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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Drew
December 7th, 2012
7:18 pm
Bush:
2000 $5.63T
2008 $9.99T Net $4.36 over 8 yrs.
Obama:
2012 $16.3T Net $6.31 over 4 years
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
7:19 pm
MT-
I know you’re in a bubble and all, but Obama didn’t say people didn’t build their businesses. He said they didn’t build the roads and other infrastructure.
Your Republican buddies then took what he said, out of context (google what “out of context” means) and people like you ate it up, just like your masters trained you to do.
If you want to keep living in your own made up reality, do so. It makes you pathetic and sad, but hey, it’s a free country, until us libruuuuuls take away yer fridoms! Herp!
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:20 pm
If obama would work on balancing the budget – and at least 10% could be cut from just unnecessary spending, plus his tax increases, then he would have accomplished something beneficial for the entire nation.
MT
December 7th, 2012
7:20 pm
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.
Man liberals don’t worry about that, just print up some more.
Camden74
December 7th, 2012
7:21 pm
LOL…….To dumb for a response!
clem
December 7th, 2012
7:22 pm
is 37% the number of relatives and friends hired?
carolina hottie
December 7th, 2012
7:22 pm
Thes GOP types, all Whites, talk secession without ever demanding that Gov. Deal nullify and Fedgov’s intrusive and illegal attacks against our citizen states rights.
They are ignorant losers who deserve it as bad as Obama is about to give it.
“We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”
MT
December 7th, 2012
7:23 pm
I know you’re in a bubble and all, but Obama didn’t say people didn’t build their businesses. He said they didn’t build the roads and other infrastructure.
Word for Word Verbatim,
….”You didn’t build that business, someone else did”…..
nathan's political arsonist
December 7th, 2012
7:23 pm
“Ramblingbuzz, you’re an idiot. you are aware that on election night, most of the country wad Red. Obama won due to the big cities. This country is still Republican, thank God! How he is still in office? Beats the crap out of me. How can anyone, with a good mind, voted for Obama? Seriously. Worse President ever.”
Typical delusional georgia right wing nut. Funny, but also a sad example of sub standard education and /or gene pool.
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:23 pm
sadly for bush supporters, in 2007 the nation took in the highest tax revenue in our history, and still a republican could not balance the budget. even during most of the bush admin, when the economy was operating pretty well, bush and the repubs could not balance a budget. now, who is the biggest BSers out there? at least obama has an excuse – the economy – from mostly circumstances (housing collapse) beyond his control – has been lousy, so fed rev is down. I’m glad we are completley out of Iraq. Now, lets leave afghanistan and close about 25% of foreign military bases.
Drew
December 7th, 2012
7:23 pm
Frankly, the last two presidents and their administrations don’t have what it takes to turn this country around. The fiscal math doesn’t lie. Enjoy the ride, but for the foreseeable future, the quality of life will decline for those with jobs.
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
7:24 pm
The debt has increased because of less revenue since the economy cratered from 2007-2008, not because of some massive increase in government spending.
Get a grip.
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:24 pm
carolina hottie – you appear to be a nutso.
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
7:26 pm
MT, read it in context, or keep on eating the BS the Republicans have trained you to eat while smiling and asking for more.
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:28 pm
Fox pushes this idea that the nation leans middle right. but, stats indicate folks self identify as liberals, about 25%; conservatives, 35% and moderates, 40%. Sadly, many moderates are actually liberals who don’t like the association. I’d say at this point, the nation tilts middle left at the least – union workers, blue collar guys, blacks, single females, latinos. Repubs have a dwindling base of upper middle class folks, folks who hate abortion and like the 2nd amendment. luckily, most of these folks do live in rural areas where gov’t is cheap – so, their qualify of life is easier to maintain. oddly, although most want growth, big cities are not run efficiently – too much graft and free loaders.
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
7:28 pm
“…look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something – there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there.
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business. you didn’t build that.”
That’s what he said.
Keep on believing BS the Republicans feed you. You’re hopeless.
Hey, I just heard Rmoney is probably going to win this election, MT.
Mitt Rmoney built that!
MT
December 7th, 2012
7:30 pm
who is the biggest BSers out there?
Who you think, Obama. we needed a new leadership before the election and we still need it and definitly don’t have it.
