Posted on 03/29/2009 10:19:27 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
GOPUSA.com conducted an extensive poll of Republicans, focusing on everything from policy positions to a hypothetical 2012 candidate field. The entire poll can be viewed here:
What is evident in the polling is that Republicans are pessimistic about their future, but oppose President Obama’s policies.
The survey shows what has happened as a result of turning away from core Republican beliefs. Conservatives still believe in those principles, but they don’t have faith right now in the party’s ability to carry through on those principles. When 27% of respondents feel that earmarks would not be a good issue because Republicans would look like hypocrites, then something is definitely wrong.
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Question 16 — Who is the future leader of the Republican Party?
- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin — 20%
- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — 19%
- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich — 17%
- Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee — 10%
- Other — 8%
- South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford — 6%
- GOPUSA President Bobby Eberle — 4%
- Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush — 2%
- Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal —-%
Question 15 — Who is the current leader of the Republican Party?
- RNC Chairman Michael Steele — 37%
- House Republican Leader John Boehner — 2%
- Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell — 1%
- Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich — 3%
- Radio Host Rush Limbaugh — 4%
- The Republican Party has no leader — 51%
- Other — 2%
Question 17 — What do you think is the most important domestic issue facing America today?
- 2nd Amendment Issues — 5%
- Abortion — 5%
- Border Security/Immigration — 12%
- Deficit/National Debt — 7%
- Drug Trafficking — 0%
- Economy — 8%
- Education — 0%
- Energy Policy — 1%
- Environment — 0%
- Gay Marriage — 1%
- Government Corruption — 9%
- Government Spending — 12%
- Housing — 0%
- Health Care — 0%
- Inflation — 0%
- Judicial Reform — 0%
- Moral Decline — 7%
- Privacy — 0%
- Private Property Rights — 0%
- Social Security Reform — 0%
- Socialism — 24%
- Tax Policy — 2%
- Other — 6%
Question 13 — What are your feelings about Republican prospects for success in the 2010 elections?
- Very confident — 8%
- Somewhat confident — 30%
- Somewhat worried — 26%
- Very worried — 30%
- Not sure — 6%
Question 3 — Please choose the response which best describes how the recent events in Washington have affected you as a Republican.
- I am motivated to help the Republican Party win back seats in 2010 because they have a better agenda than the Democrats — 24%
- I am motivated to help the Republican Party win back seats in 2010 because the Democrats are worse than the Republicans — 38%
- I am more discouraged than ever with the Republican Party and not likely to help Republicans in 2010 — 25%
- I am through with politics — 2%
- Not sure — 10%
SARAH!!!!! SARAH!!!!!!!! SARAH!!!!!!!
Will Sarah run in 2012?
I’d be thrilled with either Palin, Sanford or Jindal becoming our next POTUS. We’re so lucky to have them.
Too bad we can’t have both, but only one is a conservative. :(
We need to decapitate the RINO/Big Business/Financial Bailout infected GOP/RNC.
They all go. Don’t let your favorite good apple save a rotten barrel.
No one over 55.
Time for younger leaders to clean up the mess of older, cowardly, suckpump liberals RINOS, Republicans, Moderates.
“Will Sarah run in 2012?”
I have no doubt in my mind that she will!!! She technically doesn’t have a choice, lol! Our country desperately needs phenomenal leadership right now and she’s it! If she has any doubts about running, she will be drafted by millions of people, anyway!!!!!
SARAH PALIN, 2012!!!
I would not be thrilled with any of the three.
But if they all run it`s still a good thing.
You mean you can’t play one on TV?
You actually have to pull some trigger and shoot down any of the hordes of lefty politically mutants that populate the legislative field?
Who knew? ( Fax Mitt stat! Have him not fold up perfectly the New York Times or something, anything to make him look like a ‘long time’ fighter!)
Sure,I have no problem with that.
“I am motivated to help the Republican Party win back seats in 2010 because the Democrats are worse than the Republicans — 38%”
That’s a very telling item, right there. Which is why I don’t donate to the Republicans. I only donate to specific candidates.
I pray she does. She is the only one I want to vote for.
And I'm sorry that offends so many of his fans here, but I can't get past his record, which is long and not GQ-grade handsome.
The thing that comes to mind while reading that?
What a mess.
We’ll be lucky to make a comeback by 2014 at this rate. A lot can happen in a couple of years though.
It’s true. Maybe he can stand in while those with political elbows start politically mouth punching the lefties. God knows Ol’ Saint Mitt isn’t going to. He’d spend four/eight years trying to get everyone to like him.
Sanford: Time to act on climate change is now
Gov. Mark Sanford today likened the enormity of solving the problem of global warming to solving the nation's financial crisis.
Sanford, in accepting a report from a panel he formed to come up with solutions, said the time to act is now.
"Doing nothing is not an option," Sanford said.
http://thestatecom.typepad.com/ygatoday/2008/09/sanford-time-to.html
“..but I can’t get past his record”
yes, look at all the successful companies that he built from scratch, look at all the jobs that were created. Why have a successful businessman running the country when you can have a mediocre politician?
T already contribute to Sarah’s Pac
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