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ConservativeHQ treats us to a marvelous new poll that reveals that 91% of conservatives believe that Obama is a socialist, Marxist, communist or fascist:
Someone want to tell me again how the GOP is supposed to be a serious party full of smart, thoughtful people with real ideas to help our country succeed? I can’t imagine why only 20% of the country wants to be associated with the Republican Party right now.
h/t Digby
Someone want to tell me again how the GOP is supposed to be a serious party full of smart, thoughtful people with real ideas to help our country succeed? I can’t imagine why only 20% of the country wants to be associated with the Republican Party right now.h/t Digby
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This new Gallup poll is obviously great news for the Republican Party:
The decline in Republican Party affiliation among Americans in recent years is well documented, but a Gallup analysis now shows that this movement away from the GOP has occurred among nearly every major demographic subgroup. Since the first year of George W. Bush’s presidency in 2001, the Republican Party has maintained its support only among frequent churchgoers, with conservatives and senior citizens showing minimal decline.
First, if the Obama administration is a disaster, the Republicans will quickly rebound. Hell, if in eight years, Obama’s team turns out to have been useless and worthless as the Bush administration, I will have no problem sticking a shiv in them and the Democratic party. If you thought otherwise, you haven’t been paying attention. I’ll never be a Republican again, though.I especially agree with his second point. It’s just a flesh wound!Second, what will be the most fun about the next couple of days is watching Republicans try to deny or ignore these findings. Everything is fine! We just need to get back to our core principles! This is nothing a little poem or interpretive dance can’t fix! You betcha!
Update: Larison has more:
The Midwest figures are stunning: Republican ID in this region has dropped by nine points. This is not just the heartland, which the GOP is supposed to represent so well, but it has been the historic core of Republican politics at a national level since the founding of the party. Even having lost the Northeast is not quite as bad as being decimated in the Midwest. The GOP has even lost five points among married voters, six points among whites, seven points among men and nine points among middle-income voters, all of which are equal to or greater than the national average. This is the hollowing-out of the Republican coalition as we know it. McCain will be pleased to find that Republican ID among college graduates has dropped by ten points in the last eight years–the danger of more arrogant young punks involving themselves in conservative politics has been substantially reduced.
Say what you will about the merits of this view but a new poll shows that folks under 30 aren’t too concerned about the “Big Government” boogeyman:
Taking this from a purely political perspective, news like this — added to the GOP’s archaic stances on gays, immigration, etc. — helps paint a pretty bleak future for the GOP among non-geriatrics.
At this point, I still consider myself a political independent. It looks there are more of us every day!
As Gherald said yesterday, time for a new party!
Hot on the heels of a Washington Post/ABC News poll which revealed that only 21% of Americans consider themselves Republicans, a New York Times poll is out today and puts the number even lower: 20%. For the record, both numbers are at the lowest level they’ve been in decades.
Here’s Steve Benen:
terrorist communist socialist fascist!” rhetoric, amiright?
Update: OMG, Obama’s approval ratings have climbed over the last few weeks! C’mon GOP! Formulate some creative new insults!!
Here’s Steve Benen:
It sounds like Republicans need to step up the “Obama’s aThere was some talk in Republican circles recently that the GOP is finally “back in the saddle.” If that’s true, the horse is looking pretty small.
[Chris] Cillizza added, “The number of people who see themselves as GOPers is on the decline even as those who remain within the party grow more and more conservative. That means that the loyal base of the party has an even larger voice in terms of the direction it heads even as more and more empirical evidence piles up that the elevation of voices like former vice president Dick Cheney does little to win over wavering Republicans or recruit Independents back to the GOP cause.”
Which brings us back to yesterday’s discussion about the party’s base refusing to allow the party to progress or adapt. Indeed, while the GOP would presumably be looking for new ways to expand its numbers, Republicans are apparently intent on doing the opposite.
Update: OMG, Obama’s approval ratings have climbed over the last few weeks! C’mon GOP! Formulate some creative new insults!!
A new DKos poll is out. It appears that the Republicans in Congress are about as popular as genital herpes:
| ITEM PRESIDENT OBAMA |
FAVORABLE 68 (69) |
UNFAVORABLE 26 (27) |
NET CHANGE +0 |
| PELOSI: | 37 (37) | 44 (45) | +1 |
| REID: | 34 (35) | 48 (49) | +0 |
| McCONNELL: | 22 (22) | 58 (57) | -1 |
| BOEHNER: | 17 (17) | 61 (60) | -1 |
| CONGRESSIONAL DEMS: | 43 (44) | 50 (50) | -1 |
| CONGRESSIONAL GOPS: | 15 (16) | 70 (69) | -2 |
| DEMOCRATIC PARTY: | 53 (52) | 41 (42) | +2 |
| REPUBLICAN PARTY: | 23 (24) | 67 (67) | -1 |
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Bear witness to the bright young minds at Liberty University who are trying to make conservatism hep and happnin’ for the YouTube generation. They got real good idears, they do:Travis Korson… suggested framing marriage as an economic issue. “Gay marriage undermines that basic family unit,” he said, and that, in turn, hurts the economy.
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I Know You Are, But What Am I?
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As the immigration debate begins before the full Senate for the first time, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has become one of the most vocal opponents to the current bill. But Cruz says the true obstacle to immigration reform is not him, but President Obama. > more ... (2 comments)
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