The Shrinking GOP

With evidence like that set out above that the Republican Party has severe PR problems one has to wonder why Obama and the Congressional Democrats act as if they are afraid of their own shadows and continue to feel compelled to bow and genuflect to the GOP - even as most of the country views the GOP with disdain. The plain and simple truth is that the GOP will NEVER cooperate with Obama and care only about obstructionism. Obama and the Democrats need to begin to aggressive call out GOP leaders for their lies and do all they can to further tie the GOP to the birthers and teabaggers who most remotely rational folks see for nut cases. Here is more from Washington Monthly on the poll results:

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A REGIONAL PARTY.... I was looking over the new results from the weekly Research 2000 poll conducted for Daily Kos. Most of the results are about what we've come to expect -- President Obama's ratings are more favorable than unfavorable (55% to 38%); neither congressional caucus is popular, though Dems are more than twice as popular as Republicans (39% to 18%), and the Democratic Party has a 41% favorable rating to the GOP's 23%.

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In case anyone's having trouble reading the visual, the Republican Party's favorability is very weak in Northeast (7% to 87%), and only marginally better in the Midwest (13% to 78%) and West (14% to 75%). In the South, however, 50% have a favorable opinion of the GOP, and only 37% have an unfavorable view. . . . But it seems the Republican Party would be in a much more competitive position -- in the short and long term -- if its base wasn't centered in just one region.

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Again I ask, why can't Obama and the Congressional Democrats wake up and take advantage of this phenomenon. I am tired of see the tail wag the dog.