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
6:28 pm
decide to commit treason again.
What does the declaration of independence say about what to do when the government is no longer worth preserving?
Calliope
December 7th, 2012
6:30 pm
jbzm
December 7th, 2012
3:51 pm
JBZM…. if you read the post correctly you would know that I am female., and second to insinuate that Black people or African American’s voted for Obama because he is Black is insulting because basicly your saying that we cannot determine our political alliances on anything other than color. If that were the case then “us Black folk” would have been in a massive conundrum when Herman Cain was in the race. Did you vote for Romney because he is White? No you voted for him because he supported policies and beliefs you identified with. Why can’t the same be true for Black people? Or do you think that we all have one collective mind and we cannot operate independent of the group collective? lol
Blairs980
December 7th, 2012
6:31 pm
Angrywhitemanistan
DJ Sniper
December 7th, 2012
6:31 pm
I just want to know where all these anti-government neo-cons were when the last administration was running the country into the ground. Oh yea, that’s right; it was damn near treason to say anything bad about W or how screwed up the entire war was.
MT
December 7th, 2012
6:35 pm
No you voted for him because he supported policies and beliefs you identified with. Why can’t the same be true for Black people?
Your right, Gimme, Gimme Gimme
Ask not what you can do for your country,but what what the country can give me.
DJ Sniper
December 7th, 2012
6:36 pm
MT, you are obviously another resident of Angrywhitefolkistan. You’ve been spoon fed the narrative that anybody who voted for Obama did so because of handouts, gifts, and free stuff. There are plenty of gainfully employed people who voted for him, so please cut the bulls**t and accept reality.
Dr. Drew
December 7th, 2012
6:37 pm
I don’t see pres ending wars. Remember Gitmo was gonna close? Why do you think it hasn’t happened?
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
6:38 pm
MT-
Commit treason again. See what happens, hotshot.
Dr. Drew
December 7th, 2012
6:38 pm
Mr sniper, why did people vote for him?
MT
December 7th, 2012
6:41 pm
I just want to know where all these anti-government neo-cons were when the last administration was running the country into the ground.
Many of us were wishing, for a true conservative like Reagan again and not a fringe liberal like George Bush.
Who’s your leader gonna blame this time after re election for his own mess? More debt than all president’s before him combined. Can’t blame Bush for that.
Dr. Drew
December 7th, 2012
6:41 pm
What’s been done by his administration to ensure there won’t be another housing bubble or invest scam that tanked the economy?
DJ Sniper
December 7th, 2012
6:42 pm
One reason is because he’s trying to move this country forward, as opposed to the GOP, who wants to take us back to the 19th century. Obama isn’t perfect and I don’t agree with every decision he’s made, but I trust his judgement over Mitt Romney, who seemed to change his position week to week, depending on who he was trying to appeal to.
Dr. Drew
December 7th, 2012
6:42 pm
Mt they’ll blame him anyway.
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
6:42 pm
Classic Conservative Projection.
George W. Bush wasn’t a Conservative, he was a liberal!!!
SOSHALUSM!!!!
Give it a rest. You voted twice for the worst US President in history, right behind Nixon and Reagan, and all you can do is say Bush was a liberal.
My name.
DJ Sniper
December 7th, 2012
6:44 pm
MT, please show us some concrete proof that Obama has racked up more debt than all other presidents combined. Fox News doesn’t count either.
One issue I do have with this administration is that they still haven’t done jack s**t to the people who are truly responsible for the housing crash.
Calliope
December 7th, 2012
6:44 pm
MT… even if we all voted for Obama that would have been only 12%, so where did the other votes come from? Based on your flawed assertion… it seems that there are more than just Black people saying gimme gimme gimme.
Kurt In California
December 7th, 2012
6:45 pm
td
December 7th, 2012
6:12 pm
Every state had people grumbling about secession during the GWB years. Mostly because he was a dimwitted sociopath and war criminal who tanked the economy. I was living / working in Europe at the time (Paris … incredibly good healthcare system there, by the way – much, much better than here) and the US went from being almost universally loved in Europe to being hated. It was an amazing time, that has thankfully turned around now.
But the numbers of people involved in the secession thing was very low – something like 0.8% in Vermont at the peak. Nothing like we’re seeing now. If Obama was really serious about reducing the deficit, he’d cut loose Georgia, Alabama, Texas, South Carolina and Mississippi. The rest of us in the blue states who actually pay all the bills would do just fine, thank you.
DJ Sniper
December 7th, 2012
6:45 pm
LMAO@ the idea that W was a fringe liberal!!!!!!
td
December 7th, 2012
6:45 pm
DJ Sniper
December 7th, 2012
6:42 pm
“One reason is because he’s trying to move this country forward,”
“Forward”, Is that what you call socialism? Redistribution? Higher taxes? More Government?
MT
December 7th, 2012
6:45 pm
There are plenty of gainfully employed people who voted for him, so please cut the bulls**t and accept reality.
Yeah the ones, that bought into that crap, “you didn’t build that business,someone else did”
what an insult to business people. Keep taxing the business builders and we can all draw welfare.
Good luck finding the money to pay out.
MT
December 7th, 2012
6:46 pm
MT, please show us some concrete proof that Obama has racked up more debt than all other presidents combined
Show proof that he didn’t.
MT
December 7th, 2012
6:48 pm
The rest of us in the blue states who actually pay all the bills would do just fine, thank you.
Yeah like California, LOL Broke Broke Broke!
