{"id":3561,"date":"2005-02-16T10:31:31","date_gmt":"2005-02-16T15:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/archives\/3561.html"},"modified":"2005-02-16T10:31:31","modified_gmt":"2005-02-16T15:31:31","slug":"signs-of-trouble-in-red-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/signs-of-trouble-in-red-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs of trouble in Red states"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s word today that Republicans in Congress are ready to hit key states to try and rally support<\/a> for Bush’s Social Security scheme.<\/p>\n

Republican leaders urged Senators in a private meeting Tuesday to rally around President Bush’s plan to overhaul Social Security, as they began quietly making plans to hold a March rally in a key battleground state to promote the issue…. Republicans, though, are considering holding a national town meeting in either Florida or Pennsylvania next month to advance Bush\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s proposal, GOP sources said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To which I say, forget battleground states; Republicans haven’t even convinced their true believers yet.<\/p>\n

The Center for American Progress’ Judd Legum noted yesterday that state polls show Bush’s scheme falling flat<\/a> among those who are already predisposed to support anything Bush wants by virtue of him wanting it.<\/p>\n

* Montana<\/b><\/a> — “Montanans oppose switching to personal Social Security investment accounts by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, according to a statewide opinion poll conducted for the Great Falls Tribune. Nearly 59 percent of the 405 adults surveyed oppose the idea, while nearly 30 percent support it.”<\/p>\n

* Kentucky<\/b><\/a> — “49 percent think the president\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plan for private investment accounts for workers under 55 is a bad idea, while 40 percent support it.”<\/p>\n

* Arkansas<\/b><\/a> — “[T]he initial 46% of the adult public who favor private accounts drops to between 14% and 24% depending on the consequence presented.”<\/p>\n

* Florida<\/b><\/a> — “[T]he initial 47% of the adult public who favor private accounts drops to between 13% and 27% depending on the consequence presented.”<\/p>\n

* Nebraska<\/b><\/a> — “[T]he initial 50% of adult Nebraskans who favored private accounts drops to between 14% and 31% depending on the consequence presented.”<\/p>\n

* North Dakota<\/b><\/a> — “[T]he initial 44% of the adult public who favor private accounts drops to between 12% and 29% depending on the consequence presented.”<\/p>\n

Bush won all of these states, usually by very wide margins. No wonder congressional Republicans are “panic-stricken<\/a>.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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