"Why the GOP loves to eat its own — and Democrats don’t"

[applegrove]

Why the GOP loves to eat its own — and Democrats don’t

By Aaron Blake at the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/09/23/why-the-gop-loves-to-eat-its-own-and-democrats-dont/

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On the flip side is the Democratic Party. On all four of the very same issues, more Democrats approve of their party than disapprove. And on gay marriage and abortion, they are overwhelmingly happy -- with the "good jobs" outnumbering the "not a good jobs" more than two-to-one.

For the GOP, the good job/bad job split averages a negative 37.5-53.5. For Democrats, it's basically the inverse, 55-36 positive.

These are not all of the important issues, of course. But they cut a good-sized swath of economic and social issues, along with immigration. And the universality of the GOP's unhappiness with itself is no illusion




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[Adam051188]

1. thx

interesting post

[treestar]

2. Really interesting

Since it seems on DU it is the Dems who eat their own.

Good to know the Rs are worse off. Scary to think of the people who think they are not right wing enough.

[Half-Century Man]

4. We don't eat each other here

We do sharpen our fangs on each other though.

[Volaris]

5. You don't think that's a good thing, overall? I do....

[Half-Century Man]

8. Good or bad is up to you (each of us)

Personally, I like sharp fangs.

[JI7]

6. there are a lot of trolls and conspiracy theory types on the internet

[Dawson Leery]

3. DU is to the left of the majority of the party membership.

In the 70's and 80's, it was the Democrats who were "eating their own". Now it's the Republicans.

[alp227]

7. Yes. If you've ever taken a trip to Freeperville or right wing blogs,

notice how "RINO" (Republican In Name Only) is often thrown around. The right wing now sees the "GOP-e" (GOP Establishment for short) as much as a threat as "the left". They know that the Republican Party leadership is more concerned with power than integrity. Despite this...right wingers still will vote for RINO's in November anyway because they've been convinced that if they don't vote, their guns will be confiscated by militant homosexual Muslim stormtroopers who will then send them to FEMA camps.