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kpete (39,116 posts)

GOP Strategist: “It’s devastating." --- Majority Of American Women NOW Side With Democrats

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When the Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey asked last summer which party should control Congress, a slim 46-42 percent plurality of women said it should be the Democrats.

But in a survey released Monday, compiling polling since the beginning of the year, that figure had widened considerably to a 15-point advantage for the Democrats, according to polling by the team of Democratic pollster Peter Hart and Republican Bill McInturff. Fifty-one percent favored Democratic control; only 36 percent wanted to see the Republicans in charge.

Both sides have tried to shape the narrative in this battle for and about women. But many Republicans are beginning to wish they had never waded into what has become a heated conversation over contraception, who should have it and what it says about people who use it.

A prominent GOP strategist, who requested anonymity to discuss the party’s situation frankly, said: “It’s devastating. I don’t think it’s going to go away. I think it’s going to be a significant challenge the Republican nominee is going to inherit.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-suffer-among-female-voters/2012/03/08/gIQANzfM1R_story.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/09/1072824/-No-love-for-the-GOP-among-America-s-women?via=blog_1

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GOP Strategist: “It’s devastating." --- Majority Of American Women NOW Side With Democrats (Original post)	kpete	Mar 2012	OP
I'm not going to shed any tears over this outcome!	sinkingfeeling	Mar 2012	#1
I'd get Romney a tissue	Aerows	Mar 2012	#35
I bet Boehner will.	ncteechur	Mar 2012	#97
Hell, I'm reveling in the schadenfreude	peace frog	Mar 2012	#115
A bridge too far. n/t	DefenseLawyer	Mar 2012	#2
"God bless Field Marshall Limbaugh." n/t	Strelnikov_	Mar 2012	#102
You mean they didn't see this coming when they started attacking	lunatica	Mar 2012	#3
Well, this is the party that thought Iraq would be a cakewalk	Downtown Hound	Mar 2012	#14
Their ego is so big, that they truly believe that they "create their own reality."	CrispyQ	Mar 2012	#32
Reply to CrispyQ 'They create their own reality'	GopperStopper2680	Mar 2012	#110
you just described someone I knew-exactly, until he had a stroke & that changed	StarsInHerHair	Mar 2012	#129
Anyone surprised...	Wait Wut	Mar 2012	#4
51% seems like a baseline type number.	TheKentuckian	Mar 2012	#40
Listen to C-SPAN	jerseyjack	Mar 2012	#87
Stockholm Syndrome	pscot	Mar 2012	#107
The only white woman I know who isn't furious with the GOP is my 88 year old mom	lark	Mar 2012	#99
those kinds of women	SemperEadem	Mar 2012	#103
And tell them it's their duty to have sex with them as often as they want. If they get pregnant..	Auntie Bush	Mar 2012	#106
birth control benefits men as much if not more so than women	SemperEadem	Mar 2012	#126
I would think the number would be higher	Irishonly	Mar 2012	#52
My concern....	dwig3d	Mar 2012	#118
Exactly!	sellitman	Mar 2012	#119
Don't those gals know what's good for them?	gratuitous	Mar 2012	#5
OMG Love it	all american girl	Mar 2012	#28
Dont dey know that politics is a MAN'S business!?	chrisa	Mar 2012	#39
My theory (which is mine) ...	meegbear	Mar 2012	#6
They willingly, eagerly, smoked an exploding cigar.	hifiguy	Mar 2012	#16
I guess they didn't notice that Claymore doesn't make cigars	saras	Mar 2012	#78
+1. I love how you use O'Reilly's own terminology. He regularly calls people "pinhead." nt	Selatius	Mar 2012	#86
The idiots. Gay marriage only works as a wedge issue	Crunchy Frog	Mar 2012	#58
