Poll: Americans Want Obama to Negotiate

[MeBelle]

October 3 2013~
Let the nay saying begin!

"A majority of Americans want President Obama to negotiate with Congress over the debt ceiling, and nearly two-thirds oppose raising the debt without significant spending reforms attached, according to a recent poll from Ending Spending and the American Action Forum.

House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) said Wednesday following a meeting at the White House that the president had ”reiterated one more time tonight that he will not negotiate.” Obama and most Democrats favor a “clean” debt-ceiling hike without spending reforms attached. Meanwhile, House GOP leaders are said to be working on a larger budget deal to end the government and raise the debt ceiling with reforms."

Poll: Americans Want Obama to Negotiate | National Review Online

KEY FINDINGS
1. AN OPPORTUNITY: Obama is badly bruised. The President's numbers aren't strong, with an underwater approval rating (43% approve, 49% disapprove), and a generic congressional ballot that has Republicans ahead by 4 points (40% GOP, 36%DEM)

Just read the rest yourself:

http://www.endingspending.com/docs/debtceilingpoll.pdf

 

[mack20]

Could that possibly be because Americans are idiots who don't understand what the fuck the debt ceiling even is?

 

[DaGoose]

Ok....let's talk about polls........

According to the Fox News poll, disapproval of the Republican Party has jumped from 46% in September of 2012 to 59% today. Disapproval of the GOP has climbed from 54% in January to 56% in April to nearing 60% today. Approval of the Republican Party has fallen from 45% to 35%. In contrast, Democratic Party unfavorability has stayed stable in the Fox poll at between 48% and 49% all through 2013.

Support for repealing the ACA has dropped from 39% in June to 30% today. This could mean that the linking of funding the government to defunding or delaying the ACA has completely backfired on the Republican Party. The number of Americans who think that they will be better off under Obamacare has risen by 7 points from 34% to 41%

Eighty one percent think the government shutdown is a serious problem, and they are blaming John Boehner and Ted Cruz

The behavior of House Republicans isn’t just hurting their 2014 chances. It is damaging the whole Republican Party. When a Fox News poll finds a sizable margin of people are blaming the Republicans things are really bad. The Fox News polls have always shaded their questions with loaded terms, so it means a lot when a poll that is normally friendly to the GOP finds things going this badly.

The Republican Party is being destroyed by their own obsession with Obamacare.

Fox News Poll Finds Disapproval Of GOP Skyrocketing After They Shut Down Government

That damn liberal media FOX news!!!!

.

 

[J.E.D]

Ending Spending and the American Action Forum?

 

[ShaklesOfBigGov]

Obama and the Democrats are not walking away clean from a government shutdown.

Oct 3 - CBS poll


The overwhelming response from all demographics is compromise. Over the whole sample, 76% want Obama and the Democrats to compromise, and 78% want House Republicans to compromise. Sixty-one percent of Democrats want to see compromise from their own side, and 59% of Republicans feel the same way.

CBS notes that their poll in the November 1995 shutdown put blame on Republicans by nearly a 2:1 ratio, 51/28, in relation to Bill Clinton. That’s not a good sign for Democrats, either.

That suggests that the “clean CR or else” and “I won’t negotiate” messaging from Reid and Obama will eventually backfire, especially as House Republicans send individual appropriations with little disagreement to the Senate only to get them rejected out of hand. That Kabuki theater last night at the White House may end up backfiring after raising expectations that Democrats were preparing to negotiate after all.

Since the shutdown is over Obamacare, are those supporters simply ill-informed or unaware of how such details will effect them?

USA TODAY poll:
Among the 19% polled who are uninsured, nearly four in 10 don't realize the law requires them to get health insurance next year.

Among young people, whose participation is seen as crucial for the exchanges to work, just 56% realize there's a mandate to be insured or face a fine.

What happened to the popularity of Obamacare? Are the Democrats losing ground?

USA TODAY poll:
53%disapprove of the health care law, the highest level since it was signed; 42% approve.

41% of those surveyed strongly disapprove while just 26% strongly approve. Fifty-three percent disapprove of Obama's handling of health care policy, an historic high.

Forty-one percent predict in coming years the effect on themselves and their families will be negative; just 25% think it will be positive. Even more, 47%, say the law will have a negative impact on the country as a whole; 35% expect a positive impact.

For the first time in polling that stretches back more than two decades, Americans narrowly prefer Republicans in dealing with health care policy, 40%-39%

USA TODAY/Pew poll: Health care law faces difficult future

With respect to the heart of the law, the individual mandate:

The extensive survey (conducted on behalf of the Morning Consult) of 2,076 registered voters found that 28 percent say the individual mandate that Americans purchase health insurance coverage should be delayed, while 49 percent say the mandate should be repealed entirely. Among those who favor delay or repeal of the mandate are 91 percent of Republicans, 77 percent of independents, and 65 percent of Democrats.

