The great bail-out
Mother Jones
by Ruy Teixeira
03/09/06
Bush's approval rating is now consistently back in the '30s and the Democrats have been running strong double-digit leads in the generic Congressional ballot. These trends are being driven by what we might call 'the great bail-out,' as not only are swing and independent voters moving sharply away from the GOP, but also a serious chunk of core GOP support. The latter development is truly frightening to Republican operatives and strategists who are only too aware of how dependent their election victories in the last several political cycles have been on rock-solid core support. Take that away and it's a long way to the bottom...
http://tinyurl.com/zxcxa
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Ruy Teixeira
03/09/06
Bush's approval rating is now consistently back in the '30s and the Democrats have been running strong double-digit leads in the generic Congressional ballot. These trends are being driven by what we might call 'the great bail-out,' as not only are swing and independent voters moving sharply away from the GOP, but also a serious chunk of core GOP support. The latter development is truly frightening to Republican operatives and strategists who are only too aware of how dependent their election victories in the last several political cycles have been on rock-solid core support. Take that away and it's a long way to the bottom...
http://tinyurl.com/zxcxa
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 9. Mär, 19:05
