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Posted on 07/30/2009 5:13:43 AM PDT by Scanian
The results of the new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll are a major warning sign for Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress. On some key issues, the gains that Democrats had made on Republicans in the last couple of years have disappeared, and the GOP has begun to reassert itself. In other policy areas, traditional Democratic leads are diminishing.
The results are found in the answers to the Journal's questions about whether respondents believe the Democratic or Republican party would do a better job of handling a particular issue. In the past, Democrats have usually led in areas like health care and education, while Republicans have led in issues like national security and taxes.
During the Bush administration, Democrats made huge gains in some important Republican areas. For example, on the question of which party would do a better job in handling the federal budget deficit, Democrats held a 19-point advantage in a November 2005 Journal poll, a 25-point advantage in July 2007, and a 22-point advantage in January 2008.
Now all that has changed. In the new poll, the results have completely turned around, and Republicans hold a six-point advantage. On the related issue of controlling government spending, in July 2007, Democrats held a 16-point advantage. In the new poll, Republicans hold a nine-point lead.
Also in the Bush years, Democrats erased the Republican advantage on the issue of taxes. In November 2005, Democrats held a 10-point advantage over Republicans on the tax issue. That lead diminished over the next few years, but Democrats still held a five-point advantage in January 2008. In the new poll, Republicans have a seven-point advantage.
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Good.
The nightmare must end.
They are increasing unemployment and unemployment compensation. While they do that they spend more money, run more businesses out of the nation and pledge more services to their idiotic followers.
Soon, the vast majority of the voters will see that the election of Obama was foolish. Sadly, the thirty percent whose religion is the democrat party will never see their own faults....and we all will pay for these idiots.
Perhaps there is a silver lining in the Obama election after all. It shows how radical the left is,
which is why more and more people are claiming to be conservative.
I don’t see the RATs being able to turn this direction around thru their own efforts. Only the accidental/incidental machinations of a free-economy will turn their fortunes around.
However their policies and actions are so insistant on implementing things that will actually inhibit or cause the opposite results, that it will actually exacerbate the current direction of publich opinion.
Like they weren’t warned when they voted in ‘06 and certainly ‘08. What were people expecting.
In any case it’s too bad the congressional elections aren’t this year. By next year if there is some improvement in the economy then the Dems could end up doing well again. Though as of now it looks like the GOP will sweep both governorships up for election this year, as long as the Dems don’t pull a dirty trick again and dump Corzine in NJ.
Actually “conservatives” are the TRUE liberals, in the “Hayekian” sense. We desire maximal individual liberty. They, the leftists, desire maximal state control over the individual.
Anyone who has been around a while knew this was going to be a train wreck. It was utterly laughable for the Dems and Obama to screech about everything, including the economy and spending, over the last two years. The Dems do not have history on their side re: managing our money. This stimulus pkg is going to be a waste of 3/4 of a trillion dollars. It was nothing more than a spread the wealth to the Dem faithful. Obama, the community organizer, will wreck this country.
Digging their own grave. Unfortunately, they’re pulling the country into the abyss with them.
Don’t “worry” about the economy “accidentally recovering”.
It won’t happen. What we see now is a “capital strike”. No one is making capital investments, including hiring, while this crew is in power. No one will put any of their own sweat & wealth into an investment if a gov’t regulation could instantly invalidate that investment.
The majority of people in this country are ignorant sheep and have been raised to believe what they are told to believe and never mind what they see and experience for themselves. You can almost excuse their vote for the empty suit. The surprise is Lindsey Graham who is voting for Sotomayor while admitting he himself would not have recommended her for elevation to the high court. His excuse that it was "time" we had a Hispanic on this court is about as lame as it gets and badly diminishes the USSC itself. It's no longer such an honor to serve on the highest court in the land when the choice to do so is based on nothing more then affirmative action. It is said it is better to let people think you a fool then to open your mouth and prove it to be true. perhaps Graham should be made aware of this.
I’m all choked up.
It gets me “right here” if you know what I mean.
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Oh excellent! We can rely on the Republicans to reduce the deficit and repeal all this porkulus and other over-spending issues the Democrats created in the last few months. I’m sure when the Republicans take power back that’s the first thing they will do! /s
Fools.
Watch the drum beat of “Bush’s Fault” spreading across the airwaves. It is the last stand of the socialists.
Balony! Thoe that voted for him will never believe it. They will comtinue to swallow the main stream media bull.
obama is not going anywhere. He is doing a good job of doing what his masters had him put in office for. To wit: The complete and total destruction of the institutions and industrail base of the United States of America.
