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Republicans Get Good News in Polls as They Close the Ballot Gap on Democrats

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Don't confuse whining for outrage. The complete disregard for our Constitution; voting on Bills that are not even read; spending more is not an investment; lieing to the people; etc the list goes on. This is true on both sides of the isle. Politicians are destroying America. Not whining, I'm outraged.
I smell revolution!

Gary of CA 12:57PM March 25, 2009

The conservatives are doing what they do best - complain and whine. That only works to a point

Bill of IL 2:18PM March 20, 2009

You want examples of Obama lies? Ok, my pleasure:
Obama claims he is bipartisan, but voted with his party 97% of the time.
Obama claimed that McCain planned to cut $880 billion from Medicare. Not true according to Annenberg Fact Check
Obama said he was asked to wear a dead soldiers bracelet. The fact is the family asked him NOT to wear it.
Obama claimed that all new spending was self-funding. Oooops, off by $3.5 trillion according to Tax Policy Center
Obama lied about Kissinger's views of diplomacy. Kissinger confirmed the lie.
Obama said his mother was on food stamps, but still sent him to the best college. His grandmother paid for his education
Need I go on? Obama is a liar. Or maybe it's the teleprompter telling him to lie...

Raymond252 of WA 1:45PM March 19, 2009

Let's face it, anybody who makes it to Washington has already sold themselves to get where they are. Despite all that is wrong with the Republican party, THEY are still better than the best Democrat in protecting our freedom and economic prosperity.
If the Republicans could learn to be more tolerant of social differences, I believe their popularity would soar.
Today's American is politically conservative but socially liberal. Any party that can get with the times will come out on top.
Obviuosly the Obamanists/Pelosism "Party" was not the correct choice here.

Chris Petty of GA 1:37PM March 19, 2009

The government today acts like a bunch of kids away from their parents for the weekend. They have no thought what will happen from their actions.
They forget that Bush was a Repulican President with a Democratic majority Now they are critizing Bush for what was done. I would say that Bush did what he could under the circumstanes.
They don`t even take the time to read the laws before voting on them an are being led by a man that does not really know what he is doing an gets no help. Everyone wants to please him an not help him. Is he a Movie star or our President?
Please give us a Republican President who knows how to do things right.
My husband an I are 80 years old an worry about our country an what will be left of our freedom if things go on this way.
Taking the word God out of our schools, government, etc is
another way of loosing our freedom. Our men have died to protect this freedom an the Democrats want to take it all away
Please stop them

Betty Ruoff of NY 10:56AM March 19, 2009

Can you give some examples of the lies Obama has told?

grundy of IL 9:41AM March 19, 2009

Is this what we are doing now? Calling an independent pollster with a good track record unreliable b/c you don't like the approval rating data Rasmussen gets for Obama? It sounds like you need to do your own research and not be a follower of misinformation.

Dawn of VA 6:57AM March 19, 2009

The Republicans were punished by the American voters in 2006 and 2008. In 2010, it will be the Democrats that loose ground, and in 2012, another overhaul.

Johnny of NY 2:28AM March 19, 2009

Rasmussen is habitually unreliable. Barone thinks otherwise. Have to think he's either ignoring Rassmussen's rep, or he doesn't care.

N Morrill of CA 12:18AM March 19, 2009

This has been in plain sight for over two years now! BHO will say whatever he need to deceive this audience so they like him and whan it comes to action he'll do whatever he $%&* well pleases...
I keep hearing talking heads trying to spin this but after 60 days they are running out of words...
Obama is a liar plain and simple.
RichInIowa (as in Richard)

RichInIowa of IN 10:30PM March 18, 2009