DNC Memo: Political Pundits Got Debt Ceiling Scorecard Wrong

[Tx4obama]

WASHINGTON -- The rush to frame the winners and losers in the debt ceiling deal stands in stark contrast to the protracted negotiations over the debt ceiling themselves. On Thursday afternoon, the Democratic National Committee engaged once again, issuing a memo arguing that political pundits got their analyses wrong when they deemed the final result a win for the Republicans.

"The fact is, since President Obama reached a debt and deficit compromise with Republicans over the weekend, CNN and Gallup polls show that a hefty majority of Democrats and Liberals support the deal while a hefty majority of Republicans, and particularly the all-important Tea Party Republicans, oppose it," says the memo, authored by DNC Executive Director Patrick Gaspard and sent to The Huffington Post. "If you’re waiting for the rush of stories, columns and blogs with the inside the beltway intelligentsia admitting they missed the mark on this – don’t hold your breath. The very folks who rush to judgment on these things are rarely in a rush to admit they were wrong."

Going through the actual polling data -- which showed that two-thirds of Republicans and conservatives opposed the deal while a majority of Democrats and liberals approved of it -- Gaspard argues that reporters were basing their assumptions on either faulty or uninformed insight.

Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/04/debbie-wasserman-schultz-debt_n_918440.html

[MrTriumph]

1. Well, with their credibilty, why wouldn't you believe the WH?

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[Enrique]

2. i think people are disgusted with all politicians n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. We got a WINNAHH!!!!!!!

[Bonhomme Richard]

3. It used to be so much easier selling bullshit.

The days are gone when, just because you say it we believe it. Oligarchy.

[lumberjack_jeff]

5. Government still exists. In only this sense did teapartiers lose. n/t

[mmonk]

6. I guess that proves they were on the same side on the issue?

[RickFromMN]

7. I remember Boehner, on TV, saying he got 98% of what he wanted.

I remember Boehner saying he now had a formula that worked and would use it again.

If the DNC wishes to say President Obama won, I have to ask, who is President Obama.
What does he stand for? What will he fight for? What will he not compromise away?

I have to ask, why are people starting to call President Obama the Great Capitulator?

Had to edit...sorry. Was so upset couldn't remember that blasted Republican Senator's name.
Had to edit...again...it was the blasted Republican leader in the House,
not the blasted Republican Senate leader. Doesn't matter. They are all blasted.