PPP survey: 42% of Ga. Republicans would secede, Nathan Deal job approval at 37%
After declaring U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss “theoretically vulnerable” this week, Public Policy Polling of North Carolina has run out the rest of its Georgia poll, with these highlights:
– Apparently bruised by bitter campaigns over transportation (lost) and charter schools (won), Gov. Nathan Deal’s job approval rating stands at 37 percent among voters – one reason why Deal, moving into his crucial third year as governor, needs a smooth and productive legislative session in January.
The PPP survey declares Deal to be vulnerable if Democrats are able to muster the right candidate in 2014 – a very large “if.” Some hypothetical match-ups: U.S. Rep. John Barrow, 44/40; Kasim Reed (never happen), 47/40; State Sen. Jason Carter, 46/38.
– Likewise, the fiscal cliff debate may be taking its toll on U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, whose approval rating also stands at 37 percent. But he isn’t up for re-election until 2016.
– Former President Jimmy Carter approve/disapprove rating stands at 55/38. President Barack Obama is at 46 percent approval, matching his Georgia ballot showing in November.
– Chipper Jones should consider politics. The retired Atlanta Braves third-baseman’s job approve/disapprove rating is 57/11.
– Georgia fans outnumber Georgia Tech groupies, 40/17. Which pushes Attorney General Sam Olens’ unfortunate Tweet of last week into irrelevancy.
– 70 percent of those polled thought a new stadium home for the Atlanta Falcons was unnecessary.
– 42 percent of Georgia Republicans said they would be willing to secede from the United States because of President Barack Obama’s re-election. A like number say they wouldn’t. From PPP spokesman Tom Jensen: “I doubt that many Republicans would really secede if they had the choice- not that many people are signing the secession petitions- but their willingness to say they would is a measure of how unhappy they are over the president’s reelection.”
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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MT
December 7th, 2012
8:35 pm
Hey, I mean it’s getting old baby. Your only argument about anything is it is taken out of context.
Maybe you don’t see the whole contextr.
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
8:36 pm
Paddy O, you conservatives have projection down to a science. Accuse the other side of exactly what you do.
The poor, poor rich people of America are soooooooo oppressed. As Bill O’Reilly said, ‘The white establishment is now the minority” and I guess the world is ending.
You guys play the victims.
Your political enemies are the “takers”.
Liberals are ruining the country for “real Americans” like yourselves.
Ad Nauseam.
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:36 pm
why are the rightwingers whining so much? lol..i love it…
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:38 pm
wheres HERMAN CAIN our DO BOY to come comfort us po republicans…lol
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:39 pm
RUSH LIMBAUGH ya’lls god is getting rich, maybe ya’ll arent as smart as junkie limbaugh…
Steve
December 7th, 2012
8:39 pm
Like I said on an ealier post the only thing I have in common with the dems is I want my money and so do they.
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
8:40 pm
I wish 42% of Republicans would leave, too! We don’t have room for their BS in our country…this is America Jack! If you don’t like it, GET OUT!!
MT
December 7th, 2012
8:40 pm
liberalefty
how many more post are you gonna put up before actually saying something intelligent.
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:40 pm
when all these imbred “producers” leave we’ll have more fresh air because all they
“produce is gas
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
8:41 pm
REPUBLICANS are NOW the MINORITY!! How does THAT feel?!?!?!? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:42 pm
mt
stop whining …lol
MT
December 7th, 2012
8:42 pm
our country…this is America Jack
I wonder for how much longer? God Bless America.
clem
December 7th, 2012
8:42 pm
paddy o, repubs don’t acknowledge science
td
December 7th, 2012
8:43 pm
clem
December 7th, 2012
8:34 pm
The whole premise of the article is skewed because it counted Medicare and SS as revenues to the states. There is a great deal of retired people that leave the north and move to warmer climates as they age so those states will look like they receive the most money.
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
8:44 pm
How much longer? As long as Republicans don’t continue to RUIN nation any further, we should be just fine…sit back and watch the show! This how it’s done JACK!!
