Out of the Echo Chamber
The new poll from the New York Times/CBS News proves that for all the right wing fulminating about the Recovery Act, the public is solidly behind the President. Limbaugh and Hannity may have a megaphone, but it is directed at a very small (18%) minority that almost doesn't pass the "who cares test". What is more, the public sees what's going on with Lindsay Graham and Eric Cantor.
Most Americans said the president was trying to make good on his promise to bridge the partisan divide. About three-quarters, including 6 in 10 Republicans, said Mr. Obama had been trying to work with Republicans. But only 3 in 10 Americans said Republicans were doing the same. On the economic stimulus plan, 63 percent of poll respondents said Republicans opposed the legislation for political reasons, not policy ones. Seventy-nine percent said Republicans should now be working in a bipartisan manner rather than holding fast with their policies.But 56 percent of those surveyed said Mr. Obama's priority should be following the policies he proposed during the campaign last year, rather than working with Republicans.
The strange thing about the Washington Echo-chamber is that dickheads like Cantor think they are really winning, when to the public at large, they are total losers.
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The Republicans have done this before. They just keep repeating that they're winning until people actually start believing them. Say something false frequently enough and it starts to become the truth.
February 24, 2009 11:40 AM | Reply | Permalink
4 in 1 approve of Obama's Admin handling of the economic crisis.
3 in 1 approve of Obama's Admin handling of the foreclosure crisis.
2 in 1 approve of Obama's Admin handling of the banking/Wall Street crisis.
February 24, 2009 11:48 AM | Reply | Permalink
...but it is directed at a very small (18%) minority that almost doesn't pass the "who cares test".
No doubt the same 18% that are still looking for WMDs in Iraq and believe the Indiana Apple and Pork Festival is an al-Qaeda target.
February 24, 2009 4:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Yo, check it. Eric Cantor is a bell-end. Hear me now..." --Ali G.
February 24, 2009 6:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm concerned that Obama's method of bridging the partisan divide has been to take money from working Americans and give it to fat cats of all stripes.
How will the public feel a year from now, or two years from now, when no economic recovery is in sight?
In my opinion, even a competent and ethical government could not fix the mess we're in. And we do not have a competent and ethical government.
February 24, 2009 7:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
The Freepers were sure that Palin/McCain had won the election, even with every poll showed Obama ahead by 8-14 points.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2114385/posts?q=1&
February 25, 2009 7:34 AM | Reply | Permalink