re: #467 _RememberTonyC

Based on what I have seen in the polls, the GOP seems poised to win big in November. I suppose that could change if the administration adjusts some of its policies, but I am not holding my breath. But the GOP really needs to take a hard look at how its image will be affected by spectacles such as the one involving Tancredo. If they think their gains this November are the result of their brilliant policies as opposed to disagreement with some of President Obama’s policies, they would be incorrect. The GOP needs to continue to oppose policies that are wrong or misguided, but they also need to develop their own ideas and change course on issues like climate change, abortion, and their pandering to the extreme religious right.

They also need to find a way to spin this like it’s a bad thing.

Views of the US around the world have improved sharply over the past year, a BBC World Service poll suggests.

For the first time since the annual poll began in 2005, America’s influence in the world is now seen as more positive than negative.