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:31 pm
obama is anti success and free enterprise. he likes wealth redistribution via a powerful central gov’t. socialism appears to have a strong hold on him. liberty sadly makes some winners, and others losers. those who self induce their poverty (crime, fornication, drug use, laziness) need to be prevented from living a life off the gravy train. how? limit assistance to 5 or 10 years max.
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
7:31 pm
Hey MT-
Do me a favor, and take this out of context. Thanks!
“If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business. you didn’t build that.””
There you go. Take it out of context, talk about it in public, and show us just how gullible you are.
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:32 pm
Obama talks out both sides of his mouth – sometimes more than 2 sides. but, his supporters are so bad at personal accountability, they let his BSing slide.
MT
December 7th, 2012
7:32 pm
Keep on believing BS the Republicans feed you. You’re hopeless.
Keep on believing the lies Dems feed you, And yes I believe we are about hopeless.
America is dying for within, we cannot sustain what is happening.
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
7:34 pm
Love it or leave it MT.
Also, shorter Paddy O:
SOSHALUSM!!!!!
Drew
December 7th, 2012
7:34 pm
Bush:
2000 $5.63T
2008 $9.99T Net $4.36 over 8 yrs.
Obama:
2012 $16.3T Net $6.31 over 4 years
I’m just posting facts. You can blame revenue, but if revenue is less, spend less. It is what it is: It’s math, they are number over time. Obama sets the record and Bush is 2nd.
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:34 pm
why would obama say something so absolutely stupid? “if you’ve got a business, you did’nt build that”; luckily for obama, romney tried to take the high road. he was road kill waiting to get scraped off the road – but, romney just drove by and put some perfume on the dead body. so, those who thought the road kill was artistic could persuade themselves that voting for the road kill was OK.
MajorNYC
December 7th, 2012
7:34 pm
If Georgia were only left with its Democrats, CHAOS would result. Democrats run Dekalb County and its schools and have made the county a financial and education disaster. Democrats like to spend other people’s money but then don’t know what to do when the money runs out….
One day democrats in this country will have to learn. Just like the people in Greece are learning that ponzi schemes only work for so long.
MT
December 7th, 2012
7:37 pm
“If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business. you didn’t build that.””
The next words? Someone else did. Yeah we all know we owe a debt of gratitude to someone, but you don’t tell a man whose worked hard you didn’t build your business, someone else did.
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:38 pm
We can’t sustain what our leaders have done. the key killer is global “free trade”. Only thing this is guaranteed to do is lower blue collar – union and non – wages. Instead of raising taxes to pay for the huge gov’t obama wants, he is OK borrowing the money / wealth we have transferred to China. It would be better to have import tariffs to force business to produce 85% of the things sold at Walmart in the USA – would increase retail costs, but make our economy healthier. also, make china poorer. I wish Obama could get green energy done – but, not imposing tariff protection on this “start up” industry just allows economic mercenaries like China to guillotine our nascent green energy industry. selah.
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
7:38 pm
Make sure you take the following out of context so your masters won’t call you a SOSHALUST!!!:
“If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business. you didn’t build that.”
There you go, take that out of context like your masters trained you.
Drew
December 7th, 2012
7:38 pm
In other words, bush was bad and obama is worse.
Both aren’t good. Both supported by big business. Middle class and below are provided enough to not riot and have some kind of life.Banks run the show now and all but 4 news papers/agencies have pulled out of washington in 2007. So there is very little press watching washington no matter who controls house, senate and white house
MT
December 7th, 2012
7:39 pm
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MajorNYC
If Georgia were only left with its Democrats, CHAOS would result
Just like its happening more and more in all the country.
Ty
December 7th, 2012
7:40 pm
Ric is on dope…George Bush is the deficit and learn how to spell dummy
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:40 pm
hilarious – actually, if you have a business which is successful – you are smarter than the folks around you. you control your destiny. those who work for others are chronically dependent on others’ decisions.
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
7:40 pm
“somebody invested in roads and bridges if you’ve got a business you didn’t build that”.
There ya go Republicans, take that out of context so your masters don’t call you a SOSHALUST!!!!
Drew
December 7th, 2012
7:41 pm
Paddy – O
Walmart is pretty slick. When they started out, their ads had “made in the USA” as well as banners in and out of the stores. Might as well put up “Made in China or the Far East” signs
MT
December 7th, 2012
7:42 pm
There you go, take that out of context like your masters trained you.
