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GayPatriot: The postpartisan candidate becomes a hyperpartisan president
Say Anything: Overplaying Their Hand: More Americans See Democrats As Too Liberal Than Any Time Since 1994
Ace of Spades HQ: Seems Like Old Times: 46% of Country Now Finds Democrats "Too Liberal"
Instapundit: GALLUP: More Americans See Democratic Party as “Too Liberal”. Hmm. Why would that be?…
RedState: Conservative News and Community: The Perfect Storm of Cap and Trade.
The postpartisan candidate becomes a hyperpartisan president
GayPatriot —
... The man who ran for office billing himself a postpartisan leader has proven himself to be one of the most partian presidents in U.S. History. No wonder more Americans see Obama’s Democrats as “Too liberal.” ...
Overplaying Their Hand: More Americans See Democrats As Too Liberal Than Any Time Since 1994
Say Anything —
... PRINCETON, NJ—A Gallup Poll finds a statistically significant increase since last year in the percentage of Americans who describe the Democratic Party’s views as being “too liberal,” from 39% to 46%. This is the largest percentage saying so since November 1994, after the party’s losses in that year’s midterm elections. ...
Seems Like Old Times: 46% of Country Now Finds Democrats "Too Liberal"
Ace of Spades HQ —
Seems Like Old Times: 46% of Country Now Finds Democrats "Too Liberal" Previously, just in time for the ridonculous 2008 elections, a majority of Americans had thought them "about right" as far as ideology. Now that figure is down to 42% . Note that in 1994 or thereabouts -- when Republicans swept them out of power in Congress -- 50% felt they were too liberal and 37% thought they were "about right:" [image] We're not there yet, but we just saw a 15% net change in their too liberal/about right rating.
GALLUP: More Americans See Democratic Party as “Too Liberal”. Hmm. Why would that be?…
Instapundit —
GALLUP: More Americans See Democratic Party as “Too Liberal”. Hmm. Why would that be?
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The Perfect Storm of Cap and Trade.
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... , we see that Gallup is reporting that the public’s perception of the Democratic party have just flipped, with a plurality of the population now thinking that the party is too liberal (for the first time since 1996). ...
I’m A Lesbian
Maggie's Farm —
... a traffic stop, subjecting the person to arrest. But, Francine Busby, in her fund raiser linked below, says the sheriffs violated the partiers’ civil rights. Oh yeah, we need another member of Congress with that attitude! Should fit right in with Pelosi’s band. (Wonder why in Rasmussen’s generic poll, Republicans are now favored over Democrats? Or, why in Gallup’s Democrats are viewed as too liberal?) ...
Why Democrats are Turncoats to Many of Their Voters
Just Politics..? Daily Feed —
... In a recent Gallup poll about how Americans see Democrats as being “too liberal” (they also said Republicans were “too conservative”) we can see why we get the kinds of Democratic leaders that we do - polarizing and hypocritical. ...
"Extremes" Feel More Left Out Than "Middle"
Open Left - Front Page —
There is an almost overwhelming argument from the "mainstream" political punditry, led by David Broder, that both the Democratic and Republican Parties have been taken over by "extremists." It is one of the fundamental tenants of Village philosophy that the extremists are ruining America, especially on the left, and must be shunned at all costs. However, it turns out that the so-called "extremes" are actually the ones who feel the most left out, not the "middle." ...
1994 and 2010: The President and the Left
Open Left - Front Page —
... , or about 75% of all self-identified liberals, thought that Bill Clinton was "too conservative." The percentage of Americans viewing the Democratic Party was "too conservative" also reached an all-time high during Clinton's first term, rising to between 12-13% according to Gallup. ...
Insulting Swing Voters
Open Left - Front Page —
It never ceases to amaze me how much politicians bend over backward to appeal to moderate swing voters, while simultaneously attempting to appeal to third-party swing votes through insults and lies. Case in point, take the latest missive from New York Representative Peter King ...
