Hey, DUers! Polls suggest that GOP would be to blame for the default, not Obama!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

Time to STOP fighting and unite NOW!!

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Poll: Public Would Blame GOP In Event Of Default
Posted: 7/14/11 02:11 PM ET

WASHINGTON -- The country may not default on its debt obligations for another three weeks, but that hasn't stopped the public from getting ready to place blame should a debt ceiling agreement not be reached in time.

A plurality of registered voters said congressional Republicans are to blame in the event the debt ceiling is not raised in a poll conducted by Quinnipiac University from July 5-11.

When asked to whom they would assign responsibility should the limit not be raised, 48 percent of respondents chose the congressional Republicans; 34 percent said they would blame the Obama administration.

These results echo a Pew Research Center poll conducted from June 16-19 which asked the same question as the Quinnipiac poll. According to that survey, 42 percent of respondents said they would blame Republicans in Congress if the debt ceiling were not raised; 33 percent chose the Obama Administration.

A recent Gallup survey conducted from July 7-11 asked how respondents would like to Congress reduce the federal budget deficit. 52 percent of respondents want either mostly spending cuts or a balanced approach, while only 20 percent want only spending cuts.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/14/poll-public-gop-republicans-blame_n_898516.html

[Drale]

1. That fine but it would still be a terrible disaster, maybe worst then 9/11 in the long run

and we don't want it to happen.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

4. Right! And I didn't mean to imply that we should be happy. I'm hoping

in vain that these polls will force the Republicans to compromise in good faith.

[UrbScotty]

2. The unrec crowd is in force right now!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

3. Of course it is. They make me sick! n/t

[elocs]

5. 2 minutes after the OP posted and you're complaining about UnRec already?

I agree with the OP, but here is an UnRec just for whining about it. A kick means more anyways.

[LiberalAndProud]

6. Who's surprised?

For all my anger that SS/Medicare was compromised, I understand why Obama went there. We have two sacred cows in play, ours (Social Security) and theirs (no tax hikes). He offered to trade our very popular cow for their very not popular cow, and they said, "No way!" Who looks stupid? Who makes you most angry?

And FOX can spin it that Moody is threatening Dems all they want. It's clear who's acting like a spoiled child, and it is not President Obama. Buy a clue, Cantor.

[barbtries]

7. they would be to blame

regardless of what any poll showed.

[d_b]

8. Good