A scathing GOP commentary, found ...........................on Rassy

[Sheepshank]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_froma_harrop/disapproval_of_course_is_a_relative_thing

If the 2012 election were held today, Republicans could very well have their heads handed to them. I do not think this alone. Their debt-ceiling high jinks were no doubt immensely amusing to the tea party fringe, but to those of us not getting the joke, they were an appalling attack on a fragile economy.
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Riding high on the empowering results of the 2010 midterm election, Republicans apparently imagined that despair over the economy equaled love for them. President Obama's falling approval numbers may also give them solace, but his ratings soar next to House Republicans'....
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...former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel told the Financial Times that he was "disgusted" by the campaign against raising the debt ceiling. "It was an astounding lack of responsible leadership by many in the Republican Party, and I say that as a Republican," Hagel said. He characterized much of the recent stock market convulsions as "the complete direct result of the lack of confidence that came out of that folly."

does a heart good to see articles such as this on a site frequented by Baggers.

[Sheepshank]

1. shameless bump for a "feels good" read :) n/t

[Sheepshank]

9. ...

[gateley]

2. I like this:

"... Republicans apparently imagined that despair over the economy equaled love for them."

[Vogon_Glory]

3. I Liked It, Too.

I liked it, too. I think a lot of voters decided to punish President Obama and Democrats for not reviving the economy by voting Republican. Many of those voters have since gotten reminders as to what happens when you bring back the lunatics who caused this recession and hand them the car keys. I suspect that many of this group, if they haven't had a come-to-Jesus moment, have had their hour(s) of OMG, what have I done?!

[gateley]

4. Agree with everything you said. nt

[Vogon_Glory]

5. Tick Tick Tick Goes The Political Time-Bomb

I suspect that a lot of right-wing congressional Republicans are currently living in a political dreamland, thinking that voter dissatisfaction with Obama means that the voters are ready to come charging to the polls next November and vote for them.

I suspect they're seriously mistaken. The voters are thoroughly p**d off, and as many of the independents and sometimes-Democrats and sometimes-Republicans start feeling a lot more anxious, they're going to take out their anger on the Tea-publicans.

I suspect that it isn't just the Tea Party that's going to get it in the chops. I suspect that a lot of "mainstream" Republicans who have distanced themselves from the Tea Party (But more often than not voted for Tea Party policies) are going to be the scapegoats for the continuing crisis in the next elections.

I confess that I do worry about the Presidential race. As angry as I am at Obama, I feel that he's a far better President than Rick Perry would be (And I suspect that Perry will win the Republican nomination).

As a Texan, though, and having watched some very good Democratic gubernatorial candidates go down to flaming defeat after flaming defeat after flaming defeat, I worry that too many thoughtless, clueless people will vote Republican and too many other thoughtless, clueless people will decide to stay on the sidelines.

:scared:

[Sheepshank]

6. agreed.

Nut case RW'ers think they have the indie votes and the unhappy Dem votes in the bag. Seriously, with the clown car full of idiots that have been paraded before us so far, I don't think the reality is that they have captured a lot of former Obama voters.

[Vogon_Glory]

7. What Scares Me Is That The Red-Nosed Will Turn Out

What scares me is that the red-nosed Bozo fan club will turn out to vote for Rick Perry with an enthusiasm they didn't show for McCain, but that all too many independents and all too many Democratic voters will choose to stay on the sidelines.

I believe that Slick Rick could have gotten a very nasty surprise if the Latino voters of Texas had participated as proportionately in the 2010 election as their Anglo (non-Afro American) counterparts. They didn't. Only about 1 in 10 bothered to vote and Slick Rick romped to victory.

What worries me is that a lot of minority voters are going to follow too many Texas minority voters' sorry example.

[Sheepshank]

8. I honestly do believe those that sat out in 2010 had received a wake up call.

I also think the Bagger parade, is a fear factor that many will not ignore....I have high hopes :)

[GOTV]

10. And yet, a republican just took Weiner's seat.

[Bandit]

12. Some things literally make my head spin.

I just don't get it.. Democrats in Congress have an approval rating more than twice that of Republicans in Congress and yet a Democratic District that has been so for almost a century suddenly goes Republican...:crazy:

[GOTV]

13. Unfortunately only a minority will take that as a warning and change tactics. I think that minority

doesn't include Obama.

[Bandit]

14. Move further right

I think their goal is to move so far to the right it becomes left.....:shrug: Other than that no sense is to be made of things.

[a kennedy]

11. keeping this kicked......

:patriot: