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Ned Ryun:
A former presidential writer for George W. Bush and son of former
U.S. Congressman Jim Ryun, Ned Ryun is currently the head of American
Majority (www.americanmajority.org), a national organization committed to identifying and
training liberty‐minded leaders. Ned was the co‐founder and former director of the Generation Joshua
program. Ned earned degrees in English and History from the University of Kansas and has co‐authored
Heroes Among Us and The Courage to Run with his father and
his twin brother, Drew. Ned and his wife, Becca, reside in Northern
Virginia with their sons, Nathaniel and James. The views expressed on this blog are solely those held by Ned Ryun and do not necessarily represent the views of his current or previous employers.
Wall Street Journal Poll: Interesting Stats
There was some chatter last week about the WSJ/NBC Poll showing the Tea Party movement with a favorable rating of 41%, vs. the Democrats at 35% and the Republicans at 28%; I was involved with some of that talk about what it all means, showing up on O’Reilly last Thursday night. But I think what was missed were some very interesting stats outside of that one. The poll was 21 pages long, but here some of the results and thoughts I had on them:
1. The Democrat Party had a 10% very positive rating, down from 17% a year ago. The Republican Party had a 5% very positive rating, down from 7% a year ago. Tiger Woods had a 5% very positive rating. Take away: if you have the exact same very positive rating as Tiger Woods in Dec., 2009, you might have problems, GOP. Just saying.
2. Only 38% of those polled thought the current members of Congress deserved to be re-elected. Look for some real change in members in 2010.
3. Here’s one of the more fascinating results of the poll. 56% of those polled identified themselves as moderate to very liberal. Only 7% said they knew a great deal about the Tea Party movement, yet 20% said they had a very positive view of it. . . that’s something to think about.
4. Over 60% of those polled thought America is in a state of decline. While down from 74% in Sept. of ‘08, that’s still a hefty percentage. As it’s been said, decline is a choice. The message of those showing up at the 2009 protests and rallies is: we choose not to decline. We choose to continue being great and call for a return to the principles that made us so: limited government, individual freedom and free enterprise.
5. Last point: 57% of those polled get most of their information from ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN or MSNBC. Think about the coverage of the Tea Party movement this year from those sources, and yet still, somehow, the Tea Party movement out-polls the Democrats and Republicans.
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