CNN/ORC Poll: GOP Lead Growing for 2014(happy days are here at last)

Breitbart ^ | December 26 2013 | William Bigelow

[gooblah]

A pre-Christmas CNN/ORC poll conducted from December 16-19 reveals that the GOP now has a growing lead in the 2014 Congressional elections. The GOP received 49% of the votes in the poll, while the Democrats sank to 44%. A CNN poll a month earlier showed the GOP with 49%, the Democrats 47%. Two months ago, The Democrats had a 50%-42% advantage.

[darkwing104]

You need to vote for the right candidate...Not all GOP politicians are conservative

[jjsheridan5]

I am more interested in the polling of establishment Republicans versus Tea Party types. Choosing between (establishment) Republicans and Democrats is like choosing between cancer and AIDS.

[umgud]

Good news now, but let’s wait till the fat lady sings. The GOP has an uncanny ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

[Little Ray]

Yeah. They did so well last time they owned both the House and Senate.

[billhilly]

As a rule you have a choice between two candidates. Of course you know that. One will be a republican and the other a Democrat. The choice is pretty easy.

To simplify the choice, it doesn’t matter is the Republican was buried the week before, vote for him and work it out later. Forget the silly GOPE crap. No Democrat needs to be in office.

[Viennacon]

Yes. We need a conservative majority.

[Dr. Ursus]

Let’s start recruiting witches and wizards!

[jjsheridan5]

As a rule you have a choice between two candidates. Of course you know that. One will be a republican and the other a Democrat. The choice is pretty easy. ... To simplify the choice, it doesn’t matter is the Republican was buried the week before, vote for him and work it out later. Forget the silly GOPE crap. No Democrat needs to be in office.

As a general rule, there will be two liberal/socialists on the ticket. One will have a "D" next to his/her/its name, and will conduct a frontal attack on the underlying principles that made this country what it was. The other will have an "R" next to its name, and will play the role of traitor, undermining those same principles at every opportunity. It is a close call as to which is the greater enemy of conservatism, but in general, a traitor does much more damage than an enemy is capable of.

The "silly GOPE crap" to which you refer, is actually the knife's edge on which the fate of this nation balances.

[nitzy]

Oooohhh... I can almost smell the victory.

We need to make doubly sure we win these races so we should nominate as many moderates to run in the general elections as possible. We don't want to scare away any independent voters, do we?

/sarc

[Buffalo Head]

"Not all GOP politicians are conservative."

Maybe, but whomever wins the GOP primary deserves your vote. Period. The time to play games, use litmus tests, act noble and hunt RINO's is before the primary. Third party talk is soul food for suckers.

The most certain means of electing liberals is to believe in and vote for 3rd party Candidates.

Yeah, I love libertarians but to vote for one or some quack conservative only helps the liberals win when they may not have otherwise. Only after we achieve majorities in both houses can we afford the luxury of purifying the GOP.

[03A3]

(happy days are here at last) Sheesh!

[steve86]

The most certain means of electing liberals is to believe in and vote for 3rd party Candidates and nominate candidates like Romney, Mccain.

[Truth is a Weapon]

I propose a simple set of rules for Conservatives for the Senate control.
1. Campaign for and support the most conservative candidate in the Republican primary. Especially those candidates who align with Cruz and Lee.
2. Work hard to defeat Graham because he should be an easy target that will send a message to Rinos. There needs to be at least one Rino defeat every cycle to keep the jerks somewhat honest.
3. Going for all Rinos at once might spread us too thin to get maximum effect. So pick the other targets carefully.
4. Once the Republican candidates have been chosen, throw all your support behind the conservatives aligned with Cruz and Lee. Let the Rinos win on their own.
5. In your state, vote for the Republican candidate no matter how distasteful it might be. An establishment Republican might be controlled by conservative leadership whereas a Dem or Independent cannot be controlled.
6. If we can get a large enough conservative contingent in the Republican majority, perhaps the conservatives can seize the leadership control and keep the Rinos in line. Rinos are by definition rather weak principled so they should fall in line with the leadership to get committee perks etc.

The leadership of the Republican majority in the Senate is the key. If Cruz and Lee can support enough winners in this cycle, they might be able to seize the reins of the Senate away from the GOPe.

[jjsheridan5]

Third party talk is soul food for suckers ... The most certain means of electing liberals is to believe in and vote for 3rd party Candidates.

Why are you raising the issue of 3rd party, when no-one else has in this thread. It is a classic strawman argument (raise an issue that hasn't been raised, and then shoot it down).

More importantly, you raise the idea that "only after we achieve majorities in both houses can we afford the luxury of purifying the GOP." While I would question the use of the word "purify", since this isn't about "litmus tests", "acting noble", or "purification" (all heavily loaded words, that don't accurately describe what is occurring at the grassroots), the underlying point is also exactly wrong. The lack of a cohesive, Reaganesque message is primarily due to this misguided notion of simply voting Republican and then trying to sort it out later. The result is a party that stands for nothing, is easily demagogued against, especially to less informed voters, and has zero chance of gaining traction with non-white voters, and misguided, well-educated, liberals.

"Whomever wins the GOP primary deserves your vote. Period." As powerful as the "Period" clause is, whomever stands up for conservatism, both rhetorically and in practice, deserves your vote. No one else does.

[billhilly]

That makes as much sense as cutting off your finger because you have a hangnail.

The majority in both houses control the agenda. You may enjoy some perverse satisfaction that you and you alone are pure in thought and deed, but Harry Reid will still be there.

[fella]

If a heard of RINOs gets in expect them to stay the Obama course.

[darkwing104]

3rd party Candidates.

I didn't say anything about 3rd Party. Can't stand them

We need to primary out the traitors, the party needs to be taken back. If not, it needs to be set adrift to be a footnote in the history books.

I for one am tired of being screwed by phony SOBs

[jjsheridan5]

I agree with all but # 5. In some areas of the country (the Northeast, or Pacific coast), I would agree. But not in Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, South Carolina, Missouri, etc. Here, a RINO can do enormous damage by occupying a seat that really should be held by a conservative, if they were to represent their constituency.

But you are essentially right. The occasional RINO isn’t the big problem. The big problem is that the party is dominated by RINOs. I would vote for Susan Collins in the general, given that it is Maine. But in any of the aforementioned states, I would actually vote for the Democratic opponent, just to get the RINO out. In 6 years, get a real candidate, and win the seat back.

The damage done by the Grahams, McCains, McConnells, etc. are far greater than the damage a democrat could do.

[COBOL2Java]

"Forward!"