Comments on: Rasmussen: A GOP resurgence?; Update: Is it the Ron Paul effect?

By: 1ManMilitia

1ManMilitia — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:09:51 +0000

Go Ron Go

By: William Teach

William Teach — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:47:52 +0000

As has been said, Dem ideas are popular until people actual start to hear the details, then they go downhill from there.

By: beenthere

beenthere — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:29:42 +0000

Given that the trend for the Republican Party has been since Reagan left office, for Republicans to move to being Independents and Independents to move to being Democrats, I think we can confidently say this up tick is a Ron Paul inspired phenomenon. Now there are strong reasons why this gradual though significant change is happening. I don’t want to get into them now, however. What is clear, is that the Republicans need to do some serious thinking about how to reverse it. With everything else, except ironically Iraq at the moment going against them, a third party headed by Paul would not help matters at all. This is a serious problem, but from what I see, few are thinking about it.

As for Paul himself, he really does not impress me. Like most libertarians, he appears more comfortable with the Left than the Right (though it was Ayn Rand herself who almost single-handedly created modern Libertarianism, though she wasn’t that happy about it) and seems to have no grasp of how dangerous the world situation is; as a consequence, has no idea how to address it. In this respect, I grant he is like almost all the others (I do think Fred has an inkling, but sorry, Fred is not going to happen).

Oh well. I still think it will be Hilary in the White House, but at this point it may not matter — almost any democrat or their dog will win.

By: brooklyn red

brooklyn red — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:21:20 +0000

Well, it’s easy (for me)to believe given widespread, grass-roots conservative discontent over illegal immigration and spending gone wild, but Rasmussen is reporting an uptick in the number of Americans self-identifying as Republicans.

Even here in uber-liberal NYC people are ashamed to be associated with the Dems.

And 9/11 didn’t scare Newyorkers anywhere near as much as Hillarycare scares Newyorkers. We are jaded, not stupid.

By: TXRose

TXRose — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:11:22 +0000

Just like Howard Dean had this fantastic online support, so does Ron Paul.
The one big problem with this is that for Dean, they couldn’t leave their
computers long enough to go vote. Paul may want to think about that before
he starts revving up for a pres campaign.
Bob Novak is forecasting Romney GOP, Obama, Edwards and HRC in that
order. (I didn’t know he was psyhic).

By: secondsight

secondsight — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:29:45 +0000

I am not surprised. The Democrats have had a year to monopolize the MSM news. So we had Pelosi in Syria, Retreat Reid, Murtha the Turncoat, Frank the Shakedown Guy, Schumer the Noisy, etc etc.

They weren’t ready for primetime. In fact, they’re far left of JFK and their lack of mainstream content showed. 2007 felt like Abbie Hoffman et al in Power.

If you categorize voter’s choices as between French Socialism ala Nutroot Democrats and liberal Republican (ie centrist commonsense), the Democrats are lucky this change isn’t an avalanche.

By: xblade

xblade — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:24:49 +0000

There is a chance that PaulBots could do to the Republican primary what they’ve managed to do to online polls.

Only problem is in the primaries, they don’t use online voting or text message voting. The Paul effect won’t be anywhere near as dramatic when these guys aren’t allowed to vote 4-5 times each.

By: BlameAmericaLast

BlameAmericaLast — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:17:27 +0000

I wouldn’t put your cheerleading skirts on just yet. The way the Dems play, there will probably be many last minute October surprises. Just like 2006 with the Republican sex scandals. I’m sure they’re holding out until the last minute.

By: Miss Ladybug

Miss Ladybug — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:24:32 +0000

The only reason Ron Paul as an (R) after his name is that he couldn’t get elected here in Texas, in his district with an (L) behind it. He might talk the talk and walk the walk when it comes to small government and be against extra-Constitutional federal power, but he’s anything but serious when it comes to facing the threat of Islamic terrorism…

By: Plumb Bob Blog » Republicans Bulking Up?

Plumb Bob Blog » Republicans Bulking Up? — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:21:12 +0000

[...] good for Republicans? Not so fast, Charles. Michelle Malkin notes that it could easily be the result of Ron Paul supporters registering en masse in order to [...]

By: vickisoup

vickisoup — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:59:32 +0000

Ron Paul is all the rage, here in the People’s Republic of Santa Cruz. I don’t think we should get too far ahead of ourselves by counting him out. He is a force with which to be reckoned, it seems, as his message IS resonating with some unlikely followers, after all. Most people here would have never thought themselves open to a “Republican” candidate, and yet…there they are….Ron Paul bumper stickers all over the county.

By: J S Ragman

J S Ragman — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:50:55 +0000

#33 Monte Hall

I understand the theory of a third party candidacy for Bloomberg. And I understand his $1 billion. But if the Rasmussen figures are anywhere near correct, hasn’t he basically told 70% of the registered voters in America that our party affiliation is wrong?

All that I know about him is that for a while he was sending his agents down here to Virginia to do illegal firearms sting operations.

If he is more of a liberal, I would hope he would draw more voters away from the Dem candidate. But as I said, I don’t know much about his stance on most issues other than the second amendment. If he wants to spoil the Democrats campaign, then more power to him.

What do you know about his core beliefs? (and I acknowledge that a turncoat like him may not have any).

By: TXRose

TXRose — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:40:39 +0000

I think the MSM, in their “I absolutely won’t publish anything good about
Iraq” mode are helping the GOP. By not putting Iraq in front of the public
day by day, the short memories in this country are forgetting that there is
a war in Iraq and are able to see the travesty of the Pelosi/Reid “leadership”(LOL) in DC. If this can go on for awhile, we may see a turn
around for the Republicans. As for third party candidates…they get into
the race strictly to act as spoilers. I do not think Perot, even with his
supersized ego, actually thought he could win.
Texans do not have to state party affiliation when they walk into the voting
booth in Nov but they do have to state it to vote in the primary. You cannot be Independent in the primary. You must declare either Rep or
Dem.

By: iamsaved

iamsaved — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:30:46 +0000

Remember the Democrat’s constant use of the phrases Failed Policies of the Bush Administration and Culture of Corruption? Well, they’ve come home to roost right in the Democrat’s hen house.

Every one of their campaign promises have failed and the longer things roll along, their own corrption begins to manifest itself.

The voting public isn’t as dumb as the far left would lead you to believe.

The old adage that if you point a finger at someone, there are three pointing back at you holds true.

By: josetheguerilla

josetheguerilla — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:30:21 +0000

I’d like to think that predictions of the looming GOP disaster are grossly exaggerated, but there is still time for the “Stupid Party” to muck things up.

Yesterday, Ajmontana said he saw a UFO. I think it was the Ron Paul blimp!!!