Comments on: Poll: Republican Party Now Less Popular Than Dick Cheney

By: June Manifold-Corzan

June Manifold-Corzan — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:14:04 +0000

Dick Cheney did not cause America to be unsafe has you Dems would have everyone believe. Your President BILL CLINTON ignored the intellegence and
threats to this country for many years, maybe to busy defending himself. READ MY LIPS- I DID NOT HAVE *** WITH THAT WOMEN!That scandel and many others took up most of his second term. If you want facts read MY FBI by Louis Freeh, But then again it’s much easier to blame the Republicans for the wasted time Clinton had in the Whitehouse.
Roll on 2010! We are taking our country back.

By: Peter Waltmark

Peter Waltmark — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 01:39:45 +0000

Dick Shaney is the most corruptet indivudual in Americal History May He Rott in Hell! He caused America to be unsafe and HATED ALL OVER THE WORLD!
MAY HE ROTT IN HELL!

By: teh07h3r0n3

teh07h3r0n3 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:22:35 +0000

being “within” the margin of error is not a “statistical tie,” despite the nearly universal misuse of a poll’s margin of error in this way.

anywho . . .

By: Kirk Tofte

Kirk Tofte — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:58:54 +0000

A sympathetic biographer of Cheney, Stephen Hayes, was on one of the Sunday talk shows yesterday. He complained about the fact that the media now refers to Cheney’s recent initiatives starting a “torture” debate.
The last thing the Republicans, Cheney and (apparently) Hayes want is a debate about torture. One about “enhanced interrogation techniques” is just fine. So, how is it again that Cheney’s recent antics help him or his party?

By: David G.

David G. — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:54:22 +0000

I hope both the party and the boss continue their glorious path to destiny:
party – to the dustbin of history
Cheney – to the war crime tribunal in Hague

By: Phil Bill

Phil Bill — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:35:37 +0000

I love the lack of debate on actual policies. I don’t see it as dem/repub – I see a nation in decline – while the politicians whimper, whine & point fingers.

This website helps that along as best it can. Cheney, Freepers, and all that is Democrat is good etc.

The Dems will be vulnerable in 2010 if the economy does not rebound – that is certain.

By: Pam

Pam — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:22:24 +0000

With any luck, the publicans will be voted into political oblivian for the next 20 years. Most of them are only looters of our country and economy anyway.While their poster boy and mouth piece Lush Limbaugh has become obscenely wealthy, his zombie like followers have become poorer. Old “publican”LOOTERS.

By: JMP

JMP — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:43:35 +0000

Greg,
Wasn’t your blatant partisanship and DNC cheerleading supposed to stop when you left TPM?

By: BMclaughlin

BMclaughlin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:56:19 +0000

It would appear to me that the Republican strategy is to attempt to become just as popular as the Democrats not by improving their own ratings but by throwing as much obstructionism in the way to bring them down to their gutter level. Not exactly a way to build an image and won’t work anyway. If the Dems submit to the pressure it will be a third party that rises to beat them both.

Hm, maybe that’s not such a bad idea!

By: The Dark Avenger

The Dark Avenger — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:56:07 +0000

And second, it gives the lie to the notion that Cheney’s ongoing media tour is helpful to the GOP overall, as some party leaders have publicly claimed to thin.

Any reminder of the previous malAdminstration would do that, they were forced into saying he was good for them instead of admitting that having 50% of Team America 2000 reminding those who voted for Obama why they did so in the first place.

Also, Limbaugh is for Cheney, and we’ve already seen what happens to and with those Republicans who don’t defer to the Dark Lord of the EIB network.

By: Patrick G

Patrick G — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:49:10 +0000

@ Bill Mitchell

I haven’t looked at the poll in question, so I won’t comment about it in particular. While I do agree that many polls are suspect, if the poll respondents were 32% R, 34% D, that would leave 34% of the sample that didn’t identify as one of those parties, yes?

Without information on how that 34% opined on Obama’s popularity, your assertion that “a 2 point Democrat advantage became a 14 point advantage” is wholly unfounded and, frankly, ludicrous.

More to the point, you seem to be assuming that 100% of D’s like Obama, and 0% of R’s dislike Obama, with everybody else split 50/50. I won’t even comment on the plausibility of that.

At this point, I’m almost willing to take the effort to actually go get the raw numbers instead of just pointing out glaring fallacies in your argument, but I’ve really wasted enough time on this already.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:41:29 +0000

@Tena -

Unemployment to hit 11%, a VP who says the admin ‘guessed wrong’ on the stimulus – ongoing bungled BK’s in Detroit – it goes on and on and on. Wait until with new taxes.

You show me the economic succuss story & turn-around. In 2010 – “it’s the economy, stupid” is going to make a huge comeback.

Good speeches do not shorten the unemployment roles & they don’t create jobs. There is a serious vulnerability here on the part of the Democratic party – and unless they recognize it – they are going to lose. The days of passing blame on the previous administration stopped with the stimulus & omnibus bills – this is all Obama’s baby now.

I call it like I see it – and the economy is a huge problem for the party in power today. If you think it’s not, then we live in two different America’s.

By: Bill Mitchell

Bill Mitchell — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:25:32 +0000

Ok, it’s time for you bloggers who take these polls from the MSM seriously to get a clue.

I’ll make it simple. They are a FRAUD. The sample is stacked WILDLY in favor of Democrats and the fact they don’t care for the Republican Party doesn’t surprise me. In the newest NYTimes/CBS Poll, the raw numbers actually had 34% Democrats and 32% Republicans. But after they “weighted” the poll, a 2 point Democrat advantage became a 14 point advantage, just enough to give Obama his bogus 63% approval rating.

So don’t quote these BS polls and pretend to be giving honest, intelligent commentary.

By: Timber

Timber — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 17:17:31 +0000

Even more hilarious is they are both more popular than Madame Botox.

By: Jenn D

Jenn D — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:55:51 +0000

PGeorge~ Very good commentary on that subject..