A new Bloomberg poll finds that Americans think spending cuts should be attached to a debt ceiling hike by 61-28. This is being widely portrayed as proof the public sides with Republicans on the debt limit. …
“They’re deluding themselves,” [Joel] Benenson told me, referring to Republicans. “They were held accountable when they did this [during the debt limit battle] in 2011. They were held accountable for putting the recovery at risk throughout the 2012 election. And hard working Americans who are getting up every day doing their jobs are taking a very dim view of what they’re seeing from the Republican Congress right now.” [cont.]
Greg Sargent, Washington Post