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Ted Cruz Conducts Own Poll To Show Things Aren't So Bad For GOP
Ted Cruz Conducts Own Poll To Show Things Aren't So Bad For GOP
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told his Republican colleagues that the shutdown has improved the GOP's position in a closed-door lunch on Wednesday, according to the Washington Examiner.
Cruz paid for a poll conducted by Chris Perkins, of Republican polling firm Wilson Perkins Allen. The poll found results similar to those run by national firms this week, which showed Republicans taking the majority of blame for the shutdown. Only 28 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of the Republican Party, according to findings from Gallup released Wednesday.
However, Cruz argued that because the shutdown resulted from a disagreement over Obamacare, not spending in general, Republicans are in a better position now than they were in 1995, according to the Examiner.
Cruz's poll found that 46 percent blame the 2013 shutdown on Republicans, while 51 percent blamed the 1995 shutdown on Republicans, according to the Examiner.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cruz-gop-position-has-improved-during-the-shutdown
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) told his Republican colleagues that the shutdown has improved the GOP's position in a closed-door lunch on Wednesday, according to the Washington Examiner.
Cruz paid for a poll conducted by Chris Perkins, of Republican polling firm Wilson Perkins Allen. The poll found results similar to those run by national firms this week, which showed Republicans taking the majority of blame for the shutdown. Only 28 percent of Americans have a favorable opinion of the Republican Party, according to findings from Gallup released Wednesday.
However, Cruz argued that because the shutdown resulted from a disagreement over Obamacare, not spending in general, Republicans are in a better position now than they were in 1995, according to the Examiner.
Cruz's poll found that 46 percent blame the 2013 shutdown on Republicans, while 51 percent blamed the 1995 shutdown on Republicans, according to the Examiner.
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cruz-gop-position-has-improved-during-the-shutdown
Definitely not winning. Moron.
Yet Another Poll Shows GOP Receiving Most Blame For Shutdown (updated)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023813749
Tea Party Nation Withdraws Mitch McConnell Endorsement
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023815784
GOP Splinters Over Hostage Strategy As Default Looms
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023816194
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His own poll...46 percent of Republicans.
It's not as bad as before!!!
Cruz is a fool!
OMFG. It must hurt to be that stupid.
Braves Fan Mocks GOP For Shutdown: 'Just Because The Dodgers Scored More Runs...Doesn't Make Them Right'
An Atlanta Braves fan reacted to his team's tough loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers by sending a letter Tuesday to a Republican congressman that sardonically drew parallels between the baseball game and the government shutdown.
The letter from Paul Kaplan to Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), reported by NBC Sports, drips with sarcasm.
In a thinly veiled reference to the House GOP's relentless attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Kaplan noted that his beloved team "sent batters to the plate at least 40 times" in Monday's 4-3 Dodgers win, which eliminated the Braves from the playoffs.
"But just because we couldn't score enough runs, the Dodgers refuse to relinquish the title — and worse, they won't even discuss it," Kaplan wrote. "LA's stubborn refusal to even talk to us about reversing the results of this series is un-sportsmanlike and un-American. But there is an answer: If the Dodgers won't listen to the cries of average Americans like you and me, then Congress should outlaw Major League Baseball until the Dodgers cave."
He then called on Kingston to take a stand.
"Just because the Dodgers had more hits, scored more runs, and won more games doesn't make them right," Kaplan wrote in closing. "You can help them see that."
Read the entire letter here.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/braves-fan-mocks-gop-for-shutdown-just-because-the-dodgers-scored-more-runs-doesn-t-make-them-right
An Atlanta Braves fan reacted to his team's tough loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers by sending a letter Tuesday to a Republican congressman that sardonically drew parallels between the baseball game and the government shutdown.
The letter from Paul Kaplan to Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), reported by NBC Sports, drips with sarcasm.
In a thinly veiled reference to the House GOP's relentless attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Kaplan noted that his beloved team "sent batters to the plate at least 40 times" in Monday's 4-3 Dodgers win, which eliminated the Braves from the playoffs.
"But just because we couldn't score enough runs, the Dodgers refuse to relinquish the title — and worse, they won't even discuss it," Kaplan wrote. "LA's stubborn refusal to even talk to us about reversing the results of this series is un-sportsmanlike and un-American. But there is an answer: If the Dodgers won't listen to the cries of average Americans like you and me, then Congress should outlaw Major League Baseball until the Dodgers cave."
He then called on Kingston to take a stand.
"Just because the Dodgers had more hits, scored more runs, and won more games doesn't make them right," Kaplan wrote in closing. "You can help them see that."
Read the entire letter here.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/braves-fan-mocks-gop-for-shutdown-just-because-the-dodgers-scored-more-runs-doesn-t-make-them-right
He's beyond delusional.
He wouldn't have any reason to lie.
running for cover, calling themselves "independent libertarians",
keeping it to himself that his poll showed more people blamed Republcans than the President.
