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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RUSH LIMBAUGH
December 7th, 2012
9:16 pm
MT
Dude i’m getting richer by the day why aren’t you? lol
Progressive Humanist
December 7th, 2012
9:17 pm
You whiny hick conservative/Republican/Libertarians are irrelevant. You’re not going to secede (although the rest of us would like you to get gone from the US). You’re not going to revolt. You’re not going to move. You’re not going to do anything except sit right there and complain. The extent of your power is sitting on your rear end and typing away on a computer. President Obama will make the decisions for you from here on out whether you like it or not. Because that’s the way Americans want it. They want you sitting in your basement stewing in isolation while the adults make take care of things. Your ideas are not important. The smart people will take it from here.
td
December 7th, 2012
9:18 pm
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:09 pm
Fact: Bush raised debt from $5 trillion to $10 trillion in 8 years. Obama has raised debt from $10 trillion to $16 trillion in 4 years. Clinton raised Debt from $4 to $5 trillion in 8 years.
Go and try to refute those facts.
http://home.adelphi.edu/sbloch/deficits.html
RUSH LIMBAUGH
December 7th, 2012
9:18 pm
Why are so many gop’ers broke? This is America if you cant make it here you cant make it anywhere.
RUSH LIMBAUGH
December 7th, 2012
9:20 pm
buy more guns…and my books/tapes etc…keep america strong.
MT
December 7th, 2012
9:20 pm
Progressive Humanist
Yep, NOTHING OF SUBSTANCE, just insults.
Typical Lib
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:23 pm
MT
December 7th, 2012
9:15 pm
How sad, can’t even recognize, widely known,written literature.
Oh, I recognized it…which is why I said YOU can’t form a logical response…in your own words. I take it, reading comprehension wasn’t your strong suit…HAHAHA!!
MT
December 7th, 2012
9:26 pm
Dude i’m getting richer by the day
Well baby get ready to hand it over, let’s see happy you and all the liberal movie stars are when
you have to hand over that money and redistribute the wealth. Oh yeah, thats taken out of context too.you’ll see when you have to start paying. I’m sure all you celebrity types fall into the top 1%.
Don't Let The Door Hit You...
December 7th, 2012
9:28 pm
…On The Way Out, Losers!
Good Riddance!
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:29 pm
td
December 7th, 2012
9:18 pm
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:09 pm
Fact: Bush raised debt from $5 trillion to $10 trillion in 8 years. Obama has raised debt from $10 trillion to $16 trillion in 4 years. Clinton raised Debt from $4 to $5 trillion in 8 years.
Thanks for proving my point. Bush II more than DOUBLED the national debt –not to mention, Bush’s policies bled over well into Obama’s years. Bush I increased the national debt by 56%, and Reagan TRIPLED the national debt. Clinton had a SURPLUS! You’re probably not too familiar with that term, being a Republcan’t and all. The national debt under Obama has been the slowest spending per GDP in history…not to mention, given the circumstances, increasing the national debt by 40% (yes, that’s what it is), is pretty good. Keep trying, though guys…this is fun!!
Also, let me let you in on a little secret Faux Noise probably didn’t tell you…the debt was raised so much since 2008 because of the greatest recession since the Great Depression…regardless, of who was in office, massive government spending would have ensued. Cleaning up the mess the Republican’ts left us with hasn’t been cheap, but we’re working it out.
td
December 7th, 2012
9:31 pm
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
Those numbers mean nothing by themselves. What is the demographic breakdown of the nonpayers vs payers? The states in the article are also the highest states with African American and Hispanic populations.
Jim8307
December 7th, 2012
9:31 pm
Lets help them pack! Get the treasonous rascals out of the US.
MT
December 7th, 2012
9:32 pm
Oh, I recognized it…which is why I said YOU can’t form a logical response…in your own words. I take it, reading comprehension wasn’t your strong suit…HAHAHA!!
many people often give responses by quoting written literature. I take it civility and manners are not your strong suit either. If this is the best you can debate an issue, go knock hell out of whoever raised
you.
td
December 7th, 2012
9:35 pm
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:29 pm
Proved your point? Bush raised Debt by $5 trillion in 8 years with 911, a banking crisis and 2 wars. Obama raised debt by $6 trillion in 4 years still with high unemployment and adding absolutely 0 jobs since he took office.
