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February 26, 2014

Boehner's Favorability Returns to Pre-Shutdown Levels

Thirty-two percent view speaker favorably, 50% unfavorably

by Justin McCarthy

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After suffering record-low favorability for his tenure as House speaker in October, John Boehner's image among Americans has rebounded to pre-shutdown levels. 

Still, Boehner, who on Tuesday attended his first private meeting with President Barack Obama since late 2012, continues to be viewed more unfavorably (50%) than favorably (32%).

 
The latest results are from a Feb. 6-9 Gallup poll. 

Gallup first asked Americans about Boehner's image in 2009, when a quarter (25%) viewed him favorably and 23% viewed him unfavorably, with the rest, 52%, having never heard of him or having no opinion. 

Over the years, Americans have generally viewed Boehner more unfavorably than favorably, except in January 2011 -- when he took the speaker's gavel after Republicans won control of the House of Representatives -- and again in November 2012, when Americans were more favorable than unfavorable by one percentage point.
 
For Boehner, 2014 could be a turning of the page as he recovers from the October federal government shutdown, which resulted in his party's receiving the lowest party favorability ratings ever recorded by Gallup, and a drop in his own image to 27% favorable and 51% unfavorable. 

His favorability has now edged back up to where it was in April of last year (31%). 

He recently allowed a vote on the debt ceiling increase with no attached legislation -- a move Boehner had never previously made as speaker. 

Boehner had set the tone for 2013 by telling his party in January of that year that he was done negotiating with the president one-on-one, and hadn't met with him since December 2012.

New Year, New Favorability Ratings, New Relationship

As Obama and Boehner met in the Oval Office Tuesday, the president clearly had the upper hand in terms of image. 

Like Boehner's favorability ratings, the president's ratings took a dip in late 2013 and have begun to recover this year. 

But unlike Boehner's, Obama's ratings have tended to be much more positive than negative over the years since he first ran for the presidency, though well below those from his initial year as president and his personal high after he won the 2008 election. 

[In fact, Obama Favorable ratings have been in a downtrend for five years. They peaked at 78% before he assumed office and hit lows of 50% in 2010 and 2013 with Obamacare.]

In the February survey, Obama's favorable vs. unfavorable ratings were 52% to 46%.

 
The president and the speaker have consistently sparred on a variety of fiscal issues since Boehner became speaker, and the two hadn't met privately since their unsuccessful attempt at a bargain as the "fiscal cliff" loomed in 2012. 

Last year's political drama didn't improve their relationship by any means, and culminated in October's government shutdown, leaving Obama with his second-lowest favorability rating since taking office in 2009. 

With both of their favorability ratings on the rise since the shutdown, 2014 could serve as a restart for Boehner and Obama.
 
Bottom Line
 
Boehner and Obama's relationship has likely never been more ready for negotiating, as both reconnect after a hard year of gridlock. 

But while the stalemate over raising the debt ceiling has let up, other disagreements such as immigration might not be overcome.
 
Ultimately, 2013 wasn't just a bad year for the speaker and the president; it was also a bad year for Americans, who watched their government partially halt for 16 days, sending their confidence in the economy downward and convincing them that government itself was the nation's biggest problem.
 
At this point, Americans see Obama in a much more favorable light than they see Boehner, giving the president considerable power in the court of public opinion as the two leaders joust on a series of issues and policy proposals facing the country. 

This has been typical of president-speaker relationships, with presidents commanding much higher favorability from the nation that elected them to the job.  

Boehner is no exception to this, and lower favorability usually comes with his role in the political process.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/167582/boehner-favorability-returns-pre-shutdown-levels.aspx 

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Nuclear Health Part IV

Navy Lieutenant: 

Power Plant Mission Ruined My Health

February 26, 2014 11:59 PM

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A historic earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, causing a nuclear power meltdown. The U.S. Navy rushed in to help, but are those sailors now paying the price? Nearly 100 believe that mission ruined their health.

Vic Carter reports a Navy lieutenant from Maryland who can no longer walk is demanding someone take responsibility for what’s happened.

On March 11, 2011, one of the largest earthquakes ever shook Japan. It triggered a tsunami. Waves more than 100 feet high slammed into the coast, killing thousands.
 
When the wall of water smashed into the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, an explosion spewed radiation into the air and water, creating yet another tragedy.
 
The United States military sped into the disaster zone to help, not knowing it was headed into the path of a radiation plume.


Now, three years after that exposure, at least 100 of those first responders are suffering from unexplained illnesses like cancer, leukemia, bleeding and hair loss, and they’re blaming it on radiation poisoning from Fukushima.
 
“When you’ve got a nuclear power plant that’s melting down, how can you not expect health risks to come from that?” said Lt. Steve Simmons.
 
Lt. Steve Simmons was on board the USS Ronald Reagan, the first ship to arrive for Operation Tomodachi–the Japanese word for friends.
 
“I don’t think anybody on board really knew the full scope of what was going on,” Simmons said.
 
Seven months after arriving home to his family in Maryland from his deployment, Simmons’ health started to deteriorate.
 
“One day, I was coming out of the bathroom and my legs just buckled on me and that was pretty much it,” he said.
 
Simmons and more than 100 others from the Ronald Reagan are fighting back. 

They’re suing the Tokyo Electric Power Company, claiming it hid the truth about radiation leaks at Fukushima.
 
“The TEPCO people who ran the power plant never warned their government. 

Their government never warned the world. 

The command never got the order, 

`Don’t go ’cause you’re going to get cooked,’” said attorney Paul Garner.
 
WJZ contacted TEPCO at its offices here in Washington and in Tokyo and got a “No comment.”
 
Clearly, Simmons’ health has taken a drastic turn for the worse, but the problem is linking the sailors’ many medical problems to the Fukushima leak.
 
