From ABC News: The Note: GOP Losing Ground In Battle Over Deficit. And from my own "I told you so" department: "Fiscal conservatives" (wink, wink, nudge, nudge) are not trustworthy - especially when compromise is part of their basic character.
As Congress and the White House struggle to cobble together a budget deal, Americans don't feel particularly confident that either side has the right answers.
In a new ABC News/Washington Post poll out today, just 43 percent of Americans approve of the way President Obama is handling the economy, though more Americans say they trust Obama (46 percent) on the issue than Republicans in Congress (34 percent). http://abcn.ws/gpFL1H
What's more, by a 9-point margin Americans now see Obama as better able to handle the deficit than GOP lawmakers in Congress. That represents an 11-point drop for the GOP since December -- a period when Republicans have made cutting federal spending a centerpiece of their agenda.
And here’s another interesting fact, according to ABC polling analyst Gary Langer: “The drop in trust to handle the economy has occurred chiefly among independents, now drawing away from the GOP after rallying to its side. As recently as January, 42 percent of independents preferred the Republicans in Congress over Obama to handle the economy. Today just 29 percent say the same, and there's been a rise in the number who volunteer that they don't trust either side.”
Read the rest of the article at ABC News: The Note: GOP Losing Ground In Battle Over Deficit.
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