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The trend looks reasonably clear: unfavorable views are on the rise. Although the CNN poll may have exaggerated them slightly, they now register at about 44 percent, according to the trendline.

It’s not clear, on the other hand, that favorable views are decreasing; they’ve never been much higher than the low 30s, and that’s roughly where they remain today. Instead, this is almost certainly a case of Americans who had ambivalent views about the Tea Party before now coming to a more negative impression.

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Originally posted by SignyM:

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The trend looks reasonably clear: unfavorable views are on the rise. Although the CNN poll may have exaggerated them slightly, they now register at about 44 percent, according to the trendline.

It’s not clear, on the other hand, that favorable views are decreasing; they’ve never been much higher than the low 30s, and that’s roughly where they remain today. Instead, this is almost certainly a case of Americans who had ambivalent views about the Tea Party before now coming to a more negative impression.

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www.businessinsider.com/tea-party-negatives-on-the-rise-2011-3

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Originally posted by Bytemite:
Pretty tricky way to bring in former libertarians and independents to the GOP.

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Originally posted by Bytemite:
Pretty tricky way to bring in former libertarians and independents to the GOP.

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Isn't it, though?

Good insight.

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And it was no plan of the GOP. Trust me.

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Originally posted by dreamtrove:
Whenever you go into the indy-right, there's a bunch of dumb bigots who want to ship hispanics to mexico or some sort of idiocy, and there's not a lot you can do with that

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So why would I want to hire a bunch of inbred misfit losers, adhering to a failed ideology, and who can't muster enough brain power between them to jump-start a penlight?

The answer: volume, volume, volume. We recruit these drooling pinheads through publications like Soldier of Fortune and Teen People, outfit them with patches, baseball bats, and malt liquor, and set them loose on an unsuspecting public.

Great for random acts of violence, drunken brawling, synagogue desecrations, and incest. Especially useful if you are planning to take over Montana. Bulk rates.

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And it was no plan of the GOP. Trust me.

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Then maybe this is they way they are salvaging a bad situation for them?

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The trend looks reasonably clear: unfavorable views are on the rise. Although the CNN poll may have exaggerated them slightly, they now register at about 44 percent, according to the trendline.

It’s not clear, on the other hand, that favorable views are decreasing; they’ve never been much higher than the low 30s, and that’s roughly where they remain today. Instead, this is almost certainly a case of Americans who had ambivalent views about the Tea Party before now coming to a more negative impression.

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www.businessinsider.com/tea-party-negatives-on-the-rise-2011-3

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Sure, there isn't an election in sight. try in a year. Not to mention CNN. If MSNBC did the poll it would be 24%

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