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A great night for Dems

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Anonymous

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Last night in Iowa was a great night for the Democratic Party and the country in general.

In 2000, Iowa Republicans turned out 87,000 voters out of about 550,000 registered Republicans. The Dems produced 59,000 out of about 600,000 registered Democrats. Last night, 115,000 Republicans turned out to caucus. Great numbers. But the Democrats turned out 236,000. Wow. What an increase in numbers. Lots of independents voted with the Dems. That's a good sign. :lol:

Obama apparently has tapped into the "new leadership" theme and people in Iowa responded. One TV pundit said if he could win in the "whitest state in the country", he could win anywhere. Half the people at the caucuses last night were caucusing for the first time. Maybe we'll get half the eligible voters to the polls this election. That would be good.
 
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I still think its the fact that GW and the current neocon establishment that is calling themselves Republicans has lost much of the Independent and Reagan Democrat support that was there....And without it (30+% of the voters) the Republicans stand little chance of winning....
And so far neither GW, nor any of these establishment Republican candidates seem to be listening to what the voters are saying they want :roll: ....

Trust on Issues
Unaffiliated Voters Often Trust Democrats Over Republicans; Domestic Concerns Trump Foreign Policy
Friday, January 04, 2008

Voters continue to trust Democrats more than Republicans on most key issues, according to the latest data from a Rasmussen Reports tracking poll.

Democrats get the nod on nine of ten issues we asked about. They lead by double digits on six of the ten: the Economy, Immigration, Government Ethics and Corruption, Health Care, Social Security, and Education.

On no issue are Republicans more widely trusted than Democrats. The best the GOP can currently achieve is parity: 43% to 43% on National Security and the War on Terror, an area where they scrounged a bare two-point edge a month ago.

When the War in Iraq is isolated as a separate foreign-policy issue, Democrats enjoy an eight-point advantage of 47% to 39%, the same margin they held in November.

The new data show an increase in pro-Democratic feeling on several fronts. For example, the GOP has slipped further on their once-signature issue of Taxes, where a plurality (48%) now trusts Democrats more than they trust Republicans (40%).

Republicans in November had a nominal edge of 39% to 38% on Abortion. Now Democrats have a seven-point advantage of 45% to 38%. On the more electorally potent issue of the Economy, Democrats now lead 48% to 35%; in November they led by only five percentage points.

It is interesting to note that these gains in trust for Democrats occurred at the same time the number of people considering themselves to be Republicans has increased to its highest level in two years. One explanation may be that unaffiliated voters express greater trust of the Democrats.

But unaffiliateds are also quite likely to say they don’t trust either party on any particular issue. For example, on the issue of Government Corruption, 29% of all voters can't say that either party is more trustworthy. Among unaffiliated voters, the proportion jumps to 46%.

On Health Care, 57% of unaffiliated voters prefer Democrats, only 24% prefer Republicans. But 19% are not sure either is more deserving of their trust, compared to 10% of all voters.

On Social Security, the Democrats' 20-point edge among unaffiliated voters is practically identical to the size of the margin they enjoy with all voters. But almost a quarter (24%) of unaffiliated voters are Not Sure, versus 13% of all voters.

Of the ten issues we asked about, the five most important to all likely voters are the Economy (Very Important to 73%), Government Corruption (73%), Health Care (63%), Social Security (63%) and National Security and the War on Terror (62%).

For unaffiliated voters, the five top issues are Government Corruption (69%), the Economy (66%), Health Care (63%), Education (60%), and Social Security (59%).

Just 57% of unaffiliated voters say National Security and the War on Terror is a Very Important issue affecting their vote. Taxes are Very Important to 48%, Abortion to 27% (see historical data on Importance of Issues I and II).

Democrats continue to enjoy a double digit lead on the Generic Congressional Ballot.
 

jbar

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Ways To Be A Good Democrat

1. You have to be against capital punishment, but support abortion on demand.

2. You have to believe that businesses create oppression and governments create prosperity.

3. You have to believe that guns in the hands of law-abiding Americans are more of a threat than U.S. Nuclear weapons technology in the hands of Chinese and North Korean communists.

4. You have to believe that there was no art before Federal funding.

5. You have to believe that global temperatures are less affected by cyclical documented changes in the earth's climate and more affected by soccer moms driving SUV's.

6. You have to believe that gender roles are artificial but being homosexual is natural.

7. You have to believe that the AIDS virus is spread by a lack of federal funding.

8. You have to believe that the same teacher who can't teach fourth graders how to read is somehow qualified to teach those same kids about sex.

9. You have to believe that hunters don't care about nature, but loony activists who have never been outside of San Francisco do.

