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To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (750846)	11/1/2013 10:45:27 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1577920

One of my neighbors' story. Doubt Obama will be bragging on this one... youtube.com

To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (750846)	11/2/2013 1:06:41 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577920

Cruz Seen as Leader of Republican Party A new Public Policy Polling survey of Republicans finds that 21% picked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) as the leader of their party, followed by 17% for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and 15% for Speaker John Boehner (R-OH). Cruz finished well ahead of the other Republican senators: Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) at 9%, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) at 7% and Sen. Mitch McConnell at 4%.

To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (750846)	11/2/2013 12:57:46 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577920

* Non-Tea Party Republicans are breaking from the GOP**: Our NBC/WSJ poll has shown that fewer respondents are identifying as Republicans. So who is leaving? Well, one set of numbers gives us a big clue. In a three-way generic congressional contest, the Democrat gets 35%, the third-party/independent candidate gets 30%, and the Republican candidate gets 28%. You might think that it’s Tea Party Republicans who are siding with the third-party/independent candidate. But you’d be wrong. The third-party support is coming mostly from self-identified independents and NON-Tea Party Republicans. In other words, it’s the NON-Tea Party folks who are splitting from the GOP. Here’s the data: Among Democrats: 73% back the Dem candidate, 2% support a GOP candidate, 19% third party/indie Among Republicans: 65% GOP candidate, 2% Dem, 28% third party/indie Among Tea Party Republicans: 72% GOP candidate, 0% Dem, 25% third party/indie Among NON-Tea Party Republicans: 58% GOP candidate, 5% Dem, 32% third party/indie Independents: 13% GOP candidate, 12% Dem, 61% third party/indie And if you dig even deeper into the demographics, you see that a lot of groups that usually lean GOP (but ONLY lean) are the ones most intrigued about bolting to a third-party candidate. A year ago, many Republican Party leaders were concerned about Tea Partiers leaving the party (it’s something Erick Erickson has threatened from time to time). But according to this polling data, the threat is from SOFTER more moderate Republicans. By the way, he wasn’t a MAJOR congressional candidate, but in North Carolina, Jason Thigpen, a moderate Republican challenging GOP Rep. Walter Jones, bolted his party and switched to the Dems, arguing it has become too beholden to the base. Thigpen appears to fit the profile of Republicans we see in our poll as open to a third party.