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.
The Dim solution is the same as the Reps: amnesty.
Evidently it struck a nerve.
Nah, that's pretty negative thinking. The Dims can't destroy this country.
Stupid, and wrong. But really cute.
Anything else in your arsenal?
Oh.......btw, do you care about judges? morality? the sanctity of life? the sanctity of marriage? the military? our national defense?
There's a DIFFERENCE, Prot. Being 'cute' doesn't change the facts that you are clearly missing.
I'm saying these people support essentially what the Republican leadership supports. Might be a tad different on some finer points but in practice, there will be no difference in the results.
The Dims can't destroy this country.
WHAT!....you need to talk to my hubby who experienced first hand what a rat in charge (CinC) can do to our military over 8 years......
Wrong...The Dem Party is already Socialist thru and thru.
The citizens of this country, most of them, anyway, deserve better.
Right...All the more reason to vote Repub in the Generals and vote anti-RINO in the Primaries.
Glad you like it.
Have you read the House bill?
I didn't think so.
Now go back to the hole you crawled out of.
You're too funny. Like I said earlier, come back if you'd like to actually have a rational discussion.
I disagree with President Bush and the GOP over quite a few things, the spending, immigration, just to mention two. That being said, there is no way I could in my right mind stay home this coming election or cast a vote for a democrat. Todays events drive home the point again, we are in a war and I really don't think democrats take it seriously enough, especially since the left has been hijacked by the lunatic fringe. Perhaps, before 9-11, I could have voted democrat to get DeWine (My Senator the RINO) out of office, kind of like cutting out the cancer to make the body healthy.
I am not generally a one issue voter but the WOT is paramount and I hope anyone that is mad at the GOP over their straying from their conservative roots thinks about this long and hard before deciding to stay home or vote democrat this November.
Don't flatter yourself, being called names by folks like you is SOP on here.
No intelligent comment, attack the poster, when things go bad, call the mods. SOP
"I'll be working hard to keep Ohio red this fall."
You and me both, fellow Buckeye
They are called "Conservative Libertarians"...:)
(ducks)
You better go back to troll school and study harder this time around.
"ALL your base are belong to us"...BUMP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us
http://allyourbase.planettribes.gamespy.com/story.shtml
Yep and unlike these numbers put out by the Junk Media and their "Anyone with a heart beat" polls, our voters say what they mean and turn up on election day.
You're dead wrong -- and I use the word dead with great care on a day when the latest murderous Islamofacist plot has been revealed to the world.
More name calling from all the usual suspects.
Next up, call the mods and whine that "bad ole Protagoras is causing trouble again".
LOL, some things never change.
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