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NBC/WSJ poll shows split on bailout

Patterico's Pontifications found this 12/10/2008 on firstread.msnbc.msn.com

From NBC's Mark MurrayAmericans are split on the federal government giving federal aid to prevent the U.S. auto industry from failing and going bankrupt, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. In the survey, 46 percent say they approve of the financial aid, versus 42 percent who say they oppose it. While Americans are divided on the auto bailout, that's no longer true for the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), the government's plan to take over bad mortgages and other troubled...( ...