10. You have to believe that self-esteem is more important than actually doing something to earn it.

11. You have to believe that Mel Gibson spent $25 million of his own money to make "The Passion of the Christ" for financial gain only.

12. You have to believe the NRA is bad because it supports certain parts of the Constitution, while the ACLU is good because it supports certain parts of the Constitution.

13. You have to believe that taxes are too low, but ATM fees are too high.

14. You have to believe that Margaret Sanger and Gloria Steinem are more important to American history than Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Edison, and A.G. Bell.

15. You have to believe that standardized tests are racist, but racial quotas and set-asides are not.

16. You have to believe that Hillary Clinton is normal and is a very nice person.

17. You have to believe that the only reason socialism hasn't worked anywhere it's been tried is because the right people haven't been in charge.

18. You have to believe conservatives telling the truth belong in jail, but a liar and a sex offender belonged in the White House.

19. You have to believe that homosexual parades displaying drag, transvestites, and bestiality should be constitutionally protected, and manger scenes at Christmas should be illegal.

20. You have to believe that illegal Democrat Party funding by the Chinese Government is somehow in the best interest to the United States .

21. You have to believe that this message is a part of a vast, right wing conspiracy.

22. You have to believe that it's okay to give Federal workers the day off on Christmas Day .........but it's not okay to say "Merry Christmas."
 

Goodpasture

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To be a good Republican

1. You have to believe that trade with Cuba is wrong, because it’s a communist country. But trading with China and Vietnam is justifiable.

2. You have to believe that the public has a right to know about Clinton and Monica, but Bush needed to censor those 28 pages from the Congressional 9/11 report because there are just some things Americans don’t need to know.

3. You believe that government should restrict itself to just the powers named in the Constitution – which includes banning gay marriages and censoring the internet

4. You have to believe that Saddam was a good guy when Reagan armed him, a bad guy when Bush’s daddy made war on him, a good guy when Cheney was doing business with him, and a bad guy when Bush needed a we-can’t-find-Bin Laden diversion

5. You have to believe that waging war with no exist strategy was wrong in Vietnam, but right in Iraq

6. You believe that tobacco’s link to cancer and global warming are “junk science”, but Creationism should be taught in schools

7. You have to believe that universal health care is wrong, and that HMO’s and insurance companies only have your best interests at heart

8. You have to believe that the best way to fight terrorism is to alienate our allies and then demand their cooperation and money

9. You have to believe it is wise to keep condoms out of schools, because we all know if teenagers don’t have condoms they won’t have sex

10. You have to believe that the best way to encourage military morale is to praise the troops overseas while cutting their VA benefits

11. You have to believe that you love Jesus and Jesus loves you – and Jesus shares your hatred of AIDS victims, homosexuals, and liberals

12. You have to be against a woman’s right to choose, but support the murder of millions by air strike

13. “Standing Tall for America” means firing your workers and moving their jobs to India so you can get products from WalMart

14. You have to believe in prayer in schools, as long as you don’t pray to Allah or Buddha

15. You have to believe that government should stay out of people’s lives, but needs to punish anyone caught having private sex with the same gender

16. You have to believe that those privileged from birth achieve success all on their own

17. You have to believe the ACLU is bad, because it supports the Constitution, but you support the NRA wholeheartedly

18. You have to believe that we actually went to war in Iraq to find WMD’s because they were a clear and present threat to the United States

19. You have to believe Bill Clinton getting a blowjob in the Oval Office is appalling, but Newt Gingrich serving his wife with divorce papers on her deathbed is A-OK.

20. You have to believe that Fox News is fair and balanced

21. You’re not ashamed to tell everyone you believe in God, but feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, and doing unto others as we would have others do unto us sounds like socialism

22. You have to believe that Clinton inhaling once is the sign of moral defect, while Bush’s drinking and driving was excusable because he was young

23. You have to believe that spending money on the war in Iraq is more important then fighting the drug dealers and gang members whom are harming American’s

24. You have to believe that it is much more important to know about all the dirt in a candidates past, then it is to listen to his beliefs and political ideas – unless of course he is a Republican

25. You have to believe that this message was authored by a left-wing pinko socialist bleeding heart liberal.
 
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The Republican Party of old- the true conservative Republican party- held many more beliefs/positions that more mirror the current Libertarian party.... Believing in States rights, federalism, and the fact that many of those issues shouldn't even be issues concerning the Federal government- and should be decided at the state and local levels--instead of the current President/Administration and their neocon advisors that have expanded the Federal Government bureaucracy by a larger percentage than any President/Administration since FDR...... :(
 
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Buchanan can see it-- why can't GW and the Republican establishment in D.C. :shock:

Buchanan: Reagan Coalition Dead

Saturday, January 5, 2008 3:11 PM

By: Newsmax Staff Article Font Size



The stunning results of last week's Iowa caucuses prove that Republicans are in deep trouble and it's nobody's fault but their own, says columnist and two-time presidential candidate Pat Buchanan.


