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
7:53 pm
Cognitive Dissonance is a real pain, huh?
Calling names don’t make you you right boy.
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
7:54 pm
hilarious – it appears you are being intentially duplicitous in covering for obama and his speech. he was, for some unknown reason, trying to run down successful business people. they are the heart of wealth generation in this nation. but. liberals are relatively stupid humans.
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.
Number 1 taker state is CA, 2: FL, 3: TX and 4: NY. Looks like more blue then red to me.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/49200137/page/1
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/red-state-blue-state-who-receives-the-most-federal-funding-not-ready-hold-for-wed-am/
MT
December 7th, 2012
8:01 pm
td
Good info man, once again, they don’t care about facts. they claim they’re distorted, or reported by Fox. Like Rachel Maddox or Chris Matthews is going to give it you straight.
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:01 pm
will these racist losers please leave….lol..hey TD how did the election turn out…hehehehehehehehe
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
8:02 pm
MT, I realize you’re permanently stuck in the bubble, and that your mind is wrecked by the cognitive dissonance that is required to stay in the bubble, so I want to apologize for all the names I’ve called you.
Of course, it doesn’t change the fact that you’re taking it out of context.
Paddy O, the same goes to you, fellow human being.
Obama was saying that people with businesses didn’t build everything that they themselves rely on, such as roads, bridges, the Interstate Highway System, etc.
If you guys want to take it out of context, continue doing so. I know it’s a lot easier to save face and refuse to see the error in doing so and just ignore that you’re taking it OUT OF CONTEXT, but hey, do what needs to be done.
Have a great day and a wonderful life.
If you believe that “libs” are bad and that only your side is good, well, you’re going to need to keep your eyes close and your mind empty, or you’re going to have to lie to yourself.
Goodnight.
Secede Ya....Wouldn't Want to Be Ya
December 7th, 2012
8:02 pm
SECEDE NOW……WHY WAIT.
SEE YA….WOULDN’T WANT TO BE YA.
BYE BYE!
Steve
December 7th, 2012
8:03 pm
Hilariaus is that an inside joke what in the world is soshalusm
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:04 pm
why do these rednecks love the uga bulldogs which is predominantly black but hate the president because hes black like the rest of souther football fans…lol…i guess they like their negros on the field not in the house
MT
December 7th, 2012
8:06 pm
MT-
Commit treason again. See what happens, hotshot.
42% now in four yrs more of this and it we’ll be 90%.
Corey
December 7th, 2012
8:07 pm
The problem with the Republican party faithful is that all they need to hear is some Republican running for office invoke Reagan. You see, invoking Reagan is the gold standard if you want to woo the base. They trotted out one of Reagan’s favorites during the most recent campaign, “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” That worked well, didn’t it? One of the saddest scenes was when Marco Rubio dragged poor old Nancy Reagan(falling to the floor) out to one of their political pow wows. How convenient Republicans forget that it was on Reagan’s watch that our nation became the world’s greatest debtor nation. Look it up.
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
8:08 pm
MT-
At least you aren’t denying the treason.
That’s a start.
MT
December 7th, 2012
8:10 pm
Hilarious ,
Goodnight, Try to learn to debate your point,without resorting to name calling,someone may take you a little more seriously.
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:11 pm
@MT
youre all yak no balls u aint going nowhere but down to your moms basement to get drunk..loser …lol
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
8:11 pm
corey – you must joke. how many hours did bill clinton – the guy who actually signed laws that have wrecked the economy – campaign for obama?
td
December 7th, 2012
8:12 pm
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
8:08 pm
MT-
At least you aren’t denying the treason.
That’s a start.
The real treason is the Federal government usurping power that it does not Constitutionally entitled too. Have you ever read the 10th Amendment?
Steve
December 7th, 2012
8:12 pm
Ga. is not going to secede but some on here don’t seem to understand if a state secedes the people that secede do not leave it is the state that secedes.
Out of context seems to be a little overused here if you keep saying it maybe you will start believing it.
Say what you want and then defend it by saying it is taken out of context.
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
8:12 pm
liberallefty – pulling the race card already? a broken record.
MT
December 7th, 2012
8:15 pm
liberalefty
as said,libs always resort to name calling.Sad world we live in.
liberals are determent to manors, rules, laws and to civilization.
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:15 pm
td
the “expert” constituionalist…priceless…lol…u still here? buh bye loser
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:16 pm
@paddy o
truth is truth…
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
8:16 pm
No, Steve.
Anything you say has context.
Obama was saying that there are many smart and hard working people who don’t have their own business. He was also saying that if you do have a business, you had help, whether it was a good teacher as a student, a good parent, whatever, and that, for example, someone with a business didn’t build a public road or bridge that their business may use, in the course of business.
I’ve quoted it a few times, and in context, nothing he said was controversial. Someone with their own business didn’t build every single road they use, every bridge they cross, etc.
But, if you just dishonestly snip it here or there, you can make it sound any way you want.
Context matters. If you ignore it, you’re being purposefully dishonest to try to score points. Period.
