Scott Rasmussen sent me his latest poll, and it shows that 55% of voters support passage of the Continuing Resolution, including almost 80% of Republicans.
If you look at how Scott describes the question, which in itself is fair, I can understand why even a fairly large fraction of Democrats approved of passing the CR. It describes what the Democrats are calling huge meataxe cuts as “slowing the growth” of government and increasing the security of the border.
That is true, but you could also describe the bill in myriad ways that seem far less attractive while also saying only things that are true. While Democrat catastrophizing is hyperbolic, Thomas Massie’s description of the bill as more or less business as usual is equally true.
Sorry, Scott, I call ’em as I see ’em.
This isn’t a push poll or intended to be biased, but it is impossible to word a…