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:44 pm
JC WATTS to the rescue…lol…to prove they arent racists, the racist gop is trotting out another BLACK BOY to head the RNC…sad
MT
December 7th, 2012
8:45 pm
mt
stop whining …lol
I got a better idea, unplug your computer and throw it in the yard, or atleast give it to someone
that actually can communicate something that’s intelligent.
MT
December 7th, 2012
8:46 pm
we should be just fine
Seen that national debt clock running anytime recently? We ain’t gonna be fine.
Kurt In California
December 7th, 2012
8:46 pm
td
December 7th, 2012
7:55 pm
It’s plain now after reading a lot of your posts that reading comprehension is not one of your strong suits. My comment about states who are takers vs. makers had nothing to do with total federal funding. What I said – clearly – is that the southern states get more federal funding than they pay in taxes, so they are a net negative. That’s just the fact. Good grief … who couldn’t figure out that California would get the most total funding? We’ve got almost 40 million people living here, so figuring out total funding needs isn’t exactly rocket science. (I also noticed that you get your facts from Glenn Beck. Great idea!)
Face it … the blue states have wealthier and more educated people in them who pay taxes to support poorer states. So you should be thankful for socialism. Red states, for the most part, are poorer, less educated, have higher divorce rates, and are a general drain on the rest of us. Facts – as we all know – have a liberal bias.
td
December 7th, 2012
8:48 pm
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
8:44 pm
How much longer? As long as Republicans don’t continue to RUIN nation any further, we should be just fine…sit back and watch the show! This how it’s done JACK!
We are borrowing 47 cents per every $1 we spend. How much longer can that last before we go bankrupt or the dollar is worth nothing? BTW: Even if you get all the Obama tax increases we will still be borrowing over 40 cents of every dollar.
Facts suck don’t they.
MT
December 7th, 2012
8:48 pm
So you should be thankful for socialism.
This is why we are not going to fine. Thankful for socialism.
Capitalism, business building and people getting off relief is going to be what helps this country.
clem
December 7th, 2012
8:49 pm
td, then it would appear that yours and my articles are all to be taken with grain of salt. i seriously doubt anyone in their right mind would move to miss or ala. maybe texas, az, nm, fl, ga, & sc. but that’s just me. another big culprit of spending is medicaid. i think the poorer the state the more the federal match.
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:49 pm
TD
why are u talking about sucking? chill dude
Penny
December 7th, 2012
8:49 pm
Yeah, your guy Barack Obama is leading us in the right direction. Own it. See where he takes us. Parasites. Not a producer among you.
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:51 pm
mt
another GOP’ er predicting the fall of America…lol…
Makemyday
December 7th, 2012
8:51 pm
Well, when you give 20 million people free Medical Insurance you might win the election by a healthy sum(3 million votes give or take some cheating). Makes you want to give up, if you are paying taxes.
LITHONIAGUY
December 7th, 2012
8:53 pm
Makemyday
Don’t forget the repubs that crossed over to vote for OBAMA because the gop has gone batsh1t.
Kurt In California
December 7th, 2012
8:54 pm
1. The south lost the Civil War.
2. There’s going to be a black guy in the White House for another four years.
Get over it.
MT
December 7th, 2012
8:54 pm
RUSH LIMBAUGH ya’lls god is getting rich
Why don’t you send off for his CD set? At the least you may be able to get a life and learn how to construct an intelligent thought.
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
8:56 pm
td
December 7th, 2012
8:48 pm
We are borrowing 47 cents per every $1 we spend. How much longer can that last before we go bankrupt or the dollar is worth nothing? BTW: Even if you get all the Obama tax increases we will still be borrowing over 40 cents of every dollar.
Facts suck don’t they.
You actually think we just started borrowing?!?! Who do you think was paying for the TWO WARS the Republicans got us in to?! Unfortunately, I’m not a miracle worker so I can’t just turn it off, but we’re trying to stop the bleeding…if only Congress wasn’t so full of obstructionist. Prior to me taking office and assuming the reins during the greatest recession since the Great Depression (where unemployment was above 25%, mind you), the national debt can be attributed to THREE administrations–Reagan, Bush I, and Bush II. Not to mention the top 10 states who receive government benefits are RED states…the Republicans really have you all fooled. It’s quite sad.
