Thread: Rasmussen: Tea Party Sweeping US, Anger at GOP

Rasmussen: Tea Party Sweeping US, Anger at GOP
Sunday, 22 Aug 2010 10:36 AM

The Wall Street Journal's John Fund writes about "America's Insurgent Pollster," Scott Rasmussen.

Key points:

Rasmussen says "that only 23 percent of the people in this country believe today's federal government has the consent of the governed.

"Americans don't want to be governed from the left or the right," Scott Rasmussen tells the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conference of 1,500 conservative and moderate legislators. "They want, like the Founding Fathers, to largely govern themselves with Washington in a supporting — but not dominant — role. The tea party movement is today's updated expression of that sentiment."

Mr. Rasmussen tells the crowd gathered around him after his speech that the political and media elites have misread the tea party. He believes this strongly enough that he's teamed up with Doug Schoen — a pollster for both President Bill Clinton and New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg — to publish a new book that will seek to explain the movement's significance. "Mad as Hell" will be out early next month.

More:

The major division in this country is no longer between parties but between political elites and the people," Mr. Rasmussen says.

"The week [Obama's stimulus bill] it passed, our poll found 62 percent of voters wanted more tax cuts and less government spending in the stimulus," he says. "We shouldn't be surprised people now think the stimulus has failed."

"This will be the third straight election in which people vote against the party in power," he says. "The GOP will benefit from that this year, but 75 percent of Republicans say their representatives in Congress are out of touch with the party base. Should they win big this November, they will have to move quickly to prove they've learned lessons from the Bush years."

http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/Scot ... /id/368091

1. We will put the Republicans back into power

2. Dont you dare try to give us another bush or FRICKEN RINO

3. Get stupid this time and you better run for the damn hills

Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7

1. We will put the Republicans back into power

2. Dont you dare try to give us another bush or FRICKEN RINO

3. Get stupid this time and you better run for the damn hills

Exactly

There is no difference between Dumboboba , Hillary, Newt , Bush or all the rest of the Lib/Rino cabal

All progressive globalists

I think our fight is against both of them , I also think some in the Repub party get it , But the question is ........... Can they change it?

I think right now they both have so much power they will do what they want and the heck with us little people.

I believe We The People still have the power if we can Wake Up enough people to VOTE for the right candidate instead of who the MSN & the Repub & Dem parties tell us to vote for. This is why the Tea Party is so important and so hated by both sides.

We do not have much time though. If the number of people living on Uncle Sams Plantation grows to such a large number it will become impossible to win elections for those who will represent We The People instead of BIG Gov.