-
Poll Watch: Conservatives Continue to Be the Largest Ideological Block of Americans
According to the latest Gallup Poll.Political ideology in the U.S. held steady in 2011, with 40% of Americans continuing to describe their views as conservative, 35% as moderate, and 21% as liberal. This marks the third straight year that conservatives have outnumbered moderates, after more than a decade in which moderates mainly tied or outnumbered conservatives.
The percentage of Americans calling themselves “moderate” has gradually diminished in the U.S. since it was 43% in 1992. That is the year Gallup started routinely measuring ideology with the current question. It fell to 39% in 2002 and has been 35% since 2010. At the same time, the country became more politically polarized, with the percentages of Americans calling themselves either “conservative” or “liberal” each increasing.
Gallup measures political ideology by asking Americans to say whether their political views are very conservative, conservative, moderate, liberal, or very liberal. Relatively few Americans identify with either extreme on this scale, although 2 in 10 Republicans self-identify as very conservative — double the proportion of Democrats calling themselves very liberal.
Remember after the 2008 Presidential election of President Obama when the left said the Right was finished and that the GOP was a regional party. But, as the 2010 elections proved, it is really the Democrat Party that is a two state party.
And, so it continues……
Guess the result of a Far Left ideological President and Congress is blowback, eh? -
The Morning Flap: January 12, 2012
These are my links for January 11th through January 12th:
- Mormons in America – Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life – With a Mormon candidate among the front-runners for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, a musical about Mormons playing on Broadway and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) running television ads about ordinary Mormons, America is in the midst of what some media accounts have dubbed a “Mormon moment.” But how do Mormons themselves feel about the media spotlight, the election campaign and their place in America? A major new survey finds a mixed picture: Many Mormons feel they are misunderstood, discriminated against and not accepted by other Americans as part of mainstream society. Yet, at the same time, a majority of Mormons think that acceptance of Mormonism is rising. Overwhelmingly, they are satisfied with their lives and content with their communities. And most say they think the country is ready to elect a Mormon president.
- President 2012 GOP Florida Poll Watch: Romney With Commanding Lead – Mitt Romney is now running away with the race in the latest Rasmussen Reports’ survey of the end-of-the-month Florida Republican Primary.
Coming off his decisive win in Tuesday’s New Hampshire Primary, Romney earns 41% support with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich a distant second at 19%. A new telephone survey of Likely Florida Republican Primary Voters finds former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum running third with 15% of the vote.
- Laura Bush wanted Jeb to run for president in 2012 – Former first lady Laura Bush wishes there were one more candidate in the Republican presidential primary: Jeb Bush.
Speaking to a sold-out Sarasota audience on Wednesday, Bush said she had hoped that her brother-in-law and former Florida governor would have jumped into the race this year.
Husband George W. Bush “and I wish he would,” Laura Bush said when asked if Jeb Bush will run for president someday. “We wanted him to this time.”
Laura Bush singled out his work on education as a key reason he would make a good president. She said his commitment to public policy is evident.
Jeb Bush has repeatedly said he is not running for president in 2012, though he has not ruled out a future campaign.
- 3 billionaires who’ll drag out the race – Meet the three billionaires who could drag out the GOP presidential primary, bloody up front-runner Mitt Romney and weaken the odds of defeating President Barack Obama: Sheldon Adelson, Foster Friess and Jon Huntsman, Sr.
The three men are contributing millions of dollars to a trio of outside groups flooding the airwaves in early voting states with brutal ads attacking Romney and ads backing the candidates they would prefer to win the Republican nomination.
- Homeland Security watches Twitter, social media – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s command center routinely monitors dozens of popular websites, including Facebook, Twitter, Hulu, WikiLeaks and news and gossip sites including the Huffington Post and Drudge Report, according to a government document.
A “privacy compliance review” issued by DHS last November says that since at least June 2010, its national operations center has been operating a “Social Networking/Media Capability” which involves regular monitoring of “publicly available online forums, blogs, public websites and message boards.”
