Posted on 05/02/2009 9:16:54 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
POLL: Republicans don't see congressional GOP representing their interests @ 11:55 am by Jeremy P. Jacobs
Here are some interesting poll numbers to keep in mind as several leading Republicans launch their effort to change - or at least tweak - the GOP's national image: Nearly seven in 10 Republicans believe congressional Republicans are out of touch with the country's Republican voters.
That number comes from a Rasmussen poll released Saturday. Only two in 10 Republicans said the congressional GOP has done a good job representing their interests.
Also interesting, a strong majority of Republicans aren't very interested in seeing their members of Congress work with President Obama. More than seven in 10 said it is more important for congressional Republicans to stand for party principles than work with the president.
DUH!
as obvious as it is it is good that this is out there
Who ya gonna listen to, your constituents or the MSM’s “sweet nothings”?
...how many millions of dollars were paid to figure this out now?
For once, truth in the news. Now if the Republican leadership could get it through their heads that that’s a big part of why they’re in the minority, maybe we could make some progress.
In other news, the sun rose this morning...
Doing bipartisanship with the Devil himself is antithetical to all human interests.
Freaking Propaganda in the Press, you would think this isn’t so.
Press keeps pushing for the GOP to be like the Dems so they can share the blame and not be able to take the high ground with the ship turns.
They were beat down, but if they sell out, They won’t be able to claim their intellectual superiority later.
Pandsey's torn ... what to do, what to dooo?
The congressional GOP are part of the problem.
In 1994 the GOP had their chance with the Contract With America...they could have cleaned Washington up...instead, they cleaned up in Washington.
I am third party from here on out.
And so the RINOS are going to read this poll and quietly go away?
Not.
They’ll learn to make conservative noises.
LOL! This 70 percent is the “fringe far right” that Specter, Snowe, Collins, McCain, and Graham have been b*tching about, from which the Republican Party needs “rescuing.”
Of course they’ll read this as “If you want to win, move further left.”
Message to Republican policy makers: Democrat-lite doesn’t work, isn’t wanted, and won’t win elections, no matter what the pop media and faux intellectuals at the Potomac trough are telling you. And, ...oh yeah, ...we didn’t elect you to be our ideological leaders, surrendering every un-pop point to the enemy. We elected you to stand and fight for the principles of the constitution, liberty, our rights to property, life and freedom. Do that, and we will do the rest.
From the pitiful level of donations drawn by McCain's campaign in the pre-Palin days, I'm surprised 20% of Republicans are even remotely pleased with the congressional GOP. I think half of this 20% was just being overly polite in their responses.
The GOP leadership interprets this to mean the GOP isn’t offering enough welfare state services.
Hear! hear! McCain and baby McCain and all the rinos - can you hear us now!
This “Republican” voter wants a Judeo-Christian (non atheist), honest, nationalist and non sexual pervert as my Republican candidate/incumbent
I received a letter from the Republican National Committee this week. They were asking for mo money and asked why I had left the party. I wrote “My party (Dem lite)left me.” :0)
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