Legal Commentary

Misreading The Polling On FinReg

By Big Tent Democrat

Kevin Drum misreads the findings of the WaPo poll on FinReg:

I'm a little unsure if this is good news or bad news. It's good that there's generally majority (or better) support for all this stuff, but the majorities aren't all that big. [. . . T]he public doesn't exactly seem ready to hit the streets with pitchforks and torches. Maybe public opinion would be stronger if we could somehow convince them that Goldman Sachs planned to convene death panels?

What Kevin misses is that the partisan divide is already reflected in these poll findings. ("44 percent of Republicans approve of stricter guidelines, joining 75 percent of Democrats and 57 percent of independents on the issue.")

This is THE best issue the Dems have by far. It is no coincidence that the Dems are having a vote on it today.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on April 26, 2010 (boomark / email).