(0 comments)The approval rating of GOP leaders among Republicans has plummeted 12 points in a month, down from 55% in February to a minority of 43% now. That’s striking.
Not only that, but approval of GOP leaders overall has dropped to 28% overall — the lowest rating for GOP leaders in 12 years of Pew polling.
In fact, approval of Republican congressional leaders has fallen from 34% in February to 28% currently, the lowest rating for GOP leaders in nearly 14 years of Pew Research surveys.
Leave a Reply
Fast Food
Official Gingrich-Cain 2012 response to Rick Santorum’s homophobia: “Rick, Rick, Rick. Don’t you know that the anti-gay bigotry only carries water if you have a few failed straight marriages under your belt?” Follow all their other words of wisdom here. (0 comments)Ron Paul Quote of the Week: Honest Rape
Here’s Grandpa Fustypants on rape and abortion:“If it’s an honest rape, that individual should go immediately to the emergency room, I would give them a shot of estrogen.”
via (4 comments)Unhinged vagina-shackler on Komen’s volte face:Cancer is Cancer! Aboration is Aboration!
(0 comments)Since it’s Mitt Romney week everywhere, I figured I’d post this op-ed by an ex-Mormon, which is a pretty interesting take at the institutional culture of the LDS church. Not much to say about it, but it’s definitely worth 5 or so minutes of your time. (0 comments)Why Bipartisanship Is Impossible, In One Sentence
When one party climbs back to power by promising action on the economy, does nothing on it, and instead spends literally all its time trying to hurt the other party. (0 comments)New From The Gingrich-Cain Front
Newt rants about cable movies he doesn’t like, and flips out when Herman tries to seize control. Catch all the fun here. And the main site is here, as always. (0 comments)Headline of the Week: Making Rapeanade
Leave it to TBogg:
(0 comments)Rick Santorum Suggests That When Life Gives You Rape, You Should Make Rapeanade Back when I was in junior high and the Clinton Impeachment was going on, I could hardly have imagined that Clinton would be used as an excuse for wrongdoing by Republican leaders. But that’s where we are. Interesting, isn’t it? (0 comments)Catch up with the official Gingrich-Cain “Great Statesmen” series over at @GingrichCain12. (0 comments)Only 65% of White Americans Have a Favorable Opinion of MLK Jr
…with a whimper. Drum is worth reading on this. I think he’s just got to be the most overhyped and overcovered guy who never managed better than third place since…Joe Lieberman? (0 comments)Mitt Romney's Overwhelming Inauthenticity
It’s amazing to me that Mitt Romney brings up France as a scary comparison point to himself so often when he spent years there and speaks the language. It’s such a minor point, but telling. Of all the people running for president, Mitt Romney has to be the most aware that the rightwing caricature of ... (0 comments)Mother Teresa Doesn't Deserve Sainthood
Case in point. It’s amazing how all the famous/respected Catholic figures from the 1990s have turned out to be incredibly corrupt, isn’t it? I’m sure they’re somehow connected. Of course, as I’m a Protestant I know little about such things. (1 comments)I Fixed It! Ban Sitting Politicians From Running For Another Office
Wonkette reminded me of one of the provisions that I want to write into my fantasy Constitution:No person who holds any elected office shall be permitted to seek election to any other office until he shall have permanently vacated his current post.
(2 comments)The Kardashians want their own magazine?
Unintentionally hilarious: “Bachmann, 55, told a small group of supporters Tuesday night that she was staying in the presidential race…”What other kind of group of Bachmann supporters could there be?(0 comments)Santorum Finishes #2, Sliding Down In The Final Minutes To Lose To Romney
DOWN THE VINE
Syndication
Ha! Maybe they are smarter than I have given them credit for!
Awesome? Expected, I think, given how badly they've continued to implode.
But what do I know — I'm only the kind of independent the GOP needs to win back over if they ever want to have a functioning majority again. And there's no signs of that happening anytime soon … so I'd be pissed too if I were yet a Republican.
I guess maybe it's awesome if you don't want to see a return to sanity on the right. But fair-minded person that I am, I think that attitude is just as egregious as e.g. wishing for failure on the left, Limbaugh-style.
i would disagree with your second point. i think that revulsion for the current slate of republican leaders is KEY to revitalizing the republican party. i used to be a republican and believe that a strong opposition party, based on principles, is important to a healthy democracy. however, the republicanism of today has become unyielding orthodoxy — based on "Party First" rather than "Country First". the only way to resurrect the GOP is to systematically reimagine itself, similar to the long hard struggle of the tories in england (who now have a slew of gay and lesbian members in high political office — could you imagine the GOP of today countenancing THAT!?)
It's difficult to imagine, and I would agree that a sea change is needed in the party's leaders & policies…but for that to happen the republican base needs to change its attitudes too, and I haven't seen signs of that. They're just mad at their leaders for flailing about. I think that's normal and expected, not awesome.
IOW for it to actually be awesome would mean we're setting the bar far too low; I don't think this poll is a meaningful improvement. I doubt we'll see one until at least after 2010.
…and I see Frum making the same point about 2010 in this new bloggingheads: <a href="http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/18389” target=”_blank”>http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/18389
It's worth the watch
thanks, will check it out
that's a fair point. i suppose i was seeing the poll numbers in the rosiest light possible (i.e. people in the party actually falling out of love with the staid ideology and the ideologues that currently run it) rather than also factoring in the remaining diehard movement conservatives being disgusted with how the leadership is flailing around. although, in my defense, i must say that i appreciate ANY indicators that people are reacting negatively to the lying smarmy bullshit the GOP leaders are putting out right now. some signs that people are rejecting their brand of know-nothing/do-nothing dogma is a good thing