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:18 pm
is every redneck rightwinger a constituional expert now? jeez these guys can barely comprehend a comic book
td
December 7th, 2012
8:19 pm
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:15 pm
td
the “expert” constituionalist…priceless…lol…u still here? buh bye loser
We are not going anywhere because we still run this state.
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
8:19 pm
MT, calling someone a “lib” is a way of name calling. I know it may burn your fingers and your delicate sensibilities, but it isn’t difficult to type out the word liberal, in full.
Just as pigeonholing EVERY SINGLE LIBERAL as someone who does “X” is just as useless and ignorant as calling someone a name.
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:19 pm
@mt
shaddup and get out …u still here? stop whining like a petulant child…
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:20 pm
sorry gop but your JIM CROW voter supression didnt work….lol
Steve
December 7th, 2012
8:20 pm
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:04 pm
why do these rednecks love the uga bulldogs which is predominantly black but hate the president because hes black like the rest of souther football fans…lol…i guess they like their negros on the field not in the house
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Minority make up 20% of UGA student body. Do you libs ever get your facts right. Good gosh
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:20 pm
td
u run nothing but your mouth…lol..;;
clem
December 7th, 2012
8:22 pm
td, those sources cited show who got most federal funding but unless i missed something, nothing was said on how much they paid in ie were they net givers or takers.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/11/states-federal-taxes-spending-charts-maps
then again we could look at per capita too.
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
8:22 pm
LL: victimization is victimization which simply fuels an inferiority complex, which works to self limit your abilities.
MT
December 7th, 2012
8:23 pm
you didn’t really write these thing, it was your parents, baby sitter, nurse maid, school teacher, you could write these things unless you had some help.
All this goes without saying, however YOU WROTE IT.
Obama INSULTED Business owners and builders.
no one cares
December 7th, 2012
8:24 pm
td couldn’t fight his way out of bed
keyboard commando he is
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
8:24 pm
LL: would not the jim crow assertion by you appear to be utter fiction considering the outcome of the race? ie, more fictional liberal victimization? does victimization give bleeding hearts an emotional fix?
no one cares
December 7th, 2012
8:25 pm
td
stop being bitter and start getting better
you whining machine
HA
December 7th, 2012
8:25 pm
This 42% is full of hot air! Just move to another country that suits your myopic sensibilities. Remember, Canada is more liberal than the USA, so that’s probably not an option. Oh yeah, you 42 percenters wouldn’t like Mexica either, Hispanics live there and you guys…. well, you know.
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
8:26 pm
hilarious – you need to understand that the successful people and the failiure – those who turn to drugs, crime, immorality – have the same basic “assistance” – it is the successful folks who are able to channel that investment in themselve into personal success. those who are impoverished and homeless lack essential character.
Hilarious
December 7th, 2012
8:27 pm
No, MT.
People who weren’t going to vote for Obama regardless took it out of context.
Business owners who understood what he said, because they were listening to what he was saying, rather than hoping he might say something vague, still voted for Obama.
So no, business owners were not insulted. Republicans who didn’t like Obama anyway took it out of context to try to get them to feel insulted.
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
8:28 pm
actually, Obama pretending that clinton’s policies created 23 million new jobs was pretty laughable. and, that investment in roads and bridges are key to future economic success of small businesses is relatively difficult to quantify. investment in company’s like solyndra are NOT good uses of taxpayer $$.
no one cares
December 7th, 2012
8:28 pm
td
is it true you knocked yourself out while shadow boxing?
td
December 7th, 2012
8:28 pm
clem
December 7th, 2012
8:22 pm
The Blaze article did look at per capita.
MT
December 7th, 2012
8:30 pm
Hilarious,
MT, calling someone a “lib” is a way of name calling
Lib is short for liberal. no name calling there.I really trhink your making it up as you go along.
Steve
December 7th, 2012
8:31 pm
@Hilarious What some don’t understand is there are a lot of hard workers like a pipe layer, ditch digger ect, hard work but most likely will never own or run a buisness. Now when you take a chance with your own money with a chance of losing everything you have in life then tell me I didn.t build it I call BS on that statement. It was not said out of context.
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
8:31 pm
if you are a business owner and voted obama, you are the profoundly stupid.
Davy boy
December 7th, 2012
8:31 pm
The difference between a republican and a democrat republicans knew we were screwed nov the 7th it will be January the 1st before the democrats figure it out
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
8:33 pm
liberals have holier than thou down to such a science, they are now manufacturing victimization. must be in their genetic make up to feel inferior. wonder why. is hypersensitivity perceived as a beneficial character aspect in liberaldom?
double
December 7th, 2012
8:34 pm
I ain’t never laid a pipe.
Paddy O
December 7th, 2012
8:34 pm
Or simply a way to give their bleeding hearts an emotional fix? this ties into the inferiority complex which blends nicely with the victimization syndrome.
clem
December 7th, 2012
8:34 pm
td, the blaze mentioned per capita but did not rank as i skimmed it. though mother jones lacked some specificity at least it showed which states got more than they paid and a degree of such. it does appear red states are net moochers by my read. of course many states have military bases etc and i am not sure how all that is figured in by a quick perusal.
liberalefty
December 7th, 2012
8:35 pm
@paddy
well we know youre not a business owner even though u play one on the internet…hehehe