Americans Are More Like Obama Than Jim DeMint
We’ve been discussing for more than a year now the GOP purge of candidates who aren’t judged sufficiently conservative. The leader of this wing of the Republican/Tea Party is ultra-conservative Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina. DeMint famously said he’d rather have 30 senators like Marco Rubio than 60 senators like Arlen Specter:
I’ve been criticized by some of my Republican colleagues for saying I’d rather have 30 Republicans in the Senate who believe in the principles of freedom than 60 who don’t believe in anything.
Let me make myself even clearer: I’d rather have 30 Marco Rubios in the Senate than 60 Arlen Specters.
The Republican party is definitely becoming more like DeMint’s vision. Republicans who are not considered sufficiently conservative have been cast out: people like Charlie Crist in Florida and Dede Scozzafava in New York. The Tea Party has been successful in winning primaries but haven’t been successful yet in getting elected to higher office.
A new Pew Poll shows that Republicans are moving in the wrong direction for the country. People want compromise and a vote for health care reform is more likely to help a candidate rather than hurt them:
By contrast, about as many say they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who supported the recently passed health care law (39%) as less likely to favor such a candidate (35%); 22% say a candidate’s stance on health care legislation will make no difference.
The latest Pew Research/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll, sponsored by SHRM, finds more positive than negative reactions to a candidate who is willing to make compromises. A substantial minority (42%) say they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who will make compromises with people they disagree with; only about half as many (22%) say they would be less likely to back a candidate willing to compromise, while 29% say it will make no difference. But there is a wide partisan divide. More than twice as many Republicans (40%) as Democrats (19%) or independents (15%) say they would be less willing to favor a candidate willing to compromise.
People want action instead of talk. They see compromise as a way to get things done. It’s not a coincidence that the Democrats fortunes started rising once they started getting legislation passed. The people who want to do nothing but protect the status quo are a small and vocal minority, despite the amount of media coverage they get. Can I also add, we told you so on health care reform? Plus it’s going to get even more popular as some popular provisions start later in the year.
One area where the Tea Partiers really do have their finger on the pulse of Americans is on the bank bailouts. They are extremely unpopular:
About half (49%) say they are less likely to vote for a candidate who supported the major government loans to banks; 14% say they are more likely to vote for a candidate that supported the legislation, while 32% say this will make no difference.
This is not surprising. Throwing money at the people who caused the financial crisis is not a popular idea. Especially when they use that money to save their own skins and then reward themselves richly for screwing up. Lingering anger at the bank bailouts is what has allowed the financial reform bill to pass, even if it is weaker than we’d like.
Tags: Bailouts, Health Care Reform
63% of people favor repeal of health care reform and their ranks are sending Republicans ahead in the polls in most states. That vote is poison even smart Democrats are running from it.
I venture to say that the same number have no idea how the bill actually works or what it is really about. They dislike it because the propaganda against it has been consistent, albeit deceptive.
Every poll on repealing health care has been done by Rasmussen, which is starting to look more like a propaganda outlet every week. Why was Rasmussen absent from polling last week’s elections in the last three weeks before the voting? I suspect it’s because their “likely voter” model is beginning to break down, and they know it.
Latest figures show a full 25% of US households now have no landline phone, and another 15% use it only for outgoing, not incoming, calls. That means 40% of the population — and let’s face it, that’s mostly a middle-class and lower population — is unreachable by phone.
But please, David, keep up the bold predictions. I’m always amazed that a head as big as yours fits up your ass so well.
“63% of people favor repeal of health care reform and their ranks are sending Republicans ahead in the polls in most states. That vote is poison even smart Democrats are running from it.”
is that why a republican won the special election in PA last week?
But a.price, you idiot… a DEMOCRAT won the special election. Not a republican. Get your facts right, liberal-d-bag!”
OH, you are right! hmm.. David… seems like a republican DIDNT win. guess you should rethink that prediction… and your life veiws.
The Republican in that race ran specifically on health care reform repeal and lost by quite a bit.
Geezer, I saw that Nate Silver is going to do a new pollster rating post soon. It will be interesting to see where Rasmussen ends up. They are consitently 5% lower in Obama approval numbers than everyone else.
and the only poll clusterFox ever usues…. and the ones that add up to 154%
The Dem won the special election in Pennsylvania, but not for the reasons you think.
Critz was pro-life, pro-gun, and opposed the health care reform bill.
http://rothenbergpoliticalreport.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-05-20T09%3A00%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=4
As for Geezers comment “Every poll on repealing health care has been done by Rasmussen”
Really??
How about:
USA Today 55% disapprove 42% approve
Bloomberg 53% disapprove 40% approve
Quinnipac 55% disapprove 40% approve
http://www.pollingnumbers.com/poll-of-polls/obama-handling-healthcare.html
Facts are funny things.
Those polls are about approval/disapproval, not repeal.
Facts are, indeed, funny things.
