Obama's 2012 Political Strategy
- SarahPalinposted 12 years ago
0 Amazing, isn't it? She's here for five minutes and she's already talking about body parts
As one of our dear hubber friends would say, "Shame on you!"No kidding, Doug! They're turning on themselves in droves.
But, still being the party of "NO!" it is unclear how -- or who -- they believe CAN solve the deficit. Perhaps the logical answer is not to try to solve it in a single year?
Americans Rapidly Losing Confidence In GOP's Ability To Reduce The Deficit
Jon Terbush | March 17, 2011, 9:58AM902
The freshly installed Republican majority in the House of Representatives is getting a rude wakeup call as they transition from campaigning to governing.
Amid enormous voter discontent with the Democratic status quo and with concern running high over the economy last November, voters handed the keys over to Republicans, giving them a crack at dealing with government spending and the national deficit.
Yet just two months into the new Congress, self-identified Republicans and Independents -- and particularly Tea Party sympathizers -- have already lost a great deal of faith in the GOP's ability to come up with a better approach to solving those problems, according to a newly released Pew poll of adults nationwide.
In the poll, 21% of Americans said they believed Congressional Republicans had a better approach to the deficit than did President Obama, while 20% felt the reverse. In addition, 52% said there wasn't much difference between Obama and the GOP House.
That's a sharp reversal from last November, when 35% said the GOP had better plan, compared to 24% who said Obama knew best how to deal with the deficit.
...the poll shows Republicans and independents turning away from the GOP in huge numbers.
In November, almost seven in ten Republicans believed the GOP had a strong plan for dealing with the deficit. That number has fallen to 52% now, a 17-point drop.
Among Independents, that swing was 20 points, form 37% down to a measly 17%.
And Tea Party sympathizers, whose engagement played an important factor in the GOP's electoral success last year, have turned on Republicans in even greater numbers. Three-fourths of tea partiers thought Republicans had a god plan for the deficit last November -- just over half feel the same way now, a 24-point turnaround.
The Pew poll was conducted March 10-13 among 1,001 adults nationwide. It has a margin of error of 4.0%Yes, you do. And I'll continue to say it.
It means it is time to stop squabbling over one side versus the other and find a collective solution to the problems facing America. The people are supposedly in power and that power is never utilized as it should be.
To be fair, it's not like people think the Dems can do the job any better. The point is the very idea of cutting $99 BILLION in one year is so ludicrous in the first place.
But I do want to ask you. Are you turning libertarian? Have you been secretly hanging out with Evan G Rodgers?You're correct, neither side can handle the job. So what's your point? It's been proven time and time again that both sides fail to do anything meaningful to help move America's society forward. Both side just create distortion/distraction and misinformation, so citizens cannot be on a common ground and do anything productive. Divide and conquer.
I'm not for either say and I'm saddened to even hear you mention a label with regards to my political statements. I can see that you've not read any of my political/America hubs. And, that saddens me also.
Evan isn't a liberal. He is an anarchist. And, to insinuate I've been hanging out with such a person, is yet another sad thought. Local government, not federal government. Please do try to keep up.
Cutting 100 billion from Federal spending on military, didn't imply that the money would go to education. Again, do try to keep up.
On second note- want to cut 100 billion, easy- reduce government spending on military expenditures by 10% or more.
Don't let the soggy tea bags hit ya on the way out!Duly noted, Cags.
Although I did not say Evan is a liberal. I said he is a libertarian. But that is also incorrect. He is an anarchist, as you pointed out.
The hanging out with Evan was intended as a joke. I hope you did not take offense, as (I hope) you know I respect you, like you, and would never intentionally diss you.
Well, maybe sometimes I might do this
Anarchist Party Headquarters in Friggemall, MontanaObviously not constructed with union labor.
Trying to lighten the mood or do you actually believe that? If you believe that, then all I can say is that you need to get out more.
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