February
9th 2009
Yesterday on ABC’s This Week, Former Maryland Lt. Governor and current RNC Chairman Michael Steele said that President Barack Obama’s approach to economic stimulus was not supported by the American people. Steele said that “the president is upside-down with the voters on this issue.”
Today, a new poll by Gallup shows that the American people strongly support Obama’s handling of the stimulus issue:
Many states, including Maryland, are counting on a robust federal stimulus package to avoid painful cuts to education and other critical state services. Maryland would “gain nearly $3.5 billion from the House authorized version of the stimulus, money that would mean the retention of 100,000 Maryland jobs.”
2 Responses to “Steele v. The Facts: Stimulus”
Laugh a day on 09 Feb 2009 at 4:45 pm #
They didn’t ask the question, or you didn’t report the answer, to this question.
“Do you support the “stimulus” package of over $850 billion?”
Most say no.
Judd Legum on 09 Feb 2009 at 5:59 pm #
Actually they did ask the question if people supported a stimulus package of around 800 billion.
52% support it.
38% don’t support it.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/114184/Public-Support-Stimulus-Package-Unchanged.aspx