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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liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:00 pm
ben
didnt know u were a b@stard…no wonder youre so angry
Peter
December 8th, 2012
1:01 pm
Ben Nothing has changed only you filled with anger and hate……. I feel badly for you and the disease you are causing your own body with your judgmental attitude.
You have become the dinosaur of citizens only caring about yourself.
Peter
December 8th, 2012
1:02 pm
Poor Sally Ride…… makes a bad business decision….then gets angry at others…… Typical !
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:02 pm
sally ride
more lies from another faux producer…nice try though…and u capitalized “black”…lol
curt
December 8th, 2012
1:04 pm
I thought Sonny was bad, then they followed up with Nathan who keeps appointing campaign donors with no experience to run agencies. If you wonder why southern politicians are the media whipping boys for incompetence, corruption and stupidity just look at the type of people we keep electing. Unfortunately they’re right.
bob
December 8th, 2012
1:04 pm
liberalefty. People who are out of work are there because they wasted the opportunity that each American gets to have a free education and learn a viable trade. Drug dealing and thuggery are not marketable skills. Starvation is a great cure for unemployment.
Peter
December 8th, 2012
1:04 pm
I imagine the Republican’s are Ok with the last Republican governor ripping off the citizens of Georgia with the land purchase, and the GA 400 toll ?
td
December 8th, 2012
1:07 pm
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
12:25 pm
ALABAMAMIANS HATE OBAMA but grovel at the feet of the football team composed mainly of black players….hmmmm
This is proof positive that you see everything through colored lenses only and do not have a clue about very much in life.
Conservatives dislike non producers. People that do not want to get an education, do not want to work hard and do not develop marketable skill sets. This definition in no way fits with any athlete. Athletes have worked hard (harder then any lib could imagine working) and developed a marketable skill set. They are in college and are receiving an education.
Sally Ride
December 8th, 2012
1:07 pm
Unfortunately we thought we might be able to help some folks. Unfortunately they proved that you just can’t help them.
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:08 pm
bob
so why is OBAMA being blamed? thank you for proving my point that folks should stop blaming OBAMA for being out of work.
Peter
December 8th, 2012
1:09 pm
Unfortunately we thought we might be able to help some folks. Unfortunately they proved that you just can’t help them.
You must have purchased in nice neighborhoods…….. Imagine you helping folks by getting government money ? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:09 pm
td
puhlezze all those athletes love OBAMA…lol..nice try though..
Peter
December 8th, 2012
1:10 pm
td . great example… Blacks are good when scoring touchdowns ?
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:10 pm
td another faux producer is back…lol
gm
December 8th, 2012
1:11 pm
Please all you rep, take gomer, bubba, gober with you, now make sure you leave all the blacks who play football at UGA, Falcons, GT.
The Georgia rep hypocrites, as long as those blacks are running the football its ok, but we can not have one of them making policies like the President, hey gomers, you ran the the state the last 12 years with rep gov and we are still last in everything.
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:12 pm
it takes black athletes to prop up the psyche of a hate filled state like alabama…lol
BOB
December 8th, 2012
1:12 pm
liberalefty. Because that half breed SOB encourages all that’s wrong with this country. He feels sorry for the poor and wants to make their lives better at the expense of the people who work.
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:13 pm
i love it when these conferderate flag wavers cheer on the black athlete…
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:14 pm
bob
sorry racist but you hate him because hes too black…
Sally Ride
December 8th, 2012
1:14 pm
They were very nice neighborhoods until the BLACKS moved in. Now they are nothing more than ghettos. I am glad we decided to sell and buy rural farmland instead.
Peter
December 8th, 2012
1:15 pm
Because that half breed SOB encourages all that’s wrong with this country
You mean like ” Deficits don’t matter ” BOB ?
Or lying to the state of Georgia while running for Governor ?
That kind of stuff BOB ?
Poltico
December 8th, 2012
1:16 pm
td
How funny when I read that you are the pizza order man for the Rush listeing fan club.
Don’t mess your meeting
pb
December 8th, 2012
1:16 pm
BOB,
Thanks for your enlightening and thoughtful comment to me, “bite one.” Took a lot of maturity and thought to come up with that one. I don’t know why I bother to respond to some people. Completely a waste of time and effort…
gm
December 8th, 2012
1:17 pm
Sally Ride
Please tell me the difference between trailer parks VS Ghettos?
Bob
December 8th, 2012
1:17 pm
liberalefty. I totally agree. He is too black. Lazy , shiftless and drinks cheap beer
Peter
December 8th, 2012
1:17 pm
Sally Ride…….. So you never took and government money then ?
td
December 8th, 2012
1:20 pm
Peter
December 8th, 2012
1:10 pm
td . great example… Blacks are good when scoring touchdowns ?
