They've already demonstrated a willingness to do that:
Posted on 12/01/2009 6:07:44 AM PST by jmaroneps37
Obama and the Democrats’ problems go deeper than just his approval ratings. Here’s a look under the media’s rug.
A recent CNN survey says 38% blame Republicans for the worst economy in 75 years. This is a sharp drop from the 53% who swallowed this line in May. The number blaming Democrats is up 6%.
Rasmussen’s presidential index shows Obama at -14 meaning he’s been at -15 or -14 for several days. Rasmussen also puts Republicans at a 7 point advantage in a generic poll which simply asks “In Congressional races next year will you vote for a Democrat or Republican?” Since our September 12 Washington rally the spread has steadily increased.
“Intensity gap” getting ugly for Democrats
Just before last month’s three big elections (NJ and Va. Governor; special in NY CD 23) Charlie Cook released his findings on voter intensity.
Cook stated his opinion very clearly writing, “DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE TO SET UP MACHINE-GUN NESTS TO KEEP OBAMA’S FOES FROM VOTING.”
Cook based his statement on an October 12 -18 Gallup poll showing Obama’s approval rating among Democrats at 84% but just 16% among Republicans and 48% with Independent voters.
Confirmation from the far Left
A new Daily Kos poll asked if America is on the Right track or Wrong Track. We answered wrong track 40/57; bad news for the Democrats.
The news for Democrats is so bad that even these far leftist have joined the chorus of those predicting doom next year.
The super bad news for Democrats is the Voter Intensity index in the Daily Kos poll. Voters saying: they are Probably voting/ not likely to vote answered this way:
Democrats: 56/40 Independents: 65/23 Republicans 81/14
You won’t hear much about this from the media, they don’t like reporting bad news for their side.
(Excerpt) Read more at collinsreport.net ...
Yeah I suppose, but the vast majority of the Independents and some democrats also mean "deep wide and continual trouble for Democrats."
If they get Amnesty pushed through, all this means nothing.
“Broken glass” as in break glass in case of emergency? Honestly, I expect that Dems will keep picking up votes as most of the population is either brainwashed or hopelessly dependent on them. And that includes many who say they are conservatives.
The GOP needs to put up candidates that are worth voting for. I absolutely do not think that there are many “broken glass Republicans” for McCain, Huckabee, or some others I could name,
This is the break the GOP is looking for - how many RINOs can they slip through based only on the fact that they have an -R- after their names.
They've already demonstrated a willingness to do that:
The intensity level was evident everywhere...
1. VA was a bigger blowout for GOP than polls had suggested.
2. NJ was supposed to be close, based on polls. Some even had Jon Corrupt leading. GOP won comfortably.
3. Westchester county Executive was supposed to be a toss up; GOP won in a blow out 58-42.
4. Nassau County Executive was supposed to be a cake walk for the Dumocrat. When the recount is done, his political career is probably done too.
Dem supporters were complete no-shows.
Do you think with POTUS’ Afghaniplan that intensity from the left is going to increase? Or decline even further?
Once again, the press is asking the wrong question.
The fact that the public blames the Republicans doesn’t mean they will continue to give the Democrats a pass for not cleaning it up. The question should be “What percentage of Americans don’t blame the Democrats for not improving the economy.”
We’re in a similar situation to the 1970s. The public blamed Ford for the economic mess. For a while after he was elected, the public gave Carter a pass for not cleaning it up, but by the end of his 4 years their patience ran out. The public never blamed Carter for creating the economic problems, but they blamed him for not improving the economy.
The public will always blame the Repbulicans (because it started on Bush’s watch), but there will come a point where their patience will run out with Obama not improving the economy.
I do think that Obama is screwing up so badly that he cannot avoid the blame, but these things can be unpredictable.
"Broken glass" as in willing to crawl across broken glass to vote against the Democrats/for the Republicans. Another strong dose of someone Dole- or McCain-like could cure the second half of those.
"Broken glass" conservatives are those who would crawl over broken glass to vote. I think we do have an emergency though, and broken glass is also the answer to the question about the glass being half empty or half full.
and all signs are that Barry’s impending announcement on troops for Afghanistan is going to quickly deflate the left
Cook stated his opinion very clearly writing, “DEMOCRATS WOULD HAVE TO SET UP MACHINE-GUN NESTS TO KEEP OBAMA’S FOES FROM VOTING.”
Hence Obama’s call for a “Civilian Defense Force” that is as well-equipped and funded as the military...
Maybe the Demoncrats will be too unmotivated to cheat.
I coined the term "Broken Glass Republican" as a measure of voter intensity in 2000. This was my first posting on Free Republic.
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Broken Glass CONSERVATIVE republicans never left.
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