What’s in a political label?
Well Gallup has found that more Americans identify themselves as conservatives than those who call themselves moderate or liberal.
On the question of political ideology, 40 percent of those surveyed said they were conservative, 36 percent were moderate, and 20 percent liberal.
“This marks a shift from 2005 through 2008, when moderates were tied with conservatives as the most prevalent group,” Gallup says.
Wonder what this means for the 2010 midterm elections that everyone’s watching for signs of political shifts…
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Photo credit: Reuters/Larry Downing (Senator John McCain at an American Conservative Union conference in February 2008)
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Apology accepted sir.
I guess I don’t really judge these people on a personal level, if someone is an a-hole and they’re a great president I’d much rather have that than a nice guy who sucks at it.
Just my personal belief.
- Posted by Michael HamMicheal. I owe you an apology. This is no great excuse, but I misread what you wrote late at 1 am and responded to what I thought you wrote. I am sorry.
I am one conservative who can admit when I am wrong. Something the liberal left never does. They continue to throw darts (like Obama) even when they are clearly wrong…why? because they have no rational argument.
One thing I will always respect Bush for, he didn’t stoop to such low levels like Obama and Clinton blaming everyone else for what is wrong in the world. Bush was a class act because he wouldn’t take the bait and try to destroy people…just to look good…
- Posted by TCTC,
I put right out in the open 20 similarities Bush and Obama share and that’s somehow me taking attention away from Obama? That’s interesting how you come to that conclusion.
I thought Bush was a disaster, I think Obama is a disaster. Every president gets worse, Bush was much worse than Clinton, Obama is much worse than Bush, happens every time as the power of the executive branch and power of gov’t expands.
Lol, though I’ll be honest this is the first time I’ve compiled an enormous list of similarities between Bush and Obama and been called an “Obama apologist” for it. He’s an absolute trainwreck top to bottom, don’t change my opinion to better suit your argument sir.
Brian Lee,
What I’m saying is there’s not one thing about the Republican party that’s conservative, not one thing. So if you vote Republican than there’s not one thing about you that’s conservative.
I’m not sure how you take Obama for being weak, I take him as a warmonger and the evidence supports me. He’s increased warmongering in Afghanistan, he’s spread the warmongering into Pakistan and pulling out of Iraq means nothing because Bush signed the pullout agreement in December before Obama took office. Obama has taken every bit as “strong” of a stance against Iran and North Korea as Bush did.
- Posted by Michael HamUnbelievable! Michael you are very good at keeping the attention off Obama. But the fact of the matter is, he Is president now and is accountable for his actions. Bush at this point in his first term had 55 percent approval rating. Right now, Obama has 47 percent approval. He is off to a horrible start because he is working hard to force his agenda on the majority of Americans who want nothing to do with his “fundamental” change.
If you think Bush was bad, then you are just sticking your head in the sand about Obama. It is a travesty he has added 1.7 trillion to the deficit this year. Everything Brian said is spot on. His policies are not appreciated by the world….see UN. His inaction in Afghanistan is putting our troops and country at peril. Health care is going to cost us more than you can imagine…and that isn’t a good thing. Over 70 percent of the nation does not agree with global warming…but he wants to force cap and trade on us to redistribute our wealth.
The list is endless and in the end you will not be better off then when he took office. No one likes him, but he has the media protecting him….
Oh well, you Obama left wing apologists will not see the truth of what he is doing to our country…destroying it…probably on purpose…
- Posted by TCthanks again Micheal,yes the republican party is not far enough to the right for me. But we don,t have a great choice at present hopefully some the talent coming through will have more leadership abilities.There is certainly going to be a need for a strong leader after Obama.We were told that because of his “presence” all the world wars and aggression would cease, but because of his weakness things have got decidedly worse in the 10 months of his presidency.
- Posted by brian lee