It's the economy, stupid.by: StraffordDemFri Jul 16, 2010 at 18:02:56 PM EDT |
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The Bloomberg poll(pdf warning) released yesterday was interesting in that it highlighted where the advantage is for Democrats this election cycle. The economy is painfully slow in recovering and people feel it.
71% of respondents believe we're still in a recession and by almost a 3-1 margin (70-28), respondents believe it is more important to reduce unemployment than to reduce the deficit. Dems would do themselves a big favor by not running scared from the deficit hawks. There's also interesting results on SS. Don't mess with SS, raise the cap on FICA. The economy stinks, people are out of work, and someone will pay. Probably Dems - but I'd like to see a coordinated effort to hammer the Republicans on this. Unless people feel that their concerns are being addressed, they will be punishing pols in November. |