Americans Favor Budget Compromise Over Shutdown, 58%-33%

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Democrats have slight upper hand on ratings of budget dealings
http://www.gallup.com/poll/146969/Americans-Favor-Budget-Compromise-Shutdown.aspx

With Congress facing a midnight Friday deadline to pass a federal budget before a partial government shutdown occurs, a new Gallup poll finds Americans rooting for a deal. By 58% to 33%, more Americans want government leaders who share their views on the budget to back a compromise and avert a shutdown rather than hold out for a budget they agree with.



These findings are virtually unchanged from February.

The difficulty for House Speaker John Boehner and other Republican leaders is that rank-and-file Republicans' views on this question are starkly different from those of the public at large. The slight majority of Republicans nationwide, 51%, want the people in government who share their views to hold out for a budget they agree with rather than compromise. This compares with 27% of Democrats and 29% of independents who say the same.

Obama and Democrats Get Better Marks on Budget Dealings Than Republicans

http://www.gallup.com/poll/146315/Neither-Party-Edge-Federal-Budget-Dealings.aspx

Poll: Democrats want compromise, Republicans prefer resolve
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42460168/ns/politics-white_house/

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1. Yep, Boehner is between a rock and a hard place.

Too bad. . .

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2. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in the Boner household.