Rasmussen: no-one knows what cap-and-trade is, elitists like planet

[Linus Van Pelt]

I wish they asked this kind of thing more often.

What does cap-and-trade deal with? (three options given)
29% Wall Street
24% the environment
17% health care
30% no idea

Also interesting: which is more important, health care or environment?
everybody:
health-care 69%
global warming 15%

"political class": (this doesn't mean people who work in politics; it's a Rasmussen classification for the 7% of respondents who respond with a non-populist attitude to some questions about whether you trust government or ordinary people more)
health-care 45%
global warming 38%

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/environment/congress_pushes_cap_and_trade_but_just_24_know_what_it_is

[Lief 🗽]

Well, obviously not dying in the short term is more important than not dying in the long term...

The cap and trade question is potentially good, potentially bad, because it means there's still plenty of time to frame the debate on that issue.

[Purple State]

Well, obviously not dying in the short term is more important than not dying in the long term...

The cap and trade question is potentially good, potentially bad, because it means there's still plenty of time to frame the debate on that issue.

Exactly my thought. It shows that, so far, most of the back and forth on the environmental bill is being overshadowed by health care and the economy. Which also makes it possible for the Democrats to slip it through without much public outcry. But both sides have ample time to frame this issue and it really lays in how effective the parties are at this.