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Posted on 02/18/2015 6:52:13 PM PST by Dave346
Congressional Democrats are demanding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancel or delay next month’s address to Congress, but a new survey by a Republican pollster says Americans want the show to go on.
The poll — commissioned by McLaughlin & Associates, a pollster that worked for former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) — found that 59 percent of Americans support Netanyahu’s speech to Congress and only 23 percent oppose, according to results obtained by POLITICO. McLaughlin & Associates CEO John McLaughlin has also advised Netanyahu during his reelection campaign.
Many Democrats have publicly bashed the planned speech for taking place just weeks before the Israeli elections, and have lambasted House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) for seeking to bring a critic of President Barack Obama to the Hill at a crucial moment during nuclear negotiations with Iran. They have also criticized Boehner for not notifying the White House of the invitation.
But the poll concluded that 36 percent of people strongly support the March 3 address, while just 11 percent strongly oppose it.
The survey also found that 79 percent want to require both Obama and Congress to vet a deal that would ratchet down Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for further loosening of some sanctions. Congressional Republicans are increasingly shifting their stance on the Iran toward requiring congressional approval for a deal, as opposed to imposing new sanctions. The White House opposes both options.
The poll was conducted from Friday to Tuesday and surveyed 1,007 likely general election voters. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.
BOOM! Take that, 0bola and Dims!
This whole thing is going to blow up in the Dimwitocrats faces.
The same 23% that steadfastly support Obama. At least they are consistent.
23% are against freedom of speech.
I would rather hear him than hussein Obama.
I would pick him over obama to be prez of the USA 10000000000 - .00000001.
I at least trust Bibi.
59-23 is pretty much the breakdown on almost all the most pressing issues of the day. Amnesty, Obolacare, Keystone.
Imagine what could have been accomplished if the GOP represented their voters instead of their donors.
lol I’d wager that 75% of Americans have NO IDEA who Netanyahu is, and I’m probably being generous....
23 percent of Republicans oppose? Who the hell are these people..the ones who support Jeb Bush?
It would be nice to see holocaust survivors or their families,survivors be seated at the speech instead of the communist congressional democrats,who are boycotting the speech because of their anti Semitic hatred.
Without Jews supporting the civil rights movement,it would never have been accomplished. Sadly they are still giving as they are being crapped on and insulted.
Bibi for president right now.
Look for the GOP-E to try to scuttle Netanyahu’s speech. Important rule for the GOP-E: If it’s popular with their base, they must do everything to help Obama.
No, 23% of Americans polled oppose.
The reason this poll result differed from the other ones out there is the wording of the question:
“Republican House Speaker John Boehner has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress on March 3rd. President Obama and some Democrats think it should be cancelled because it is 2 weeks before an Israeli election. Israeli Prime Minister wants to speak to the American Congress to try to stop a
deal that would give Iran a nuclear weapon. These negotiations are set to conclude 3 weeks after the Prime Minister’s speech. Knowing all of this is true, do you support or opposePrime Minister Netanyahu speaking to Congress on March 3rd?”
59% of AMERICANS support Net’s speech.
This means to me... 55% will vote for the R candidate if it isn’t Jeb, if you believe the electorate is 40% RAT, 20% Indy and 40% Repub. This means that 3/4 of Indies support Net.
This is amazing news.
http://images.politico.com/global/2015/02/18/national_omnibus_-_february_2015_-_san_-_memo.html
When groups like CNN or J Street run a poll and ask a loaded question with false premises like
“Netanahu violated protocol by accepting Speaker John Boehner’s invitation to speak to Congress without notifying the President. Should Netanyahu speak anyway or cancel?”
Then they tend to get much different results.
Go Bibi go! Crush islam! Eradicate all traces of that evil death cult!
I’m actually surprised those in favor aren’t a higher percentage.
Then again, watch Jesse Watters and lose hope for the next generation.
Wow!
A right wing poll to counter a left wing poll!
Einstein would be proud.
I am a Christian and a conservative. I support Bibi and Israel 100%.
This is such a non issue.
The White House, for more administrations than Obama have not met with foreign leaders that close to an election. They ALL know this.
The Speaker is out of line here. He just is.
I like Bibi. I will watch. I love hearing him dump on Obama.
But the invitation was wrong. And Obama is doing what Presidents for generations have done.
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