Posted on 08/10/2006 9:48:23 AM PDT by new yorker 77
Many Democrats may hate the war in Iraq and itch to dump the president, but a new GOP survey shows that Republican base voters stand ready to jam the November polls to return their team to Congress. A three-page-survey memo obtained by Washington Whispers reveals that despite reports of some dissatisfaction with the economy, the war, and President Bush, 81 percent of Republican voters are "almost certain" to vote and an additional 14 percent say they are "very likely." It goes without saying that they'll vote Republican: By a margin of 84 percent to 6 percent, they will pull the GOP toggle switch in the voting booth. And here is something you don't hear very often: 88 percent of Republicans approve of how the prez is handling his job. What's it all mean? Analysts say that GOP voters are ready to dig in and play defense against the charges Democrats are tossing at Republican candidates.
The memo also helps to define what issues work for Republican candidates. The survey--officially tilted "Base Mobilization Survey Finds and Conclusions"--divided the issues into foreign and domestic. On the foreign side, it's all terrorism and war with polling that finds GOP voters back the war, worry about Democratic attacks on the fight against terrorism, and think the Patriot Act, moves to tighten the border, and even telephone surveillance are good things. And their favorite domestic issues aren't a surprise: They are pro-tax cuts, big on cultural values, and worried that Democrats want to put too much bureaucracy in healthcare. Another nonshocker: They don't like the media's war stories, thinking that they are too negative. Some 60 percent of the GOP base expresses "extremely high dissatisfaction" with the coverage of the war.
It comes on a while after Sesame Street....are you sure you didn't get confused about your source?
If the Dems are more motivated, then they will win the day.
Do we know which side is more motivated based on polls etc.?
No, it wasn't.
You can't even remember what you've posted.
The worse it gets, the quicker Joe six-pack is going to wake up realize his country is being sold down the river.
As long as you're here laughing at us conservatives, why don't you give us your leftwing answers and enlighten us?
I have seen no evidence to suggest that Republicans learned a damn thing. They flunked. An "F" in conservatism, and another in picking small government candidates.
Since you are not in the party right now, your threats are meaningless. We don't want you. Go vote Constitution Party or join the democrats. I flat out don't care.
Based on today's evidence, I think there is a good case to be made.
How about next election? Or the one after that?
Gee, good news for our side. The liberals and the MSM must be very sad.
The whiners are mention GOP spending as a reason why they may stay home. I really don't give a damn about spending and the budget, when it comes to the much more damaging issues such as Ginsberg type SCOTUS judges and/or the demonrats national treasons. Take Carter's treachery in helping overthrow the Shaw, a heinous act that this country is still paying for dearly, 25 years later. We within a few short years, being a great and prosperous nation, easily MADE MORE MONEY/GDP to heal the economic screw ups. But the other stuff is still with us. Clinton's give up of missile technology to the CHICOMS... ? The genie does not go back into the bottle.
Well beeler sounds like you may need to move on too. Maybe FR has left you behind also. But I don't worry much at all about you 'true,only,real' conservatives as there's not enough of you to fill a small room in the men's room.
Just for grins it sounds like you are against keeping the Republicans in office until a more conservative candidate can be elected to replace them, correct? Then I'd guess you maybe in opposition to the owners objectivess at this stage of the game as stated in part here from a post this morning:
...I do not and will not subscribe to any plan or theory that includes losing seats to the enemy or sharing power with Marxists or settling for gridlock or attempting a third party take over or any other such sure-loser proposition (even temporarily--cough cough)....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1679196/posts?page=107#107
I agree, especially with the senate's handling of immigration, but the solution is?
Obviously, any future election, if the dem party continues on the track they are on now. I was making a point to the resident troll of the seriousness of the issue.
Well please enlighten me. Please share some knowledge of this state that I fail to grasp. Or better yet, please expose some of of the gaps in my knowledge regarding politics in NC.
Politics is all about winning elections. At the county level, we establish the foundation. At the State level, we build on that foundation and groom leadership to advance to the national level.
I am comforted and encouraged by the leak of this information. It only confirms what I have known about conservatives and Republicans. We will do what we must to insure the security of the United States.
Then, at least, there would be a chance that the Republicans could become the party defending sovereignty and the rule of law. I've come to this conclusion against my will, since I agree, it's risky, and the democrats are worse on every issue.
In my opinion, we need some non-Establishment Republicans to shake up those in power who want to impose the Latinization of America on us without our consent. Ronald Reagan, after all, was an outsider, and had to beat the Republicans in power at the time. Thank God he did.
Part of a Democrat coalition.
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