When Fox News isn't able to game a poll, you know things must be bad for the GOP message machine. From Greg Sargent:
Fox News is out with a new poll that seems designed to gauge the public’s attitude towards Obama’s new posture. For those making the “class warfare” argument, these results won’t be encouraging:
Do you think Barack Obama’s political strategy for reelection is designed to bring people together with a hopeful message, or drive people apart with a partisan message?The only groups that say Obama is trying to “drive people apart” are Republicans (57 percent) conservatives (49 percent) and Tea Partyers (68 percent).
Bring people together: 56
Drive people apart: 32
Even a majority of independents, 53 percent, and a big majority of moderates, 68 percent, say Obama is trying to “bring people together,” despite the question’s aggressive wording. Fifty eight percent of those over $50,000 say the same.
That’s not all. A new Washington Post poll also finds that a meager 29 percent say Obama is doing more to help the “have nots” than to help the “haves.” A plurality, 45 percent, say he’s treating both equally, and a plurality of independents, 46 percent, says the same. Meanwhile, a plurality of 47 percent overall also say Republicans are doing more to help the “haves.
