December 11, 2013

warning for tea party and gop

I like to check the polls and see how they are trending-this one seems to be trending downward for the right:

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BY JEFF HORSEMAN |

STAFF WRITER |

December 04, 2013; 06:01 AM







Republicans might want to skip the tea party if they want a victory party in 2014, according to a new poll released Wednesday, Dec. 4.

The nonpartisan Field Poll found almost half of California voters think the tea party has a negative effect on American politics and two-thirds believe the populist conservative movement will hurt the GOP in the 2014 congressional elections.

The poll, conducted for The Press-Enterprise and other California media subscribers, also shows New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is much more popular in the Golden State than other possible contenders for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination.

Emerging after Democrat Barack Obama won the White House in 2008, the tea party is credited with helping the GOP take control of the House of Representatives in 2010. Tea party members generally advocate for limited government, free enterprise and reducing the national debt through spending cuts.

But tea party-backed members of Congress bore the brunt of the blame for the October federal government shutdown. And tea party loyalists such as Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, were chastised by other GOP members for pursuing an uncompromising path to defunding Obamacare.

The Field Poll conducted from Nov. 14 to Dec. 2 found that 47 percent said the tea party negatively affects American politics; 20 percent said it had a positive effect. Republican-registered voters were more likely to view the tea party favorably.

But roughly two-thirds of respondents and 48 percent of GOP voters said the tea party would weaken the GOP in next year’s congressional races.

I think they are doing us a great favor-people in Maine are starting to see who is running our republican friends party -and many republicans say they will stray away from party suggestions and their hand picked candidates

December 9, 2013

how much super pac money did romney get

WASHINGTON -- Independent conservative groups are going to have to come to terms with the fact that they spent more than $700 million -- 70 percent of all of the reported independent spending in the 2012 election -- and walked away with little to show for it.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was supported by outside groups that outspent allies of President Barack Obama by $260 million. And yet he still lost.

This ultimately raises the question of whether the much-feared independent spending unleashed by the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United ruling was a dud. After all that money spent by independent groups largely financed by billionaires and millionaires, the government looks almost identical to the way it did before. Obama remains president, the Senate is firmly Democratic and the Republicans control the House.

As it turns out, you can't buy a different electorate, or a better candidate, no matter how much money you throw at it.