Listen you wacko dems. The American people will not knowingly take us into marxism. They were wildly star-struck with the new, young presidential candidate who was going to absolve them of their White Guilt. The American people had no idea of what was going to happen, and that is their failing.
The American people, collectively, were unable to hold more than two thoughts in their collective mind at the same time. The only thought they had was “first black president.”
While this news is, effectively good for conservatives, we are still missing one important factor - the left doesn’t care. The dedicated marxists in charge of this administration are more interested in implementing their marxist agenda, than they are in complying with the wishes of the voters/taxpayers who own this government.
The “agenda” politics of our government is not new, it has just become more acute under zero and the Dems. The fact remains that, public opinion polls notwithstanding, the Dems are going to enact their marxist agenda whether we like it or not. Remember what 9% Nancy Pelousy said the other day, she doesn’t care if anyone likes her!!
The bottom line is that, unless we are able to stop these people and reverse the stuff they have done or are doing, we are in big trouble. The agenda trumps the will/desires of the people.
This just shows how many people in the US are on drugs.
This is because the media spouts, and the public buys into, Democratic demagoguery. However, when the rubber hits the road and they are in full control, the results are unequivocal. Democrats are a bunch of tax and spend Socialists. There is no hiding it when they are actually in a position to govern. It’s too bad that Republicans can’t seem to get the message across. Perhaps it’s because, with a few key exceptions, when they govern there doesn’t seem to be much difference. They are all power hungry in the end.
As their panic increases we'll start hearing how chimpy bushitler is STILL continuing to make it harder and harder for -11bama to fix the apocalypse he inherited.
I see this as the continuation of the same old dysfunctional out of control, politics as usual Fed.
The GOP is becoming or has become a Liberal Lite extension of the Democratic Party.
Sarah Palin will redefine the argument by bringing out the truth of the ideological struggle.
The conflict is between those who believe that elites (most often themselves) should have their discretion supercede the individual decisions of the people,
versus those who know that no “elite” can make better decisions than the person as an individual.
Elitists vs Individualists. There are elitists in both parties. There are very few individualists in the ‘rat party.
These are swings of 10-30%. That’s pretty massive.
Now all that has changed. In the new poll, the results have completely turned around, and Republicans hold a six-point advantage. On the related issue of controlling government spending, in July 2007, Democrats held a 16-point advantage. In the new poll, Republicans hold a nine-point lead.
I've heard football broadcasters say that, quite often, the most popular player on the team is the backup quarterback. Every time the starter throws an incompletion, the fans start screaming for the second-stringer. When he finally comes in and stops throwing incomplete passes and starts throwing interceptions, the fans realize that ole' Number One wasn't so bad.
Obama promised us change, and change is what he's delivered. But not change for the better.
... but not until Obama destroys a good deal of the economy and the American lifestyle.
I've never understood how the average American can think that Democrats would be good on national security or taxes. On health care and education, although I think they're wrong headed and wrong hearted, they talk about it so much that I can understand how people who don't keep up on the issues could think Rats have an advantage.
Unfortunately, the unstated part of this poll indicates distrust of Democrats is growing, not, IMHO, that Republicans are getting stronger. It's like a choice of "Would you rather be shot at close range with a .38 or a 12 gauge?" All things considered, I'd rather have a birthday cake than either one, but given a choice between those two options only...
The Democrats want to shoot us with the 12 gauge then tax the birthday cake as being too fattening and outlaw the candles as increasing global warming. The Republicans will compromise and shoot us with the .38, but after that, they'll leave us alone. Sort of.
"Serious" art critics used to state that Norman Rockwell painted an America that doesn't exist and never did exist. They were wrong. Norman Rockwell's America did exist and still exists. He never painted all of America. He painted vignettes of the beauty, humor and simplicity of human interaction.
He painted the bravery of our troops. Those brave troops are still there. He painted the frustration of a baby sitter trying to quiet a baby, the pathos of a young girl looking in a mirror, the pleasure of a sporting event. All those things still happen.
There are battles to fight, and not all things in America are beautiful. They never were. As we fight these battles, though, we need to remember to take a few moments to refresh ourselves. Hug the wife, watch the sunset, teach a child how to tie a bowline, refinish a dresser, and go to a small town football game.
The good old days weren't always good, and tomorrow's not as bad as it seems.
Don’t “worry” about the economy “accidentally recovering”.
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Judging from what I see the economy in my neck of the woods is much more likely to disappear than recover anytime soon.
What a loss when we lost Hendrix. Still hurts to think about it.
Think how bad the GOP screwed up to get to the point where people believed the Dems could better handle the deficit!
At this point though, that question is a bit like asking people if they'd rather have their heart surgery performed by a florist or a professional bowler.
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