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Progressive Breakfast: Light Up The Phones
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... UPDATE: FiveThirtyEight analyzes all the polling: "...there is some evidence ... that the stimulus has become less popular. There is no evidence ... that the stimulus has become unpopular; on the contrary, the preponderance of polling evidence suggests it remains a course of action that most of the public likes." ...
Senate tackles Obama's recovery plan
Daily Kos —
... Meanwhile, Nate over at 538 works his magic with a few polls and pushes back against the notion that all of a sudden, the recovery plan is "unpopular" with the public: ...
Jason Rosenbaum: Republicans looking to strip health care, education provisions from recovery - Make the call!
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... The legislation is now on the Senate floor. If senators perceive that Americans side with Obama in this fight--which several polls say they are--that will strengthen the power of progressives in the debate and we'll get a good bill. If, on the other hand, senators are only feeling the heat from conservatives, then our advocates will be weakened and we'll get a lousy bill. That's just the way things go on Capitol Hill. ...
CBS News Repeats Republican Gibberish on Stimulus
Firedoglake —
... Reporters also have an obligation to question why Senate Republicans are knee-jerk opposed to stimulus in the form of spending. The Republicans aren't opposed because it's not stimulus; they're opposed because they don't support public spending for certain activities. They don't want the federal government paying for more teachers and schools and they don't want government helping laid-off workers keep their health care, which is a big part of this bill. But the public wants these things, and that disconnect needs to be reported. ...
Selling the stimulus: How Republican propaganda is dominating the narrative, and what Democrats need to do to fight back
The Reaction —
... The apparent lack of public support for the plan is worrisome, but, as Nate Silver finds (via Alex Koppelman, with a Democratic source who ...
The Battle Is Joined
The Mahablog —
... First, you may have seen headlines that the popularity of the stimulus bill has tanked. Nate Silver says this is not so. It may have slipped a little in popularity, but a majority of the public still supports it. ...
How Bad Must The Economy Get?
The Democratic Daily —
... more and more Americans are losing their jobs, savings and homes?
Growing up, I heard many stories about the Great Depression from my parents who lived through it. This is as bad as I have seen the economy in my lifetime, and as readers here know, I have been writing about the continual downturn in the economy since the early days of The Dem Daily.
The claim is out there now that Obama is losing the stimulus message war, but Nate Silver points out that is not exactly the case (h/t Maha).
Congress needs to take action, “ ...