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:35 pm
td
December 7th, 2012
9:31 pm
The states in the article are also the highest states with African American and Hispanic populations.
Just another white man, with white problems, blaming the minorities. For example, you do realize that African Americans make up only 13% of the ENTIRE US POPULATION…actually, I doubt you do. Ignorance doesn’t have room for facts.
Bottom line: Rednecks are being used and abused by the Republican party. You are making the rich, richer, and only hurter yourselves, and they know you’re too stubborn to every catch on. Keep it up redneck, the republicans are depending on you!!! HAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:37 pm
td
December 7th, 2012
9:35 pm
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:29 pm
Proved your point? Bush raised Debt by $5 trillion in 8 years with 911, a banking crisis and 2 wars. Obama raised debt by $6 trillion in 4 years still with high unemployment and adding absolutely 0 jobs since he took office.
Yes, proved my point. Bush got us in the greatest recession since the great depression, and Congress (who has a single digit approval rating) has done nothing to remedy the situation. I have created 5.6 MILLION jobs in 30+ consecutive months JACK!!! Change the channel sir, Fox News is making you look silly!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!
Look before I leap...
December 7th, 2012
9:39 pm
td
December 7th, 2012
7:55 pm
Where is this bogus information coming from that Red states are moochers of Blue states? Must be some left wing numbers but it is totally bogus.
Both your articles do not mention what those states PAY INTO the federal kitty per capita or per GDP in that state (which I think is a better barometer).
It is the difference between what a state takes in vs. what it sends to Washington that makes it a “moocher” state.
For FY 2007 (the latest tabled date I could find)
The top 10 contributor states per capita were:
(Color based on Presidential Election outcome in 2008 and 2012)
DE (Blue)
MN (Blue)
NJ (Blue)
CT (Blue)
NY (Blue)
IL (Blue)
NE (Red)
RI (Blue)
TX (Red)
CO (Blue)
Georgia IS a net contributor and ranks 18th in all states but is 2nd to lowest in net contributor status.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_taxation_and_spending_by_state
A better graphic can be found here which uses net return on GDP as the measuring stick and also shows dollars accumulated between 1990 and 2009.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/08/americas-fiscal-union
Note that the top states are:
(fairly close to the above list)
DE
MN
NJ
IL
CT
NY
OH
MI
NE
MA
rock
December 7th, 2012
9:41 pm
Georgia Republicans have a long way to go. You are part of Romney 47% and do not know it.
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:41 pm
Look before I leap…
Well played, sir.
HAHAHA!!! School is in session, td!!! Seriously though, the truth hurts sometimes…I know it hurts when you realize you’ve been lied to. It’s okay, little guy, there’s still time to turn it all around.
td
December 7th, 2012
9:44 pm
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:35 pm
td
December 7th, 2012
9:31 pm
The states in the article are also the highest states with African American and Hispanic populations.
Just another white man, with white problems, blaming the minorities. For example, you do realize that African Americans make up only 13% of the ENTIRE US POPULATION…actually, I doubt you do. Ignorance doesn’t have room for facts.
I understand those facts but I also know that African American are disproportionally are a higher % of the poor and disproportionally receive a higher % of total government benefits then their % of the population. With saying this then when there are more African Americans living in the south then any other region of the country then they would be less likely to be paying taxes as well and skew the state numbers.
Just the facts:
“African Americans Benefit Disproportionately from the Food Stamp Program
One in three food stamp households is headed by an African American. More than a third of food stamp benefits — over $10 billion per year — are issued to African-Americans. (According to Census data, African Americans make up about 12 percent of the U.S. population.) ”
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=193
MT
December 7th, 2012
9:44 pm
Bottom line: Rednecks are being used and abused by the Republican party.
Bottom line: Blacks are being used and abused by the Democratic party.
