Conservatives abandoning party, raising GOP fears about Election Day

Conservatives abandoning party, raising GOP fears about Election Day
By Ron Fournier

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – Angry conservatives are driving the approval ratings of President Bush and the GOP-led Congress to dismal new lows, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that underscores why Republicans fear an Election Day massacre.

Six months out, the intensity of opposition to Bush and Congress has risen sharply, along with the percentage of Americans who believe the nation is on the wrong track.

The AP-Ipsos poll also suggests that Democratic voters are far more motivated than Republicans. Elections in the middle of a president's term traditionally favor the party whose core supporters are the most energized.

This week's survey of 1,000 adults, including 865 registered voters, found:

— Just 33 percent of the public approves of Bush's job performance, the lowest of his presidency. That compares with 36 percent approval in early April. Forty-five percent of self-described conservatives now disapprove of the president.

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Republican strategists said the party stands to lose control of Congress unless the environment changes unexpectedly.

"It's going to take some events of significance to turn this around," GOP pollster Whit Ayres said. "I don't think at this point you can talk your way back from those sorts of ratings."

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You always have to pay the piper and now the bill is due. The Republican Party has treated non-Republican Conservatives like dirt once they had our votes and now they will pay the piper. Now even some of the 'Bush can do no wrong people', are leaping off the bandwagon.

Personally I hope the Republican Party loses control of Congress. They have not shown that they deserve to control a 'Port-a-potty' much less Congress!