Public View of GOP is "Shattered" ("collapse of confidence" in the GOP)

[Pirate Smile]

Public View of GOP is "Shattered"

A new strategy memo from James Carville and Stan Greenberg says Democrats should not focus on polls that show "about 60 percent of the country has settled into dark conclusions about the direction of the country, the economy, and the war." Though Republicans have hit a low, it's actually the least interesting finding in most polls.

"Most interesting is the collapse of confidence in the Republicans on some critical attributes related to public service -- on being trustworthy and in-touch, having the right priorities and new ideas, on caring for people and putting the public interest first. On many of these key measures of public support, not even 40 percent believe they apply to the Republicans."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2005/10/28/public_view_of_gop_is_shattered.html

Strategy Memo from Democracy Corp:
http://www.democracycorps.com/reports/analyses/Democracy_Corps_October_19-23_2005_Memo.pdf

[texpatriot2004]

1. "culture of corruption" leads to "collapse in confidence" nm

[NuttyFluffers]

9. because they are "neocon-artists"

my new favorite epithet of the week. spread to the four winds! :D

[musette_sf]

2. SHAT-tered SHAT-tered

shoodooby!

[Salviati]

8. P.S. No more public scatology

[leveymg]

3. How come with such great tools, lots of money, they're still only right

twice a day?

They have good data, but their advise on big issues has been equally bad.

We've gotta think about who takes their place, or trust in luck (and the failures of the opposition) to win in 2006 and 2008.

Geniuses? Not.

[Neil Lisst]

4. Carville is right. When she's crying about how he done her wrong ..

... put on the Al Green, be a good listener, and have a good line of bull ready.

Come over and sit down, America. Has he been treating you bad? I heard what his mama said about you. Sit down here, girl, and let me sing to you.

Ooh, baby, let's, let's stay together ....

[FreedomAngel82]

5. They're not in touch with the public?

I thought they were the party that were in touch with American values!!

[Uncle Roy]

6. "In the public interest" is a GREAT phrase, and we should use it A LOT!

It's who we are as a party, and we should be proud of that and shout it from the rooftops!

People will complete the other half of the comparison on their own. They've seen enough evidence by now.

Roy

[Arkana]

7. Best news I've heard all day.