Greg Camp
December 7th, 2012
9:45 pm
OK. Who is posting themselves as Robert E. Lee on this blog? I would kindly ask you, sir, to honor his memory by NOT turning this into a North vs. South issue. General Lee chastised one of his students, while teaching at Washington College in Virginia, when the student made derogatory comments about General Grant in 1868. Robert E. Lee was a man of honor and integrity. He graduated from West Point ( with NO demerits), oversaw the construction of Fortress Monroe with the Army Corp in 1832 and was a steadfast military professional throughout his career. His decision to command the Army of Northern Virginia was based on his devotion to Virginia, nothing related to the politics surrounding the civil war and NOT an advocate of the practice of slavery. I am a son of the South, with both Virginia and Georgia roots. Please be consiterate or choose a new moniker .
hateitforyou
December 7th, 2012
9:47 pm
I love to hear all you in town liberals squall and whine. Face the facts…you live in Georgia. Georgia is and will continue to be a Republican state. We are doing just fine with Republican leadership. If you want a little diversity and Democratic leadership why not try Detroit. I hear they could use a little help these days. It won’t be long before we will be asked to bail out these Democrapic cities and states and I say to hell with them. Let them starve until they learn a little responsibility.
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:48 pm
td
One in three food stamp households are black…interesting….considering one in three households are also WHITE! HAHAHAHA!!! Nice try. $10 Billion is a drop in the bucket compared to what the RED states require to maintain. Face it man, you’re wrong, any way you slice it. Blaming African Americans is a tired game that you all have been losing for years. The data just simply doesn’t support it. You can have your own opinion, but you can’t have your own facts…unfortunately, for you. HAHAHA!!!
Thomas
December 7th, 2012
9:49 pm
Hyper inflation is coming soon!
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:50 pm
MT
December 7th, 2012
9:44 pm
Bottom line: Blacks are being used and abused by the Democratic party.
Unfortunately, for this tired argument–which has been debunked time and time again–African Americans only make up 13% of the population…and by td’s own data only account for $10 Billion in assistance…that’s hardly enough to claim as abuse. Try again, little guy.
THE President Barack Obama
December 7th, 2012
9:52 pm
Alright gentlemen!! Enjoyed it! I’m heading out with my lady for a night on the town!! Y’all have fun!!
td
December 7th, 2012
9:54 pm
Look before I leap…
December 7th, 2012
9:39 pm
The numbers you provided are irrelevant because the article does not break down the information. For example: Of coarse Delaware is the biggest giver because they have more national business HQ’s then anywhere else in the nation due to their state laws are so business friendly to corporations.
America is becoming a third world country
December 7th, 2012
9:57 pm
I guess Harry Truman was a supporter of Abortion, Gay rights, rigid gun control,redistribution
of wealth,tax and spend economics,taking God out of everything. I think not.Democratic party is a joke.
MT
December 7th, 2012
10:01 pm
Try again, little guy
No need, its your reasoning that needs retrying. Per cent of the population they comprise has nothing to do with it.
wheels coming off
December 7th, 2012
10:05 pm
hateitforyou
Great post.
hateitforyou
December 7th, 2012
10:10 pm
president omama….you are what we call a feed store puppy. A half breed. Totally worthless. From a mixed back ground. Not able to present a clear heritage. It’s what happens when mongrels mix as were your parents.
wheels coming off
December 7th, 2012
10:14 pm
Enjoyed it! I’m heading out with my lady for a night on the town!! Y’all have fun!!
Go have a GAY ole time.
Scrivener
December 7th, 2012
10:14 pm
The self-described “progressive humanist” says: “The smart people will take it from here.”
This coming from the poster who is so insecure that they have to remind people in almost every column that they had a Ph.D. And she proceeds to put other people down for not being intelligent. Lady, you have a serious psychological problem. Maybe it’s because you lead a Godless life. Hopefully someday you’ll fill the vacuum you obviously have. But in the meantime, I pray my son doesn’t have you as his professor in college in a few years. To paraphrase something I read a while back, there is no bigger impediment to learning than the illusion of knowledge. Your mind is clearly closed, and you are the very definition of dogma.
Cherokee
December 7th, 2012
10:15 pm
“We are doing just fine with Republican leadership”
Let’s see – worst in education, near the bottom in lifespan, infant mortality, and other medical issues.
Unemployment that is higher than that of most other states. More foreclosures than anyplace but maybe Nevada. Transportation issues choking off economic growth.
But hey, we got Boortz and now the Herminator.
Yeah Republicans are doing great things for Georgia, you betcha….
hateitforyou
December 7th, 2012
10:20 pm
Cherokee…if you take all the blacks out of the equation then you would see a much brighter picture. They live like animals….die young or rot in prision. Ask for more money yet squander the equal opportunity for a free education and a better life.