Dr. Drew
December 7th, 2012
6:48 pm
DJ – fair enough. Fwd progress is good, the economy is an issue that needs to be his top priority until its fixed, not health care or any other talking point and he just handed out 80 billion for hurricane sandy which is opposite of what is needed
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
6:48 pm
MT-
The only people who actually believe that ignorant, out-of-context lie are idiots.
Let me guess. You also believe Mitt Rmoney is poised to take PA, FL and OH and win the election?
Step out of the bubble and into reality.
#RmoneyStrength
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
6:50 pm
MT-
1. If you have evidence, show it. You don’t get to claim something and then tell someone to prove you wrong.
2. Federal Taxes, genius. Federal Taxes is how red states mooch off libruul blue states.
You don’t know what you’re talking about. Stop already.
And seriously, you and your America-hating friends need to stop committing treason.
MT
December 7th, 2012
6:51 pm
You voted twice for the worst US President in history, right behind Nixon and Reagan,
Reagan LOL!
What Nixon did, spying on the democrats, is child’s play compared to Libya.
Dr. Drew
December 7th, 2012
6:52 pm
Kurt you’ve lost it! Calif is leading the pack on broken economy. Crazy debt burden, quality and quantity os govt service there abt to fall off a cliff.
Good Democrat
December 7th, 2012
6:52 pm
Yes, let them go…with Atlanta, Fulton & Clayton Counties leading us…education in Georgia has soared.
MT
December 7th, 2012
6:53 pm
1. If you have evidence, show it. You don’t get to claim something and then tell someone to prove you wrong.
Oh I forgot you liberal get to set all the rules. Oh wait not really.
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
6:53 pm
Shorter td:
SOSHALUSM!!!!!!!!!
*with gallons of spittle dripping from his chin*
Scream more, buddy. Your masters trained you well.
Kurt In California
December 7th, 2012
6:54 pm
td
December 7th, 2012
6:45 pm
The government is smaller now – much smaller – than when GWB was president. The loss of public sector workers has been a terrible drag on the economy. It would be better if you didn’t have your facts all mixed up. It’s kind of hard to debate someone that thinks socialism – what cities, states and countries are formed to develop – is a bad thing. Or that we haven’t had it since the formation of the US. Kind of sad. I’m in the 1% and my income taxes aren’t high enough. We borrowed money to pay for two wars and countless other things. Someone has to pay the bills. There just isn’t enough discretionary spending to cut that would make a dent in the deficit. If you want a real Libertarian place to live without any socialism or big government, you might try Somalia.
Good Democrat
December 7th, 2012
6:55 pm
Democrats number 1 job is to vote.
Keep those welfare checks coming!
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
6:57 pm
Good Democrat-
We vote early, and we vote often!
SOSHALUSM!!!!!!!!
MT
December 7th, 2012
6:58 pm
Fox News doesn’t count either.
Just because you think Fox doesn’t count, well who are you to say whether a news network is creditable.
Old Hippie
December 7th, 2012
7:01 pm
Hey, all you “patriotic” GOPers – WELCOME TO DEMOCRACY! Your guy didn’t win, but the ‘uppity N****r’ got re-elected. So now you want to secede? Why don’t you move to Texas? I hear Rick Perry shares your views. I’ll stay here with my fellow true patriots who love America enough not to advocate secession when “W” got re-elected.
Good riddance to you.
MT
December 7th, 2012
7:01 pm
Fox doesn’t count, Oh and that dipwad Chris Matthews, and Rachel Maddox that’s who we need to put are confidence in? Pleez…
Old Hippie
December 7th, 2012
7:04 pm
BTW, how many of you volunteered to join the military during Vietnam like I did?
MT
December 7th, 2012
7:04 pm
The government is smaller now – much smaller – than when GWB was president.
That’s a lie right out the gate. 32 mil on Food stamps then vs 47 million now. Were really getting smaller gov.
Old Hippie
December 7th, 2012
7:05 pm
MT, learn to spell you ignoramous.
MT
December 7th, 2012
7:06 pm
BTW, how many of you volunteered to join the military during Vietnam like I did?
I did, but they would take me,I was only ten years old.
Drew
December 7th, 2012
7:08 pm
We weren’t old enough or born yet to go to Vietnam and that war didn’t work out so well for us.
MT
December 7th, 2012
7:08 pm
Old Hippie
MT, learn to spell you ignoramous
That the best you got.
Drew
December 7th, 2012
7:09 pm
What’s an uppity nagger?
Drew
December 7th, 2012
7:11 pm
The Office of Management and Budget forecasts that, by the end of fiscal year 2012, gross federal debt will total $16.3 trillion. Thus, the projected debt will equal 101% of projected gross domestic product, which represents a milestone in the U.S. economy.
The Phil REALLY
December 7th, 2012
7:12 pm
Won’t take my posts any more. Hilarious must be controlling the narrative.
MT
December 7th, 2012
7:13 pm
The only people who actually believe that ignorant, out-of-context lie are idiots.
Sad when people can only defend something by simply stating that its a lie.
Oh yeah and let’s never forgot that the well on top of the issues democrat,always have to resort to name calling.
MT
December 7th, 2012
7:15 pm
Drew
Thanks Drew, however you risk confusing them with hard numbers.
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:16 pm
james – if you think repubs are producing worse students than inner city urban democrats, you are lying to yourself.
Steve
December 7th, 2012
7:17 pm
Kirt what in the world are you talking about. California is going bankrupt and people are moving out at the fastest rate in history. Also all saying that the feds will cut of money going to certain states where in the heck do you think the feds get the money.
Next for the people thinking Atlanta schools are great get real they are among the worst in the country. Thank you very much
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:18 pm
old hippie – you are the standard liberal – intolerant and arrogant. luckily, the biggest impact is upon yourself.