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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Low hanging fruit for the Democrats

I guess when you're out of power for so long, there's a pent up demand.
Huge majorities of those polled said they approved of the legislative priorities cited by Democratic leaders...

The strongest support, 92 percent, was for lowering drug prices for retirees on Medicare by allowing the government to negotiate directly with drug companies. Some three-quarters of respondents said it should be a top priority, according to Newsweek.


Americans also supported raising the federal minimum wage (89 percent), investigating government contracts in Iraq (89 percent) and cutting the interest rate of federal student loans (88 percent).


But, beware of "the set up,"

Another 69 percent said they were concerned that the new Congress would keep the administration "from doing what is necessary to combat terrorism,"

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2 Comments:

  • A very revealing poll. Americans are pocketbook voters. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I just wish they were as concerned about things like constitutional rights, the deaths of tens of thousands of innocent people in Iraq, torture in our name -- you know, little things that are outside the realm of their immediate lives.

    By Blogger abi, at 8:15 AM  

  • Yeah. Not a surprise really. Historically, Americans have shown very little interest in foreign policy except when it has gone horrible wrong.

    Mike

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 11:01 AM  

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