Shout it down all you want, he said it “Someone else did”
Keep playing the denial game. He is anti business, anti working man.
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
7:43 pm
He said someone else invested in the roads before you did, shill.
Keep taking it out of context like your master trained you to do.
Good boy!
td
December 7th, 2012
7:44 pm
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:23 pm
“sadly for bush supporters, in 2007 the nation took in the highest tax revenue in our history, and still a republican could not balance the budget.”
Hate to bust your bubble but the Dems took over the Congress after the 2006 elections.
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:46 pm
luckily for goldman sachs, Obama is an economic moron – otherwise, why allow Goldman to corner the oil futures market? If obama was economically savvy, he’d know if you put a dampner on oil futures speculation, the price of gas (despite our flurry of money printing) would fall – anywhere from 25 cent to a $1.00. It has done it before – right before TARP was passed by Goldman Sach’s former CEO.
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
7:46 pm
“sadly for bush supporters, in 2007 the nation took in the highest tax revenue in our history, and still a republican could not balance the budget.”
Hate to bust your bubble but the Dems took over the Congress after the 2006 elections.
Hate to call you out for being a massive hypocrite, but Republicans took over the House after the 2010 elections.
So, I’m going to put every dollar of debt from 2010-now under Republicans, since the House controls spending and stuff!
SOSHALUSM!!!!!!!!
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:47 pm
td- and when did bush balance a budget despite having a decent economy? Dems did not appreciably increase tax rates – the economy was humming from housing and the Bush tax cuts – but, Bush & the repubs still failed to balance a budget. How, if they are the party of economic responsibility?
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:49 pm
hilarious – you would be correct – but, the House has passed budgets which reduced our deficit spending. The Senate – dem controlled by the biggest pocket liner in senate history – Harry Reid – has failed to pass a budget in almost 4 years. you want to discuss irresponsible. Senators are supposed to have less parochial interests, but the Reid led senate is bad.
jackyldo
December 7th, 2012
7:49 pm
These are the same yahoos that crow “America Love it or leave it” at the liberals
Guess this just proves we are more patriotic and your just treasonous.
By the way Obama won by more than 4 million votes, a bigger margin the Bush’s mandate that allowed him capital to attack a country with no weapons of mass destruction and virtually no army.
MT
December 7th, 2012
7:50 pm
, He said someone else invested in the roads before you did,
He did say word for word somewhere in that diatribe, ….”You didn’t build that business, someone else did”…..
did you notice the dots on the original post? Word for word verbatim.
historyman
December 7th, 2012
7:50 pm
Sure! Go ahead and secede. It worked out REALLY well the first time! And surprise! 70% are against the Falcons new stadium. Really is funny that when the Falcons had an outdoor stadium, they pitched a southern hissy fit to get a domed stadium. Now they have a perfectly good domed stadium that is probably not paid for in full and want an outdoor stadium, or a retractable roof stadium…Make up your mind! If the weather stays this warm in the late fall and winter, they won’t need a roof at all! Just rip the canvas one off the dome and save a fortune! At this rate, the Braves will need a new stadium in about four years. I don’t think so.
wan reid
December 7th, 2012
7:51 pm
Enter your comments here
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:51 pm
hilarious – you appear to be the one intentionally taking the quote out of context. however you slice it, it was profoundly stupid. but, liberals can’t hold obama accountable. one of the nicest thing about being a liberal, fellow liberals turn deaf ears to your failures – which is why the philanderer in chief – bill clinton – got away with it; and newt gingrich did not.
td
December 7th, 2012
7:52 pm
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:47 pm
And for the reasons you stated is the reason why the Republicans did not maintain control of the Congress and the Tea Party was formed. BTW: Just a little factual information. Clinton did not send a balanced budget to Congress. The balance budget was sent to him to sign from the Gingrich House.
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
7:52 pm
Keep taking it out of context, MT, you’re masters are very proud of you!
Good boy!
Cognitive Dissonance is a real pain, huh?
Corey
December 7th, 2012
7:52 pm
@ProJour
December 7th, 2012
2:17 pm
Ditto!
MT
December 7th, 2012
7:52 pm
It funny how you libs can’t discuss anything without name calling. Is it your lack of manners, you don’t think manners apply to you?
Keep taking it out of context like your master trained you to do.
Good boy!