Posted on 01/05/2015 3:36:24 PM PST by Jim Robinson
Fox News contributor and Democratic pollster Pat Caddell told Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon that up to one-third of Republicans are ready to call it quits as members of the GOP.
The alienation among Republican voters is so high, says Caddell, that conservatively a quarter to one-third of the Republican party are hanging by a thread from bolting. Caddell argues that GOP voters attitudes are so anti-establishment, and they give Republican leadership poor ratings.
The revelation comes on the heels of polling data supervised by Caddell Associates and reported on Friday by Breitbart News that a stupefying 60% of Republicans who voted in the November elections either definitely or probably want someone other than Ohio Congressman John Boehner to be the Speaker of the House.
Caddell, who sharpened his teeth as a political consultant and pollster for President Jimmy Carter in 1976, has developed a reputation for being a straight shooting analyst, often criticized by his own party for predicting negative outcomes for Democrats.
His latest poll shows that Republican voters are reaching a tipping point and may have had enough of GOP lawmakers feckless leadership and constant submission to President Obamas policies.
A frequent guest on the Breitbart News Sunday Sirius XM Patriot radio program on channel 125, Caddell said that he will be releasing a new survey on Monday of 600 Republican identifiers or independents who voted Republican in November. In what Caddell refers to as a stunner, only 16% want both Boehner and imminent Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to be their leaders.
Moreover, according to the survey, two-thirds agreed with the statement that John Boehner has been ineffective in opposing Obama.
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Yeah! Look at the success of recent third parties at the national level...Perot, Nader, Anderson, Wallace.
Damn the reality! Full speed ahead!!
I left after the disastrous 2010 lame duck session in which the GOP refused to muster the forces to fight the repeal of DADT and the ratification of that God-awful START II treaty with the Russians. I vote for conservatives who happen to be Republican, but that (R) tag is meaningless to me, except to toss that POS Harry Reid out of the majority leader status.
“One third of one half is one sixth. The vote would break
- one sixth third party
- two sixths Republican.
- three sixths Democrat.
Hope you like President Warren.”
President Warren is much better than President Bush III
Utah and Oklahoma would also be at the top of the list. I think they’re among the only states where Obama didn’t win a single county!
Look at DC. Thats your reality.
I'm always on the lookout for a bona fide conservative. My congressional representative (Garrett) is pretty solid.
Yep.
so....you have a sarah palin or ted cruz 3rd party candidate, and Jeb. Who are you voting for?
Yes. Utah and Oklahoma would lead off the 2016 Republican primary season.
Not sure what your deal is.
Though I see you posting a lot, I can’t connect the dots. Could you please tell me what it is, exactly, that you are advocating for?
We used to talk about “Inside the Beltway” and “Potomac fever”. I think that these terms describe the malady which Republican representatives get once they go to Washington. Too much socialization with the “wrong” people.
John Boehner could make himself a hero by announcing that he no longer wants the speakership.
Conservatives on a conservative website maintaining conservative values and voting for conservative candidates.
Is there something wrong with any of that?
Either. Both.
Per se, no problem at all. Until one violates the Buckley rule - i.e. vote for the most conservative candidate who can win. But, I perceive that marks me as a liberal? Does it not, in your eyes?
are you saying you see no difference between Palin/Cruz and Jeb Bush?
Woulda, coulda, shoulda...Good grief.
I define it as defeating unconstitutional Amnesty Executive Orders.
I define it as overturning horrific health-care-destroying initiatives such as Obamacare.
I define it stopping the Petulant Tyrant from bypassing Congress (and the Senate) outright.
I define it as adherence to the Constitution.
I define it as the stopping of Executive-branch race-baiting in the effort to start a race war.
I define it as reining in an out-of-control EPA.
If you define it as "winning elections", then yes, I see your point.
However, I do not define "success" by that metric.
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