Dissatisfied, Anxious, Pessimistic Republicans

Republicans are dissatisfied.

They're anxious.

They're pessimistic.

THEY'RE DOOMED.

At least that's what a new poll from The New York Times and CBS is said to reveal.

From The New York Times:

After years of political dominance, Republican voters now view their party as divided and say they are not satisfied with the choice of candidates seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.

In a survey that brought to life the party’s anxieties about keeping the White House, Republicans said they were concerned that their party had drifted from the principles of Ronald Reagan, its most popular figure of the past 50 years.

Forty percent of Republicans said they expected Democrats to take control of the White House next year, compared with 46 percent who said they believed a Republican would win. Just 12 percent of Democrats said they thought the opposing party would win the White House.

Even as Republican voters continued to support President Bush and the war in Iraq, including the recent increase in the number of American troops deployed there, they said a candidate who backed Mr. Bush’s war policies would be at a decided disadvantage in 2008. And they suggested that they were open to supporting a candidate who broke with the president on a crucial aspect of his Iraq strategy.

Asked what was more important to them in a nominee, a commitment to stay in Iraq until the United States succeeds or flexibility about when to withdraw, 58 percent of self-identified Republican primary voters said flexibility versus 39 percent who said a commitment to stay. The three leading Republican candidates are strong supporters of the war and the increase in American troops there.

...Compared with the Democrats, Republicans appear far less happy with their choice of candidates for 2008 and are still looking for someone who can improve the party’s prospects, the poll found.

The Times spins the poll results and manipulates the numbers to depict a demoralized Republican Party. The Party is in disarray.

My reading of the poll results is nowhere near as negative as The Times' analysis.

I don't think the poll brings to life the Party's anxieties as much as it brings to life the libs' wishful thinking.

They want Republicans to be divided and unhappy and paralyzed by feelings of hopelessness.

...For all that, the poll found that Republican voters remain largely loyal to Mr. Bush and his positions on the issues. Among Republicans, 75 percent approve of his job performance, and by overwhelming numbers they approve of his handling of foreign policy, the war in Iraq and the management of the economy.

Propelled by this Republican support, the poll registered an increase in the percentage of Americans who say they approve of Mr. Bush’s performance; it has increased to 34 percent now from 29 percent last month.

One has to go eleven paragraphs into the article before it's mentioned that 75% of Republicans approve of Bush's job performance and that the President's approval rating overall increased 5 points in the last month.

The Times and other Leftist propagandist media outlets insist that a dark cloud hangs over the GOP. Its ranks are depressed. All is doom and gloom.

The poll highlights a Republican weakness going into next year’s election. Just 34 percent of all respondents said they had a favorable view of the Republican Party, and that is the lowest it has been since December 1998. By contrast, 47 percent of respondents said they had a positive view of the Democratic Party.

YIPPEE!

Can you feel the electricity?

More respondents view the Democrats positively.

The Times fails to point out that more than fifty percent of respondents do not have a positive view of the Dems.

I really don't get the point of this poll by The Times and CBS other than to create news, to provide some proof, albeit manufactured, that the Republicans are in trouble and the Dems are riding high.

The bias in the reporting of the results is laughable.

Also laughable is the attempt by the libs to create a reality from these numbers.

The libs want to declare that the Dem candidate for president will be the winner and the Republican candidate won't stand a chance. So, they report the "facts" of a poll and try to construct their dream scenario as truth.

It's not reality. It's fantasy.

How can any reasonable person consider the Dem candidate to be the victor in the 2008 presidential race this far out from the election, before a single primary vote has been cast, and before the nominees have been determined?

A reasonable person would not.