Americans Think GOP's Top Priority Is Troublemaking

[DonViejo]

UTC | NJ CONGRESSIONAL CONNECTION POLL COVERAGE

Americans Think GOP's Top Priority Is Troublemaking

The United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll finds few people see job creation as either party's priority.

The two parties are portraying the stalemate over the federal budget and health reform as a titanic clash of principle, but a plurality of Americans believes that causing political problems for President Obama is now the GOP's top priority in Washington, the latest United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll has found.

Respondents didn't view Washington Democrats' motivations quite so cynically, but even so, when the poll asked the public to rank that party's priorities, causing problems for congressional Republicans finished second, only behind reducing health care costs.

Meanwhile, as polls still consistently show that creating jobs remains task one for most Americans, only about one in seven adults in the United Technologies/Congressional Connection survey identified it as the highest priority for either party in Washington.

The poll identified six policy and political goals and asked respondents which they considered the highest, and second-highest, priority for each party in Washington. The results showed that independents, in particular, see the parties diverging on most of their goals--but sharing a lack of attention to the slow pace of job creation.

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http://www.nationaljournal.com/congressional-connection/coverage/americans-think-gop-s-top-priority-is-troublemaking-20131001

[oldandhappy]

1. We KNOW it

because the t-pubs have been focused on obstruction ever since the president was elected. Hard to do job creation when you cannot get a budget.

[Filibuster Harry]

2. Now troublemaking is their top priority? Really? How about starting the day of his inauguration

in 2009? Don't even tell me it took a government shutdown for most of the people in this country to figure that out.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

3. Republicans are all about "Job Deletion"

Through their obsession with the almighty *deficit* Republicans have been busier cutting jobs (i.e. public jobs) than they have been doing anything to create them. They're not even doing anything to help re-train workers for other jobs. Between the sequester and their shutdown, they are putting even more people out of a job and pay.