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-01-12 | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-01-12
- Breaking News, Analysis, Politics, Blogs, News Photos, Video, Tech Reviews – TIME.com – Buffett Challenges McConnell, Republicans on Tax Policy | Swampland |
- Gingrich Spokesman Stands Firm on Romney Criticism – By Brian Bolduc – The Corner – National Review Online – Gingrich Spokesman Stands Firm on Romney Criticism
- Mitt Romney’s top strategist first used “vulture” imagery in California: On Romney supporter Meg Whitman (VIDEO) | Politics Blog | an SFGate.com blog – Mitt Romney’s top strategist first used “vulture” imagery in California: On Romney supporter Meg Whitman (VIDEO)
- Crime renews lawmaker’s concerns about shifting felons to counties – latimes.com – Crime renews lawmaker’s concerns about shifting felons to counties
- Afternoon Fix: ‘King of Bain’ ads airing tomorrow – The Washington Post – RT @FixRachel: The ‘King of Bain’ ads to start airing tomorrow
- Buffett Challenges McConnell, Republicans on Tax Policy | Swampland | TIME.com – Warren Buffett Ready to Take Republicans’ Tax Challenge – Slams Romney and Bain #FB
- Warren Buffett Slams Mitt and Newt – In exclusive interview with TIME, Berkshire Hathaway boss blasts the two ’12ers, Romney for his time at Bain and Gingrich for his dealings with OWS/Freddie Mac.
On Mitt: “I don’t like what private equity firms do in terms of taking out every dime they can and leveraging [companies] up so that they really aren’t equipped, in some cases, for the future.”
- Crime renews lawmaker’s concerns about shifting felons to counties – A Republican lawmaker who opposes shifting supervision of many felons from the state to counties voiced concern Wednesday over the arrest of a Sacramento man this week on sexual assault charges a month after he was released from state prison.
Aaron Suggs had been designated a non-serious, nonviolent felon when he was released from state prison Dec. 8 after serving a sentence for drug possession. That designation resulted in his supervision, upon release, being assigned to the Sacramento County Probation Department rather than state parole agents under a program adopted by the state last year to cut its costs.
State prisons spokesman Luis Patino said last year’s change in state law shifting responsibilities for some felons to counties did not affect how long Suggs spent in prison. County officials also denied that the shifting of post-prison supervision had an effect on Suggs’ ability to commit the crime, although Suggs spent five days in county jail for not immediately reporting to his county probation officer after his release from prison.
Suggs was arrested Monday after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in a house near the Capitol and stole some of her possessions.
- Gregory Flap Cole – Google+ – When Mitt Romney Comes to Town….. – When Mitt Romney Comes to Town…..Mitt Romney | Gary Varvel | The Indianapolis Star |
- As Romney rises, Tea Party sees Senate as bulwark
| Reuters – As Romney rises, Tea Party sees Senate as “bulwark” #teaparty #tcot - When Mitt Romney Came to Town – The full video of When Mitt Romney Came to Town is Up:
- Untitled (http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2012/01/rnc-announces-more-hispanic-outreach.html) – Congrats @BettinaInclan | The RNC has named Bettina Inclán as the Director of Hispanic Outreach
- DeMint tells Newt to drop negative hits on Mitt – POLITICO.com – Sell out DeMint RT @politico: Out of South Carolina: Jim DeMint tells Gingrich to drop negative hits on Mitt:
- Rush torches Perry: This is the way Fidel Castro thinks! | The Right Scoop – Yes | RT @DanRiehl: Limbaugh’s wrong. RT @trscoop: Rush torches Perry: ths is the way Fidel Castro thinks!
- Limbaugh, Defending Romney, Has Bain Tie – RT @DanRiehl: Limbaugh, Defending Romney, Has Bain Tie #tcot
- Gregory Flap Cole – Google+ – Good grief…..Axelrod defending Jeremiah Wright – they… – Good grief…..Axelrod defending Jeremiah Wright – they know that Mitt will use it, unlike McCain,,,
- (404) http://t.co/C1 – RT @joegarofoli: Don’t mention Bain! If you do, Sean Hannity sez to @RickPerry: You sound like Occupy Wall Street (VIDEO) …
- Three way tie with NC Republicans – Public Policy Polling – RT @ppppolls: Head to heads- Santorum leads Mitt by 18 in NC, Newt leads by 1. Perry trails by 17, Paul by 46:
- Romney likens work at Bain Capital to Obama’s auto industry bailout – The Hill’s Video – Romney likens work at Bain Capital to Obama’s auto industry bailout
- Gingrich’s anti-Bain ad buy is tiny – Right Turn – The Washington Post – Oh Yeah – let Mitt Romney debate his days at Bain Capital with Newt and Perry – relish it.
