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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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To: afnamvet; SoCalPol
I'm going to freepmail some friends and see what we can do. I'll write the thread, and we'll see if we can get a Mod to enforce some basic decency rules.

We need a plan of action. This is too serious to just argue back and forth and call people names.

As SoCalPol said early on..........she lives in San Diego and the situation is dire, but she believes the Bush bashers have hijacked the issue and are preventing serious discussion.

I think together we can wrest it back from the hands of the enemy.........YES, the enemy, and start to get something done.

761 posted on 05/10/2006 11:00:26 PM PDT by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraqi LIBERATION Vet! THANKS, son!!.)
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To: sinkspur
Did Simcox have a toy Wyatt-Earp-on-a-horse figure on his person when he was arrested with a gun in a national park, or not?
Oh WOW! What a comment. And how unique!
SPLCenter.org
Wyatt Earp vs. the Chinese


From La Voz de Aztlan

762 posted on 05/10/2006 11:01:07 PM PDT by philman_36
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To: You Dirty Rats
Memo to border malcontents: The President does not respond well to people who pee on his boots all the time and then threaten him.

Memo in return: Don't blame us for Nov, 2006.

763 posted on 05/10/2006 11:02:15 PM PDT by Lazamataz (If a woman gives birth in Indiana, is she a Hoosier Mama?)
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To: EternalVigilance
I guess those hundreds of personal attacks against me meant nothing.

What about the hundreds of personal attacks you've made to other posters? Do they not count because it's you doing the attacking?

764 posted on 05/10/2006 11:02:19 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Texasforever
The truth is that you are so far right that you and the insane left have met up.

...because in Texasforever-land, secure borders are the realm of right-wing extremists.

Would you care to explain what is "so far right" about wanting illegal immigration severely curtailed? This is an overwhelmingly popular stance in this country----one of the few issues that everyone seems to agree on, with the exception of far-leftists and some of the hackier Republican party hacks.

765 posted on 05/10/2006 11:02:41 PM PDT by Junior_G
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To: trubluolyguy
You are SO confused. Politicians want votes. We are great in number, and there is power on this forum.

If you sit around and gripe about Republicans, and stay home on election day, you accomplish NOTHING.

If we apply great pressure to the Republicans in Congress, and let them know, rationally and seriously that we want them.......no we DEMAND that they get serious.........we can do something positive.

The question is, tru..........are you with us, or against us? Do you want to get something done, or not?

766 posted on 05/10/2006 11:03:23 PM PDT by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraqi LIBERATION Vet! THANKS, son!!.)
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To: onyx

I agree with the rest but, THIS was the best shot!!

"We sure are --- we're damn sick of your arrogant attitude and your bashing of almost every elected Republican."


767 posted on 05/10/2006 11:03:28 PM PDT by Gator113
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To: EternalVigilance
What's the matter, have your Southern Poverty Law Center communist talking points worn thin?
Speaking of the Southern Poverty Law Center...eyeball #762.
768 posted on 05/10/2006 11:03:49 PM PDT by philman_36
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To: daguberment
C'mon guy, your back to rhetoric.

I live in California, don't think the foreign national problem is important to me too. But those soldiers are fighting for my family too and I appreciate them.

You fly a Hawaii flag. When is your primary? Has it come to pass yet. This primary season what are you doing. Are you actively campaigning for a conservative Republican. Or other conservatives that have a chance at beating the Dems. Does it serve our valiant troops if your not actively supporting a conservative Republican or other conservatives that can beat a Dem.

The Dems will do more disservice to our troops than all the illegals combined. The Dems will make all their peril for naught. The Dems have proved this with their words and actions.

Work in your primary if it has not passed. Lets get conservative Republicans elected that will aid us in our goal for better border control.

In the mean time please refrain from rhetoric and pass on to me the good ideas you may have to get more conservative Republicans or other conservatives elected to beat the Dems and secure our borders and make our troops service bear the fruit we are beginning to see.
769 posted on 05/10/2006 11:03:53 PM PDT by A message
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To: daguberment

Oh, stop whining. Where do all these girly men come from, anyway?


770 posted on 05/10/2006 11:04:38 PM PDT by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraqi LIBERATION Vet! THANKS, son!!.)
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To: ohioWfan; SoCalPol
As SoCalPol said early on..........she lives in San Diego and the situation is dire, but she believes the Bush bashers have hijacked the issue and are preventing serious discussion.

socalpol and I lived within 2miles of one another ALL our live's up until I moved to MS last year. She is correct on all counts.

771 posted on 05/10/2006 11:04:54 PM PDT by onyx (Deport the trolls --- send them back to DU)
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To: ohioWfan
Let's pursue this together, shall we?

Count me in ... I actually think D.C. Republicans are starting to get the message ... starting, mind you. :-)

772 posted on 05/10/2006 11:05:35 PM PDT by Oliver Optic
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To: trubluolyguy
If it were the dems in charge, you know very well that you would be right along with the rest of us, outraged and feeling as Americans that our country has been sold out for political donations and political expediency.

That's worth repeating, and so obviously true.

773 posted on 05/10/2006 11:05:47 PM PDT by Junior_G
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To: ohioWfan

I thought someone tipped over a DUmpster somewhere...ROFL!


774 posted on 05/10/2006 11:06:06 PM PDT by RasterMaster (NO MORE "BIG TENTS" - ALL YOU GET ARE CLOWNS AND CIRCUS FREAKS!)
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To: onyx; SoCalPol
Let's work on this, shall we? In a logical, methodical way?

Got to get to bed now. G'nite!

775 posted on 05/10/2006 11:06:22 PM PDT by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraqi LIBERATION Vet! THANKS, son!!.)
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To: onyx
but she believes the Bush bashers have hijacked the issue and are preventing serious discussion.

You know, I have wondered about that myself; I wonder if the people who are so uncompromising and strident in their views didn't cause the illegals to take to the streets -- sort of unintended consequences.

776 posted on 05/10/2006 11:06:43 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Oliver Optic

Right........starting. So now would be a good time to politely 'encourage' them to get their acts together. :)


777 posted on 05/10/2006 11:07:25 PM PDT by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraqi LIBERATION Vet! THANKS, son!!.)
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To: Randy Larsen
Your name calling towards me has nothing to do with the way we all, have been treated by this Republican congress and executive branch...

Then take your ball and stay home on election night.

778 posted on 05/10/2006 11:07:54 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: RasterMaster

Well, it explains the whining........metrosexual and all that. ;)


779 posted on 05/10/2006 11:08:14 PM PDT by ohioWfan (PROUD Mom of an Iraqi LIBERATION Vet! THANKS, son!!.)
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To: ohioWfan

"I think together we can wrest it back from the hands of the enemy.........YES, the enemy, and start to get something done."


Bump!


780 posted on 05/10/2006 11:08:21 PM PDT by windchime (democrats: No Hope....All Hate)
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