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Your math is fuzzy: dividing 26/15 doesn't make 58% more Republicans. I suspect that it's the division of the Republican party that raises the disapproval rating for Boehner.

Point is that there are some Democrats who are willing to call out Pelosi. Her approval rating among Dems is at 62% which is a sad commentary really.

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Your math is fuzzy: dividing 26/15 doesn't make 58% more Republicans. I suspect that it's the division of the Republican party that raises the disapproval rating for Boehner.

Point is that there are some Democrats who are willing to call out Pelosi. Her approval rating among Dems is at 62% which is a sad commentary really.

You are correct. 15 * 1.73 = 26. It means a Republican is 73% more likely to call out one of their own than a Democrat.

Boehner is indeed unpopular because of the Establishment/Conservative divide. The GOP really has only 2 main forces, Establishment and Conservative/Tea Party Libertarian. The Democrat Party is a collection of special interest groups that often have no reason to be related to each other (e.g.: labor unions and global warming believers.) So it seems the GOP has more people that would rather have their beliefs while the Democrat Party has people who know their person will not be on top and just throw support to whoever it is hoping to keep favor.

Reading a book now that touches a bit on the French Revolution. Real heyday for the Left showing just what they are capable of given total power.

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Your math is fuzzy: dividing 26/15 doesn't make 58% more Republicans. I suspect that it's the division of the Republican party that raises the disapproval rating for Boehner.

Thanks for correcting that! It makes it even more obvious that Republicans are willing to call someone in their own out than the Democrats.

There are divisions in both parties about many issues, though the one in the Republican party right now is more pronounced. I hear hardly any talk of tossing Pelosi should the Democrats regain the majority; Boehner doesn't seem to know how to rally his party for anything...not just issues that divide the tea party folks from the mainstream--and there is a lot of talk of dumping him.

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Point is that there are some Democrats who are willing to call out Pelosi. Her approval rating among Dems is at 62% which is a sad commentary really.

There may well be; they are not very vocal... They choose party over speaking out, perhaps.

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Point is that there are some Democrats who are willing to call out Pelosi. Her approval rating among Dems is at 62%

There's a HUGE difference between disapproving someone and actually "calling them out". Dems almost never do the latter.

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There's a HUGE difference between disapproving someone and actually "calling them out". Dems almost never do the latter.

The lizard people will eat their own before they lose face, its one of the rules in the secret book, the Hell with principle.

Obama sought repeal of Bush war statute now used to justify Islamic State strikes

Too bad the LIV's in this country don't even care about this stuff. They're more interested in what Kim Kardashian and Miley Cyrus are doing. *facepalm*

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Obama sought repeal of Bush war statute now used to justify Islamic State strikes

Too bad the LIV's in this country don't even care about this stuff. They're more interested in what Kim Kardashian and Miley Cyrus are doing. *facepalm*

+100

US Troops Could Fight ISIS in Iraq, General Tells Senate

So let me get this straight. The community organizer withdrew virtually ALL of our troops from Iraq, but as it turns out, he may have to send them back???????????

It wouldn't be so bad if he and his blind supporters would just admit that they were WRONG to prematurely withdraw, but we all know that will never freakin happen. *facepalm*

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US Troops Could Fight ISIS in Iraq, General Tells Senate

So let me get this straight. The community organizer withdrew virtually ALL of our troops from Iraq, but as it turns out, he may have to send them back???????????

It wouldn't be so bad if he and his blind supporters would just admit that they were WRONG to prematurely withdraw, but we all know that will never freakin happen. *facepalm*

So the Nobel Peace Prize winner is going to start a war? ISIS didn't attack us on 9/11? Maybe you have seen the latest Obama portrait?