- Gregory Flap Cole – Google+ – Yes, just like 2008 and likely the same results = an Obama… – Yes, just like 2008 and likely the same results = an Obama victory.Haven’t We Lived Through This Pri
- President 2012: Newt Gingrich anti-Romney Ad Asks “Who Let the Dogs Out?” | Flap’s Blog – FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog – President 2012: Newt Gingrich anti-Romney Ad Asks “Who Let the Dogs Out?”
- (500) http://flapsblog.com/2012/01/11/the-morning-flap-january-11-2012/ – The Morning Flap: January 11, 2012
-
President 2012: Politico Teams Up With Facebook in New Method of Election Prediction
Certainly a new way to predict elections.Politico, the politics-focused media outlet, is teaming up with Facebook to take a look at Facebook users’ opinions of Republican presidential hopefuls.
It’s all happening during the lead-up to the next primary, being held Jan. 21 in South Carolina. Every time a Facebook user posts about a candidate, Facebook’s team will pick it up and determine whether the mention expresses favorable sentiment about the candidate. To do that, they’ll be armed with new software that researchers use to determine opinion from text. They’ll analyze every mention from Thursday until the primary.
In turn, they’ll hand that data over exclusively to Politico, whose journalists will add insight and commentary. The first round of data is already available.
Go and check it out!
-
President 2012: Mitt Romney Super PAC Strikes Back at Gingrich
See the ad and facts sheet at www.newtfacts.com.The gloves are off in South Carolina and Florida. There is no love lost between Romney and Gingrich.
The Restore Our Future “super PAC” supporting Mitt Romney has unleashed a new ad against Newt Gingrich called “Desperate”….
The ad, running in South Carolina and Florida, highlights how Mr. Romney’s supporters are prepared for a full-throated battle with Mr. Gingrich, and it comes in the wake of an ad campaign by a super PAC supporting Mr. Gingrich that is spending millions attacking Mr. Romney and his stewardship of Bain.
-
Day By Day January 12, 2012 – Mild
Chris, GOP House Speaker Rep. John Boehner has been a “WEAK” leader.Boehner has the power of the purse and must use it against the left-wing ideology of the Obama Administration. He needs to suck it up and be more aggressive.
I mean, Boehner has the votes…..use them!
-
@Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-01-12
- Breaking News, Analysis, Politics, Blogs, News Photos, Video, Tech Reviews – http://t.co/k2LsCaMd http://t.co/vV6MHp5V #
- Gingrich Spokesman Stands Firm on Romney Criticism – By Brian Bolduc – The Corner – National Review Online http://t.co/slkToq6c #
- Mitt Romney’s top strategist first used “vulture” imagery in California: On Romney supporter Meg Whitman (VIDEO)… http://t.co/fU2bg4cX #
- Can you imagine what Obama's $ 1 Billion will do to the Mitt Romney Bain Story? It will be played in every key state for months #ByeMitt #
- VERY Greatly Exaggerated | “@MelissaTweets: RT @AceofSpadesHQ: Rumors of Romney's electability have been greatly exaggerated.” #
- Buffett Challenges McConnell, Republicans on Tax Policy | Swampland | http://t.co/k2LsCaMd http://t.co/q57U6kdA #
- Gingrich Spokesman Stands Firm on Romney Criticism http://t.co/nb9VNyKX #
- Mitt Romney’s top strategist first used “vulture” imagery in California: On Romney supporter Meg Whitman (VIDEO) http://t.co/5EaMEIGV #
- @LizMair Romney will release a flat tax plan, but will change his mind in 3 months anyway = so why bother? in reply to LizMair #
- Warren Buffett Slams Mitt and Newt http://t.co/xOA0xcuG #
- Crime renews lawmaker's concerns about shifting felons to counties http://t.co/INBwkyo4 #
- Warren Buffett Ready to Take Republicans’ Tax Challenge – Slams Romney and Bain #FB http://t.co/vfEDw471 #
