John McCain – the best argument against open primaries.

Exactly.

You know why the Democrats initially said their Michigan and Florida primaries would not count?

Because they wanted Democrats to vote in the Republican primary!

That helped McCain win Florida, which was very important for him and the Democratic Party.

On March 17th, 2009 at 5:47 pm, lgm said:

Salt(#79): You can huff and puff until dawn,

Cute emotional argument, but it doesn’t change the fact that you made up a claim, I asked you for a source, and you claim that my lack of proving you wrong means you’re right.

…but you don’t have a name.

Ad Naseum doesn’t make you any more accurate.

The legislature is not made up entirely of Democrats, nor do all Governors have a (D) after their name. This by itself would disprove your theory that their constituents disapprove of them more than approve.

There isn’t a Republican more popular than Pelosi or Reid or even Barney Frank, let alone Obama. Can you name a Republican more popular than McCain? I don’t think so.

Nancy and Harry popular? I suppose it depends on which definition of popularity you are using. It sounds more like notoriety or familiarity. I’ll grant you that a lot of people know who Nancy Pelosi is, but that doesn’t necessarily imply she’s popular.

The Speaker’s unfavorable rating jumped to 43 percent in a Diageo/Hotline poll released March 5, up from 34 percent at the end of January. And, for the first time this year, Daily Kos/Research 2000 polling shows Pelosi’s disapproval rating eclipsing her approval rating, 38-42, in a poll conducted last week.

Reid has been sliding in public opinion polls as well. His favorable/unfavorable split was 18-27 in the March 5 Diageo/Hotline poll, down from an 18-20 split in the Jan. 28 poll. His 33-46 favorable/unfavorable split in a recent Daily Kos/Research 2000 — a 13-point differential — is his lowest of 2009 in that poll.

Source

So, where congressional approval has upticked in some polls, it appears that the leadership has not.

Republicans in Congress are headed for single digits, like rats following Rush Limbaugh out of town.

On March 17th, 2009 at 1:11 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

Time for John to retire. Play some gold, soak up the Arizona sun, with the proper SPF, don’t want a recurrence of the skin cancer.

40 years ago he did a real service for his country.

But he really needs to retire in 2010.

Or be retired. And I don’t want his daughter to successfully follow in his footsteps, especially in the McCain clan’s desire to destroy the Republican Party.

On March 17th, 2009 at 1:12 pm, DagneyT said:

(from the boss) It can be a very effective, powerful too for organizing and for news-gathering.

If you know how to use it.
Are you offering to teach us, Michelle? You’re the only reason I signed up, and now strange people are “following” me!

You already got a good start. I recommend following Eric Odom, he of the Tea Parties and Don’t Go movement.

On March 17th, 2009 at 4:32 pm, lgm said:

Salt said (#71):

There isn’t a Republican office holder today with an approval rating higher than his/her disapproval rating.

Please provide a source for this statement.

Just did. If there were one, you would say who. You can’t. There isn’t.

I asked you to support your statement with evidence. I was willing to read said support, even if it was one of your typical TPM links.

By your own logic:
I did not state the name of a Republican that I thought had higher approval ratings than disapproval, therefore none exist.

Would imply…

Your own denial to provide a source would also prove a negative:
You did not provide a source proving that ALL Republican office holders have higher disapproval than approval ratings, therefore no such sources exist.

The reality is that web searches for disapproval ratings are rather tedious and I was disinclined to expend that much effort on a statement from you that I suspect was entirely fabricated from your own fervent wishing. I also wasn’t going to just guess at it as we often see here with random percentages that are not citing back to a source.

However, I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt by asking you for the source of your claim.

lgm said #77:

You’re going to cite a left-wing site to hold up your misleading poll data. What was the sampling? Who was actually polled? What are the comparative polls out there? What about Rasmussen or some of the more independent polling sources?

Just did. If there were one, you would say who. You can’t. There isn’t.

Please cite other polls for comparison because certain polls scew certain voting populations disproportionately and you know it.

Why are you so busy defending the indefensable? Because it suits your ideological scapegoats like the military and evil, greedy corporations?

You just don’t get it, Math Man. You’re too busy kissing the feet of your new political master when he’ll stab you in the back like all his other sychophants. You’re one deluded masochist.

Nero fiddled while Rome burned and you’re one of his slave boys serving him up grapes.

There isn’t a Republican office holder today with an approval rating higher than his/her disapproval rating.

Because he just got elected president you dullard. Bush’s was higher at this point by the way.

nope.

Salt said (#71):

There isn’t a Republican office holder today with an approval rating higher than his/her disapproval rating.

Please provide a source for this statement.

Just did. If there were one, you would say who. You can’t. There isn’t.