Gallup - "Tea Party Supporters Oppose Debt Agreement, 68% to 22%"

[TomCADem]

I truly do think that there is a large segment of the Tea Party that wanted to see the U.S. default under the watch of a Democratic President. Thus, even though they got 98% of what they wanted according to John Boehner, they still don't like their agreement, because it does not have their beloved Grover Norquist no-new-tax Constitutional Amendment.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/148841/Tea-Party-Supporters-Oppose-Debt-Agreement.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_term=Politics

PRINCETON, NJ -- Tea Party supporters overwhelmingly disapprove of the agreement reached by President Obama and Congress to raise the federal debt ceiling, by a 68% to 22% margin. A majority of Tea Party opponents approve of the agreement, while those who are neither supporters nor opponents of the Tea Party have mixed views.

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Overall, Americans are more likely to disapprove than approve of the debt ceiling agreement, by a 46% to 39% margin, with Republicans (64%) and independents (50%) most likely to disapprove, while a majority of Democrats (58%) favor it. Since about half of Tea Party supporters are Republicans, with most of the rest independents, it is not surprising to find that Tea Party supporters are negative about the debt ceiling agreement. The reasons for this disfavor with the agreement probably focused on the fact that the debt ceiling was raised without an immediate and offsetting reduction in federal spending.

During the negotiations, Speaker Boehner was in the difficult position of attempting to represent the views of the Tea Party-supported members of the Republican caucus in the House while also representing the views of more moderate Republicans. On balance, Tea Party supporters came away from the negotiations with a more positive than negative impression of how Boehner handled the situation, by 47% to 39%. However, three-quarters of Tea Party supporters approved of how Tea Party-aligned members of Congress handled the negotiations, underscoring how Tea Partiers around the country felt more solidarity with members of Congress they elected and sent to Washington last year than they did with the Republican speaker.

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[Drale]

1. SHOCKING!!!!! /nt

[spanone]

2. of course they do, they wanted to shut it down.

[BlueIdaho]

3. "We must destroy America in order to save it."

TeaPublican zealots see only one path forward, the complete destruction of the United States of America as a sovereign nation.

They dream of replacing it with the Christian States of America.

They must be stopped.