- When Mitt Romney Comes to Town…..Mitt Romney | Gary Varvel | The Indianapolis Star | http://t.co/YUN8r91u https://t.co/0HoOC6M5 #
- As Romney rises, Tea Party sees Senate as "bulwark" #teaparty #tcot http://t.co/62o9Be8P #
- @BettinaInclan All is well and it is a sunny day with moderate temperatures. I am sure you will visit us! in reply to BettinaInclan #
- The full video of When Mitt Romney Came to Town is Up: http://t.co/trfr9rnk #
- Congrats @BettinaInclan | The RNC has named Bettina Inclán as the Director of Hispanic Outreach http://t.co/Pl2MyOYp #
- @Roy_Cam All candidates disappoint in some way or another. Mitt Romney just more so for me… in reply to Roy_Cam #
- @Roy_Cam By the way, I wouldn't be equating Mitt Romney with Adam Smith too much….. in reply to Roy_Cam #
- @Roy_Cam Thanks for the patroninizing suggestion…. in reply to Roy_Cam #
- @Roy_Cam Romney's plan will change by the minute if it does meet with approval by the focus group. Serial flip-flopper in reply to Roy_Cam #
- @Roy_Cam You equate this with morality? I don't think so. Business is business but morality – please. in reply to Roy_Cam #
- Sell out DeMint RT @politico: Out of South Carolina: Jim DeMint tells Gingrich to drop negative hits on Mitt: http://t.co/CfIHYRf8 #
- Rush Limbaugh has jumped the shark X2 over with the fact Bain Capital is responsible for his $400 million radio deal while he defends Mitt #
- @Roy_Cam He mentioned it yesterday. Legally probably not, morally, well another story perhaps….. in reply to Roy_Cam #
- Yes | RT @DanRiehl: Limbaugh's wrong. RT @trscoop: Rush torches Perry: ths is the way Fidel Castro thinks! http://t.co/42dn9as3 #
- RT @DanRiehl: Limbaugh, Defending Romney, Has Bain Tie http://t.co/tmQVATXU #tcot #
- Good grief…..Axelrod defending Jeremiah Wright – they know that Mitt will use it, unlike McCain,,, https://t.co/kcE80LWn #
- Poor @jRubinBlogger – her head is exploding with #WhenMittCametoTown – #tcot #
- RT @JimPethokoukis: "Romney contributed to the greatest American job loss since World War Two" #whenmittromneycametotown #
- RT @JimPethokoukis: Romney, laughing: "To make a profit, that's the name of the game, right?" #whenmittromneycametotown #
- RT @JimPethokoukis: "Romney and Bain's cash rampage would ultimately slash jobs in nearly every state in the country" #
- @LizMair I KNOW…..But, then again so does Romney suck using Bain Capital as touting his job creation skills = Obama Field Day! in reply to LizMair #
- Three way tie with NC Republicans – Public Policy Polling http://t.co/Ut3YVrcC #
- Romney likens work at Bain Capital to Obama’s auto industry bailout – The Hill's Video http://t.co/43iJ2qLf #
- Gingrich’s anti-Bain ad buy is tiny – Right Turn – The Washington Post http://t.co/6gvY4fZF #
- RT @ppppolls: Head to heads- Santorum leads Mitt by 18 in NC, Newt leads by 1. Perry trails by 17, Paul by 46: http://t.co/8HHkZcxb #
- Romney likens work at Bain Capital to Obama’s auto industry bailout http://t.co/ZtsETq1Y #
- Oh Yeah – let Mitt Romney debate his days at Bain Capital with Newt and Perry – relish it. http://t.co/7vU9QuSF #
- Gregory Flap Cole – Google+ – Yes, just like 2008 and likely the same results = an Obama… http://t.co/r2rRLSCc #
- President 2012: Newt Gingrich anti-Romney Ad Asks “Who Let the Dogs Out?” | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/lLyoTVk1 #
- Yes, just like 2008 and likely the same results = an Obama victory.Haven't We Lived Through This Pri https://t.co/s81jincV #
- President 2012: Newt Gingrich anti-Romney Ad Asks “Who Let the Dogs Out?” http://t.co/kEbnNTzn #
- (500) http://t.co/x2UO4GNk http://t.co/cLwX7zpr #
- Rush Loves Mitt; Hates Newt http://t.co/qCs4NZW6 #
- The Morning Flap: January 11, 2012 http://t.co/8Oaicv30 #
- Gregory Flap Cole – Google+ – Iran: What me worry?
