The Pack Is Back

Poll finds Republicans are getting theor coalition back in order:

Republicans have reassembled their coalition by reconnecting with independents, seniors, blue-collar voters, suburban women and small town and rural voters—all of whom had moved away from the party in the 2006 elections, in which Republicans lost control of the House. Those voter groups now favor GOP control of Congress.

“This data is what it looks like when Republicans assemble what for them is a winning coalition,” said GOP pollster Bill McInturff, who conducts the survey with Democratic pollster Peter Hart.

That’s good news.

The bad news is that, on a national level, I’m not sure it’s because of anything the GOP has actually done. (I’ll except Minnesota – which is a new tack for me.  The MNGOP has, I think, done an uncharacteristically good job of reaching out to people; I’d like to see more, but a journey of a thousand miles does begin with a single step).

Can mass revulsion with the Democrats carry the day?  It’s a fragile strategy at best…

But you have to have people voting for you before they can affect the party – and more people are passionate about the right side of issues today.  The fundamentals, as John McCain might have said, are looking pretty solid.

One thought on “The Pack Is Back

  1. Mass revulsion of the populace is what the Democrats do best. They took over government after Nixon so completely that the only thing that could dislodge them was the fact they actually began running the country the way they wanted. In other words, there was a reason, despite owning nearly all the states and gerrymandering all the districts, that they didn’t last a decade after they achieved their grip on power.

    The difference this time? Folks got tired of their policies even more quickly.

    Disrespect intended, but the national “GOP leadership” is [expletive deleted] retarded.

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