Past Polls
- 11/23/2009 Which political topic will be most ardently debated around the dinner table during Thanksgiving weekend?
- 11/17/2009 What was your first reaction upon hearing that Oprah will end her show and move to cable?
- 11/ 1/2009 What is the significance of this week's regional elections?
- 10/29/2009 In honor of Halloween, we're calling out the scariest Democrats. Who scares you the most?
- 10/12/2009 How should the Obama administration handle Fox News?
- 10/ 8/2009 What do you think about President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize?
- 10/ 7/2009 What impact do you think Sarah Palin's upcoming memoir Going Rogue will have when it comes out this November?
- 10/ 4/2009 President Obama is reportedly 'angry' at Gen. McChrystal for publicly second guessing him on Afghanistan strategy. What do you think about their clash?
- 10/ 1/2009 What do you think about Roman Polanski’s arrest and its aftermath?
- 9/27/2009 US-Iran talks will take place in Geneva this week. What should President Obama focus on during the negotiations?
- 9/22/2009 Which story do you hope will get the most attention at the G-20 conference this year?
- 9/20/2009 What do you think of President Obama's five back-to-back Sunday morning major-network interviews and his Letterman appearance?
- 9/16/2009 How do you feel about President Carter's remarks about racism directed at Obama?
- 9/13/2009 The ongoing media attention on Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst is...
- 9/ 9/2009 What did you think of President Obama's healthcare speech to Congress?
- 9/ 7/2009 Why did so many parents across America not want President Obama to address the nation's schoolchildren?
- 9/ 1/2009 What should President Obama emphasize in his speech to Congress on healthcare?
- 8/27/2009 How will the loss of Sen. Ted Kennedy affect healthcare reform?
- 8/23/2009 On which issue has the mainstream media done the worst job?
- 8/17/2009 Should progressives support a healthcare bill without a public option?
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We are witnessing the self-destruction of the GOP. They did it themselves, and I'm not about to drag out a crying towel. For years, this was not the "Party of Lincoln", but rather the "Party of Reagan"...bad enough there, but bush killed it in a dark alley.
Posted by rasputin195 at 05/4/2009
First they kicked the Progressives out of the party, followed by"moderates", and now they are prisoners of a rigid ideology that doesn't allow change. The economic conservatives have jumped to the Corporate Democrats in the Democratic Party. I don't see how they can make it as a political party? We are becoming a one party state!
Posted by pjcasey at 05/5/2009
The GOP. has long enough been the obstructionist party. Seems to me they have done enough damage to our economy. Their conservatism theory has mostly tied the hands of working people, and promoted union busting and given to the wealthy as far back as I remember. So why do working folks make errors or exaggeration on loan applications? Because it is encouraged; In order to keep up with the Jonses'. Make a living wage?! What are ya Commie?!!
Posted by cogitations at 05/5/2009
Posted by rasputin195 at 05/4/2009: Wishful thinking. Political parties never die. They make a few changes and wait for the other party to "screw the pooch" - which is guarenteed to happen.
Posted by cogitations at 05/5/2009: Wait until you see the damage the Obamacons do to the economy...2010 will be very interesting.
Posted by pyeatte at 05/6/2009
Even though the GOP has clear links to the current economic disaster, all most supporters of this party can say is "Yeah, but look what Obama is doing... it's going to be so bad." The problem came from GOP thinking. God himself (or herself) would struggle with this mess. Even though Obama will not be perfect, I wish him luck. GOP into the wilderness, please.
Posted by ficheye at 05/7/2009
pyeatte: "Political parties never die".
You seem to have forgotten the Know Nothings, the Bull Moose Party, the Whigs and numerous others. It can be argued that the Whigs became the Republicans with Lincoln, but there was little of Whig/Republican in relationship of the day.
Political parties die all the time, especially when they refuse to change with the times, or at the least acknowledge that change is in the air. The GOP is headed to oblivion, they are losing members every day, disillusioned Americans that have seen what damage they have done...and I say, Good Riddance.
Posted by rasputin195 at 05/8/2009