"Conservatives, which form the GOP's base, provided
most of the volunteers and money to elect a Republican-controlled House and
Senate -- and wound up with bigger government as a result.
Additional findings include:

White House and Congress
-- 58 percent of General Voters feels the White House and Congress are
falling short of expectations; and,
-- 35 percent of All Adults feel the White House and Congress are doing
as well as can be expected. The
poll shows that Americans believe the country needs new rules that allow for
the regulation of services, regardless of which company offers a particular
service.
Additionally, these elites see opportunity in the telecommunications
advances; yet, many still have concerns about the lack of response to
telecommunications innovation and the threat of new technologies that may pose
a risk to America's telecommunications infrastructure systems . He was on the Board of Directors of the Gallup Organization, and
later was president of Gallup China in Beijing.

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He is the co-author of "America's Right Turn,"
(Bonus Books, 2004) and former publisher of Conservative Digest. As a group, Attentive Elites are more likely
than most registered voters to be white, male, upscale, living in the
Northeast or the West Coast, and are more Republican but less conservative
than average.C. This group would like to see the changes
in the real world telecommunications marketplace reflected in some form of new
regulatory scheme that either regulates all companies providing services or
substantially reduces regulation in this area in order to promote greater
competition.

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The January 31 survey also found that 54 percent of conservatives feel so
abandoned by current Congressional leaders and President Bush that they plan
to reduce their contributions and/or grassroots work for GOP candidates in the
2006 election.

"What this poll really tells us is that people do not care about the
partisan policy fights, but, instead, are concerned with how D.

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Asked how they feel about the Republican members of Congress, 48 percent
of conservatives report being "disappointed" and an additional 32 percent
think they "should be replaced.
Perhaps most troublesome for the GOP, Viguerie pointed out, is how that
anger may affect the 2006 mid-term elections: 51 percent of donors said they
plan to reduce or end their financial support in 2006.
Attentive Elites, which make up 15 percent of all adults, are registered
to vote, college educated Americans who closely follow national politics or
Washington, D. policy issues . is going to
move the country forward on these issues," said Thomas Riehle, partner, RT
Strategies .

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Now more than half
of these committed activists say they'll reduce or end their involvement in
the 2006 elections -- which could prove devastating for the GOP., this poll attempts to step back and
capture widespread views from Americans on some of the more salient issues,"
said Torod Neptune, senior vice president and U. This runs counter to the current Washington, D. Prior to working for
Ipsos, Riehle worked at Peter D.

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Riehle was recently head of Ipsos Public
Affairs, where he began the Ipsos/Associated Press poll.

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The poll, taken just two days before House Republicans vote to choose new
leaders , should serve as a wake-up call to GOP officials and President Bush,
said Richard A. Newly Identified Group of 'Attentive Elites' Believe President and Congress
Have Flawed View of Real World

WASHINGTON, A new survey of 1,000 adults
nationwide, released today by Waggener Edstrom Worldwide Public Affairs and RT
Strategies, identifies a new subset of Americans , the "Attentive Elites," who
believe, among other things, that President Bush and Congress are disconnected
from how dramatically the real world has changed.1 percent, are the opinions that
"Attentive Elites " have on today's overall public policy discourse:

-- 69 percent of Attentive Elites feel the White House and Congress are
falling short of expectations and should be doing a better job
responding to real world problems;
-- 70 percent of Attentive Elites believe that, in light of the
country's innovations over the last decade, the status quo regarding
technology and telecommunication regulation doesn't make sense any
longer, and they don't understand why Congress and President Bush
don't seem to understand this reality;
-- 58 percent of Attentive Elites feel the government and corporations
are unprepared to defend against the possibility of a major attack on
America's internet systems -- that is, a cyber attack designed to
shut down the computer systems of the government and/or major
corporations."
The poll divides all adults into three groups -- 15 percent are Attentive
Elites who follow politics and policy debates very closely; 50 percent are
General Voters who tend to pay attention to the issues closer to Election Day;
and 35 percent are Inattentives, many of whom are not registered to vote and
the rest of whom do not follow politics and policy issues much at all. and T-Mobile
USA. More information may be found
at http://www.

