It clearly shows a disconnect from the political class with 95% of political elites preferring Obama while 58% of main street supporting Paul.
By Timing Logic
Open Salon
Interesting poll. It clearly shows a disconnect from the political class with 95% of political elites preferring Obama while 58% of main street supporting Paul. Our President won this election based on a populist message. ie Main street. He has turned out to simply be another politician elite and that is the crux of this poll. We can hope the President will embrace his populist message before 2012 but that and a quarter will get you a cup of coffee. He has turned out to be another corporatist and a supporter of the political status quo. He is not a reformer. He is not a leader.
I probably disagree with about half of Ron Paul’s positions on a variety of topics and given my political views are generally mainstream that’s a problem for him ever getting over 50% of the vote. That said, were an election held today, I would clearly vote for Ron Paul simply because Washington is so corrupt that I can put those differences aside. As it pertains to Washington, Paul speaks a great deal of truth and, more importantly, he has shown he will not compromise on issues of virtue, integrity and what he believes to be right and wrong in the role of government driven by his interpretation of the Constitution. There is no appeasement on issues he strongly believes are moral issues. Our current President seems to lead from a position of appeasement.