Independents and moderates agree: GOP deliberately sabotaging Obama’s jobs policies

[babylonsister]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/independents-and-moderates-agree-gop-deliberately-sabotaging-obamas-jobs-policies/2011/11/07/gIQAPMfSvM_blog.html

Independents and moderates agree: GOP deliberately sabotaging Obama’s jobs policies
By Greg Sargent


Ever since Obama began aggressively calling out the GOP for obstructing his jobs policies, insisting that Republicans are “putting party before country,” pundits have ominously warned that he risks alienating the middle of the country with such a stark, partisan and finger-pointing message.

But the new Post poll finds that independents and moderates essentially accept Obama’s diagnosis of what’s going on — majorities of both groups agree that Republicans are blocking Obama’s good faith efforts to fix the economy for political reasons.

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Steve Benen put it very well:

Voters’ understanding of the political process is severely limited, and many Americans likely fail to appreciate the role Congress must play in policymaking. There are no doubt plenty of voters thinking, “Sure, Republicans are sabotaging the economy, but why can’t Obama just go around them?” unaware of the fact that, on a grand scale, this isn’t an option.

And so, a question. We now know that Americans — particularly the middle of the road ones voters who are supposed to be alienated by this kind of talk — are receptive to the argument that Republicans are blocking Obama’s efforts at fixing the economy for political reasons. For all their very real disapproval of Obama, they think one party is acting in good faith to fix the economy, and the other isn’t. So when is the national political press going to start seriously covering this aspect of the debate?

[Atman]

1. Because "the national press" has a stake in the debate.

They are all owned by the same mega-conglomerates who would benefit most from Obama's failure. They have no interest in helping him succeed at anything.

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[lucca18]

7. I so agree with this!

The Repugs do what they do because they can!! The Corp media .....Miserably inadequate.

[jtrockville]

2. I'm confused. Please help.

Where is the breakout by affiliation?

I see the poll question (#6), and the results, but I don't see where the response is split into "independents" and "moderates".

I'm curious, because I'd like to know how "conservatives" poll on this.

[babylonsister]

3. Don't know if they narrowed the poll

down that much but here's the actual poll. Towards the bottom of it, questions are asked and broken down by party affiliation.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/postabcpoll_110311.html

[jtrockville]

5. Thanks, I saw that. But the question I asked about isn't there.

Results for poll question #6 seems only to be given for the group as a whole - the results aren't split by affiliation.

[Tarheel_Dem]

4. The "political press" wouldn't dare touch their cash cow. Follow the money.

;)

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. This finding is very surprising given the fact that Independents typicall argue that BOTH

parties are corrupt. Yes, there are corrupt Democrats, but not to the degree of the Republicans who are lock-stock-barrel together on this goal to defeat Obama.