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President
Obama's campaign to pin blame on congressional Republicans for the
looming sequester cuts seems to be paying dividends, with 49 percent in a
new poll saying they would blame the GOP if negotiators fail to strike a
deal.
It says in the following article that only 22 % of Americans consider themselves to be Republicans during the sequester. Yesterday, Panetta said that 800,000 Federal workers in defense will lose their jobs if the sequester contnues. So, you can see one of the reasons why the amount of people considering themselves to be Republicans is dropping daily now which is a record low for Republicans at this point. The Republicans are in a Lose Lose situation as a party right now.
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The GOP's Two-Front Losing Strategy
Here's a poll backing for my analysis yesterday that Republicans will lose their fight with the president over the sequester.
Which in fact creates this crisis for the GOP: at the very moment when they should be avoiding big slug-matches they must lose, and instead focusing on rethinking, rebuilding, and rebranding - the Republican party also feels under enormous pressure to slow the departure of its most conservative members by launching doomed fights against the president on issues where it cannot intelligently hope to prevail. That's been the party's tragedy since 2009, and it seems to be the party's destiny again this spring.
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President Obama starts his second term
with a clear upper hand over GOP leaders on issues from guns to
immigration that are likely to dominate the year, a USA TODAY/Pew
Research Center Poll finds. On the legislation rated most urgent —
cutting the budget deficit — even a majority of Republican voters
endorse Obama's approach of seeking tax hikes as well as spending cuts.
The survey underscores the quandary for
the GOP as it debates the party's message in the wake of disappointing
losses last November for the White House and in the Senate.
Now just 22% of Americans, nearly a record low, consider themselves Republicans.
It should be noted that Republican identification has shrunk not only
because Americans prefer President Obama (although they do) but also
because of disaffiliation from the party by people who want an even more conservative politics than offered by the GOP.Which in fact creates this crisis for the GOP: at the very moment when they should be avoiding big slug-matches they must lose, and instead focusing on rethinking, rebuilding, and rebranding - the Republican party also feels under enormous pressure to slow the departure of its most conservative members by launching doomed fights against the president on issues where it cannot intelligently hope to prevail. That's been the party's tragedy since 2009, and it seems to be the party's destiny again this spring.
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