Posted on 08/05/2011 7:20:45 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
Polls indicating that the Republican Party is moving further to the right are leaving a large faction of moderate Republicans feeling disenchanted with the party’s conservative drift, reports The Boston Globe.
In 2010, some of the GOP’s most outspoken leaders helped propel Republican candidates into power in the House. The tea party movement was influential in securing this takeover.
But Gallup poll findings to be released Friday indicate that the GOP’s conservative shift is isolating its moderate wing, the Globe reported. Self-described moderates made up almost one-third of the Republican Party just 10 years ago. Now, that fraction has dropped to less than one-fourth, according to the Globe.
Meanwhile, those identifying with the Republican Party are more conservative than ever. The percentage of Republicans who label themselves conservative has risen 10 points since 2002, from 62 to 72 percent.
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Those “Moderates” helped lose the AAA rating, they must be so proud.
Exactly, none of them will be on the committee, only Marxist Rats and "Progressive" "Republicans".
A push poll designed to split the Republican party.
The Globe dug up three nobodies. So what.
They all must be identified and removed at the same time we remove the Commie slime that are destroying the nation....
We need to get the Marx out.
That would include Billy O’Reilly, Charlie Krauthammer,Irv Kristol, Don Juan Williams, and all the rest of the carefully coiffed and bearded Faux News talking head statists. They are “Trojan horse” Democrats, the most dangerous kind.
Affirmative, but I think it will take several elections.
I see the setup for the John Anderson of 2012 coming. Let’s see if their showing is just as pathetic.
They either believe in themselves (R) or they don't (D). It's not that hard to figure out.
They either believe in themselves (R) or they don't (D). It's not that hard to figure out.
F the RHINOs,
Don’t like it..get out!
There is no middle ground.
Juan McCain and Bonehead are Moderate or RINOs.
Snowe Collins and Moosecowski trumps Graham and McLaim..
Yes, Republicans have become more conservative - mirroring the entire population.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/141032/2010-Conservatives-Outnumber-Moderates-Liberals.aspx
Amen to that.
Remembering that GW Bush and Rick Santorum endorsed 'moderate' republican Arlen Specter who switched to democrat before he was disposed of by the tea party voters
It’s not that the conservatives of the GOP are moving further right, it’s the moderates of the GOP that have been moving left.
RINOs can either go sit in the back of the bus or be thrown under.
Yep. The left picks a target, tries to isolate it, and then tries to destroy it (as in Sara Palin).
The tax slaves are rebelling, and that terrifies them. There are MILLIONS and MILLIONS of us, whether they like it or not. For every Tea Party member they know about, there are 5 thousand more just like them.
------>One very important thing the Tea Party MUST do - Make sure people know what T.E.A stands for. A lot of people have no idea, but they're really one of us. They're tax payers, too!
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