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The Spectacle Blog
The Stupid Party, aka the Republican Party, has an opportunity to seize back control in Washington. Reports ABC News:
The Republican Party has grown dramatically more competitive in public trust to handle the country's most pressing issues, capitalizing on seething economic discontent and doubt about President Obama's performance to challenge the Democrats in midterm election preferences.
Among registered voters in this ABC News/Washington Post poll, 48 percent say they'd support the Republican candidate in their congressional district if the midterm elections were today, 45 percent the Democrat. That's a rare level of GOP support in nearly three decades of polls.
Click here for a PDF with charts and questionnaire.
Other measures also have tightened sharply since fall. Among all Americans, the Democrats' lead in trust to handle the country's main problems has dwindled to a slim 6 points, 43-37 percent, down from 33 points - a record in a generation of polls - after Barack Obama's election.
But what will happen if the GOP triumphs? Has it learned its lesson, or will Republican politicoes return to their big spending ways? Much depends on the answers to such questions.
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martin j smith| 2.10.10 @ 10:51AM
The Tea Party movement will be a determining factor in the next elections to come. If the Republican Party appears to surrender to Democrats--they will be irrelevant to Tea Party folks and others who are looking for serious challenge to the Democrat Party. I believe that they had better realize it or there will arise a third party. There is more than a majority that will support the Tea Party Movement if Republicans fail to act responsibly. The ball is in their court.
democratsarefascists| 2.10.10 @ 1:40PM
They've already blown it by agreeing to attend Obama's Kabuki show. The IDIOTS are validating him and everything he's done. CBS has it right. Obama has called for a surrender and these RINOs are doing it.
Big Java| 2.10.10 @ 11:26AM
Yes, will the Republican Party snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? Stay tuned...
Scott Pandich| 2.10.10 @ 11:28AM
The GOP shouldn't want to win back either house of Congress this year. If they do, there's always the risk of Obama being able to replicate what Clinton did in 1995 and 1996. The prize is to send Barry packing in 2012, so what the Republicans should be aiming for is to have the trio of Obama, Pelosi, and whoever replaces Reid remain as the face of Washington, D.C. (and, hence, get blamed for whatever goes wrong), but get close enough in both the House and the Senate to a) keep the Democrats from doing anything truly disastrous like health care or card-check; and b) make picking up both chambers as part of an overall Republican sweep a lot easier in 2012.
ed| 2.10.10 @ 12:17PM
Democrap policies ALWAYS fail, but enough Juan McCains, Lindsay Grahamnestys, Snowe/Collins, etc. come along and blur the distinction between Republicans and Democraps (and of course they are the only R's to get that much craved mainstream media attention) that voters can hardly tell the difference. RINO's must go.
Pingback| 2.10.10 @ 1:40PM
The HealthCare Summit – Obama Pulls GOP Puppet Strings. How The House GOP Will Be Sco links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
danny| 2.10.10 @ 6:59PM
ed, you nailed it. they all gotta go. i'm not real high on sarah either. if she goes ahead and supports mcshame against hayworth in az. then she's toast in my book. love her politics, but that squeaky high pitched voice of hers just grates me. thachter she's not.
AMBRO| 2.10.10 @ 9:20PM
The Stoopid Party works best in opposition. Sad but true. Witness a GOP congress voting for every spending bill possible. Spending - not like drunken sailors, I won't insult drunks or sailors - but like crack smoking Democrats. Party leadership is still the same East coast-oriented white shoe elite it's always been and extremely uncomfortable with the sweaty, 'baccy chawin, highly distateful peasantry...witness Lindsay Graham calling the anti-amnesty people the "noisy people", comments from Asa and Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Sen. Kyle and Hugh Hewitt ("nativists"), et al. on the same topic. Alienat Conservative but expect them to support their far more tasteful Betters. The Great and the Good in the GOP are not hell-bent to win.
Mike| 2.10.10 @ 9:27PM
We have two parties. One promises never to cut spending. The other promise to lower taxes. Neither talk realistically about what we are going to do about our deficits and debts. Daily Kos advocates for the first proposition. The American Spectator advocates for the second. The Tea Party: Who knows?