So the OP poll says that 51% of Americans favor some level of government shutdown in order to deal with Obamacare and the CNN poll says that 51% of Americans would blame Republicans for a government shutdown. Maybe I've got it wrong, but those two together tell me that Americans want a government shutdown to deal with Obamacare and they'd thank Republicans for giving them what they want.
Considering that all Americans have to deal with getting healthcare coverage in one way or another and only a relatively small portion of Americans have to deal with the federal government on a regular basis, and they mostly vote Democrat, seems like a bit of a win for the Republicans if they've got the guts to stick it out and not give in.
I think you have distilled this brew in its elegant simplicity.
Republicans
should be taking credit [where does this idea of blame even come from? Oh, yeah, its CNN ] for what 51% of Americans deep down want to be done. Just need to stand up, act like a strong dad or mom would in a normal family setting, be the adult in the room, the enforcer of what ultimately needs be done.
Americans in the past have almost always pushed to the forefront the people, when we really need them, that will actually get the job done right. You cannot actually hear the bugles, but they are there in spirit.
And I say, if nothing else, go down swinging... playing the odds at this late stage, opportunities swiftly evaporate in the past narrowing to the few with little time... well, this is a place to stand upright, steady the barrel and take the really good shot. American people feeling the pain, the certain foreboding, the expectation of just being the beginning, rails pulling up, starting to come off the track of the train steered, with jerky hesitation, to barrel full speed ahead anyhow...best we push levers on our master breaks now, before we go off that rickety bridge that has already collapsed under that cumbersomely weighty magnun opus 0-bama,
OBAMACARE.In the movie this would be where the dissonant organ notes would sound the alarm, the subtle signalling of collective disquiet.
We apparently have had some innate mass consciousness whose united vision is even better than the pundits when it comes crunch time...lets hope we still have that within us... there are many, ostensibly too many, that seem very determined to take, or go along with the teaching of that virtue away from us.
Well to be fair the OP poll is a CON game designed to have so vague a question it could mean anything from continuing the sequestration to heavy cuts in the military in order to hit over 50%.
When Pew does a poll it is a series of SEPARATE questions rather than a long run-on one, the picture is vastly different. roughly 1 in 4 Americans want ACA repealed, as many want ACA made better- those two polar opposites are combined to make the 51% disapprove of ACA. :doh
That means twice as many citizens have a wait and see or approve of ACA than want it repealed.
Odd that now suddenly CONs claim most Americans don't deal with the Federal Government when they claim the reason they lost the last election is sooooo many citizens are dependent on the Feds...
Just more CON games....
National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted September 14-15, 2013
By Rasmussen Reports
1* How closely have you followed recent news reports about the federal budget debate in Congress?
2* Congress is negotiating over a budget with a looming September 30 deadline. Which do you favor – a federal budget that increases spending or one that cuts spending? Or should spending levels remain about the same?
3* If Democrats and Republicans fail to reach a budget agreement soon, there will be a partial shutdown of the federal government. Payments for things like Social Security, Medicare and unemployment benefits would continue, but some federal government services could be shut down until an agreement is reached. Would a partial shutdown of the federal government be good for the economy, bad for the economy, or have no impact on the economy?
4* Would you rather have Congress avoid a government shutdown by authorizing spending at existing levels or would you rather have a partial government shutdown until Democrats and Republicans can agree on what spending to cut?
5* Some members of Congress refuse to approve a budget unless it slows or stops funding for the new health care law. Would you rather have Congress avoid a government shutdown by authorizing spending for the health care law at existing levels or would you rather have a partial government shutdown until Democrats and Republicans agree on what spending for that law to cut?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
That sounds like more than one run on to me...you? And while I could always make changes to what I, personally, might think to be the more pertinent questions and/or wording... how would you have improved on this poll? Seems to me the questions are not worded improperly, also not giving bias at the same time informing in a succinct manner what's happening, identifying but not laying blame...clean...but I might be missing something, you tell me.
Oh, you push with gusto the polling methods of Pew...did they do a study? If so, what were their questions and results? Lay your cards down where we can see them.