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Viguerie, Chairman of American Target Advertising, pioneered
ideological and political direct mail and has helped found dozens of
conservative organizations. This group believes President Bush and Congress generally fail
to respond to both the benefits and threats of a rapidly changing,
technology-driven real world in handling important policy issues.C.
Overall, this group is highly dissatisfied with the inability of D.RTStrategies.

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And 70 percent would support a principled conservative
challenger running against an established incumbent Republican in a 2006 GOP
primary.
"This is a recipe for Republicans losing both houses of Congress in 2006.

Public Affairs Practice
Leader for Waggener Edstrom Worldwide. Tarrance founded
the Houston-based polling firm Tarrance + Associates in 1977, which he ran
until 1992.

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Terrorism
-- 48 percent of all adults approve of the job George W.
The poll also found that Attentive Elites are extremely uncomfortable with
the partisan tone and tenor of discussions taking place in Washington, D.WaggenerEdstrom.

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Bush is doing
with regard to the War on Terrorism. This is up from 42 percent in
December 2005."
There is little support among Attentive Elites (19 percent) for the status
quo on telecommunications regulation. Waggener Edstrom Worldwide
partners with pioneering and creative clients, including Affymetrix, Advanced
Micro Devices (AMD ), MasterCard International, Microsoft Corp. More information may be found at http://www.com .

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New Poll of Conservatives Reveals Frustration That May Endanger GOP Congressional Majority

"Conservatives feel betrayed by the Republican leaders, and they want them
replaced," said Viguerie, who has been dubbed the "Funding Father" of the
conservative movement.

Waggener Edstrom and RT Strategies Poll Shows Discontent Among the Most Engaged Voters

"We've taken a look at the issues that
really matter to business leaders to capture a real world picture of what they
expect from their representatives in Washington.
With the traditional divisions between content and service providers
blurring , Attentive Elites feel new competition and choice will protect
consumers now that some former technology monopolies have been breached. discussion and
debate around the rewrite of the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

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com, which sponsored the
survey.
Republican leaders need to comprehend that if they govern as liberals, they
will lose the support of conservatives," Viguerie said. Founded in 1983 , the agency has
nearly 600 employees with U.

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Viguerie, chairman of ConservativeHQ. to
realistically comprehend how the actual world has changed. Hart Research Associates.

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Energy/Fuel
-- 58 percent of all adults say that home fuel prices concern them a
great deal, while 62 percent of Inattentives say fuel prices concern
them a great deal. headquarters in Seattle, European headquarters
in London and Asian headquarters in Hong Kong.

About RT Strategies
RT Strategies , a bipartisan polling and strategic consulting firm was
founded in 2005 by veteran pollsters Thomas Riehle, a Democrat, and Lance
Tarrance, a Republican.

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MANASSAS, Va."
Asked to grade the GOP-controlled Congress, 73 percent gave it a D or F on
"controlling government spending;" 73 percent gave it a D or F on "reducing
illegal immigration;" and 54 percent gave it an "overall grade" of D or F.
The complete poll results are on-line at:
http://www.C.
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, A new on-line poll of 1,015
conservative activists and donors shows that 77 percent are either seriously
disappointed with Republican Congressional leaders or want them replaced. "What sets this poll apart from others is that we have identified
a group of 'Attentive Elite' respondents who are well-educated and follow D.C.

About Waggener Edstrom Worldwide:
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide provides public relations services using its
Innovation Communications methodology optimized for global organizations
impacted by innovation and change.

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finding them almost exclusively focused on Democrats versus Republicans, and
Bush versus Congress .

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Sixty-three percent gave Bush a D or F on controlling government spending.
Among some of the most compelling results of the poll, conducted January
22-25, 2006 with a margin of error +/- 3. The agency's approach facilitates the
acceptance of new ideas and helps clients tell the stories that alter the way
people think, act and buy around the world.com .

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"In the context of the extraordinarily divisive political discourse over
the last month in Washington, D. The firm will produce a weekly national omnibus poll
with varying participation by outside groups, including political party
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