What's up?

Tuesday-September 21, 2010

What’s up?

Just look around you. What’s up? The stock market is up. The tea party recognition factor is up. The conservative profile is up. These are all good signs, but we must ask why.

The market is up, because I believe Wall Street is looking ahead at the outcome of the November elections. I believe the tea party movement is becoming more main stream, as people now understand it. The conservative message is beginning to stick with the voter, as the voter now understands what progressive liberalism is all about. I believe the main stream voter is recognizing what has occurred under the Obama administration and they don’t like it.

What else is up? The poll numbers:

* The generic Rasmussen congressional ballot has republicans up to 48% to the Democrats down 38%

* According to Rasmussen 43% say government programs increase poverty in America.

* Current projections suggest that the Democrats would hold 50 seats in the Senate after the fall elections. The Republicans would hold onto 45. There are now five states in the toss up category: California, Colorado, Illinois, Nevada and Wisconsin. What do they have in common they are held by Democrats? Republicans have the edge in four Democrat held seats: Arkansas, Indiana, North Dakota and Pennsylvania. These nine states hold the key to a Republican victory this fall. This is where the work needs to be done.

* New Rasmussen polling shows that 61% of voters favor repeal of the healthcare bill. This is up from last week.

A new number that has now just appeared at Rasmussen is 52% of voters say their views are now more like Sarah Palin’s than Obama’s.

The Rasmussen Reports daily presidential Tracking Poll for Monday, September 20, shows that 26% of the nation’s voters strongly approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty – five percent (45%) strongly disapprove; giving a Presidential approval index rating of -19 that is a negative 19. Last week it was a negative 17 up two points.

* Another Rasmussen number - 50% of voters give Obama a poor rating on the economy.

* Rasmussen reports that 62% say congress is doing a poor job

* 30% say the U.S is heading in the right direction that means, 70% say it is heading in the wrong direction. This number is also up.

While the numbers are up so are the attacks on conservative values, conservative candidates and the tea party. I cited yesterday what Bill Clinton said last week. The President said that the anger is misplaced.

Bill Maher had a story about Christine O’Donnell, the Republican Senate candidate from Delaware. He had a film clip of her saying she dabbled in witchcraft. What he didn’t talk about was the context of the conversation in 1997. She was asked a question about Halloween and an old boyfriend of many years ago. Who doesn’t do “witchy” things around Halloween? A friend called me yesterday and asked my opinion about this story. I laughed and said you have got to be kidding. I also said what we need to identify is who is the bad witch and who is the good witch. Bill Maher reminds me of the Wicked Witch of the West and Christine reminds me of Glinda, the Good Witch of the East. I also said it’s going to take some good witch craft to undo all the bad witch craft that has been performed.

These attacks will be common place this election season and they will increase in intensity. This is what will be up tactic wise when the poll numbers favoring Conservatives, Republicans, Tea Party candidates and, yes, witches go up.

Yesterday, the president and some other economists said the recession is over. However, the economy is not up, job growth is not up, housing is not up, but the positive spin is. According to some, the 19 month recession might be over. However, remember one thing, if a Republican made this claim the media and all the critics would be saying what’s up with this? There are still people losing their homes and their jobs. There are still the poor who are suffering. The President is trying to change the paradigm by asking what the tea party would do to improve things. One thing they would do is get rid of the progressive liberal and their policies. The other thing they would do is to reduce spending and reduce the size of government and its impact on the everyday working citizen.

Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: With 42 days left until the midterms we cannot depend on the poll numbers alone. Remember October will be upon us along with the October surprise.