I Love the Smell of Coffee in the Morning; People are Waking Up!
The latest Rasmussen poll shows a 2 point increase in Americans’ sentiments that the Government is doing TOO MUCH. Most Americans are not happy with the new administration’s strategy for the economy and its government intervention policies.
As short-term optimism about the economy has grown in recent months, so has the concern that the federal government will do too much in response to the nation’s recent economic challenges.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 52% of the nation’s Likely Voters now worry that the government will do too much. That’s up from 50% a month ago and 43% in mid-February. It’s the highest level of concern measured since Barack Obama was elected president. Read more
Obama Governs the United States Through Polling Trends
This is just plain dumb! You don’t run a company, a state, a city, a town or the U.S. by polling and popularity – it will bite you in the A$$.
The problem I see with polling so often as the article actually indicates is that you will flip-flop on way too many issues and will never stand by principles. People’s minds change all the time depending on the times and whatever it is they may be going through. For example, I had a friend sign up for E-harmony, and he took that survey they require you to fill out; he took it twice. Each survey result was incredibly different because, he had a different mindset and mood each time he took the survey. Same thing goes for these polls that are conducted by Rasmussen, Zogby etc.
It’s good to know what the public is thinking but how can you ever be trusted by anyone if you never stand strong on your principles and always change your mind depending on other people’s moods. That seems pretty empty and shallow to me.
As President Barack Obama works to sell the American people on a sweeping agenda of domestic spending and policy changes, he’s relying on three men who have gone through neither Senate confirmation nor cable news spin cycles.
Data from pollsters Joel Benenson and Paul Harstad has become increasingly important to shaping the White House’s message as the crucial battle over the president’s budget intensifies.
“The pace [of polling] is picking up,” said one source familiar with the data.
In addition, David Binder, a San Francisco-based focus group expert, also has been traveling the country taking the national temperature on issues like energy and health care, others close to the White House said.
Most people I know, Democrat or otherwise, are not keen on the energy push and health care push at this point in time when there are still so many uknowns with the economy. Most Republicans are against those agenda items so you almost have to have more than 50% not fond of that idea currently… however, Obama is still pushing this as an agenda item so how can this be the true temperature of the country?
