The GOP, in off-year elections, re-took governorship of 2 blue states.

I think voters are tired of the status quo and will vote in whoever promises to be different. The next few years are going to be interesting I think with swings back in forth as people attempt to change government to represent them instead of corporate interests.

The SCOTUS ruling is going to directly oppose this sentiment as unlimited corporate spending will make it harder for a reformer to gain notoriety.

In the end we will end up with the status quo despite promises otherwise and more and more independent voters will lose faith in the process leaving elections to be decided by die hard party loyalists.

The Teabaggers were supposed to be the solution, but they are being overtaken by the people who are part of the problem, not the solution.

The status quo will prevail.

High deficits, outsourcing, corporate welfare.

All the GOP needs to do is be 'obstructionist'

When you look at the polls the public think the GNOP obstructionists are the reason things are not getting done.

That does not bode well for voters that are fed up with inaction.

Sounds to me like this poll is perilous for the Democrats, not for Republicans.

Not really. The article states that is the position of the "base". The GNOP has to keep the base fired up, at the same time as courting independents.

Independents do not share in the same wackjob positions as the base.

Fire up the base = piss off independents.

Cater to independents = Piss of the base.

Fine line to walk or a lose lose scenario.

I concur. Like I said, we get the song and dance about them being "mavericks" and "change" and we end up with the same old same old.