With a chart of the day:
Steve Benen of the Political Animal blog put this chart together with the results of last weeks Research 2000 weekly poll. A commenter on his blog said the following:
[The Republican Party] is only barely a regional party if only 50% of the [South], who are supposed to be its “base,” have a favorable view of it.
Sadly, Democrats in Congress and the White House seem to be totally unaware of how unpopular the Republicans are and allow them to control the message and the direction of the conversation.
Where did the backbone go? I thought 2008 was about FINALLY growing a spine, but they seem to have reverted to the cowardice of the late 1990s.