The GOP Back In Business

Even in a time of economic crisis, with the current Republican administration largely responsible for burdening this country's taxpayers with astronomical debt and failing to monitor greedy Wall Street brokerage houses, it is astonishing that half of all registered American voters still have a favorable opinion of the GOP, according to a report issued last week by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.

The Republican Party is rapidly gaining popularity among American voters, the report says.

Among Independent voters, Republicans hold a 50-49 advantage in favorability ranking. In August, the Democrats were up by 18 points. Also, among overall registered voters, nearly half hold a favorable opinion of the GOP, their highest rating since 2005. These numbers suggest that the Republicans are back in business, just as many Americans are struggling or are on the cusp of going under.

Mind you, deregulation of the mortgage banking and other industries started under Republican darling Ronald Reagan, continued under George H.W. Bush, and was partially embraced by Democratic head honcho Bill Clinton. But much of the damage we see today squarely sits at the feet of the Republican Party and George W. Bush, not that a Democratic Congress did much to stop it.

So why then do you suppose half of all Americans like Republicans more than Democrats?