Tea Parties Have Good Favorables

[Rowan]

Rasmussen:

Fifty-one percent (51%) of Americans have a favorable view of the “tea parties” held nationwide last week, including 32% who say their view of the events is Very favorable.

Thirty-three percent (33%) hold an unfavorable opinion of the tea parties according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Fifteen percent (15%) are not sure.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics2/51_view_tea_parties_favorably_political_class_strongly_disagrees

[Franzl]

What was Obama's approval rating again?

[Rowan]

What was Obama's approval rating again?

Independents have a higher rating for the tea parties than they do for Obama, just FYI.

[Franzl]

What was Obama's approval rating again?

Independents have a higher rating for the tea parties than they do for Obama, just FYI.

Disapproval of tea parties even among Obama voters won't be extremely high....all you have to do in the U.S. to gain approval is crusade against taxes. Doesn't mean that the public is turning on the current administration.

[Rowan]

What was Obama's approval rating again?

Independents have a higher rating for the tea parties than they do for Obama, just FYI.

 Doesn't mean that the public is turning on the current administration.

I didn't say that. Just pointing out that it might not be good for congressional Democrats to demagogue the events.

[Franzl]

What was Obama's approval rating again?

Independents have a higher rating for the tea parties than they do for Obama, just FYI.

 Doesn't mean that the public is turning on the current administration.

I didn't say that. Just pointing out that it might not be good for congressional Democrats to demagogue the events.

Oh well...that might be true, then, although I don't think congressional approval necessarily means all that much...the Democrats did, after all, gain lots of seats in Congress in 2008 with an approval of like under 20%

Don't really think that the Tea Parties will matter much....ever, but that's just a hunch

[Landslide Lyndon]

Of course they have good favorables.

Who doesn't love a good comedy, especially in such difficult times?

[Keystone Phil]

Who doesn't love a good comedy, especially in such difficult times?

I was looking for an explanation for Obama's favorable ratings...

[Landslide Lyndon]

Who doesn't love a good comedy, especially in such difficult times?

I was looking for an explanation for Obama's favorable ratings...

Was he talking about secession and socialism too?

[Mint]

Only shows how out of the mainstream this forum (and the media) really is.

[Brittain33]

Only shows how out of the mainstream this forum (and the media) really is.

It's mostly on forum 11.0 that we've proven that Rasmussen is positioning themselves as a Republican media pollster, and slants their polls accordingly. They had Democrats with only a narrow advantage over Republicans on the generic ballot in early November, both before and after the election and since then have been providing fodder for Republicans to claim "we've drawn even" every few weeks. RowanBrandon never acknowledged it, but any objective analysis of Rasmussen polls will take it into account.

[Democratic Hawk]

I'd be mainstream Democrat who views these tea parties very unfavorably

BTW, did these tea-parties ever occur when the inept George W Bush took the federal government from living within its means to living well beyond its means - thanks to his enriching the plutocratic elite, all the while the middle class stagnates and jobs, especially blue-collar, are outsourced

Never had much time for right-wing pseudo-populism espoused by Republicans and conservatives, as and when it suits their own elite (fat cat)-serving agenda

Fair taxation need not be punitive - and nothing this president is proposing is anything close to that

Dave

[Nhoj]

Only shows how out of the mainstream this forum (and the media) really is.

this forum yes. but the media how do you figure the media is the ones who touted the idea. before fox news started promoting it, ron paul types were the only people attending i bet if rasmussen had taken this poll a few months ago it would have got atleast 80% i dont have a clue what that is response.

[Mint]

I'd be mainstream Democrat who views these tea parties very unfavorably

I'm still registered Democratic but I find myself alienated and moving more to the right lately. I'm really not a fan of the Religious Right though so switching parties still seems unlikely.

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We had more jobs outsourced here than outsourced overseas, and even then the percentage was miniscule. Off-shoring and general underemployment has been much more of a problem for the working to middle class than outsourcing, which almost totally effects the (generally high skills, well paid) tech industry.

