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| Tea Party leads both Dems and Pubs in Favorability |
| 2009-12-17 |
| The public’s frustration with the direction of the country has rubbed off on both Democrats and Republicans. In addition to Obama’s job approval rating at 47 percent, fewer than four in 10 say they are confident he has the right set of goals and policies, which is down 15 points since his election. And only one-third have confidence the president has the right goals and priorities to improve the economy, down 13 points since June. What’s more, while Obama holds an overall 50 percent to 37 percent positive/negative rating in the poll, the number with a “very positive” view of him dropped from 36 percent in October to 29 percent this month. Despite these lower numbers, the president remains the most popular American politician in the survey. Just 32 percent have a positive view of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, compared with 40 percent who see her in a negative light. The entire Republican Party, moreover, continues to maintain a net-negative favorable/unfavorable rating, 28 percent to 43 percent. But, for the first time in more than two years, the Democratic Party also now holds a net-negative rating, 35 percent to 45 percent. By comparison, the conservative libertarian-leaning Tea Party movement has a net-positive 41 percent to 23 percent score in the poll. Further demonstrating a disappointment with Democrats and Republicans in Washington, an overwhelming 81 percent believe that the past year in Congress has been marked by division and a lack of willingness to compromise. Compare that with a majority (52 percent) who thought — immediately after Obama’s presidential victory — that unity would prevail in 2009. |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #7 None of us want to go that way because we remember what the last unpleasantness cost the nation some 148 years ago. Speak for yourself. You, may not want to go that way, but some of us have realized for some time now that that is the only way to go. The Giant slumbered for too long, only waking up at a point when the only thing that will succeed, is a massive slash and burn campaign. I view the Left same as I would Kudzu, and the solution is napalm. |
| Posted by: Pancho Glugum9430 2009-12-17 21:07 |
| #6 We can have tea parties and tea party candidates, so to speak. IMCCEO (in my carefully considered engineer's opinion), it is important not to emphasize the political parties in a decision as to who to vote for. It is paramount to pick the individual who has the values that will make rational and ethical decisions as a representative. It is an end run around the existing parties. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-12-17 19:27 |
| #5 The problem NoMore is that the National Republican Party is right up there in bed with the progressives in most cases. ("We have to go along to get along" .... bullshit!) Just look at who they (1) nominated for President in 08. (1) - That being the National Republican Party - being in a late-primary state I was not allowed to express my preference. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-12-17 19:26 |
| #4 To give credit where credit is due, Rush mentioned this yesterday morning but it is a cautionary tale: Watch for the MSM to start lauding the idea of the tea party candidates and third party initiatives at state and federal level. All the polling shows that it has a Perot-like effect and massively splits independent/conservative support and wins democrats seats they otherwise lose. This is a monumental groundsweel time for America, with so many of our fellow citizens really shaken out of their slumber with fear and anger on where let have let the left take us. This is time to harness the righteous anger and energy, not waste it with internecine bickering among ourselves. We must send such a resounding message to these dangerous progressives that they skulk back under their rocks in fear! If we don't, only something much more drastic and destructive remains as the way to preserve the union and our way of life! None of us want to go that way because we remember what the last unpleasantness cost the nation some 148 years ago. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2009-12-17 19:13 |
| #3 Simple, John: "America - Proudly Ungovernable Since 1776" :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-12-17 19:03 |
| #2 Why do the politicians hate America? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2009-12-17 16:33 |
| #1 Read somewhere this morning that unemployment benefit applications is "higher than expected". Guess stimulous really does stimulate, unemployment that is. The politicians are Enroning all of America at warp speed... |
| Posted by: Chunky Phaving7818 2009-12-17 12:34 |