Not exactly in the narrative.....
From the NYTimes,
Or maybe you prefer WaPo polling,
Or a different look at the WaPo numbers,
Not exactly what I've been hearing on my TV, eh?
A majority of people surveyed in both parties said Mr. Obama was striving to work in a bipartisan way, but most faulted Republicans for their response to the president.... Most said Mr. Obama should pursue the priorities he campaigned on, the poll found, rather than seek middle ground with Republicans....
Or maybe you prefer WaPo polling,
Large majorities of Americans in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll support his $787 billion economic stimulus package and the recently unveiled $75 billion plan to stem mortgage foreclosures. Nearly seven in 10 poll respondents said Obama is delivering on his pledge to bring needed change to Washington, and about eight in 10 said he is meeting or exceeding their expectations.
Or a different look at the WaPo numbers,
Asked whether they trusted Obama or Republicans in Congress to do a better job of handling the economy, six in ten (61 percent) sided with the chief executive while roughly one in four (26 percent) opted for congressional GOPers. Among crucial independent voters, 62 percent trust Obama more on the economy while just 23 percent side with Republicans.
Not exactly what I've been hearing on my TV, eh?
posted by mikevotes at
9:33 PM
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I'm going to try to look on the bright side of this issue wrt the media's coverage.
The more exposure the Republicans get from the media for their antics, the crazier those antics become and the more shrill the rhetoric gets. This crazy/shrill phenomenon only intrigues the media even more.
But I strongly believe, as epm postulated recently, that the good/evil "binary" discourse no longer appeals to Independents or Democrats. The polling certainly bears out the idea that the GOP is just making fools of themselves.
The Republicans are the Party Who Cried Wolf. Every talking point is an existential, do-or-die battle.
Two years ago, we had to bomb Iran or We Would Be Doomed As A Nation. Three years ago, "failure" in Iraq menat that We Would Be Doomed As A Nation.
One year ago, we had to "wake up" and take the threat of Islam seriously or We Would Be Doomed As A Nation.
Now we must Obama's put an end to Obama's socialist schemes or We Will Be Doomed As A Nation.
I welcome the day when Republicans can simply say "that would be an unsound policy with greater costs than potential benefits" instead of "if we do that, then it is all over for America as we know it".
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Todd Dugdale , at 1:33 PM
I think that's not a bad interpretation, assuming the Dem plans are perceived to have worked at some point in the future.
We're at this weird point where it appears that 28 years of Republican control is coming to an end, so I'm not sure how the current plays out against the backdrop of past interpretation of what "is."
I also still believe that if the media actually absorbs this idea that what they're hearing is wrong compared to the rest of the country, it will create something of a boon/bias to the Obama folks, where the media will assume the country is more Obama than what they're hearing. This happened with Reagan, and the result was a language of Reagan popularity which reinforced any real popularity that he had.
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mikevotes, at 2:58 PM
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