Posted on 05/06/2006 1:34:58 AM PDT by wotan
WASHINGTON - Angry conservatives are driving the approval ratings of President Bush and the GOP-led Congress to dismal new lows, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that underscores why Republicans fear an Election Day massacre.
Six months out, the intensity of opposition to Bush and Congress has risen sharply, along with the percentage of Americans who believe the nation is on the wrong track.
The AP-Ipsos poll also suggests that Democratic voters are far more motivated than Republicans. Elections in the middle of a president’s term traditionally favor the party whose core supporters are the most energized.
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Take your fearmongering elsewhere. It doesn't work here.
Yes, considering it is actually making a difference in educating our youth.
Sure it is.
"The system is working. That's what's important for people to understand," Bush said.Spending more has always done wonders for test scores.But the president did not mention some of the test's less flattering results. The fourth-grade reading performance was essentially flat, and in eighth grade, reading scores dropped.
""Fearmongering won't get you as many votes this time around.""
Fearmongering implies that there is really nothing to fear, that the danger is being greatly overblown...we'll see if you still think i am fearmongering when the Kossaks are running the country.
then if you know what you voted for, stop complaining.
Why didnt a good conservative run in 2000???
I don't flame fellow FReepers. Anyway, my feeling is this, you vote for the most conservative person in the primary and then the Republican in the general. Even if he/she is RINOish, it's an R and that means it counts toward the total R's and keeps the Republican majority. I'm not happy with Bush and I'm not happy with the Senate but I would be a lot less happy with a Gore, Kerry, Clinton at the helm. I would be a lot less happy if Kerry had picked the last two Supreme Court Justices with the approval of a Dem Senate. President Bush and some Republicans are not ideal, and it's certainly not pretty and painless, but that's the way politics work. I won't sit out an election and I won't vote for a Dem or 3rd Party.
One did. His name was Alan Keyes. He had the issues nailed 99% from a conservative perspective.
But we were told from the beginning "He can't win" by the folks who run the GOP. Unfortunately, most believed them.
Just don't be surprised when those kinds of arguments lose saliency and potency as time goes by...
""One did. His name was Alan Keyes""
What a joke....he might want to try winning an election in his home state before running for President.....
You said no conservative ran in 2000. I proved you wrong. Live with it.
he wasnt a serious candidate....
Great graph. Its sort of funny when people want even more money to schooling.. We spend 50% more then Canada does now per student. And Canada has a top heavy education system.
I think we have to face the facts that government won't solve the education issues. Nor does every second waitress need a degree in sociology like today.
Your 13. He took a hard left and abandoned us.
actually, nancys are pretty tough.
the two parties are more alike than different except the dems fight better than the republicans. what will be will be. quesara.
I think your strategy is the most effective one. In the longrun I expect we will head towards the government regulating so much and so bureaucratic that the system will eventually come down like the Soviet system did for the same reasons.
But the Republicans do delay that end run.. they can't stop it because if they don't make things more socialist and more nanny statist the people vote them out. So they do things like the perscription drug plan.. just a lot smaller then the Democrat plan.
Ultimatley I think people have to look beyond voting as the way to make society the way they want it to be. And I'm not saying going for dictatorship, but that voluntary action is more powerful.. I think what happens when people view voting as the only way to deal with any issue, they empower the politicians.. they make the politicians the only source of power in the nation.
You are still with the gop but lots of goprs aren't even going to go to the polls any more. They won't vote dem or republican. That's when the country's really going down the tubes - when both parties drive away the voters. It's happening already.
I believe you were speaking earlier about how much you are needed by the rest of the GOP.
If this is your manner of carrying on a conversation, not only do we not need you in the GOP, you really aren't needed on this board.
the prez is no moderate. he's on auto-pilot.
I meant to add delaying is a worthwhile goal. As life is pretty good here right now. Just like if we find a new source of oil, even if it won't last forever.. if it is the most cost effective form of energy in the present it is still worth using it.
Even if it will run out in 50 years.
Iowa: 14.3%
Delaware: 4%
South Carolina: 5%
Arizona: 3%
Michigan: 5.2%
North Dakota: 5.3%
Virginia: 3.1%
Washington: 2.4%
Super Tuesday results
| CA | CT | GA | ME | MD | MA | MO | MN | NY | OH | WA | VT | |
| Bush | 55% | 46% | 67% | 51% | 56% | 32% | 58% | 63% | 51% | 58% | 89% | 36% |
| Keyes | 4% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 7% | 3% | 6% | 20% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 3% |
| McCain | 32% | 49% | 28% | 44% | 36% | 65% | 35% | 17% | 43% | 37% | 13% | 61% |
| Electoral votes(tot) | 54 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 21 | 11 | 3 |
Colorado: 6%
Utah: 20%
Results from 'Southern Super Tuesday'
| FL | LA | MS | OK | TN | TX | WY | |
| Bush | 74% | 83% | 88% | 79% | 77% | 87% | 82% |
| Keyes | 4% | 6% | 6% | 9% | 7% | 4% | 12% |
| McCain | 20% | 9% | 5% | 11% | 15% | 7% | 10% |
Don't let anybody kid you; he couldn't have been elected anywhere for anything.
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