Barack Obama gets more credit in budget deal

[TomCADem]

Source: Politico

Nearly six in 10 Americans say they back the budget deal reached by the White House and congressional Republicans late last week, and are giving a bit more credit to President Barack Obama than they are to members of Congress from either party.

Fifty-eight percent of those surveyed over the weekend for a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Monday said they approve of the deal that includes $38.5 billion in spending cuts through the rest of fiscal 2011, while 38 percent said they disapprove.

Support for the deal is stronger among Democrats — 66 percent of whom said they backed it — than it is among Republicans, 47 percent of whom said they support it. Fifty-six percent of independents said they’re in favor of the deal.

Overall, Americans give Obama and congressional Democrats more credit for making the deal happen, with 48 percent of those surveyed crediting them for the deal. Congressional Republicans, meanwhile, get the credit from 35 percent of those surveyed. Another 11 percent credited both sides equally.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0411/52927.html

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Well, so much for Eric Cantor bragging about how he had to drag Democrats kicking and screaming to address the budget deficit. Is it possible that the American people are finally beginning to see that Republicans are full of it when it comes to fiscal responsibility? Is it possible that the American people see that Republicans cannot be serious about the deficit if they are still demanding tax cuts to the rich?

The corporate media will still play the narrative that Democrats are fiscally responsible, but the fact is that the deficit grew under both Reagan and Dubya who were the most conservative Presidents in recent memory.

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. Great numbers. Thanks for posting. (nt)

:kick:

[Iliyah]

2. Is it possible

that the American people see that Republicans are full of sh*t.

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. I sure as hell hope so. A lot of people are wishing they could have do-overs.

WI, OH, & FL come immediately to mind.

[Hoyt]

4. I hope so too. I also hope some here don't try to convince folks it's Obama's fault, not the GOP's.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

5. There's a difference?

Obama supports everything the GOP wants.

[trud]

6. how much did the Democrats give up?

http://action.biologicaldiversity.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6508

“The proposed budget deal would remove wolves from the endangered species list in Montana and Idaho -- and possibly Washington, Oregon and Utah as well.

Not only would the proposed wolf delisting rider leave the 1,270 wolves in Montana and Idaho -- and possibly the 37 wolves in Washington and Oregon -- permanently unprotected, but enacting this measure through legislation would set a horrific precedent to further undermine the Endangered Species Act by excluding other species on political whim and preventing environmental groups from being able to enforce the law.”

[hootinholler]

7. I thought this would be about the debt ceiling n/t

[RedCloud]

8. That or some rental car breakthrough.