Tea parties here to stay!
A new poll reveals the tea party movement is four times as popular as Congress, which has an approval rating at a near-record low of 12 percent. The survey also includes a not-so-subtle warning to incumbents that they may be gone this fall.
“Nearly a year after they sprang to life in local groups across America, the so-called tea-party movement is winning acceptance from a wide swath of the electorate nationwide. Well over half of likely voters nationwide – a 56 percent – hold a positive impression of the movement, compared to just 30 percent who hold a negative opinion of it,” said Fritz Wenzel of Wenzel Strategies.
“This spells the beginning of a movement that is likely to continue its growth and influence. The intensity of positive opinion for this movement is remarkably strong as nearly half, 44 percent, hold a “very positive” opinion of the movement,” he said.
“What is impressive is that the movement not only survived that early onslaught of attacks last summer – being called an ‘astro-turf’ movement manufactured by insurance companies to oppose health care reform – but is actually thriving today,” he said.
The WND/Wenzel telephone survey was conducted Feb. 18–20 using an automated telephone technology calling a random sampling of listed telephone numbers nationwide. The survey included 30 questions and carries a 95 percent confidence interval. It included 747 likely voters. It carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3.56 percentage points.
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The poll shows voters are sending incumbents a warning right now.
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The Tea Party movement is so frightening that Republicans are making every effort to bring the movement into their carefully manged fold. Witness the introduction of the very popular former Gov. of Alaska, Sarah Palin speaking at the Tea Party Convention. Note that NO mention of the Mexican invasion is mentioned by her. Also note that Palin has come to the assistance of John McCain who is running against a true, real conservative that does NOT skirt the issue of the invasion! Palin does not stop in Arizona but goes on to Texas to support Gov. Rick Perry, yet another so called conservative who blissfully will talk on both sides of the mouth about immigration and will puff up his conservative base with talks about Texas secession.
So feared is the Tea Party movement that the media talking heads like Sean Hannity have come out to help guide the movement away from “insane” issues like immigration. Witness his loving chat with Palin concerning the movement and Fox News throwing one broadside about McCain fighting the President after another. My guess is that the Obama Administration would prefer to have a McCain in power vs a real conservative and I would not hesitate to think that The Administration might help McCain in showboat arguments to that effect.
In short the Tea Party Movement should be wary of inadvertently throwing itself overboard courtesy of allowing the Republicans to seed it’s virus into it.