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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-20-08 01:05 AM
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"half of registered voters overall now have a favorable opinion of the Republican Party"
"...the highest GOP ranking in three years. Slightly more voters, 55 percent, continue to have a favorable view of the Democratic Party."

My theory is that the Republican Party was unpopular when the top political issue was: when will we leave Iraq?

But now that the focus is on John-McCain-was-a-POW and Sarah-Palin-eats-mooseburgers, the Repubican Party is more popular.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080918/pl_politico/13584
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Tarheel_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-20-08 01:09 AM
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1. I wonder how this newfound affection for the Pubs will play out in
down-ticket races, or is this yet another media creation/diversion, like the PUMA's?
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FVZA_Colonel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-20-08 01:11 AM
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2. I wonder how long this will hold as the economy continues to go south.
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Baltoman991 Donating Member (869 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-20-08 01:15 AM
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3. I'm not
buying this BS. No way there was a 19 point swing in Independents since August. Just more bullshit being thrown out by the corporate media IMO.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-20-08 01:15 AM
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4. "He stole my money, burned my house down, killed my cat & raped my daughter..."
"...but I still have a favorable opinion of him."
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d_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-20-08 01:18 AM
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5. So what are we to believe?
One day Independents favor Obama, another day they love McLame. It's like this with almost every issue.
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FVZA_Colonel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-20-08 01:20 AM
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6. I'm pretty sure the polls as a whole reflect an increasing confidence in Obama.
But for some fucked up reason, some of those people who like him might also like the GOP as a whole. I don't know why, but the polls do seem to show a slow shift of independents back to Obama.
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KathieG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-20-08 01:21 AM
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7. Yahoo News huh? Enough said.
Not buying it.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-20-08 01:23 AM
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8. The article is from Politico, describing a "Pew Research Center" poll. NT
NT
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KathieG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-20-08 01:30 AM
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11. oops...my bad
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samuraiguppy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-20-08 01:24 AM
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9. where the fuck to they find these people?
are they polling the Jerry Springer show?
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TheKentuckian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-20-08 01:29 AM
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10. This would be super hard to believe
for it to be true, it would indicate that the Republicans grow in favorability increasingly as they destroy the country. These numbers also indicate an insane disconnect looking at elections. There's a glitch in their matrix.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-20-08 01:55 AM
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14. The 2004 election was close enough to steal.
That would also "indicate that the Republicans grow in favorability increasingly as they destroy the country."
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-20-08 01:34 AM
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12. I just do not believe it...Only the totally misinformed, uninformed, or willfully ignorant would say
they look upon the repukes favorably. I hope and pray that is not what constitutes the majority of registered voters in this country.
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TooRaLoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-20-08 01:38 AM
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13. Not buying it. nt
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-20-08 01:57 AM
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15. in other news,
"Half of registered voters are complete and utter morons".
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