Bingo! My thoughts as well	Ishoutandscream2	Mar 2012	#104
'It's blowing up in their faces'	GopperStopper2680	Mar 2012	#111
Come one, women always change their minds, it's hormonal...	joeybee12	Mar 2012	#7
I won't be satisfied....	ingac70	Mar 2012	#8
I don't understand why that isn't the case.	Walk away	Mar 2012	#11
Well that's a battle of Biblical proportions, isn't it?	LiberalAndProud	Mar 2012	#90
...	City Lights	Mar 2012	#9
Good one!	xxqqqzme	Mar 2012	#114
What did you misogynistic GOP dumbshits expect?	Arugula Latte	Mar 2012	#10
Their ideological blinders must be coming off.	Old and In the Way	Mar 2012	#12
No, they did not forget about "that voting thing."	tblue37	Mar 2012	#23
True, but it will be harder to steal if the race isn't close	lark	Mar 2012	#100
See? See? See? Give them an inch, and they take.......	TheCowsCameHome	Mar 2012	#13
'Give them an inch and they take'	GopperStopper2680	Mar 2012	#112
The Repigs have been blazing away at both feet	hifiguy	Mar 2012	#15
"The Repigs have been blazing away at both feet with a B.A.R. on this issue for months now."	workinclasszero	Mar 2012	#61
When you lie down with barkers you get up with fleas	JHB	Mar 2012	#17
Might it be having these uptight douche nozzles telling women what they can do w/ their "lady bits?"	Botany	Mar 2012	#18
Can someone explain to me what they were smoking when decided to make the race about contraception??	Leopolds Ghost	Mar 2012	#19
Except for real believers like Santorum it was never about birth control but ....	Botany	Mar 2012	#24
Well that's pretty stupid of them. I'm opposed to mandatory private insur. but GOP can hardly object	Leopolds Ghost	Mar 2012	#29
Their (the current GOP) actions is why they have to restrict voting, gerrymander districts, control	Botany	Mar 2012	#31
Seriously the only base the repigs have left are batshit insane rascist haters who are	workinclasszero	Mar 2012	#62
These are not republicans who by their very name support the republic. They are radicals.	Botany	Mar 2012	#66
They Never Anticipate The Blowback?	otohara	Mar 2012	#20
Oh that one is a complete orphan.	calimary	Mar 2012	#48
Please, no offense to the lades but.. Good job limpballs. What group are you going to bring over to	wandy	Mar 2012	#21
How could ANYONE possibly think it's a good idea to piss off women?	Champion Jack	Mar 2012	#22
We should be thankful to Rush ...shouldn't we?	L0oniX	Mar 2012	#25
What did they expect? Idiots!	jillan	Mar 2012	#26
I honestly don't see how anyone can support the GOP anymore.	Proles	Mar 2012	#27
Good. And I think the gap will only widen.	NRaleighLiberal	Mar 2012	#30
I dont see this as good	quakerboy	Mar 2012	#64
You are comparing the President's stats to polling about Democrats, not the President.	Bluenorthwest	Mar 2012	#71
Thats true	quakerboy	Mar 2012	#77
Gotta figure in the Tea Party ladies	Mopar151	Mar 2012	#101
As the poster above said, "stockholm syndrome"	newspeak	Mar 2012	#122
True colors shining through....	WCGreen	Mar 2012	#33
Please let this hold through November	sonias	Mar 2012	#34
I said it on a previous thread. The GOP has lost the women's vote for a generation maybe permanently	Monk06	Mar 2012	#36
This message was self-deleted by its author	Herlong	Mar 2012	#37
Fluke	mercuryblues	Mar 2012	#38
And they are still	Iliyah	Mar 2012	#41
Gosh, I wonder why.	LeftishBrit	Mar 2012	#42
HUGE K & R !!!	WillyT	Mar 2012	#43
Guess they forgot we can vote now.	sarge43	Mar 2012	#44
yeah, well give them half a chance	newspeak	Mar 2012	#123
I'll rephrase. They wish we didn't vote and	sarge43	Mar 2012	#124
Does anyone have the figures on men? To get a complete picture we would need to know whether or	totodeinhere	Mar 2012	#45
15 points eh? The GOP is going to get blazed over the Blunt amendment.	LetTimmySmoke	Mar 2012	#46
