Most Say Tea Party Has Better Understanding of Issues than Congress

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[Sub-Driver]

Most Say Tea Party Has Better Understanding of Issues than Congress Sunday, March 28, 2010

In official Washington, some consider the Tea Party movement a fringe element in society, but voters across the nation feel closer to the Tea Party movement than they do to Congress.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 52% of U.S. voters believe the average member of the Tea Party movement has a better understanding of the issues facing America today than the average member of Congress. Only 30% believe that those in Congress have a better understanding of the key issues facing the nation.

When it comes to those issues, 47% think that their own political views are closer to those of the average Tea Party member than to the views of the average member of Congress. On this point, 26% feel closer to Congress.

Finally, 46% of voters say that the average Tea Party member is more ethical than the average member of Congress. Twenty-seven percent (27%) say that the average member of Congress is more ethical.

[SpinyNorman]

When you step on heads to get your legislation, expect to be kicked all the way down by the owners of those heads.

[Thane_Banquo]

My 7 year old nephew probably has a better understanding of the issues than Congress.

[Dr. Ursus]

No shinola!

[Yorlik803]

That isnt saying much. My cat has a better understanding than congress.

[chainsaw]

Thisis a case of congress being so close to the forrest they can’t see the trees.

[MizSterious]

Hah. Even my three wacky cats have a better understanding than most of congress.

[MizSterious]

LOL—GMTA—I posted the same, times 3.

[Yorlik803]

You are right, great minds think alike.....

[YankeeReb]

Most in congress have never done an honest days work in their lives so it’s not surprising that those on the receiving end of these new mandates and taxes have a better understanding of what’s happening to them.

[OneWingedShark]

...My _cat_ has a better understanding than congress:
- She knows she can’t eat a bird she hasn’t caught.
- She knows to get out of the way when I’m ‘stomping’ around carrying something big.
- She knows what a sandbox is for.
- She knows that being a “mean and angry kitty” to me _isn’t_ going to get her any treats.

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“The gap between Americans who want to govern themselves and politicians who want to rule over them may be as big today as the gap between the colonies and England during the 18th century,” Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports, says in his new book, In Search of Self-Governance. “If we had to rely on politicians to fix these problems, the outlook for the nation would be bleak indeed. Fortunately, in America, the politicians aren’t nearly as important as they think they are.”