77 Percent Say Individual Mandate Should be Delayed or Repealed | The Weekly Standard

 

[Nyvin]

Not a reliable source

 

[daveman]

Problem: The credit cards are maxed out, and we can't afford the payments.

Republican Analysis: Obviously, we should stop charging.

Democrat Analysis: Obviously, our credit limit is too low.

 

[mudwhistle]

Not a reliable source

Never is.

Bad news for Dems, not reliable.

Good news for Dems, doesn't matter, it's all good.

 

[Hoffstra]

the debt ceiling should be raised, no questions asked.

they approved the spending, they need to approve the borrowing.

 

[driveby]

the debt ceiling should be raised, no questions asked.

they approved the spending, they need to approve the borrowing.

The Marxist in chief called Bush unpatriotic for doing the same thing (to a lesser degree) that he's doing......

 

[Hoffstra]

The Marxist in chief called Bush unpatriotic for doing the same thing (to a lesser degree) that he's doing......

Obama isn't a Marxist.

Tea Baggers thing sharing cookies is Marxism.

 

[jon_berzerk]

the debt ceiling should be raised, no questions asked.

they approved the spending, they need to approve the borrowing.

it is time they stop approving the spending

 

[jon_berzerk]

the debt ceiling should be raised, no questions asked.

they approved the spending, they need to approve the borrowing.

The Marxist in chief called Bush unpatriotic for doing the same thing (to a lesser degree) that he's doing......

the media never asks him about that

 

[driveby]

The Marxist in chief called Bush unpatriotic for doing the same thing (to a lesser degree) that he's doing......

Obama isn't a Marxist.

Tea Baggers thing sharing cookies is Marxism.

Punt accepted.....

 

[NYcarbineer]

Could that possibly be because Americans are idiots who don't understand what the fuck the debt ceiling even is?

Most of the people right on this forum who claim they're in favor of freezing the debt ceiling can't tell you how and where they would make the cuts in spending to accomplish that.

 

[NYcarbineer]

the debt ceiling should be raised, no questions asked.

they approved the spending, they need to approve the borrowing.

The Marxist in chief called Bush unpatriotic for doing the same thing (to a lesser degree) that he's doing......

Do you agree that Bush was unpatriotic for doing that?

 

[TemplarKormac]

October 3 2013~
Let the nay saying begin!

"A majority of Americans want President Obama to negotiate with Congress over the debt ceiling, and nearly two-thirds oppose raising the debt without significant spending reforms attached, according to a recent poll from Ending Spending and the American Action Forum.

House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) said Wednesday following a meeting at the White House that the president had ”reiterated one more time tonight that he will not negotiate.” Obama and most Democrats favor a “clean” debt-ceiling hike without spending reforms attached. Meanwhile, House GOP leaders are said to be working on a larger budget deal to end the government and raise the debt ceiling with reforms."

Poll: Americans Want Obama to Negotiate | National Review Online

KEY FINDINGS
1. AN OPPORTUNITY: Obama is badly bruised. The President's numbers aren't strong, with an underwater approval rating (43% approve, 49% disapprove), and a generic congressional ballot that has Republicans ahead by 4 points (40% GOP, 36%DEM)

Just read the rest yourself:

http://www.endingspending.com/docs/debtceilingpoll.pdf

An unnamed Senior Obama official tweeted “We are winning…It doesn’t really matter to us” how long the shutdown lasts “because what matters is the end result.”

So, they would keep the government shut down for the sake of winning. Very slick, liberals. Very slick.

 

[Unkotare]

Everyone around obama is telling him he can't negotiate in serious good faith. He thinks he's in the catbird seat and any movement he makes can only weaken what he believes to be his advantage. His famous ego and narcissism only reinforce this inertia.

And so, he goes through the most transparent of motions (this administration has never "negotiated" or "compromised" with political opponents beyond "I'll allow you to agree with everything I want"), and the democrat shutdown of government continues...

 

[TemplarKormac]

the debt ceiling should be raised, no questions asked.

they approved the spending, they need to approve the borrowing.

The Marxist in chief called Bush unpatriotic for doing the same thing (to a lesser degree) that he's doing......

Do you agree that Bush was unpatriotic for doing that?

Anyone who spends and borrows without limit is unpatriotic, they are damaging the economic future of our country!

 

[LoneLaugher]

This administration has negotiated and compromised.

To say otherwise is to lie.