Posted on 02/18/2015 12:03:16 PM PST by Mariner
Republicans, especially some of the potential 2016 presidential candidates, were quick to claim a victory this week after a judge in Texas ordered a temporary halt to some of President Obama’s controversial immigration actions.
"The Texas court decision reached last night is a major turning point in the fight to stop Obama's lawless amnesty," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said Tuesday. "This is a major victory for the rule of law; the District Court's ruling states that President Obama must now stop implementing these policies in 'any and all aspects.'”
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But it could be a short-term victory because immigration is a potential landmine for Republicans who will be seeking the White House in 2016.
A poll out Tuesday by the Public Religion Research Institute found that most Americans -- 73 percent -- support Congress moving forward to pass a comprehensive bill rather than working to undo some of President Obama’s executive actions, including the ability of nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants to obtain work permits and legal safety from deportation.
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Well now we know what Brian Williams is doing while on unpaid leave. Volunteering to conduct polls for Public Religion Research Institute.
Three Factions of Americans: Climate Change Believers, Sympathizers, and Skeptics
Americans’ perspectives on whether the global temperature is rising have remained stable over the past few years. Nearly 7-in-10 (69%) Americans believe there is solid evidence that the earth’s average temperature has been increasing over the past few decades
Sooooo....70% of Americans believe in Global Warming?
I gotta hand it to this subversive org. I still can’t find out who is behind them. Need a wonk here!
“A poll out Tuesday by the Public Religion Research Institute found...”
OK I give, WTF is the Public Religion?
They worship government, public sector unions?
A poll conducted November 4, 2014 actually meant something, since it consisted of something other than deceptive questions, and the results - well, you already know the results...
Landmine?
Yep, that’s what ABC hopes, and will do it’s damnedest to bring about. Hell, ABC television news may not even exist five years from now.
Is this their last hurrah?
We can only hope at this point.
It’s actually, PABC, PNBC, PCBS, PCNN...
Propagandist agitpropists 24/7/365.
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.” - Mahatma Ghandhi
Got em!!
Look who works for them..
Those promoting the deceptive PRRI poll include Julia Preston of the New York Times (”In Report, 63% Back Way to Get Citizenship”, peekURL.com/zs7n8Rn ) and Ashley Killough of CNN (”Polls: Majority still support pathway to citizenship”, peekURL.com/zXL5qBM ). It goes without saying that neither discuss how the poll is misleading.
Aliyah Frumin of MSNBC
Of note, once the phone was answered the pollster asked to speak with the youngest male or female in the household, who then answered the questions.
It was also a bilingual survey of US Residents.
Methodology is the last page of the link for this BS push poll.
Ping to 27
Is ‘Serena Marshall’ Marie Harf’s pen name?
Democrats giving the GOP campaign advice again...
” Of note, once the phone was answered the pollster asked to speak with the youngest male or female in the household, who then answered the questions.
It was also a bilingual survey of US Residents. “
Good catch
Serena Marshall: “A poll out Tuesday by the Public Religion Research Institute found that most Americans — 73 percent — support Congress moving forward to pass a comprehensive bill rather than working to undo some of President Obama’s executive actions, including the ability of nearly 5 million undocumented immigrants to obtain work permits and legal safety from deportation.”
Well, Serena, I’ll see your poll and raise you one:
27 Jan 2015—
“A new poll finds a majority of registered voters oppose President Obama’s executive amnesty and support the current Republican strategy to defund his actions.
“The new Paragon Insights survey released this week found that 58 percent of registered voters oppose Obama’s executive actions, compared to 36 percent supporting them. The poll question highlighted the fact that the executive actions allow “four million undocumented immigrants to avoid deportation and seek jobs in the United States.”
“Registered voters also largely approved of the Republican tactic of defunding the order, with 53 percent telling the pollsters they support “Republicans in Congress taking away federal funding for this executive order” and just 36 percent saying they oppose that.
“Further, an overwhelming majority of registered voters said they would support legislation tightening regulations on hiring illegal immigrants — with 71 percent saying they would support such legislation compared to 21 percent who said they would oppose it.
“The poll was conducted among 1,593 registered voters from January 22-25 and has a margin of error of +/- 2.5 percentage points. The survey crosstabs show further how widespread the opposition to the executive actions and support for efforts to block them and protect jobs are.”
So go back to whoever is paying you to push this anti-American garbage, Serena, and let them know that we know that the majority of Americans is tired of seeing their country given away.
And, yes, Ted Cruz is a hell of a lot more intelligent than you are.
Depends entirely on how the question was asked. Any opinion can be validated through a poll, if the question is designed for that purpose.
Suicide, maybe in 1984, not 2016.
Demographic shifts (supported by establishment Repubs like the Bush’s) have changed this country forever.
Youngest male/female in the household only?
Wow, that pretty much craters this poll’s (and the groups that sponsored and ran it) credibility, doesn’t it?
Deliberately skewed in favor of young respondents. Who are more likely to respond positively to emotion-based leading questions and less likely to understand the ramifications of both the unconstitutional nature of these actions and the social/economic ramifications.
It would be like leading that demographic with questions on whether they were aware that their age cohort is getting screwed by unemployment, then asking if they’re aware that the jobs growth over the past several years has been driven by immigrant hiring and only THEN asking them whether they support Obama’s executive actions.
For the Republicans immigration restriction is a funny kind of land mine: it’s only dangerous if they don’t step on it.
If they do step on it it blows up in the face of the Democrats.
Of course the donors hate that, so we will get Jeb Bush as nominee and end up with Democrat as president. Jeb Bush provides protection against a populist candidate that might suggest things the base loves but the trans-nationalist/Chamber of Commerce types that own the party hate.
Jeb Bush cannot win the GOP primaries.
Now, there is an argument that he's the only one with enough money to last until April, 2016.
Not so this time. Not only with there be a gra$$roots contribution campaign, there will be Conservative benefactors as well.
We will have a REAL Conservative in the race THROUGH June 2016's California Primary.
The only question is: IS the make-up of the GOP actually Conservative and will they vote that way?
Not only are Republicans NOT running victory laps, they all (the ones on our side) seemed to make ONE short statement about it then shut up. I’ve been dying to read more post-mortem of zero’s shamnesty but can’t find ANY.
Walker hasn’t even commented on it. Nor Perry. Nor Jeb. Nor Rubio. What does this tell us?
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