Ed is a registered Republican and has allowed himself to remain one so that he can vote in Republican primaries and have some say in who they choose. But he always votes progressive now. So since he is on their books as being (ugh) one of them, they send him surveys and he just got one that I read today.

It gives choices that leave no or little room for progressive options.

Here is an example:

Which of the following factors do you feel is most adversely affecting our economy and keeping it from rebounding: (The economy is rebounding but
they left that out).

__Burdensome taxes
__Tight credit
__Massive government spending
__People’s lack of confidence in government solutions
__Excessive government regulation of business
__Negative impact of ObamaCare
__Uncertainty
__Unemployment—
__Other (Here I would write in “Obstructionist Republican tactics in congress)

Anyway, I’m going to show this to Ed and let him fill it in.


xx, Teal