Posted on 09/25/2013 11:58:20 AM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy
The Republican base must not require its representatives in Congress to run off a cliff and commit suicide as the price of avoiding a primary challenge in 2014. The Tea Party must not eat its young.
Polling shows that there are nowhere near the pre-conditions in place that would be necessary for a government shutdown over defunding ObamaCare. Americans oppose defunding it by 44 percent to 38 percent, according to a recent CNBC All-America Economic Survey — and when it comes to shutting down the government to force its defunding, opposition swells to 19-59. To force Republican congressmen to side with the 19s against the 59s is to endanger the gains the party made in 2010 and hasten the day of Democratic control of the House.
How do voters reconcile their opposition to ObamaCare with their opposition to a government shutdown to defund it? Think of the issue of teachers' pay and schools: voters strongly favor increases in teacher pay, but they just as strongly oppose teacher strikes, which close down schools as a way of achieving higher pay.
The whole idea of a government shutdown is a huge negative, implying a total instability of the two parties to co-exist or to govern. And polling suggests that voters are far more likely to blame Republicans for gridlock and conflict in Washington than Democrats. Instead of baiting its supporters to shut down the government to defund ObamaCare, the Tea Party and base voters should be demanding a firm stand on increasing the debt limit. While voters feel there is nothing positive to be achieved by shutting down the government, they do agree with stopping additional government borrowing until or unless there are substantial cuts in spending.
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NEVER AGAIN!
Hey Dick, when have you been right about anything?
Het dickie boy. We’re not trying to eat our young; were trying to retire the old and spineless RINOS.
Another Dick heard from...
I did hear Levin’s show that’s why I included Reagan’s advisors in my post.
if the R party permits Ocare to continue, I, for one, will not support any R candidate. Period.
Nor will I vote for them.
Ocare is the leading example of what is destroying USA and the American economy.
It is, therefore, a key issue... and a flagship for what’s going wrong.
There is no point at all in voting or paying for R candidates if they vote for the extremist/communist agenda of the left-wing usurpers that have taken over control of the Dem party
better to stay home, and use the money to invest instead
a pox on both their houses, since the have chosen to shack up together in one big socialist, antiAmerican hippie condo, anyway
Sorry Morris..The GOP slashed their carotid long ago and I am sick of applying pressure to stop the bleeding.
The GOP is already committing suicide by not fighting.
body part.
Triangulation is for sissies.
Ahhhhh No one but ComDems listen to CNBC!
I remember that.
So Dick, why should I support the Repubs?
Vote for us, we aren’t quite as bad as them.
Pray America is Waking Up
Morris is watching his paycheck dwindle. He’s the problem.
Dick Morris is entertaining and good at interpreting polls, lousy at prognostication, but probably correct about how the Dem Media will try to spin this.
The Republicans worst problem is not entirely their fault though. The two dominant spokespeople for the Republicans in the MSM are Lindsy Graham and John McCain, who are probably invited by the networks directly not sent by the GOP. Republicans would actually stand a chance of winning the Low information voters if they actually had republicans speaking where they get their info.
Cheese-eating surrender monkeys they have all become .
Worse than the French they are
>>>Another Dick heard from...>>>
LOLZ
And I say that as a woman who NEVER uses the word in the pejorative sense.
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