UGA ECONOMICS MAJOR
December 7th, 2012
10:22 pm
hateit for you….your so,so ignorant and hateful..i hope you dont have kids to pass such hate onto…WARNING HATE:DEVASTATES YOUR HEALTH AND MENTAL WELL BEING….’HATE HURTS THE HATER MORE SO THEN THE HATED’…..YOU NEED COUNSELING ..
wheels coming off
December 7th, 2012
10:24 pm
Yeah Republicans are doing great things for Georgia
Yeah to hamstrung by a extreme left wing liberal president.
Nobody to blame but Obama.
hateitforyou
December 7th, 2012
10:25 pm
UGA Major. I am doing just fine as are the rest of my family. We are very happy and content. Especially since we don’t have the black or liberal problem in our area. It aint hate partner its the damn facts.A half breed mongrel is a half breed mongrel.
wheels coming off
December 7th, 2012
10:29 pm
hateit for you….your so,so ignorant and hateful
Don’t enter a debate by name calling.If your a UGA econmics major, act like you have been in discussion before.Name calling will not serve you well in your econmic career.
Look before I leap...
December 7th, 2012
10:33 pm
@td
DE is an outlier – care to explain the other 9?
hateitforyou
December 7th, 2012
10:34 pm
UGA ECONOMICS MAJOR = U Got Any economics we can steal from you. We be all out and de stow is closed.
Darryl Boles
December 7th, 2012
10:36 pm
I have always been Republican, most likely will remain one. BUT ,you can bet I back the American way of a free society voting their will. If it gets so bad that I would consider secession , I will move away …only problem is not to many places that afford our rights and privileges as this country does. Do I have issues with what is happening in OUR country , YES ,but to secede is not an option that is conducive to solving the root our problems
Look before I leap...
December 7th, 2012
10:40 pm
hateitforyou
December 7th, 2012
10:20 pm
Cherokee…if you take all the blacks out of the equation then you would see a much brighter picture. They live like animals….die young or rot in prision. Ask for more money yet squander the equal opportunity for a free education and a better life.
Well if I had any doubt I was living in the south, that comment certainly set the record straight.
I wonder if any of our conservative posters here will rise up and call this jackwagon out for his vile racist rant?
Will be interesting to see….
Darryl Boles
December 7th, 2012
10:41 pm
Sorry for hasty post, made corrections on grammar
I have always been Republican, most likely will remain one. BUT ,you can bet I back the American way of a free society voting their will. If it gets so bad that I would consider secession , I will move away …only problem is not too many places that afford our rights and privileges as this country does. Do I have issues with what is happening in OUR country , YES ,but to secede is not an option that is conducive to solving the root of our problems
The Confederacy sucked
December 7th, 2012
10:46 pm
I LOVE reading the hillbilly comments on here. These “good ole boy,” grumpy, overweight, middle-aged white folk who can’t stand the mulatto in the WH!
Y’all are so funny! Your world is going away – thank no god – and it can’t happen too soon! Please get out of the new one if you can’t lend a hand cause the times they are a-changin!
hateitforyou
December 7th, 2012
10:47 pm
look before i leap…if you have any doubt just turn on your local newsand see what the majority of the show is filled with…black on black murder, rape, robbery the list goes on. Yes I am a racist and damn proud to stand up a call a damn spade a spade. I have watched this country go down the hole since LBJ thought he could buy these ignorant beasts out of poverty and the way they live. We have thrown money at these people for a long time and the end result is the same. I am damn tired of my money supporting welfare queens and black men who have no self control and breed with anything in heat. There is no match in the human species for this type of behavior and to find it one must look to the ANIMAL kingdom. Starve them all and to hell with them. AND BTW I dont give a damn about getting called out.
hateitforyou
December 7th, 2012
10:49 pm
Confederacy Sucked…we don’t have much to worry about. The part of you thats left over after you kill each other wuill be taken out by the wet backs that are replacing you.
The Confederacy sucked
December 7th, 2012
10:54 pm
hateitforyou: Die…SOON!
hateitforyou
December 7th, 2012
10:56 pm
confederacy…you should have been a miscarriage from your mothers womb…if your are black and young your odds are much greater than mine of bieng dead soon….and by one of your own damn bros