I see you have no reading comprehension skills and see everything through colored lenses as well. You missed the whole point about working hard, developing a skill set and getting an education. You know being a producer and not a taker.
honested
December 8th, 2012
1:20 pm
Have the rednecks ’seceded’ yet.
I can’t wait for them to leave to the air can clear!
Then maybe the General Assembly can do real governance rather than kiss up to religious idiots and pretend we are not part of the United States.
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:21 pm
bob
and hes richer and more powerful than you’ll ever be….lol
gm
December 8th, 2012
1:22 pm
The whole SEC voted against Obama except for the open minded whites in Florida, yet these hypocrites bigots fans cry in the stands when blacks score a TD, yet will not vote for a black Gov, Sen, President.
One day black will stop going to these racist big college in the south, who used them to bring millions to their schools, and are nothing but entertainment for them.
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:22 pm
SALLY RIDE TAKES SECTION 8 MONEY…HYPOCRITE
honested
December 8th, 2012
1:22 pm
td,
I’m glad you and I agree on bankers and insurance executives.
It’s time we exile both of those groups of ‘takers’.
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:23 pm
GM
YEP the black athletes gives these racists hope…lol
Peter
December 8th, 2012
1:25 pm
td . Sorry I missed you are a bigot……. my bad, do you sleep well hating ?
gm
December 8th, 2012
1:25 pm
Whites like Salley talk bad about people living in the ghetto, but speaks good of the trailer parks she comes from, whats amazing is how trailer people vote rep, but are line up getting gov assistance.
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:27 pm
why would trailer trash vote gop?????????/
Sally Ride
December 8th, 2012
1:28 pm
gm. No dear. I’m not from a trailer park. Try Inman Park.
Sally Ride
December 8th, 2012
1:30 pm
Sally Ride TOOK section 8 money. Pure business. But it’s a whole lot better than taking working peoples money on a daily basis in order to survive.
Sally Ride
December 8th, 2012
1:34 pm
gm…dear you might try spell check or grammar check.
td
December 8th, 2012
1:34 pm
gm
December 8th, 2012
1:11 pm
Please all you rep, take gomer, bubba, gober with you, now make sure you leave all the blacks who play football at UGA, Falcons, GT.
The Georgia rep hypocrites, as long as those blacks are running the football its ok, but we can not have one of them making policies like the President, hey gomers, you ran the the state the last 12 years with rep gov and we are still last in everything
You do not get it either because you see everything through colored lenses. It is not about Obama’s skin color but it is about his philosophy and ideology. I have total disdain for anyone that does not believe in the American work ethic, hard work and wants to take away from the producers to give to the people in society that are unwilling to put in the hard work to take care of themselves.
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:35 pm
sally didnt u say u stay in the country?…get your lies straight please…smh
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:36 pm
td
blah blah blah…birtherism was all about color even a racist knows that
td
December 8th, 2012
1:37 pm
Peter
December 8th, 2012
1:25 pm
td . Sorry I missed you are a bigot……. my bad, do you sleep well hating ?
How did you come to that conclusion? Do you even know what the words means?
td
December 8th, 2012
1:41 pm
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:36 pm
td
blah blah blah…birtherism was all about color even a racist knows that
We all know you would have voted for Obama even if he had smoked crack on national TV because it is all about color to you. Nothing else matters in your small unintelligent world.
Sally Ride
December 8th, 2012
1:41 pm
liberalefty. Unfortunately no I do not live in the country. The proceeds from our home sales were used to purchase land in the country. We still reside in Inman Park as a matter of business. We only go to the farms on weekends or holidays, I would suggest to you that you use your government provided education and read my response.
old man
December 8th, 2012
1:42 pm
At what point did the sheer hate between the dems and gop begin? This is not healthy folks. Please understand that most politicians of both parties are lawyers. The appear to you to oppose each other but in reality, they are the same. They spend millions to get elected for the vast riches they will acquire while in office. Wake up. Don’t be like sheep. See them for what they are.
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:43 pm
td
so it was about racism then huh? lol….
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:44 pm
sally your lies are confusing…cant keep up
liberalefty
December 8th, 2012
1:45 pm
old man
the hate begin when a black family moved into the whitehouse…nobody hatesclike a conservative christian…remember the birthers
Sally Ride
December 8th, 2012
1:47 pm
To all…….Democrats and liberals. You are in a deep red, GOP state. It is not going to change. We are what we are and will be that until the end of time. If you arose from sleep in Georgia you will be governed by a super majority of the GOP. No amount of posting or blogging will change that, If you don’t like our state or its people you are free to move at any time. We who are natives didn’t want you here in the first place. Now I must go. The help is arriving to help with our Christmas party this evening. Merry Christmas