In his latest syndicated column, "Last Hurrah For Reagan Coalition?" Buchanan, a top White House aide in both the Nixon and Reagan White Houses, warned that the huge Democratic turnout in Iowa Caucuses, more than double that of the Republicans, coupled with what he called "the stampede by independents to vote in the Democratic precincts,” could mean that that Iowa, "a swing state carried by President Bush in 2004, may be lost irretrievably to the GOP in 2008."

Asking why Iowa is walking away from the GOP and why Barack Obama won almost as many votes as all the Republicans put together, Buchanan explained that the GOP lost Iowa "because of its persistent failure to recognize, and its refusal to address, the anxiety and insecurity of the middle class."

Wrote historian Buchanan "The Party of Reagan is losing the country because it is no longer the party of the principles, policies and persona of Reagan, as applied to the problems of our time. "


Turning to conservative yearnings for another Reagan, Buchanan wrote that the GOP "is mired in the past, looking back to the time of Reagan." Reagan, he wrote, “was a good man and a great president, but our time is no more his time than the Eisenhower 1950s were like the 1920s.”


Buchanan, one of the keenest political observers of our times, blamed the decline of Republican party on a series of departures from the GOP's basic principals which formed the foundation of the Reagan revolution and the long held convictions of his party.

Among the factors he writes which have led to the GOP's impending downfall:



Iraq. "Parties that march nations into what the people come to see as unnecessary or unwinnable wars face the inevitable consequences."


Truman suffered those consequences as a result of the Korean conflict as did Lyndon Johnson because of Viet Nam.



Globalism. “With the sole exception of Mike Huckabee” he wrote, “the GOP seems unable to comprehend how throwing U.S. Workers into Darwinian competition with foreigners earning one-fifth or one-tenth their wages impacts the Reagan Democrats now deserting the GOP. A party that used to admonish one and all, ‘There is no free lunch,’ cannot see that free trade is no free lunch.”


None of this means that the GOP is in grave trouble, or that defeat in 2008 is not foreordained, Buchanan admonishes, observing that the Democrats are winning “not because of the superiority of their candidates or ideas but because the Republicans are perceived as failing.”


Neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama, he writes “has the answer to what ails America. Both, and Barack especially, have moved far outside the mainstream of the nation.


"‘I am the change agent,’ each of the Democrats proclaims. He asks if it is not madness to promise 50 million people, half of them immigrants, legal and illegal, national health insurance when America is facing an entitlements crisis with Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid -- unfunded liabilities adding up to scores of trillions of dollars?


Who, he asks, “is going to pay for this when the states are heading back toward bankruptcy, the economy is slowly sinking, U.S. Companies are being taxed up to 40 percent and the most successful Americans are already paying half their income to local, state and federal governments?”


Do Democrats “have an answer to the immigration crisis that now grips every great American city?”, he asks, adding that “the amnesty, the ‘path to citizenship’ they favor, will mean the next invasion will be the last and decisive invasion that makes America unrecognizable.”


Could the Democrats, which he calls “the Party of Government that depends on government workers and unions at election time make government more efficient? Does anyone think that a party that depends on teachers unions and the NEA can reform the social Katrina that is inner-city education in America? Was it not Democrats who ran the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana in the time of Katrina? But the American people want change, and Democrats represent change.”


If, the Republican Party, “on issue after issue … stood true to its beliefs and purged the twin heresies of neoconservatism in foreign policy and Wall Street Journal ideology in trade and immigration policy, it would still stand well with Middle America.”


Most Americans, he explains remain “traditionalist on right to life, homosexual marriage, a polluted culture and Hollywood values. Most Americans believe in a defense second to none, while staying out of wars that are not our quarrels.”


Buchanan insists that Republicans “believe in conservative judges and strict-constructionists justices like Antonin Scalia, who he says do not write the laws, but interpret the laws we have written through our elected representatives.”


He writes that Democrats know this and are thus not promising us any new [leftist Supreme Court judge] Ruth Bader Ginsburgs.


What has alienated America is the Bush bellicosity, the my-way-or-the-highway free-trade ideology, the refusal to defend the border with the implication that anyone who wants to preserve the country he grew up in is some kind of bigot”, Buchanan concludes.


“The Party of Reagan is losing the country because it is no longer the party of the principles, policies and persona of Reagan, as applied to the problems of our time.”

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Buchanan:_Reagan_Coalitio/2008/01/05/62035.html
 
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