I would bet real money that no more than three out of every ten people surveyed could coherently describe even one Republican (or DemonRat) policy on either Social Security or the environment.
I would bet real money that no more than three out of every ten people surveyed could coherently describe even one Republican (or DemonRat) policy on either Social Security or the environment.Precisely. Were this poll taken in 1965, we have the same results: "Positive Ratings for Johnson If Not His Policy" -- if the Times wanted to put it that way, that is.
The full court press is on. The Washington (com)Post ran a similar front page story yesterday. I won't bother with a link... something like "GOP to Press Domestic Agenda".
What they will do is attack where they believe the Administration to be weakest. They can't anymore call him dumb. They can't anymore call him unelected. They can't anymore call him weak, vacillating, and all kinds of other lies. So they'll try to ressurrect New Gingrich and go after the GOP Congress.
It's not a bad strategy. What results do you imagine our pollsters would get in 1965 had they asked respondents, "Do you believe the Government should create a 300,000 employee bureaucracy that costs $5 for every $1 it spends to eleminate poverty but that actually entrenches it by creating welfare dependency?"
"Uhh... no?"
You could do that any time, over any policy. There is no love for Congress. There is no moral uplift in law making. It's all in the rhetoric around it. Let's see who can win this one. We've still got a fight.