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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy suing Obama could become a bigger GOP headache than impeachment talk
Why suing Obama could become a bigger GOP headache than impeachment talkBy Sean Sullivan at the Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/07/30/why-suing-obama-could-become-a-bigger-gop-headache-than-impeachment-talk/
"SNIP.........................
They'd much rather focus on plans moving forward in the House to sue Obama over using executive power to alter the federal health-care law. It's a much better way of channeling conservative anger with the president on the eve of the midterm elections without the intense backlash that taking steps toward impeachment would bring, in their view.
Except that it may not be as good a bet as they may have initially thought.
A CNN/ORC International poll released last week showed that 57 percent of Americans don't feel Republicans should file a lawsuit. Just 41 percent think they should.
The bigger problem for Republicans is that the idea of a lawsuit is producing more intense Democratic resistance than Republican praise. Eighty-four percent of Democrats are against the idea, while 75 percent of Republicans are for it. Independents tilt against a lawsuit 55 percent to 43 percent.
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Why suing Obama could become a bigger GOP headache than impeachment talk (Original Post)
applegrove
Jul 2014
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In these polls, I always assume about 10-15% of the self-identified Rs & Ds
Jackpine Radical
Jul 2014
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applegrove
(118,020 posts)1. Those are numbers I like to see.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)2. In these polls, I always assume about 10-15% of the self-identified Rs & Ds
are false-flaggers, misidentifying their politics in order to jimmy up the poll. That is, maybe 95-98% of actual Dems are opposed to the lawsuit & 85-90% of actual Republicans are for it.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)3. Also, it irritates the really, really insane lunatic fringe...
Who want to go straight to impeachment.
Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)4. Exactly.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)5. Which makes me happy that they're unhappy!