Friday, July 12, 2013

What's the most telling statistic here?


The HuffingtonPost had an article about a poll comparing the public's assessment of who is more to blame for the inaction and massive inertia at the heart of our Government.  The results here should be noted by the Senate GOP that's getting very worried about the Dems changing the filibuster rules so as to allow the duly-elected President the ability to actually run the government effectively - clearly something that the GOP doesn't want to have happen.

Here's the article:

Poll: GOP More To Blame For Gridlock, But Both Parties At Fault 

This headline is certainly not surprising.  But I read the article looking for real indications of the public's perceptions.   And here's what I found:

" Voters also wanted to see the president and congressional Republicans come to a compromise. Fifty-three percent said Obama was doing too little to work with Congress on important issues, while 68 percent said GOP legislators were compromising too little with Obama."

That's a pretty big gap.  And the fact is, it's not that they are compromising too little with Obama;  it's that they aren't compromising (or even negotiating) at all with Obama.  And that's  the recipe for unworkableness.   And that's why the nuclear option on nominations is most definitely on the table.


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