spending time at home with my wife and three cats. I also enjoy baseball and facebook. If you go to the Klotsche Center, you will probably find me running several times per week.

While this will be my first time studying online, I am looking forward to the experience. I hope to expand my knowledge of the political party system while interacting with the instructors and fellow students. One of the really neat things for me about this course is that my niece is also enrolled, which will mark the first time that I have ever taken a college class with a relative!