Polls Give Republicans Reasons to be Thankful

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A Rasmussen poll is about the best poll Republican money can buy.
Get real. Scott Rassmussen was a paid consultant on President Bush's campaign.
He always sees the glass half full for Republicans and Half full for Democrats.
What we want is a unbiased poll like Gallup.
Rasmussen, himself , is a right wing religious conservative with an anti gay bias.
What do you expect

norris hall of CA 9:42PM December 07, 2009

I believe you have missed the point when you say:
"It is highly likely that part of the rejection of the Democrats' agenda is in part due to its complexity"
I think that is in fast a very small part, if any part at all, of the rejection. The people are rejecting it because the media did not accurately portray Obama coming into office, nor did they accurately portray Bush as he left office. When Jesus Christ comes to replace Satan, he is going to have pretty high approval ratings and support. When you realize that he is the biggest liberal/socialist to ever take high office in this country (which many people didn't realize until recently, thanks to the glowing campaign coverage) and that he is intent on destroying the American way of life, you see results like this. He will continue sliding further and further as long as he pushes this socialist agenda. It has nothing to do with confusion, people just DONT LIKE IT.

Carl Gullans of NJ 6:45PM November 30, 2009

and still supply their under ground war with Israel, and the lattest Nadal Hassan case is just like any other case that they pull string in Lebanon that they order a hit on other by using Lebanese like those case that they assasin Lebanaese president, or some Lebanese general that got good connection to the west, keep looking away and not solving problem now that is not a good way to deal problem. American should learn how to deal with them b4 problem get any bigger and out of hand to handle them. Beside American crisis with gas is about to happen anyway when Dubai is blown up with their giant debt so they have to high up their gas prices, remember that most car in america are fully gas or half gas system engine eah the half gas is only work if u drive in you local neighbor hood once u go out on the main street with trafict light and 3 car lanes it still switches to gas. I think Iran is our enemy and we should deal with them sooner than latter. Obama is an idiot he look away when good oportunity come to help america solve the gas crisis and get rid off the american true enemy after all this years american still looking away when Iran dictator crushing the protest for democracy. I'm not suprise if once day some terrorist group belong to iran or been pull string by Iran attacking us like those belong to Osama in Afgan hit us again in our own soil, u might ask while Osama in Afgan, well american is still not doing a good job at controling and combating terrorist in Afganistan that a town of 30, 000 population now a gosh town afer a year of Obama promising fighting terrorist in Afgan

Obama isn't true to his promise of CA 1:17PM November 30, 2009

i show that she finaly understand that idiot isn't doing good job enought to keep the nation happy and everything he try to do in the pass 1 year have been such a failure so far, at least she backing out of back his A$$ and doesn't talk about him anymore like the people on Paltalk that are Obama hardcore A$$ kisser wana be Obama fan. All the money she that she fund Obama or invest in him i hope she get it back, since most of tax payer money have put into Obama investment to help the American dream and hope have fail so far.

i think if Oprah didn't drop her show the people know she suck for backing up idiot president in the first place give him alot of money during the election season of CA 11:33PM November 26, 2009

It's amazing that the Repubs use the same tactics for years and somehow, they appear to be effective on occasion. But, as a journalism graduate, it is taught in the 101 class that the average newspaper reader is on the education level of a sixth-grader. Which is extremely obvious when you have people who have fallen for every one of their tricks in the last 20 years; i.e. Whitewater (which really didn't hurt the Clinton's but was probably embarassing to them), Swiftboat crew (As is the case with most repubs-hypocrites!-love the usa but would go out of their way to demean a war hero, yet then claim patriotism...go figure), made votes disappear in Florida to get Bush elected and now they are using all sorts of "isms" to undermine Pres. Obama. This is the Republican legacy! They have not contributed one thing positive to our society since Abe Lincoln signed the Proclamation. I wish they could see that most of America, sans the South, has moved far beyond that ugly phase of hate and racism, sexism, gayism and overall ignorantism! They are so apt to go with stereotypes of groups, they frequently like to call black lazy. Using the same mentality that creates the repubs "isms" thye would actually be the lazy ones, because the slaves were doing all the "hard" work while the slavemasters got drunk, smoked cigarettes and molested the fine black woman (can you say Strom Thurmond!) Jesse Helms was on his death bed and knew his time to see God was fastly approaching and then, at that time, he tries to make amends with Blacks when he began to look like a dried up turtle in the face! This is true!

Mitchell of NC 10:39AM November 26, 2009

Of course "generic Republican candidates" are rising in the Rasmussen poll. When the real ones repeatedly spout the same inaccuracies about pending legislation, and the Dems insist on a center-insensitive public option, it's an easy one to predict. The basis of propaganda is that people will believe an oft-repeated falsehood, even knowing that fact, if repeated often enough.

Steve Austin of TX 9:10AM November 26, 2009

Isn't ANYONE aware that "going rogue" is British slang for "having unprotected anal sex"?
Stewart and Colbert will have a field day with this.

Eric Mills of CA 8:27PM November 25, 2009

Did she read her own book?

Larry Linn of CA 8:08PM November 25, 2009

With only some 20% of Americans identifying themselves as Republicans, the only silver lining is the majority of polls point out that most Americans do not take Sarah Palin seriously as a politician even as they love her on the supermarket scandal sheets. Everyone loves a vamp, and it gets the media ratings. The polls are great for third party conservatives to emerge from the shadows of the GOP, but there really isn't much Republicans have accomplished and to show for themselves.
Its too bad that the only polls Republicans can quote at the highly biased polls coming from GOP pollster Rasmussen.

Tim of PA 7:16PM November 25, 2009