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To: manalagi who wrote (100394)	8/30/2011 7:12:42 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Its too bad his district didn't get hit harder There are many good people in VA. I thought of that after I posted. At the time I was posting, I was thinking from the perspective that he deserves to get a lot of complaints.......but then people don't deserve to have bad things happen to them just because their rep is a jerk.

To: manalagi who wrote (100394)	8/30/2011 7:21:28 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

This poll is in SC so that's something to take into consideration......but its interesting that Perry is able to draw the moderates [read Charleston] in that state as well as the far right. I spent nearly a year in SC. If that poll is a true indication of Perry support in that state, then the GOP has moved even further right than I thought. The Romney Ceiling: South Carolina Poll Shows Perry Taking Mitt’s Moderate Base With four national polls in the last week showing Texas Gov. Rick Perry ahead of the field in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, it looks more like the contention that former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney was a weak frontrunner has proved true. But as the primary season prepares to kick into high gear, how has Perry moved to the front so quickly? Numbers released on Tuesday from a Public Policy Polling (D) poll of crucial primary state South Carolina tell the story not just of Perry's new dominance of conservative voters, and Romney's weakness on the right, but of more concern for him -- they show a real vulnerability in the center as well. The fact that Perry is now dominating in South Carolina, a conservative state, is probably not news to campaign watchers. The PPP survey shows him with 36 percent of the potential vote, followed by Romney with 16 and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) at 13, the second poll in five days to show Perry with a big lead. But the crosstabs show that Romney, the presumed "moderate" candidate (or at least more moderate), cannot even defend his own turf in the middle of the GOP electorate in a conservative state. He faces an implacable right wing of the party, which is fully in Perry's column, and moderate sect that is willing to support Perry despite his more strident views. When PPP asked South Carolina GOP voters if they believe in global warming, 25 percent answered they did, and 61 percent said they did not. Those who believe in global warming didn't shun Perry even though he's a major climate change skeptic: he was still viewed favorably by that group by a 51 - 25 split. Romney on the other hand got much more push back from those who don't believe in global warming: a 48 - 38 split, which is more damaging because the skeptics make up a much larger total of the base. In fact, of those 25 percent who believe in global warming, Perry still wins a purality of their votes, 24 percent, with Romney at 22 percent. On the flip side, Perry crushes Romney with the skeptics, earning 42 percent, to Romney's mere 11, outpaced by Bachmann at 14 and businessman Herman Cain at 12. read more............... tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com