2010 Election By The Numbers

By Semperpapa

There is an article on the Drudge Report about a recent Rasmussen poll that caught my attention. The heading was the tale story: 65% of the likely voters asked said that they would like to see the entire Congress shown the door (surely some shown the exit door of Capitol Hill and some the entry door of a federal penitentiary) and start the whole thing from scratch.

Personally, the replacement of the entire Senate and House is an appealing proposition, but there are some, few, very few who I would be willing to give a second chance.

I looked at the data from the poll a little closer and found some interesting, but not shocking results, even if I do not put all my prediction eggs into the poll basket.

65% of the sample, then, would like to change the entire Congress, while 20% would keep it as is. 15% are permanently suffering from Anal Cranial Insertion Syndrome (they live their life with their heads up their asses!)

Not surprisingly, only 61% of Republicans offer a positive opinion of the Republicans in Congress. The low percentage is a clear demonstration of something I have said myself repeatedly in the last few years, which is that today’s Republicans are, for the most part, a bunch of spineless amoebas on a appeasement road to destruction.
Democrats fair better, with 76% of those asked seeing their party favorably. The mindless drones!

A bit of a surprise is the 88% of people who identify with the TEA party group that would like to see Congress booted out. I would have guessed a much higher percentage.
More in line appears to be the percentage of TEA party supporters that see the Democrat Party unfavorably, at 91%, but only 56% sees Republicans in the same way. Personally I would have thought the latter would have been higher also.

Most people interviewed for the poll reject incumbents if they voted in favor of Obamacare, auto bailout or the stimulus debacle. Again, not much of a surprise there.

It’s interesting to see such polls. I don’t give much weight to polls in general, as they can be manipulated very easily, but they are some time interesting because they may give an indication of the mood of the people. Bill Clinton governed by polls, more interested in building a legacy for himself. George W. appeared to be unperturbed by polls.
In the case of Obama, the polls he cares for are only the ones taken among his original supporters, while he discounts those that show the unwashed American people rejection of his ideology. Typical megalomaniac approach to leadership.

Ultimately, the answer will come on November 3rd, provided that the American people will be safeguarded from the rampant voter fraud that is already marring the process, thanks to a political class that is not going to quietly accept the will of the American people.

Just my thoughts!