Wednesday Open Thread

It’s Wednesday and today’s open thread has a theme: polling.

A new poll by CNN shows that Americans are in line with Obama’s political ideology.

Even in most generic poll question imaginable, teabaggers are not the majority (CNN, Jan. 8-10, +/- 3%):

In general, would you say that President Obama’s views and proposed programs for the country are too liberal, not liberal enough, or just about right for the country?

Not liberal enough 10%
Just about right 42%
Too liberal 46%

That’s 52%, pretty close to his election day totals.

Support for health care reform has been falling in some polls, but it’s coming mainly from the left, who thinks it doesn’t go far enough.

But right below that headline was a a chart of poll results on “Health care reform in Congress” broken down into three metrics.

Covering Americans: A plurality of 35% say Not Far Enough

Controlling Costs: A plurality of 39% say Not Far Enough

Regulating Health
Insurance Costs: A plurality of 43% say Not Far Enough

Thanks Joe Lieberman and Ben Nelson for screwing over health care reform.