The Sluts versus GOOD women	HockeyMom	Mar 2012	#47
This message was self-deleted by its author	Herlong	Mar 2012	#49
and BOOM goes the dynamite	underpants	Mar 2012	#50
I'm starting to like Rushcotin. (not really)	Kokonoe	Mar 2012	#69
Cause and effect	R.Blue	Mar 2012	#51
I am woman, hear me VOTE!	nolabear	Mar 2012	#53
This	AsahinaKimi	Mar 2012	#54
pardon me, but does this actually surprise anyone with a functioning brain?	sikorsky	Mar 2012	#55
It does seem to surprise Republicans .... Oh wait, never mind. n/t	sarge43	Mar 2012	#88
Partial Thanks Goes Out to Limbaugh for This	Dirty Socialist	Mar 2012	#56
Well gee, golly, gosh. WTF did they think would happen if they tried to turn contraception	Crunchy Frog	Mar 2012	#57
Candidate for this year's "You Call This NEWS?" Award	rocktivity	Mar 2012	#59
Great job Rush, Ricky, the rethugs in Congress holding hearings on BC that wouldnt allow any women	workinclasszero	Mar 2012	#60
36% still support the GOP	Pakid	Mar 2012	#63
Nothing appeals to women voters more than setting a double standard where they are 2nd class citizen	AllyCat	Mar 2012	#65
The sad thing is that last summer they were not even aware how sexist the repugs were /nt	still_one	Mar 2012	#67
Women's rights must be a prime issue this fall.	Dawson Leery	Mar 2012	#68
We'll make damn sure no one forgets this war you've waged on us! n/t	cynatnite	Mar 2012	#70
K&R	Odin2005	Mar 2012	#72
It's over, GOP A-holes. You can't just hose us off and throw us back on the car!	SunSeeker	Mar 2012	#73
What is wrong with the other 36?	liberal N proud	Mar 2012	#74
"Let me tell you what I know about national security. I know a lot about national security."	yellowcanine	Mar 2012	#75
How can it	grandpamike1	Mar 2012	#76
YES n/t	Mira	Mar 2012	#79
I think they expect centrist women to sacrifice freedom for hypocrisy, and that's who supports them	saras	Mar 2012	#80
Well they started compiling the polling since the beginning of the year...	Kalidurga	Mar 2012	#81
Quick, GOP! Time to pass a law that requires women get a transvaginal ultrasound to vote! n/t	kitkat65	Mar 2012	#82
Well, what the hell did they expect? That women would embrace their subjugation? Christ on a	Nay	Mar 2012	#83
Yuck, that could be bad news	Zalatix	Mar 2012	#84
Wait. Women can VOTE? Since when?	ChairmanAgnostic	Mar 2012	#85
Any women who votes Rethug should be checked for insanity	sellitman	Mar 2012	#89
I hope the change is permanent!!	Liberal_in_LA	Mar 2012	#91
I only wish they'd drown themselves some more	davidpdx	Mar 2012	#92
To the GOP, soccer moms are just vaginas in mini vans.	Bosso 63	Mar 2012	#93
Didn't have the foresight of a tree frog, huh?	Daemonaquila	Mar 2012	#94
re: GOP Strategist: “It’s devastating." --- Majority Of American Women NOW Side With Democrats	allan01	Mar 2012	#95
'it's devastating'	GopperStopper2680	Mar 2012	#113
It's in the Bible	Canuckistanian	Mar 2012	#96
They'll Have to Stick a Couple of Asprins	dynasaw	Mar 2012	#98
Rehug women won't be needing any asprin. They won't need it! No sex for their idiot husbands.	Auntie Bush	Mar 2012	#108
remember way back like a week or two ago	arely staircase	Mar 2012	#105
'I don't think it's going to go away'	GopperStopper2680	Mar 2012	#109
Damn straight it ain't going away	peace frog	Mar 2012	#116
Peace frog-yes	GopperStopper2680	Mar 2012	#117
Only 51 percent	decrepittex	Mar 2012	#120
The best part is the dipshit GOPhers just keep digging	Major Nikon	Mar 2012	#121
Santorum's wife told him to answer questions about contraception with what he knows about	shcrane71	Mar 2012	#125
Spam deleted by ornotna (MIR Team)	sdfwefwe	Mar 2012	#127
Looks like the War on Women is going well.	LetTimmySmoke	Mar 2012	#128
This is not news!	CobaltBlue	Mar 2012	#130

