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Friday, June 26, 2009

More devastating poll news for the GOP
Posted by Blue Girl, Red State | 9:54 AM
Hello Brilliant Readers! My name is Blue Girl and you may know me from such blogs as They Gave Us a Republic and Show Me Progress...[/Troy McClure] Seriously - I want to thank Jill for trusting me with the keys while she is off making a living and such. I'll try not to act like too much of a gypsy in the palace while the Lord and Lady are off on holiday and not trash the joint while she's gone. Now, I'm gonna need a bowling ball, an innerspring mattress and a vat of Jell-o...

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In spite of a week of attacks and escalating rhetoric and denunciations from right wing squawk-radio and their legions of minions in right blogistan, people stubbornly continue to trust the President and distrust the GOP on virtually every big issue.

Especially those all-crucial independents who make or break elections:

  • On the issue of health care 51% trust the President, while only 26% trust Congressional republicans.
  • On the economy, 51% trust the President, while 31% trust the republicans in Congress.
  • On budget deficits, 52% of independents trust the President, while 30% trust the GOP.
  • On handling terrorism, 53% trust the President, while 36% trust the republicans in Congress.
Think about those numbers for a moment. On every single major issue independent voters trust President Obama more than the republicans in Congress. And by significant numbers, too. The closest the GOP comes is on terrorism, the subject they have tried to co-opt and make their own by fear mongering and hyperbolic rhetoric. Apparently the only people who believe that President Obama wants to simultaneously surrender to al Qaeda and raise the Hammer & Sickle over the White House are the hard-core, rigid thinking right - the lunatic fringe and the hard liners.

Bad news for the GOP is good news to me, because I am a partisan Democrat and never pretended to be anything else. Therefore I am giddy beyond belief at the continued implosion of the republican party. Far be it from me to interfere with an adversary while he is doing something stupid.
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Anonymous Anonymous said...
Greetings Blue Girl! I've seen you on They Gave Us a Republic and have enjoyed your insight and wit there. I also have lived my adult life being told my very Liberal(out there with Gandhi!)viewpoint and ideas were wrong, only to sadly see what I thought would happen come to pass. I'll miss Brilliant, but you can Gypsy around as much as you like! Just know there are only two things to remember about surrealism-Vaseline, rubber chickens, and The Washington Monument.
6/26/09, 11:05 AM  
Blogger Jill said...
Well, the lord is back home in New Jersey, and I'm here working on a crunch project every day rather than on holiday. But I do appreciate you keeping the fires burning while I'm away! =MWAH!=
6/27/09, 2:34 AM  
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