You’re right, the facts do suck…for you.
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:57 pm
PENNY
ANOTHER PHONY “PRODUCER” sHOWS UP…walking the corner is not exactly producing but i aint mad at you
MT
December 7th, 2012
8:58 pm
another GOP’ er predicting the fall of America
Once again, seen that debt clock running lately? Obama has no answer.
HERMAN CAIN
December 7th, 2012
8:58 pm
HAVE no fear CAIN is here!
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
9:00 pm
mt
u so mad i love it…u better start producing…lol
MT
December 7th, 2012
9:00 pm
TWO WARS the Republicans got us in to?!
I thought one of those wars was because of 911. Oh yeah like it’s been said, if AL Gore had been in the White House, he would have apoligized to the terriost for the buildings being in the way.
Greg Camp
December 7th, 2012
9:01 pm
Ok, let Georgia, and the other states, succeed from the Union. The taxes on Tara will go sky high to fill the gap as to Federal funding of our state ( Interstates, infrastructure, and social programs). Georgia takes more than it contributes to the Federal government. Big win for the feds in terms of the fiscal cliff.
td
December 7th, 2012
9:02 pm
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
8:56 pm
Your facts are so wrong and you did not even bother to read the articles myself and clem posted so I will not even bother to respond.
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:02 pm
MT
December 7th, 2012
8:48 pm
So you should be thankful for socialism.
This is why we are not going to fine. Thankful for socialism.
Capitalism, business building and people getting off relief is going to be what helps this country.
Unfortunately for you, this statement destroys any little bit of credibility you may have had. You see, anyone who knows anything about socialism, knows that has never, and it will never happen here. Let me ask you, do you ever wonder why left-wingers don’t resort to that lazy fear-tactic and call you all fascists? I’ll let you in on a little secret: we are educated!! HAHAHA!!
MT
December 7th, 2012
9:02 pm
mt
u so mad
I really think your the one mad. I guess you have to be, to be a lib.
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:03 pm
td
December 7th, 2012
9:02 pm
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
8:56 pm
Your facts are so wrong and you did not even bother to read the articles myself and clem posted so I will not even bother to respond.
Unfortunately, they’re not…the truth hurts sometimes, I know. It’s okay little guy…I don’t blame you for not responding. It wouldn’t do you any good, anyhow. Perhaps you should consider college?
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
9:04 pm
mt
too bad OSAMA made a fool of BUSHY BOY…dont worry OBAMA GOT HIM…LOL
td
December 7th, 2012
9:04 pm
Greg Camp
December 7th, 2012
9:01 pm
Where in the heck are you getting this bogus information from?
MT
December 7th, 2012
9:06 pm
You see, anyone who knows anything about socialism, knows that has never, and it will never happen here
Yeah right, Same thing was probably said in pre 1917 Russia.
Educated?
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
9:06 pm
OSAMA MADE BUSH GRAB HIS ANKLES ON 9/11 and we’ve been paying for it ever since
td
December 7th, 2012
9:06 pm
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:03 pm
Prove your set of facts is correct or or stfu. little man.
Progressive Humanist
December 7th, 2012
9:08 pm
Blue states are the makers. Red states are the takers. http://taxfoundation.org/article/states-vary-widely-number-tax-filers-no-income-tax-liability
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:09 pm
td
December 7th, 2012
9:06 pm
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:03 pm
Prove your set of facts is correct or or stfu. little man.
Look it up. The data is readily available. Google the national debt, and see when we acquired it. It’s fact.
E.Dunwody
December 7th, 2012
9:09 pm
As my very southern mother would say: mind the screen door on your way out. My very southern father wouldn’t be as polite.
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:10 pm
MT
December 7th, 2012
9:06 pm
Yeah right, Same thing was probably said in pre 1917 Russia.
Educated?
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.
Can you be any more desperate…you can’t even form a logical response. Typical.
MT
December 7th, 2012
9:15 pm
you can’t even form a logical response.
How sad, can’t even recognize, widely known,written literature.