The first sentence of this Politico article caught my attention.
An outside group aligned with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has commissioned a report…
I don’t remember reading about outside groups aligned with Steny Hoyer commissioning reports. If one of the parties wants polling data, they normally pay someone to do some polling for the party.
But here we have a report from “YG Network polling, conducted by the GOP firm McLaughlin & Associates” that is supposedly aligned with Eric Cantor.
And what is the message of their report?
The message is that obsessing over the national debt is a goddamned loser that doesn’t resonate with the American people.
So, what are we to make of this? Why does Cantor want this message sent to the Republican caucus? Is he tired of fighting over the debt ceiling? Is he trying to prepare them for making a deal with the president? Is Cantor the messenger because he is more trusted than Boehner?
What’s the game here?
