Reply #36: Welcome, Lost Texan! Thanks for the very interesting poll numbers. [View All]

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I missed that poll, but then I don't look at MSM that much anymore. I just glance at it to get the gist of what is going on, then look for more detailed news from other, more-reliable and less-biased sources.

The Social Security issue is a big one, and it's having some immediate repercussions for the Republicans. Iraq and terrorism have been out of the spotlight for some time now, in part due to the MSM's over-emphasis on Martha Stewart/Michael Jackson/baseball steroids/etc, but also in part to Republicans' own spotlighting of SS reforms. I hope that the war and its toll will somehow start to register in the minds of those who have blindly wrapped themselves in the flag, and that more eyes will finally be opened on this issue as well.

Some here are convinced that some good news will come out or Iraq, or Osama will poke his head out again, or some new terrorist threat (or God forbid an actual terrorist event) will occur, and as a result everyone will rally around our fearless leader and his poll numbers will climb out of the basement again. But I'm not so sure that following a defeat of SS reform (and we better stop that mess from becoming a reality!), the war in Iraq and the war on terror that are still going on, and many will now blame this administration for bringing back what they had forgotten about and assumed had been taken care of. (At least I hope that's how it plays out!)