tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post2331491823659800970..comments2024-01-20T15:51:35.268-06:00Comments on And So it Goes in Shreveport: Brett Baier's Panel On the Debt CeilingPat Austin Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767059128758168960noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8241445666161004335.post-37631715323540260172011-07-18T19:56:52.295-05:002011-07-18T19:56:52.295-05:00From Redstate.com
Republicans backing Mitch McCon...From Redstate.com<br /><br />Republicans backing Mitch McConnell’s Pontius Pilate Act should be deeply, deeply worried by a new CBS News Poll. The poll shows the public is very unhappy with the way things are going in Washington.<br /><br />In fact, 51% of Republicans and 73% of Independents disapprove of the way the GOP is handling the debt ceiling. “But wait,” you say. “That must mean they want to go with the Democrats.”<br /><br />Except for a few things we can interpret from this poll consistent with other polls.First, 66% of Independents and 81% of Republicans also disapprove of the way Democrats are handing the debt ceiling.<br /><br />Second, we know a majority of voters, including a significant number of independents, do not want the debt ceiling raised at all.<br /><br />Third, this poll was conducted of all adults, not registered or likely voters. That means that should they be narrowed down, you’d find the numbers going even more against the Democrats.<br /><br />Fourth, this poll was taken on the weekend, which typically lowers the number of conservatives polled.<br /><br />Fifth, if we are to read this poll as consistent with other polling out there right now, we can see a majority of Republicans and a strong majority of independents want Washington to actually fight on this issue — not kick the can down the road again as Mitch McConnell would like.<br /><br />Again, if the GOP isn’t careful, it could sow the seeds of its own destruction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com