That's childish, pointless and ultimately self-defeating - as should be obvious, but apparently isn't - to some fringe conservatives. They'll always be among us and are especially noticable on FR but they do not represent anything close to a majority of Republicans or even most rational conservatives as their anger, hyperbole and hysteria on FR prove, every day.
http://www.freerepublic.com/fo cus/news/693246/posts
Bush Extremely Strong With Base (The democrats don't get it after all their smears)
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Polls do not suggest discontent among some conservative activists has spread outside Washington.
"Bush wins overwhelming majority support from all Republicans and with strong Republicans it is all but unanimous," said Thomas Riehle, president of Ipsos-Reid public affairs, which conducts a tracking poll for the Cook Political Report.
"At this point in any president's first term, you would expect to have alienated some faction of your own party, but that is not the case with George Bush."
Added GOP pollster Matthew Dowd: "It gives you an opportunity to reach out to constituencies."
Bush's job approval rating among Republicans is in the low 90s and a bit higher among strong Republicans, according to an Ipsos-Reid poll and others.
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