From Michael Ramirez…… http://t.co/cd8hHR9R #
- Iran: What me worry?
From Michael Ramirez……Michael Ramirez Cartoon https://t.co/fN9IofYi #
- Savings from '3 strikes' reform may be smaller than claimed | California Watch http://t.co/vOXB9wAg #
- Savings from California '3 strikes' reform may be smaller than claimed http://t.co/1g8ADrxH #
- Flap’s California Morning Collection: January 11, 2012 » Flap's California Blog http://t.co/eik89Be8 #
- Will Mindful Eating Help Curb Obesity? | Smiles For A Lifetime – Temporary (Locum Tenens) Dentistry http://t.co/l4dybtCw #
- Flap’s California Morning Collection: January 11, 2012 http://t.co/RHtFNROJ #
- Journalists’ campaign trail secrets revealed – The Washington Post http://t.co/8JXHFJ8f #
- Will Mindful Eating Help Curb Obesity? http://t.co/ma4g7kjR #
- Journalists’ campaign-trail secrets revealed http://t.co/ygx9P3ZW #
- The Bain Capital Bonfire http://t.co/2etguczV #
- President 2012: Conservatives Scrambling to Block Romney | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/hDbZqNuu #
- President 2012: Conservatives Scrambling to Block Romney http://t.co/5x8DCj51 #
- (500) http://t.co/tPGzoBuz http://t.co/XJdiOq6A #
- Riehl World View: Romney Has Lied, Maligned And Danced Away For Years, It's Time He Paid For It http://t.co/Noaa081t #
- Day By Day Janaury 11, 2012 – Reality Show http://t.co/N8SJEFnK #
- GOP will pay | RT @DanRiehl Romney Has Lied, Maligned And Danced Away For Years, It's Time He Paid For It http://t.co/JJOvvxnQ #
- In Florida, Obama Trails Mitt By 3, Leads Rick By 2 – By Jim Geraghty – The Campaign Spot – National Review Online http://t.co/v2hC495d #
- Closer than you would expect RT @jimgeraghty In Florida, Obama Trails Mitt By 3, Leads Rick By 2 http://t.co/aEggNCyR #tcot #
- @JimPethokoukis Please Romney's style of capitalism is not Reaganesque in the least = predator private equity. #tcot in reply to JimPethokoukis #
- Exactly | RT @CNBC Romney on @CNBC: I Agree With Some Though Not All of the Bowles Simpson Proposals #tcot #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-01-11 | Flap's Blog – FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog http://t.co/PAkMNQfv #
- @Flap Twitter Updates for 2012-01-11 http://t.co/TjLkf2Vl #
- Log In – The New York Times http://t.co/OuUfQPlU #
- Log In – The New York Times http://t.co/LGjDO7Kw #
- As Romney Advances, Private Equity Becomes Part of the Debate http://t.co/1i0hx2lS #
- Gingrich's Own Close Tie to Buyout Industry http://t.co/42ygDKoG #
- President 2012: Mitt Romney Wins New Hampshire But…. http://t.co/9VJzxcMh #
- @JRubinBlogger And, Jen you think Mitt Romney will do a good job debating Obama? #tcot in reply to JRubinBlogger #
- @conniebrimmer Now, Lakers and Clippers basketball for me! Ha! in reply to conniebrimmer #
Powered by Twitter Tools