The poll shows people, even a majority of conservatives, will tend to always answer YES to poll questions asking whether we should tax the rich more, tax corporations more, etc. You could tax the rich 100%, and take the same poll tomorrow and get the same results.
This is a PPP poll which is a Democrat operation. They have a decent track record as polls go, but they also pull shenanigans like when they released that poll showing Akin still beating Claire in order to persuade him to stay in the race. Every other poll showed exactly the opposite. Akin never had a chance once he made a fool out of himself on the rape Q&A, and PPP knew it.
While there is an anti incumbency mood, my guess is once McConnell gets his machine rolling he will win by 4-5 points or more. Obama is just too unpopular in the South and in coal country and Grimes probably can't get the stink of Obama off her.
Lastly, it is almost sad logging in here now sometimes. Post after post, thread after thread of people rooting for Democrats to defeat Republicans. As if there was some magical time when Republicans were uber conservatives and this current incarnation of the "establishment" is more liberal than ever. As if the go-along, get-along, Bob Michel Republicans of the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, etc, weren't just as, if not more, milquetoast than what we've got now. Geeze people, get a grip, the TEA Party is forcing the Republican party, the only viable alternative to Democrats, to the right. Even when we don't win, we've generally pushed the "establishment" candidate to the more conservative side. All this rooting for Republican senate incumbents to lose to Democrats is just self defeating and stupid.
Ah, another one who enjoys being pissed on by the GOPe’s.
They will continue to give it as long as you enjoy taking it.
“Lastly, it is almost sad logging in here now sometimes. Post after post, thread after thread of people rooting for Democrats to defeat Republicans.”
There are two republicans that definitely deserve defeat for their treachery, Graham and McConnell (and maybe Cochran but he’s senile and others worked for him). They don’t deserve votes just because they call themselves republicans.
You've been here since 2002 and you haven't yet figured out that this is NOT a Republican forum? This is a CONSERVATIVE forum. Conservatives of all stripes are welcome here, whether they be Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, or other. If you are a Republican and a McConnell/Boehner-supporting Liberal, you really are in the wrong place, Kemosabe...
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It's called "cleaning house."
A necessary evil sometimes, but it has to get done or else it will metastasize, like McConnell's deceits spreading to Mississippi.
In this case, it's forcing out the fossils who refuse to leave gracefully. McConnell could have made himself into a king-maker, and worked towards grooming the next generation of the Republican party. Instead, he's desperately clinging onto his own personal power at the expense of the party's larger interests.
Someone on another thread said that the reason the Republican party isn't growing is that the old-timers who are the face of the party are not appealing to the next generation. Getting a Bevin or McDaniels or Brat into Congress is planning for the next generation.
What good does it do the party if they won't plan for their succession? Do we want to be reactive and wait for Cochran or McConnell or Alexander to die in office? Is the strategy to force in a seat-warmer because when he dies in office the governor can bypass the people and appoint a replacement, giving that person the incumbency edge in the next election?
It's better to head them off at the pass and oust them now when they show signs of putting their own self-interest ahead of what's best for the party and the country.
-PJ