Posted on 04/20/2009 11:28:48 AM PDT by dalight
While half the nation has a favorable opinion of last Wednesday’s events, the nation’s Political Class has a much dimmer view—just 13% of the political elite offered even a somewhat favorable assessment while 81% said the opposite. Among the Political Class, not a single survey respondent said they had a Very Favorable opinion of the events while 60% shared a Very Unfavorable assessment.
One-in-four adults (25%) say they personally know someone who attended a tea party protest. That figure includes just one percent (1%) of those in the Political Class.
(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...
Political Class?
They mean Politburo?
Looks like the somones who are in power are in deep doo doo come 2010.....
It’s a protest against the Political Class, Dhim and Repug.
How about STOP SPENDING OUR MONEY.
Kay Bailey Hutchenson (RINO, TX) just came to Midland, trying to raise money, and passing out $250K pork for a FOUNTAIN in downtown Midland.
Keep your fountain, RINO. How about: actually cutting spending!
Ah Ha, suspicions confirmed! What we need to do then is to replace the current political class.
It’s a good start.
Now we need to take the message further ... only this time get more control over the message.
One problem that I saw with the tea parties was too many messages, too many gripes being aired. Not that they aren’t valid, but this will go no where if we don’t stick to ONE message.
It should be about EXCESSIVE SPENDING which will cause humongous debt burden for future generations ... who are too yount to vote or haven’t been born yet ... so they have NO REPRESENATION.
Ping
Who the heck exactly is the “political class?” Does it include the media.
This makes it very clear that we no longer have a Gov’t of, by, and for the people.
The left protests 24/7.
We do it once and we’re told it’s “unhealthy”.
The Media are enemies of this country.
Throw them all out in 2010!
I’m a registered Republican. I was in a Tea Party and I’m ticked off at the GOP nationally and statewide.
Guess I’m part of that 13% and I doubt very much if any Democrats are there.
Democrats are addicted to tax dollars. They help them feed their special program and project habits. And they have contaminated too many Republicans with their addiction.
Political elite?....Please!....Call it what it is...special interest lobbies!
Who are the Political Class?
GOP in death throws.
I don't really know, I would expect that it would include reporters, politicians and government workers.. but I could be wildly wrong.
Perhaps it is defined by Rasmussen in the report.. it is an interesting read. The thing that stunned me was the 25% of Americans say they personally know someone who attended. If you say 1 million attended, this says that they let an average of approx. 50 people know they planned to go. Either that or alot more people attended then we even have gathered together here.
Indeed! Look at this from the detailed report:
Mainstream Republicans do express a more positive view of the protests than Mainstream Democrats. Still, a majority (54%) of Mainstream Democrats had a favorable opinion of the tea parties.
[Fifteen percent (15%) are not sure. ]
So did they not know what the tea parties were about or hadn’t heard about them? Are they not sure if they support massive Gov’t spending, increased taxes, a lower standard of living and Gov’t control of their lives? What are they now sure about? How can you not be sure?
Still, a majority (54%) of Mainstream Democrats had a favorable opinion of the tea parties.
BLAM!! No wonder the left and their allies in the media are having a fit.
Also is 25% of those polled know someone that attended, their is NO WAY the media's lowball estimate of 250,000 is correct. JUST NO WAY!
Yeah, but with only 51% viewing them favorably, it’s an uphill climb to replace the current political class in office. But I am all for it too starting in 2010.
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