Fewer Are Angry at Government, But Discontent Remains High

[ProSense]

http://people-press.org/report/711/">Fewer Are Angry at Government, But Discontent Remains High

Republicans, Tea Party Supporters More Mellow

The public remains deeply frustrated with the federal government, but fewer Americans say they are angry at government than did so last fall. Overall, the percentage saying they are angry with the federal government has fallen from 23% last September to 14% today, with much of the decline coming among Republicans and Tea Party supporters.



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The proportion of Republicans saying they can trust the government always or most of the time has increased from 13% to 24% over the past year; opinions among Democrats are unchanged over this period, at 34%.

The public continues to express negative views of Congress, as well as Republican and Democratic congressional leaders. Just 34% say they have a favorable opinion of Congress, up slightly from 26% a year ago; a majority (57%) has an unfavorable view. Comparable percentages say they approve of the job performance of Republican (36%) and Democratic (33%) congressional leaders.

By contrast, Barack Obama’s job ratings remain positive. Currently, 51% approve of Barack Obama’s job performance while 39% disapprove. That is little changed from early February, but Obama’s ratings have shown significant improvement since last fall, when about as many approved as disapproved.

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So the teabaggers were outraged long enough to ensure a victory by Republicans who are not going to address the source of their initial anger?

To quote Robert Reich:

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The Tea Party grew out of indignation over the Wall Street bailout — an indignation shared by the vast majority of Americans. But the Tea Party ended up directing its ire at government rather than at big business and Wall Street. Was this because billionaires Charles and David Koch and their like funneled money to the Tea Party through front organizations like Dick Armey’s Freedom Works, and thereby co-opted it?

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[OHdem10]

1. The Tea Party became just the Republican Party when they

took all the Corporate Money and became the Religious
Right with an economic scream.

The Libertarians rolled over and "got religion" and
started trying creative ways to have their earmarks.
One example. Bachman wanted all this money for
Minnesota but was trying to avoid calling it earmarks.

Instead of going for jobs, they joined the Amen corner
on Abortion.

To an outsider looking in, they appear to have been a
sham all along.

Furthermore, they whipped through bill on budget matters
so quickly that they appear to have never given one serious
thought to what is good for the country. Instead they
donned green eye shades and simply did mathematical formulating/
Just make the numbers balance---to hell with the country.

[LiberalFighter]

2. It needs to be stressed over and over "Government is not the problem. Republicans are the problem!"