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2010-02-26 Home Front: Politix

New poll out of Pennsylvania is cause for major Democratic depression.

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Posted by Fred 2010-02-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Sixty-two percent of Pennsylvanians know something about the Tea Party movement. Of these, 85 percent of Republicans, 58 percent of Independents, and 28 percent of Democrats (!) either strongly or somewhat support the movement.

The ~~MSM~~ party propaganda machine just isn't what it used to be. Can't make them a non-movement, can't effectively demonize it enough. I suspect the 28 percent of Democrats are legacy hold outs from the now bygone era of liberalism before the socialist cooped the party.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-02-26 04:43|| 2010-02-26 04:43|| Front Page Top

#2 For electoral purposes, Pennsylvania is made up of four counties, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery. These are the Philly suburbs that are in play in every election. Every place else votes the same way every election. Traditionally trunk, they have been trending democrat for some time. When they do not go solidly trunk, the donks can get enough dead people in Philly to swing the election in their favor. Now the suburbanites are seeing the fruit of their voting and they don't like the taste. Quelle surprise!

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-02-26 09:01|| 2010-02-26 09:01|| Front Page Top

#3 You can say that most voters don't know how wacky some of the Tea Party's ideas are, but what they do know is that it stands in strident opposition to the Obama administration and the status quo in Washington.

Wacky ideas indeedwithout those union jobs you know how those bigoted rubes like to cling to their guns and religion.

Posted by DepotGuy 2010-02-26 10:47|| 2010-02-26 10:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Now the suburbanites are seeing the fruit of their voting and they don't like the taste. Quelle surprise!
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-02-26 09:01

Not only suburbanites; but also here in western Pa. I'm seeing some serious buyers remorse among those who voted not so much for Bambi as against Bush. I love asking them how they like the "Hope and Change".

Posted by WolfDog 2010-02-26 10:58|| 2010-02-26 10:58|| Front Page Top

#5 You can say that most voters don't know how wacky some of the Tea Party's ideas are, but what they do know is that it stands in strident opposition to the Obama administration and the status quo in Washington."

-yeah, like a return to fiscal responsibility, less spending, less taxes, self reliance and limited government as per the Constitution - what a whacky concept! (sarc/off)

Posted by Broadhead6 2010-02-26 14:24|| 2010-02-26 14:24|| Front Page Top

#6 The media has been trying to paint the Tea Partys as racist or wacky and pulling out a handful of examples but it just isn't getting traction. Perhaps if this went down before the media lost all credibility... but not now. Now it just makes people curious about the Tea Partys and they look into things themselves.

Posted by rjschwarz 2010-02-26 17:18|| 2010-02-26 17:18|| Front Page Top

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