Comments on: Cook: Voter Attitudes Hardening Against Democrat Congress

By: dontremaine

dontremaine — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:42:48 +0000

John,
I completely agree with this video. I am a registered Republican. My favorite President was Ronald Reagan. I do know that America is a Republic. But I also was of the opinion that Hitler was an extreme right wing based on popular thought. Even though I could not really see the difference between either system. The video makes this very clear. Thanks for the insight.
Don

By: 6eorge Jetson

6eorge Jetson — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:23:05 +0000

By: 6eorge Jetson

6eorge Jetson — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:21:59 +0000

and hope no one notices. Is the average American as smart as a 5th grader in math?

My version

By: pajohn

pajohn — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:02:03 +0000

Dontremaine said:
“The good news is there are really no real right wing radicals in office. These would be the KKK, White supremacists, Nazis …”

Please please please view this important educational video:
http://www.wimp.com/thegovernment/

Extreme hard left would be 100% government, 0% rights, extreme hard right would be no government at all – i.e. anarchy. Communism, fascism etc. are all examples of the hard left, NOT the right. Calling nazis ( who were National Socialists) hard right is silly, a misconception put out by folks who like to confuse things, and it seems to catch up a lot of otherwise smart well meaning people.

I know, just details to some perhaps, but important details.

Cheers,
John in PA.

By: dontremaine

dontremaine — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:39:22 +0000

I can’t believe that a Libertarian would ever vote for a leftist. I personally would only vote for a Libertarian if there was a chance that they would win and the Democrat candidate was so hated, that the race was really only between the Republican and the Libertarian. Libertarians are for the Constitution as are the Republican but not to the same extent. Democrats on the other hand are very anti-constitution. That is why you keep hearing them claim that the Constitution is a living document and must morph with changing times. I ask you; how does freedom become out of fashion? This can only happen with an oppressive government, the left wing radicals. The good news is there are really no real right wing radicals in office. These would be the KKK, White supremacists, Nazis …
So it seems safe to vote Republican except for ones that call themselves moderate. That really means left inclined.

By: Moe Lane

Moe Lane — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:44:49 +0000

Nothing personal, dude – but the Democrats have killed the “They’re just the same!” line and left the corpse dangling from a rope.

By: texasjay

texasjay — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:37:25 +0000

What would be the difference?

By: JoeG

JoeG — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:02:34 +0000

They pile on 0bama and enjoy any of the jokes or bumper stickers I share with them.

By: bk

bk — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:19:42 +0000

the guy they voted for thinks they’re racists unless they vote D.

That seems to be working out real well so far for those people in the middle.

By: JoeG

JoeG — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:37:52 +0000

and ones that I was thinking of in the above posts are libertarian leaning.

They vote both sides. This last time the both voted for 0 because they were convinced that there was no difference between the last two with all the spending that the Republicans were doing.

By: IJB

IJB — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:44:31 +0000

Independents, especially, won’t just fall back in to the Democrats laps, even if the economy “improves” (and, realistically, it won’t improve *much*). And, yes, many of them will simply be ‘anti-incumbent, anti-politician’ next year.

So-called Moderates, OTOH, are usually Lefties who fail to honestly self-identify because are either too self-deluded or because they are duplicitous. Most of those guys are Dem-leaners, though even they will sometimes abandon ship too if Dem corruption gets too out of control…

By: IJB

IJB — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:39:28 +0000

I can never figure out if they’re doing that because they’re trying to depress GOP-leaning turnout, or if they’re just plain ‘in denial’ about what’s going on.

But exactly the same kind of thing happened in ’94 – very few people actually held the odds of a GOP takeover of Congress very high. And they were all completely wrong.

By: JoeG

JoeG — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:49:42 +0000

Are in a massive anti-incumbent mood. They trust no politician, and will vote simply against the party in power. That’s why they were against the R’s in 2006 and will be against the D’s in 2010.

By: rbdwiggins

rbdwiggins — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:58:24 +0000

They can maintain the status quo, which entails waiting around until Obama throws them under the bus, or they can strike first and throw Obama under his own bus.

Either way, I like my popcorn with drawn butter, lightly salted…

By: Leopard1996

Leopard1996 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:57:10 +0000

After the letter I got from my Congresscritter after the Cap and Tax vote (OH-01) Steve Driehaus. Unless he grows a set on health care, I will vote for a pile of dogs(9t if it opposes this assclown.

By: cwilson

cwilson — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:56:50 +0000

when they are complicit?

Oh, right.

Democrats and hypocritical tu quoque: it’s what they DO. The veritable lifeblood of left wing political life.

By: Richard Mullins

Richard Mullins — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:33:33 +0000

people are going to remember all the crap that being forcefed by the Democrat majority and what a steaming pile of manure it is. Really, the bill that they have passed are more government bills not good legislation. Primaries are only a good 6 or more months away and that should be a point at which we find out if people what something new or just more of the same.

By: rbdwiggins

rbdwiggins — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:14:06 +0000

for the democrats to maintain their congressional majorities would be to impeach Obama for the overwhelming abrogation of his constitutional responsibilities and his administration’s blatant assault against the US Constitution and the American people.

By: jodetoad

jodetoad — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:43:03 +0000

Admittedly I don’t know how moderates think. But if the economy seems to recover by next year, probably lots of moderates will forget whatever annoyed them this year.

I doubt seniors will forget or change their minds, and that’s a lot of voters.

My opinion was hardened before Nov. 2008. I can’t think of anything Obama or the Democrats could say to soften it. Even if they were to apologize, say they were wrong, and promise to be fiscally sound and follow the Constitution, I wouldn’t believe it.

By: mas1916

mas1916 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:08:43 +0000

The President and the Democrats have become the kind of domestic bully that Obama believed the US had become internationally.

ACORN, SEIU thugs used to tamp down resistance to his health care takeover plan, and on and on, have driven support down and animosity way up. Pelosi even remarked yesterday that she was fearful of the opposition to the Democrat agenda. (Of course she didn’t take any responsibility for this.)

Congress and the President have indeed driven the country to a higher level of contentiousness. It doesn’t help that Democrats refuse to provide detailed or serious answers or bullies opponents by calling them racists or Nazis. Platitudes just don’t work in a logical discussion. ( for more on why there is an increased level of animosity, you can view: http://www.conservativeblog.thewebinfocenter.com/conservative-blog/pelosi-concern-over-public-discourse )

Voters are rejecting the Democrat agenda though – precisely because Democrats have been so disrespectful of voter wishes.