2016 Postmortem

DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Tue Mar 19, 2013, 06:12 PM Mar 2013

Are Paul Ryan's 15 minutes over?

A new poll shows that even Republicans are having second thoughts about their former VP nominee

By Jon Terbush | 4:53pm EST

Last year, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) was hailed as the man with a plan to save America. Today, barely half of his own party thinks highly of him.

According to a Rasmussen poll released Monday, Ryan's approval rating has plummeted since the November election. In the poll, only 35 percent of likely voters said they had a favorable view of him, while a 54 percent majority said they viewed him unfavorably. That's a stunning reversal from last August, when 50 percent of voters liked Ryan, versus 32 percent who did not.

While the poll found that Republicans still generally supported their party's budget guru, even they've rapidly soured on him in the past few months. A slim 52 percent of Republicans now view him favorably, a far cry from the 83 percent who said the same back in August.

So what happened to Ryan's once-shining star?

For one, the Romney-Ryan ticket suffered a convincing November defeat, prompting the party to conduct a deep soul-searching mission and to propose a major rebranding effort. Yet as the party prepares to move forward, Ryan has held back.

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http://theweek.com/article/index/241557/are-paul-ryans-15-minutes-over

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Are Paul Ryan's 15 minutes over? (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2013 OP

he was over after the election madrchsod Mar 2013 #1

tell him unionthug777 Mar 2013 #2

What my brain read. Are Paul Ryan's 15 minutes over YET? Dollface Mar 2013 #3

20 minutes ago... Kalidurga Mar 2013 #4

Who's left? winter is coming Mar 2013 #5

I thought he was still busy holding the ass Joe Biden handed him Blue Owl Mar 2013 #6

They were over when he fake-washed those clean dishes at the closed homeless shelter kitchen. FSogol Mar 2013 #7

Yes, because despite the drubbing he took in November Bake Mar 2013 #8

Keep him on display ... Myrina Mar 2013 #9

He, and the rest of the repuke party, are over. DONE. CTyankee Mar 2013 #10

Obviously, they don't care about the voters and what they said. Amonester Mar 2013 #11

no, republicans will keep on voting in these shrubites untill they pass away from old age. Sunlei Mar 2013 #12

madrchsod

(58,162 posts)

1. he was over after the election

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Mar 19, 2013, 06:15 PM

Mar 2013

unionthug777

(740 posts)

2. tell him

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Mar 19, 2013, 06:17 PM

Mar 2013

to go away.

Dollface

(1,590 posts)

3. What my brain read. Are Paul Ryan's 15 minutes over YET?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Mar 19, 2013, 06:38 PM

Mar 2013

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)

4. 20 minutes ago...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Mar 19, 2013, 06:47 PM

Mar 2013

figuratively speaking. He is going to lose more and more favor the more people learn about him and the more they see how toxic he is. I don't think the average person that votes Republican has a suicide wish for their party, so when they see him sinking in the polls of everyone else they will drop him.

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)

5. Who's left?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Tue Mar 19, 2013, 06:47 PM

Mar 2013

He was supposed to be one of the rising stars among the younger Republicans. Rubio is being pushed as some sort of solution to their "minority problem", but I don't see him going over well, either.

Blue Owl

(50,525 posts)

6. I thought he was still busy holding the ass Joe Biden handed him

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 01:59 PM

Mar 2013

(that would be his own ass)

FSogol

(45,548 posts)

7. They were over when he fake-washed those clean dishes at the closed homeless shelter kitchen.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 04:50 PM

Mar 2013

He just doesn't realize it yet.

Bake

(21,977 posts)

8. Yes, because despite the drubbing he took in November

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Mar 23, 2013, 01:48 PM

Mar 2013

he just keeps doubling down with that ridiculous budget plan of his. He (and most Rethugs, truth be told) are incapable of recognizing that America just doesn't buy their message. They're safe in their gerrymandered districts, and cannot see beyond that.

Bake

Myrina

(12,296 posts)

9. Keep him on display ...

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Mar 24, 2013, 02:32 PM

Mar 2013

.... as a reminder to the average voter what the GOP really stands for & would do to them in a hot minute if they have their way.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)

10. He, and the rest of the repuke party, are over. DONE.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sun Mar 24, 2013, 07:17 PM

Mar 2013

The voters said NO!

What part of that do the repukes not understand?

Amonester

(11,541 posts)

11. Obviously, they don't care about the voters and what they said.

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #10)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 01:52 AM

Mar 2013

Obviously, they only care about their own bottom line and their ultra-rich contributors.

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)

12. no, republicans will keep on voting in these shrubites untill they pass away from old age.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 04:59 AM

Mar 2013

Then their loser do-nothing offspring will take the perch.

We're stuck with a half-ass, lazy obstructing Gov. with billions/trillions of our taxpayer revenue bled-off to private profit pockets forever.

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