Pic Of The Moment: Polling Expert: "The GOP Is Estranged From America"

[EarlG]

The Republican Party's Ratings Now Stand at a 20-Year Low

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[Blue Owl]

1. I'm in the mood for some spring cleaning

Let's empty that trash bin -- then rinse it out real good 'cause it'll still stink like GOP.

[hibbing]

2. Yet..

Hi,
When will this be translated into something more besides the presidential election? With all the gerrymandering taking place, who knows? We should have majorities in both houses with these kinds of polling results, it is frustrating.

Peace

[Jamaal510]

4. The earliest we can maybe see this reflected into Congressional races is 2020,

when reapportionment happens. For right now, you can forget about Democrats getting much done.

[rhett o rick]

3. This is very misleading. Ask what percentage of Repubs would reelect their Repub

Congress-Critters and I bet they register a high percentage positive.

"I hate all the Repub in Congress, except the one I vote for."

Tell me when we start passing bills to help the lower classes, then I will be happier.

[EC]

10. I don't know...

even with the gerry mandering I think Paul Ryan's going to lose next time. More and more of the repubs around here are thinking he's getting rather creepy...and is a shill for corporate goons.

[rhett o rick]

11. Ask a Repub if they are dissatisfied with the Republicans in Congress and you

probably get a yes. Ask them if they would vote for a Democrat and they will say no f'in way.

[EC]

13. Not always.

But maybe they won't vote at all.

[rhett o rick]

14. I hope this isnt the case, but they seem to keep electing Repubs. nm

[progressoid]

15. Yep. You've described a close family member of mine.

A Repub who always talks about how bad Chuck Grassley and Steve King are, but won't vote for any alternative.

[rhett o rick]

16. An American Gov professor told me that studies show that people are dissatisfied with

Congress but wont vote out their representatives.

[AlbertCat]

18. "I hate all the Repub in Congress, except the one I vote for."

Hell, I know Repugs who even vote for reps they hate. They just "vote republican" because.... they always have... they always will. It's kinda like evangelical religion.... you just do it. Don't think! Just do as "tradition", no matter how obsolete, dictates. My friend, who is not high up on the economical ladder, was complaining about Obama last election. I asked her "are you really...REALLY gonna vote for Romney?" "He's a asshole" "But you're gonna vote for him..." She looked confused. I said. "Fer Christ sake, just hold your nose and vote for Obama. And if you can't bring yourself to vote for a black man, which you know is your problem, then just don't vote at all."

[xtraxritical]

5. I'm married, over 50, well off and I'm a Democrat.

[radhika]

6. When they are 'estranged' from the 1%, change will come n/t

[rhett o rick]

12. The 1% sell snake oil and the repubs buy it up. If you fool a repub once, shame on him,

if you fool him twice shame on him, go ahead you can continue to fool him.

[Brigid]

7. So, who needed a "polling expert" . . .

To tell them that "the GOP is estranged from America?"

[DFW]

8. No matter what that "expert" says

They hold a huge majority of the state governorships, including such population centers as NJ, PA, TX, OH, FL and MI, have been able to gerrymander themselves a solid majority in the House of Representatives, and pose big enough a danger for the Senate to require a huge campaign effort next year just to hold our slim majority.

Their "estrangement" has not stopped them from having a "stranglehold" on our government.

So what if voters know they're bad? As long as they're not convinced we're better, the poll is of little comfort.

[libodem]

9. Sweet

[Initech]

17. Time to flush these Reagan Fox News worshipping turds down the drain!

[11 Bravo]

19. Well, I'm white, male, married, Protestant, fairly well off ...

and my only wish for the GOP is for it to consume feces and expire. Since nobody called me, maybe their numbers are even WORSE than they think!

[Rain Mcloud]

20. GOP is estranged from America

and putting itself out of business.
Male,married and well off but that segment is shrinking exponentially due to the disastrous policies toward the middle class by the Austerians and Austeriennes.
If Bubba don't learnt to change his diet of red meat and fried gravy at every victual then the party of Lincoln is gonna smaller than a corpuscle wedged betwixt two pork chops swimming together through a ventral artery faster than a King Ranch 4X4 can punch potholes in a countyline black top.
I hear tell that the deep fried bacon is wonderful south of the Red River this time of year,hint. Hint.
I'll have mine with the Bar-B-Q beans n' Salsa Verde' on the side,!Andalnte Seenyore!

[Curmudgeoness]

21. So that is where the guys are?

I wondered why I couldn't find a rich old man----I guess I have been looking in the wrong place.

On second thought, I would rather be single and compassionate.

[Kennah]

22. That is strange, so strange. Must be the season of the SWITCH!

[wial]

23. this is quite a bit chilling

since that was also the core constituency of the German Nazi Party. All we need is some future insult to America's dignity, and things could get very ugly indeed. Thankfully their main crumpled resentment-filled war veteran has already been ousted from a central role after losing to Obama, but they've got plenty of other irrational creepoids to throw at us. Ted Cruz is still on the rise, for instance.

Do we really have to descend into nightmare, again?

Or will the GOP fail entirely, as some right wing parties do (viz. New Zealand), opening politics to a discourse between pro-Earth and pro-human folks, seeking a common ground?

Maybe in a generation or two?

[yurbud]

24. when will the Democratic Party toss the their rotting policies in the trash with them?

Privatization

letting industries pick their regulators

trade policies that favor the wealthy over American workers

Overthrowing governments that don't behave the way US corporations and banks dictate

and so on.