At the Pentagon, the Department of Defense has been answering numerous questions from sick sailors about what happened at Fukushima, but government reports indicate that radiation levels on board the USS Ronald Reagan were well below what’s considered dangerous.
 
“Drawing a cause and effect for individuals is exceedingly difficult,” said Johns Hopkins University Prof. Wayne Biddle.
 
Radiation exposure experts say even if there is a connection, it’s hard to prove.
 
“They’re suffering. Clearly these individuals are suffering but they have no way of showing necessarily that their symptoms are related to that instance of radiation exposure,” Biddle said.
 
“The hardest part is the family because we have three children,” Simmons said. “Our oldest daughter struggles with `Dad’s going to die’ kind of thing.”
 
Congress is now asking the Department of Defense for information about the medical conditions of crew members who were aboard the Ronald Reagan and what’s being done to treat them.

http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/02/26/navy-lieutenant-power-plant-mission-ruined-my-health/ 

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How Apple, the NFL and other big businesses helped kill the Arizona bill

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Arizona Republican Gov. Jan Brewer at a news conference announcing she had vetoed SB1062. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Shortly after Arizona lawmakers passed legislation last week that would have let businesses deny service to gay customers, the outcry began. 

Supporters praised it as a necessary protection for religious freedoms, while opponents denounced it as state-supported discrimination.

Among the most vocal opponents: Big businesses, with big-time companies like Apple and Marriott joining groups around the state in asking Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) to veto it.

Brewer vetoed the bill on Wednesday, saying it “could result in unintended and negative consequences.” 

But the backlash to the bill may also have consequences, particularly for the other states where legislators have discussed such laws.

“I believe that any state, they should look very closely at Arizona,” Glenn Hamer, president and chief executive of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce, said on Thursday. 

“My guess is that after what has happened here, I’d be very surprised if this type of bill could pass in any state in the country.”

It’s worth looking at why exactly all of these businesses were so vocal in their opposition to the Arizona bill.

Business groups that spoke out against it quickly identified a host of problems, which is why “virtually every major business group in Arizona” opposed it, Hamer said.

It would have harmed Arizona’s reputation, hindering the state’s massive tourism industry, he said. (The state has some experience with boycotts badly hurting tourism.) 

The bill would have also made it difficult to attract new talent to the state and weakened anti-discrimination laws in places like Phoenix and Tuscon.
 
“When you have a case where the economic consequences can be severe, and there’s no specific Arizona problem identified…it’s not terribly difficult to come out with a decision,” he said.
 
The Arizona chamber called for a veto, as did the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Phoenix Economic Council and other groups in the state. 

They were joined by Apple (which is opening a manufacturing plant in Mesa), Marriott (which has 85 hotels in the state), Delta, American Airlines (Doug Parker, the company’s chief executive, was head of US Airways before that airline merged with American) and other groups.
 
“They didn’t want to be viewed as not being open and ready to do business with everyone,” said Dick Castner, western regional director for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
 
And looming over all of this was next year’s Super Bowl, set to be played in Glendale, Ariz. 

“We do not support this legislation,” the host committee said in a statement earlier this week, worrying about how the bill could blunt the game’s impact on the state economy. 

The NFL said it was “following the issue.”
 
All of which raised a specter unique to Arizona. 

The NFL took the 1993 Super Bowl away from Arizona due to the state’s refusal to establish a holiday honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. 

The stated concern was that if this new bill became a law, boycotts would affect the game and the surrounding events; the underlying worry was that the NFL could again take a Super Bowl away from the state due to a controversy.
 
With the Arizona law scuttled, attention turns to other states that have considered similar measures. 

But there’s something crucial to note here: Not all of the opponents were simply focused on Arizona. 

Delta said in its statement that the airline “strongly opposes” measures in Arizona, Georgia and other states.
 
There were also misgivings among people who had initially supported the bill, with three Republican state senators who voted for it turning around and calling for a veto.
 
“There were some second thoughts among even those who voted for it,” Castner said. “My guess is that same feeling may be going through the minds of folks who have at least up until now supported these types of measures in other states.”
 
Hamer also has this simple advice for any other states considering such a bill: “Don’t do it.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/02/27/how-apple-the-nfl-and-other-big-businesses-helped-kill-the-arizona-bill/ 


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“It does appear, at this time, that Deputy Knox’s actions were an appropriate response to what he reasonably believed to be an imminent threat to his life.”

Officer shoots man reaching for cane

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By Associated Press, Published: February 26

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A police officer in South Carolina shot a 70-year-old motorist who was reaching for a cane during a traffic stop because he thought the man was grabbing a rifle from the bed of his pickup truck, investigators said. 

The man was expected to survive.

The York County deputy, Terrence Knox, pulled over Bobby Canipe (kah-NYP’) of Lincolnton, N.C., for an expired license tag about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday north of Clover, S.C., York County sheriff’s spokesman Trent Faris said.

After stopping, Canipe got out of his pickup truck and reached into the bed, pulling out what Knox thought was a long-barreled rifle, Faris said. It was Canipe’s walking cane. 

The officer fired several times, hitting Canipe once, Faris said.

Faris refused to say where on his body Canipe was hit, but said he was expected to survive. Canipe was taken to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C., where spokesman Kevin McCarthy said he was listed in fair condition.

“The situation is very unfortunate,” Faris said, reading from a statement at a news conference. 

 

“It does appear, at this time, that Deputy Knox’s actions were an appropriate response to what he reasonably believed to be an imminent threat to his life.”

The State Law Enforcement Division will investigate the shooting and turn its findings over to prosecutors, who will decide whether to press charges, Faris said. He said Knox, 24, has been a deputy for almost three years.

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