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I'm pretty sure not wanting hundreds of billions of dollars to go to corporate crooks is the opposite. I actually know a few leftists and anarchists elsewhere who attended.

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I disagree. If you factor in property tax, capital gains, etc. a lot of the professional and upper class is paying an enormous amount. My family is already paying well over 40% of their income in taxes as it is. With the proposed changes it's going to be over 50%. And really, what is 'fair' anyway? Even a lot of liberal Democrats here would balk at people paying more than 33% of their income, yet people are paying well over that in many cases (and not just millionaires).

[Mint]

Only shows how out of the mainstream this forum (and the media) really is.

It's mostly on forum 11.0 that we've proven that Rasmussen is positioning themselves as a Republican media pollster, and slants their polls accordingly. They had Democrats with only a narrow advantage over Republicans on the generic ballot in early November, both before and after the election and since then have been providing fodder for Republicans to claim "we've drawn even" every few weeks. RowanBrandon never acknowledged it, but any objective analysis of Rasmussen polls will take it into account.

I had them bookmarked from august on and I never noticed any substantial discrepancies in terms of Obama's favorables during the election. It was maybe 2-3% different on average. You have a point that Republicans tend to use them a lot as a talking point but really, given the way the bail outs have polled this doesn't seem that unlikely. If you have any threads you can point to I'd be willing to look them over though.

[Mint]

Only shows how out of the mainstream this forum (and the media) really is.

this forum yes. but the media how do you figure the media is the ones who touted the idea. before fox news started promoting it, ron paul types were the only people attending i bet if rasmussen had taken this poll a few months ago it would have got atleast 80% i dont have a clue what that is response.

It doesn't seem like the bulk of the media has really covered this, aside from Fox News (aka Colbert News Network). And when they do it's almost always derisive. The hysteria in the papers and cable news networks is something else.

[Nhoj]

Only shows how out of the mainstream this forum (and the media) really is.

this forum yes. but the media how do you figure the media is the ones who touted the idea. before fox news started promoting it, ron paul types were the only people attending i bet if rasmussen had taken this poll a few months ago it would have got atleast 80% i dont have a clue what that is response.

It doesn't seem like the bulk of the media has really covered this, aside from Fox News (aka Colbert News Network). And when they do it's almost always derisive. The hysteria in the papers and cable news networks is something else.

does the media every really cover protests of any sort? anyways my point is no one would have a clue that they existed if it were not for the media.

[Mint]

I remember they covered the anti war protests a lot along with all the immigrants rights rallies awhile back. This doesn't look any less massive than most of those.

[Eraserhead]

Alright, I'm calling BS on this one unless I see some other polls backing it up.

[Keystone Phil]

Alright, I'm calling BS

Even though you have no good reason to do so.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Most people are likely to respond favorable as a default as they fear otherwise will make them look anti-free speech or whatever.

[Keystone Phil]

Most people are likely to respond favorable as a default as they fear otherwise will make them look anti-free speech or whatever.

Uh huh. And that makes about as much sense as having a favorable opinion of the President because otherwise they're racist. Give me a break, BRTD.

[Eraserhead]

Alright, I'm calling BS

Even though you have no good reason to do so.

People generally don't like protests.  I find it hard to believe that people would like protests where a President they strongly approve of is called a ''fascist'' on a pretty regular basis. If other polls start showing similar results, I'll gladly eat my words.

[Keystone Phil]

Alright, I'm calling BS

Even though you have no good reason to do so.

People generally don't like protests.  I find it hard to believe that people would like protests where a President they strongly approve of is called a ''fascist'' on a pretty regular basis. If other polls start showing similar results, I'll gladly eat my words.

Ah, ok. I see. Maybe they just thought the pollster was asking if they liked actual tea parties...you know...like the English tea parties. 

[Rowan]

I doubt anyone else is actually going to poll the question. It's already been 5 days since the event.