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Hard Core Republicans Are Fleeing President
The Washington Post ^ | May 11, 2006 | JIm VandeHei and Peter Baker

Posted on 05/10/2006 7:15:13 PM PDT by Dems_R_Losers

Disaffection over spending and immigration have caused conservatives to take flight from President Bush and the Republican Congress at a rapid pace in recent weeks, sending Bush's approval ratings to record lows and presenting a new threat to the GOP's 12-year reign on Capitol Hill, according to White House officials, lawmakers and new polling data.

Bush and Congress have suffered a decline in support from almost every part of the conservative coalition over the past year, a trend that has accelerated with alarming implications for Bush's governing strategy.

The Gallup polling organization recorded a 13-percentage-point drop in Republican support for Bush in the past couple weeks. These usually reliable voters are telling pollsters and lawmakers they are fed up with what they see as out-of-control spending by Washington and an abandonment of core conservative principles more generally.

There are also significant pockets of conservatives turning on Bush and Congress over the their failure to tighten immigration laws, restrict gay marriage and to put an end to the Iraq war and the rash of political scandals, according to lawmakers and pollsters.

Bush won two presidential elections by pursuing a political and governing model that was predicated on winning and sustaining the loyal backing of social, economic and foreign policy conservatives. The strategy was based on the belief that conservatives, who are often more politically active than the general public, could be inspired to vote in larger numbers and would serve as a reliable foundation for his presidency. The theory, as explained by Bush strategists, is that the president would enjoy a floor below which his support would never fall.

It is now apparent that this floor has weakened dramatically and collapsed in places.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: adolescents; borderlist; bush; bushbots; conservatives; gopcheerleader; sickofrinos; wetoleratenodissent
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Front page of Thursday's Post. Tony Snow has his work cut out for him.
1 posted on 05/10/2006 7:15:16 PM PDT by Dems_R_Losers
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Build a WALL or bye bye...


2 posted on 05/10/2006 7:16:28 PM PDT by VastRWCon
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To: Dems_R_Losers

Yep its hard to talk to the Donner Party when they are hungry


3 posted on 05/10/2006 7:17:24 PM PDT by woofie (Another actor with political ideas.................John Wilkes Booth)
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To: woofie

LOL


4 posted on 05/10/2006 7:19:28 PM PDT by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: woofie

Ding ding

Nice analogy


5 posted on 05/10/2006 7:19:41 PM PDT by A message
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To: VastRWCon

Yeah because Hillary/Kerry/etc would be so much better. Brilliant.


6 posted on 05/10/2006 7:19:45 PM PDT by KJC1 (A 3 strikes you're out policy for hijacking non-immigration threads would be great)
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To: VastRWCon
That is a key issue. We need to concentrate on keeping out new border jumpers and deal with the present illegals down the line. It's very important to get our ducks in a row.
7 posted on 05/10/2006 7:19:51 PM PDT by rodguy911 (support the new Media, ticket the drive-bys)
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To: Dems_R_Losers

Perhaps the "Hard Core Republicans" are similar, in a frightening sort of way, to the "Far Left Democrats"?


8 posted on 05/10/2006 7:19:58 PM PDT by Chena (I'm not young enough to know everything.)
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To: Dems_R_Losers

Maybe because hardcore republicans see the cost of illegal aliens better than the President does? Guest workers or a drain on our society?


9 posted on 05/10/2006 7:20:51 PM PDT by eeriegeno
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To: VastRWCon

You obviously didn't listen or read this:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/immigration/


10 posted on 05/10/2006 7:21:23 PM PDT by AmeriBrit (ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS A WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION, IT INCLUDES TERRORIST SLEEPER CELLS!!)
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To: woofie

LOL! Perhaps all of those in the Donner Party could just head south and build a wall of human bodies rather than spend their days and nights typing out irrational thoughts.


11 posted on 05/10/2006 7:22:39 PM PDT by Chena (I'm not young enough to know everything.)
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Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ya'll need a new slogan.


12 posted on 05/10/2006 7:22:47 PM PDT by SouthernFreebird
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To: AmeriBrit

How dare you let facts get in the way of hysteria :-)


13 posted on 05/10/2006 7:22:57 PM PDT by MJY1288 (THE DEMOCRATS OFFER NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY LIE ABOUT THE PAST)
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To: Dems_R_Losers
Hard Core Republicans Are Fleeing President

Or is it the other way around?

14 posted on 05/10/2006 7:23:23 PM PDT by gpapa (Boost FR Traffic! Make FR your home page!)
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Yep, what are we gonna do? Stay home and let the damn commies have America for eight years?

A bunch of conservatives had that bright idea in 92, and look what that got us..


15 posted on 05/10/2006 7:23:46 PM PDT by Armedanddangerous (Master of Sinanju (Emeritus))
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To: KJC1

I agree it would be stupid to vote for Kerry or Hillary, but where the hell are the conservative policies we expected when Bush was elected. I am very mad about many issues, most of them are because of illegal immigration and spending. The had better change or the base will not turn out. They need all of us !!


16 posted on 05/10/2006 7:24:09 PM PDT by Pedrobud (Wake up you liberal morons. Bush is not the enemy !!)
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To: SouthernFreebird
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ya'll need a new slogan.

It's not a slogan, it's reality. Who the hell do you think is going to win if GOPers sit out or vote 3rd party in the next election? DUH.

17 posted on 05/10/2006 7:25:41 PM PDT by KJC1 (A 3 strikes you're out policy for hijacking non-immigration threads would be great)
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To: onyx; ohioWfan; ilovew; Howlin; sinkspur

Constipation / hysteria alert


18 posted on 05/10/2006 7:25:57 PM PDT by M203M4
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To: Dems_R_Losers
The implications are only alarming to those who intend to tuck it to the buyer tomorrow.

It matters not to the powers, they laugh all the way to the bank today.

19 posted on 05/10/2006 7:25:59 PM PDT by mmercier (Caveat emptor)
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To: woofie
80% of the people who turn every thread on this forum into a flame war have been bashing this president since day one, the other 20% have been hypnotized by the MSM and now believe the DNC talking points
20 posted on 05/10/2006 7:26:07 PM PDT by MJY1288 (THE DEMOCRATS OFFER NOTHING FOR THE FUTURE AND THEY LIE ABOUT THE PAST)
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