Posted on 05/25/2005 11:07:12 AM PDT by man from mars
Gallup Shock: 69 Percent Oppose Dem Filibusters
An overwhelming majority of Americans agree with Republicans who say President Bush's judicial nominees deserve an up or down vote, according to a Gallup survey released yesterday.
The bombshell survey found that 35 percent "want to see the filibuster rules changed so that those judicial nominees are subject to an up-or-down vote," Gallup said. Thirty-four percent "want to see the filibuster rule preserved" but "would like to see the Senate have an up-or-down vote on those nominees."
Only 19 percent told Gallup that Democrats were right to filibuster judicial appointments, with 12 percent voicing no opinion.
Twenty-four hours after the bombshell poll's release, news that 69 percent of Americans want Democrats to stop filibustering Bush's judicial nominees has yet to be reported by a single major U.S. media outlet.
In another stunning development, a plurality of those surveyed by Gallup - 38 percent - said that Christian influence on the courts was "not enough," while only 27 percent disagreed. Twenty-eight percent said Christian influence on the courts was "about right."
The Gallup survey also found that 29 percent of Americans "think Federal court judges are too liberal" - with just 19 percent saying the judiciary is "too conservative."
Monday while driving I was ranting at ABC hourly radio news with their slanting of the filibuster fight as those mean Republicans trying to take away the rights of the minority, conveniently ignoring the fight was only over the Presidents nominees and that the Pubbies only wanted to return to the Senate tradition in effect for 214 years. Glad to see when a question is asked correctly, the public response is indeed on the side of fairness.
-PJ
Okay, now we have an alternative to the 'nuclear option', let's call it the 'thermonuclear option': make the demonRATs ACTUALLY FILIBUSTER. Make them talk for hours on C-SPAN so the 69% get really fed up with them preventing the Senate from doing anything. None of this, oh, well, if you say you're going to filibuster let's pretend you are and do other business instead crap. Play it the way the demonRATs played the government shutdowns. Then, once public opinion is really outraged, even the 7 weasles (and probably a handful of vulnerable demonRATs) will vote for the rules change, and in the process the demonRATs will so damage themselves that our majority will increase.
Not even a link to it from Gallup's website. Clear indication of a NewsMax commission.
SOURCE PLEASE..
Whoever said that the MSM can not keep a secret.
The major media DID report this. They just buried it in this article named "Poll: Bush approval mark nears low".
All respondents were also asked whether they would change the filibuster and/or preserve it.Thirty-five percent sided with changing Senate rules, 19 percent agreed on keeping the filibuster, and 34 percent wanted filibuster rules to remain intact but for nominees to receive a full Senate vote.
Thirty-five percent in favor of changing senate rules + 34% in favor of keeping the rules but voting on the nominees = 69% opposed to Dem filibuster.
A word of advice. Fact check anything you get from News Max.
Gutless
Old
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How bizarre is it that the guy who always sanctimoniously proclaims that he wishes to "preserve the integrity of the U.S. Senate" is the one guy whose very presence does more to harm its integrity than anything else?
http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/5/25/115435.shtml
Here is the link to NewsMax
The Source is Gallup
"I can't believe that old goat plans to run again. Guess he wants to die shaking his wobbly head and finger at us on the Senate floor. What a drama king!"
He still hasn't had a 7/11 named after him in WV. Probably sticking around, waiting for it to happen.
I doubt NewsMax has the money to commission a Gallup poll.
The only poll result related to the judicial nominees that I've heard in the media for the past several weeks is that the majority of Americans didn't want the "nuclear option" to end the filibuster. I never did see or hear just how the poll question was worded. Gotta wonder how many people responding to the poll thought "nuclear option" referred to the use of WMD.
No. My error.
Let us know if you find it.
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