The popularity of the birther conspiracy theory keeps rising, directly in contradiction to the total lack of evidence and support. Millions of people apparently are not willing to let reality get in the way of a fairy tale that appeals to them. This is incredibly destructive to the Republican Party’s chances in the next national election. Look at the numbers from this poll commissioned by kos last week:
Do you believe that Barack Obama was born in the United States of America or not?
Yes No Not sure
Dem 93 4 3
Rep 42 28 30
Ind 83 8 9Northeast 93 4 3
South 47 23 30
Midwest 90 6 4
West 87 7 6
Look at the Independent breakdown and compare it to the Republican breakdown. This is a malignant tumor in the Republican Party and if they don’t convincingly remove it, they’ve lost virtually all of the independent vote, without which they cannot when an election. A recent series of polls shows results like these: some 30 percent of Americans identify themselves as “Democrats,” 20 percent (yes, twenty percent) as Republicans, and 42 percent as “Independents.” Among those, there are slightly more “Democrat leaning” than “Republican leaning.” Do not look for the corporate media, who still insists this is a “center-right country,” to point this out. They will do whatever they can to avoid the subject.
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