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To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (33103)	2/20/2009 8:03:44 PM
From: TimF	1 Recommendation Respond to of 71588

Again many of those numbers where bear majorities (51% and such), the Republican party right now is less popular than the ideas that it supposedly supports. Even if those poll figures really accurately represent a solid and relatively unchanging belief of majorities, the Republican party would still probably gain support by actually supporting those ideas in a consistent way, and not with just lip service. And those small majorities are in the midst of a recession and perceived crisis, which would tend to push up those figures greatly, so it doesn't necessarily indicate a whole lot, in the long term. As you move out of a recession, or things otherwise become more stable, and longer term if republicans really support conservative principles, rather than undermining them by paying them lip service and then doing the opposite, the percentage supporting more and more government takeover of the countries economy will likely decline. Finally other polls shows only minority support for the stimulus and some other measures. So even for now, that one poll isn't necessarily as solid for the big government/liberal viewpoints as you might think.