The Dem won the special election in Pennsylvania, but not for the reasons you think.
Critz was pro-life, pro-gun, and opposed the health care reform bill.
That’s the point, Galt. Given a choice the voters went with the conservaDem and not the “real” conservative. Hmmm?
If you are against something, wouldn’t you want it repealed?
If you disapprove of of Don’t ask, Don’t tell, don’t you want it repealed??
the difference….
DADT prevents americans from being able to serve their country because of the way there were born… in some cases baring essencial skilss from keeping the nation safe
YOUR libertarian crap-thought allows UN ELECTED ceo prevent americans from getting health care because of they way they were born.. in some cases baring “high risk” people fomr LIVING so they can make more money next quater.
shorter… arguing for the repeal of DADT helps america, arguing for the continued tyranical power for the insurance scams is evil.
although i do see your point. Randy the Racist argues for the right of businesses in the confederacy to discriminate… and Saint Sarah backs him up.
Why is there always so much name calling? Can’t any of you people get a point across without bashing the business out of the opposition? I vehemently dislike BHO, but to call him names? This term “teabagger” is again inappropriate. Just because some group’s school of thought is different than your own, they get slapped with a derogatory sexual connotation as a moniker? This is exactly why this country is going to hades in a handbasket. Narrowmindedness and ignorance. I used to be a Delaware liberal. I now have different values as my life has changed in a drastic way. I moved out west to AZ and have seen the fruits of liberalism in a not so lovely light. My law enforcement officers are shot in the desert and the streets by illegal aliens that are embraced by the concepts of liberalism at the expense of American citizens. I’m saddened by what this country has become and even more saddened by how much farther it will deteriorate under the likes of Pelosi and Reid. I believe that gays should be able to serve without fear of reprisal for their lifestyles. I do not feel that being gay is a choice. If a gay individual has the “stones” to step up for our country and serve courageously, I don’t think lifestyle should even be a consideration. Just because someone registers as R vs. D does not make them demons or vice versa. We need to start talking about what we have in common and reaching compromises instead of lashing out and stalling each other on every issue.
Yes, why can’t we do this?
We need to start talking about what we have in common and reaching compromises instead of lashing out and stalling each other on every issue.
That’s a nice sentiment. Unfortunately it’s followed by this:
My law enforcement officers are shot in the desert and the streets by illegal aliens that are embraced by the concepts of liberalism at the expense of American citizens. I’m saddened by what this country has become and even more saddened by how much farther it will deteriorate under the likes of Pelosi and Reid.
Oh yeah, that. Stop lying about what’s happening in AZ – crime has gone down, not up. Shooting law enforcement officers is not “liberalism.” In fact, the last law enforcement officers shootings I’ve heard about were right wing “sovereign citizens” not liberals. Anti-government rightwingers like the Hutaree Militia were also plotting to kill police officers.
Do you live here? No. The latest shooting was 15 minutes from my house. They cart around AK47s and the last time I checked, a Pinal County Sheriff is a law enforcement officer and not a right wing sovereign citizen. See? You immediately resorted to calling me a liar. The first thing out of your mouth is an insult and this is why the two parties will never come together….because of people like you. The Hutaree was a band of ragtag wannabe militants. They are all mentally ill and should be jailed for life to protect the general public. Just like illegals should be sent back to Mexico to protect the general public. Crime has increased exponentially here in AZ and unless you live here, all you have is Janet Napolitano’s word which means nothing in the state of AZ or the US itself for that matter. And BTW…it wasn’t “followed” by, but preceded by. You can’t think in the proper order? Reverse order….hmmmm….maybe THAT is the problem?
BTW….tell the family of Robt. Krentz that the crime spree by illegals is a figment of their imaginations and that their father and husband really isn’t dead. How disrespectful you are.
Facts are stubborn things:
And where did you pull that little gem from? I see you conveniently failed to cite your source. Certainly NOT based on facts at all. Tell ya what smarty pants. You can quote whatever baloney publication (most likely liberal news network) but until you can give me something that is truthful and bipartisan, spare me the B.S. Every day here in AZ there are home invasions. Every night on the news the perps are latino. Not anglo. If you want REAL facts and not spin, why don’t you call up a few of the law enforcement agencies here in AZ and ask them to give you REAL numbers. Until then, don’t talk about something about which you obviously have zero knowledge. Better yet…put your money where your mouth is and come and see for yourself. Hang out here in Pinal County for just one week. You’ll crawl back to Delaware singing a different tune. You know you won’t. You’ll continue to spew other peoples perspectives and not do any research on your own beside that which is readily available on CNN and MSNBC. We’re done here. You are a totally lost cause.
You’re obviously from the slow class. Hit the blue linky thing. The article is from the LA Times but if you Google you’ll find multiple articles which say the same thing. The data comes from the FBI report.
There are none so blind as those who won’t see.
what is it? open one’s mouth and remove all doubt.