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New ABC/WaPo Poll: 70% of Americans Disapprove of GOP's Shutdown Games

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Danack10/07/2013 1:37:12 pm PDT

re: #1 Ian G.

Wow, things are so bad for the GOP that they’ve dropped below the 27% crazification factor.

That’s actually the best evidence I’ve seen so far that the Republican party is actually splintering.

Ignoring all the alleged stories of the ‘moderate’ Republicans being upset with Ted Cruz and the other Teahadists, the fact that the GOP now has fewer than the crazification number of people approving of their tactics, even while Fox News and practically every Republican talking on TV approves of those tactics, means that there’s an actual split in between what the GOP are doing, and what their base approves of.

My only question is will the ‘moderate’ Republicans be able to reclaim the GOP or will it belong to the TeaParty at least until the 2018 election cycle? My guess - based on the allegiance of sites like RedState and FreeRepublic (i.e. sites that GOP grassroot members frequent) is that the GOP will belong to the Tea Party for quite some time.