Republicans, tea party less likely to see potential U.S. default as ‘disastrous’

[alp227]

Fifty-six percent of all likely voters polled by Politico-GWU said they believe that not raising the debt ceiling “will be disastrous to the U.S. economy,” while 32 percent said it will not have a serious impact.

Among self-identifying Republicans, 49 percent said they believed consequences of default would be “disastrous” while 38 percent said the consequences would not be serious.

Voters who “strongly” identify with the tea-party movement were about evenly split on the consequences of not raising the debt ceiling, with 44 percent saying a default would not be serious and 43 percent saying it would be disastrous.

Meanwhile, 64 percent of Democrats said they believe a default would be disastrous while 27 percent said it would not be serious. Independents appear to be more closely aligned with Republicans than with Democrats in the debt-limit fight: 52 percent of independents polled by Politico-GWU said a default would be disastrous, compared with 34 who said it wouldn’t be serious.

Full story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/post/republicans-tea-party-less-likely-to-see-potential-us-default-as-disastrous/2011/05/16/AFtHa24G_blog.html

After whining about the debt all along?? This poll was conducted by Politico.com and George Washington University.

[blueclown]

1. This is no surprise.

As Noami Klein has said in her book "The Shock Doctrine", the only way the Friedmanites feel as if they can pass their radical ideology is through "shock therapy".

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. Which begs the questions:

1. Why didn't they have a problem with raising the ceiling when their boy Bush was in office? I dont ever remember it EVER being an issue.
2. WHAT exactly do they think is/isn't going to happen if the ceiling is not raised?

It must be nice to go through life being so blasé and/or ignorant about everything :eyes:

[Avant Guardian]

3. They don't hear it on FOX or Limbaugh

...thus in their minds it doesn't exist

[Kdillard]

4. Just confirms how little they understand economics.

[Keith Bee]

5. Because they're Stupid

I'll stick with the category, Alex: Incredibly Easy Questions for $800.

[BR_Parkway]

6. Would have been interesting had they asked - the Wall St economy vs the Main St economy

Probably would have been a big difference in which economy people thought would be damaged more