Response to kpete (Original post)

Fri Mar 9, 2012, 04:37 PM

sinkingfeeling (28,085 posts)

GOP Strategist: “It’s devastating." --- Majority Of American Women NOW Side With Democrats

1. I'm not going to shed any tears over this outcome!

35. I'd get Romney a tissue

97. I bet Boehner will.

115. Hell, I'm reveling in the schadenfreude

2. A bridge too far. n/t

102. "God bless Field Marshall Limbaugh." n/t

3. You mean they didn't see this coming when they started attacking

14. Well, this is the party that thought Iraq would be a cakewalk

32. Their ego is so big, that they truly believe that they "create their own reality."

110. Reply to CrispyQ 'They create their own reality'

129. you just described someone I knew-exactly, until he had a stroke & that changed

4. Anyone surprised...

40. 51% seems like a baseline type number.

87. Listen to C-SPAN

107. Stockholm Syndrome

99. The only white woman I know who isn't furious with the GOP is my 88 year old mom

103. those kinds of women

106. And tell them it's their duty to have sex with them as often as they want. If they get pregnant..

126. birth control benefits men as much if not more so than women

52. I would think the number would be higher

118. My concern....

119. Exactly!

5. Don't those gals know what's good for them?

28. OMG Love it

39. Dont dey know that politics is a MAN'S business!?

6. My theory (which is mine) ...

16. They willingly, eagerly, smoked an exploding cigar.

78. I guess they didn't notice that Claymore doesn't make cigars

86. +1. I love how you use O'Reilly's own terminology. He regularly calls people "pinhead." nt

58. The idiots. Gay marriage only works as a wedge issue

104. Bingo! My thoughts as well

111. 'It's blowing up in their faces'

7. Come one, women always change their minds, it's hormonal...

8. I won't be satisfied....

11. I don't understand why that isn't the case.

90. Well that's a battle of Biblical proportions, isn't it?

9. ...

114. Good one!

10. What did you misogynistic GOP dumbshits expect?

12. Their ideological blinders must be coming off.

23. No, they did not forget about "that voting thing."

100. True, but it will be harder to steal if the race isn't close

13. See? See? See? Give them an inch, and they take.......

112. 'Give them an inch and they take'

15. The Repigs have been blazing away at both feet

61. "The Repigs have been blazing away at both feet with a B.A.R. on this issue for months now."

17. When you lie down with barkers you get up with fleas

18. Might it be having these uptight douche nozzles telling women what they can do w/ their "lady bits?"

19. Can someone explain to me what they were smoking when decided to make the race about contraception??

24. Except for real believers like Santorum it was never about birth control but ....

29. Well that's pretty stupid of them. I'm opposed to mandatory private insur. but GOP can hardly object

31. Their (the current GOP) actions is why they have to restrict voting, gerrymander districts, control

62. Seriously the only base the repigs have left are batshit insane rascist haters who are

66. These are not republicans who by their very name support the republic. They are radicals.

20. They Never Anticipate The Blowback?

48. Oh that one is a complete orphan.

21. Please, no offense to the lades but.. Good job limpballs. What group are you going to bring over to

22. How could ANYONE possibly think it's a good idea to piss off women?

25. We should be thankful to Rush ...shouldn't we?

26. What did they expect? Idiots!

27. I honestly don't see how *anyone* can support the GOP anymore.

30. Good. And I think the gap will only widen.

64. I dont see this as good

71. You are comparing the President's stats to polling about Democrats, not the President.

77. Thats true

101. Gotta figure in the Tea Party ladies

122. As the poster above said, "stockholm syndrome"

33. True colors shining through....

34. Please let this hold through November

36. I said it on a previous thread. The GOP has lost the women's vote for a generation maybe permanently

38. Fluke

41. And they are still

42. Gosh, I wonder why.

43. HUGE K & R !!!

44. Guess they forgot we can vote now.

123. yeah, well give them half a chance

124. I'll rephrase. They wish we didn't vote and

45. Does anyone have the figures on men? To get a complete picture we would need to know whether or

46. 15 points eh? The GOP is going to get blazed over the Blunt amendment.

27. I honestly don't see how anyone can support the GOP anymore.