GOP Takes Brunt of Blame for Economy

I am still holding my breath, but it looks like just maybe the members of the American public are not as stupid as McCain/Palin hopes for them to be. The current economic/financial melt down has the fingers of the "regulation is bad" GOP all over it, yet McCain goes on pretending that he's for change and responsible regulation of the financial markets. If such is the case, why has he been either invisible or fighting against this concept for years? The mere fact that the Bush administration proposal would provide that the bailout decisions of the Secretary of the Treasury would NOT be reviewable by any court of law shows that the Chimperator/GOP still have not learned that lack of accountability only leads to disaster. If McCain/Palin win in November somehow, the USA will deserve whatever misfortunes and horrors that it may suffer since the voters will have chosen the path to the past, corruption and ignorance. Here are some highlights from CNN:

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WASHINGTON (CNN) – A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll suggests that by a 2-to-1 margin, Americans blame Republicans over Democrats for the financial crisis that has swept across the country the past few weeks — one factor that may have contributed to an apparent increase in Barack Obama’s edge over John McCain in the race for the White House.

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In the new survey, released Monday afternoon, 47 percent of registered voters questioned say Republicans are more responsible for the problems currently facing financial institutions and the stock market, with 24 percent saying Democrats are more responsible.

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The poll also indicates that more Americans think Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, would do a better job handling an economic crisis than McCain, the Republican presidential nominee. Forty-nine percent of those questioned say Obama would display good judgment in an economic crisis, 6 points higher than the number who said the same about McCain. And Obama has a 10 point lead over McCain on the question of who would better handle the economy overall.

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These numbers appear to be affecting the battle for the presidency. Fifty-one percent of registered voters are backing Obama, who now holds a 5 point edge over McCain, at 46 percent. McCain and Obama were tied at 48 percent apiece in the previous CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey. Obama's advantage, while growing, is still within the poll's sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. Where did Obama make his gains?

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A couple of other factors in the survey appear to be contributing to Obama's slight rise and McCain's slight drop in the polls. Fifty-three percent of those questioned say McCain, if elected, will mostly carry out the policies of President George W. Bush, who remains extremely unpopular with most Americans. That's up 3 points from our previous poll. The survey also indicates Obama's recaptured the advantage on "change." . . . . Another factor could be McCain's running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Thirty-five percent of those questioned have an unfavorable opinion of her, up 8 points from our previous survey.