Remember the "No tea parties for Bibi" article that claimed "...Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrival in Washington shortly after President Barack Obama’s victory on health-care reform had both symbolic significance and practical implications for the Likud leader. Obama’s win was interpreted as Netanyahu’s loss, reflecting the zero-sum nature of the diplomatic clash between the right-wing Israeli leader and the liberal occupant of the White House....Netanyahu was forced to play diplomatic poker with a weaker hand and against a more assertive U.S. president, who was pressing Israel to make substantial reductions to its settlement plans in East Jerusalem..."
Well here is what US voters think! A new poll indicates that most voters, by a 48 percent to 44 percent margin, believe the tea party's views are closer to their own than President Obama's are.
The question that Rasmussen Reports posed to 1,000 likely voters: "When you think about the major issues facing the country, whose views are closest to your own, President Barack Obama or the average tea party member?"
On major issues, 48% of voters say that the average Tea Party member is closer to their views than President Barack Obama. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 44% hold the opposite view and believe the president’s views are closer to their own.
Not surprisingly, Republicans overwhelmingly feel closer to the Tea Party and most Democrats say that their views are more like Obama’s. Among voters not affiliated with either major political party, 50% say they’re closer to the Tea Party while 38% side with the President.
“Unaffiliated voters are continuing the pattern they established in 2006 and 2008 of opposing the party in power,” notes Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports. In his new book, Scott makes the case that “the American people don’t want to be governed from the left, the right, or the center. They want to govern themselves.”
Sixty-three percent (63%) of Mainstream Americans say their views are closer to the Tea Party.
Well here is what US voters think! A new poll indicates that most voters, by a 48 percent to 44 percent margin, believe the tea party's views are closer to their own than President Obama's are.
The question that Rasmussen Reports posed to 1,000 likely voters: "When you think about the major issues facing the country, whose views are closest to your own, President Barack Obama or the average tea party member?"
On major issues, 48% of voters say that the average Tea Party member is closer to their views than President Barack Obama. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 44% hold the opposite view and believe the president’s views are closer to their own.
Not surprisingly, Republicans overwhelmingly feel closer to the Tea Party and most Democrats say that their views are more like Obama’s. Among voters not affiliated with either major political party, 50% say they’re closer to the Tea Party while 38% side with the President.
“Unaffiliated voters are continuing the pattern they established in 2006 and 2008 of opposing the party in power,” notes Scott Rasmussen, president of Rasmussen Reports. In his new book, Scott makes the case that “the American people don’t want to be governed from the left, the right, or the center. They want to govern themselves.”
Sixty-three percent (63%) of Mainstream Americans say their views are closer to the Tea Party.
