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A new poll suggests that a majority feel the Republican Party is too extreme. Gee...really?

In a new CNN poll, 53% of Americans - including 22% of Republicans - feel that the Republican Party is too extreme. The Democratic Party, meanwhile, is believed to be "generally mainstream" by 57% of Americans.

It can't be a good thing when nearly a quarter of a party feel their party is too extreme. This is what I've been saying all along, though. The biggest reason why I find it to be so much easier to write satire at the expense of the Republican Party than the Democratic Party - and I'm sure this plays a large factor with the likes of Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Saturday Night Live, and company - is because of how extreme they've become. The Democratic Party looks more and more to me like the Republican Party from the 1970s, whereas the Republican Party has come across like a hybrid of a crazy drunk uncle and Jim Jones. If the party genuinely wants to be seen as less extreme, they'll make it their mission to eventually cross off "moderate Republicans" from the endangered species list, which is where they currently reside - and closing in on extinction.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/12/20/cnn-poll-are-gop-policies-too-extreme/?cid=sf_twitter
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