About this "Americans want Dems to work with DT" poll... [View all]

[pat_k]

In case you haven't seen it, from The Hill:
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/320229-poll-americans-want-democrats-to-work-with-trump

All generalized polls on "bipartisanship" are MEANINGLESS. This one included.

All this poll, and others like it, ever capture is the prevailing sentiment that "We would like it if everyone in DC were rational and sane and could work together to hammer out good policy."

Of course, don't we all want that?

This poll is worse than most because it inserts phrases likes like "on areas of agreement" or "on issues supported" to push the numbers who want "working together" up.

Even if you took out the "areas of agreement" notion and asked "Should members of congress dedicated to strengthening unions work with members of congress dedicated to destroying unions?" Most Americans would still say "Sure, they should work together." (But what they are thinking is "Sure, they should work together, as long as they get what I want out of it.&quot

What Americans actually want is for "their people" in Congress to STOP the policies they see as bad, and go all out for the policies they see as good. Different Americans have different definitions of "good" and "bad," but each and every one of them wants their elected officials to obstruct "badness" and fight for "goodness."

Getting this is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. "They want us to work together" in an incredibly INSIDIOUS and irrational rationalization for giving away that store that Democrats have relied on for decades.

DON'T let your Rep or Senators go back down that road!!