Oh my; 49% of Americans think Democrats are too liberal

14Jun/100

Oh my; 49% of Americans think Democrats are too liberal

The Brain Trust?

That is, according to the notoriously Reich-wing OberGruppenFuhrer McPollster...Gallup ?!? I mean, I'm shocked, SHOCKED! at this result, as I'm sure you are too.

Not only is this figure currently signifigant, it is only 1 point lower than the all time high of 50% recorded...wait for it...following the upset 1994 mid-term elections !

In the past two years, Americans have become increasingly likely to describe the Democratic Party’s views as “too liberal” (49%), and less likely to say its views are “about right” (38%). Americans’ views of the Republican Party, on the other hand, have moderated slightly, with a dip in the percentage saying the GOP is too conservative from 43% last year to 40% today, and an increase in the percentage saying it is about right, from 34% to 41%.

The recent increase in perceptions of the Democratic Party as too liberal could be a response to the expansion in government spending since President Barack Obama took office, most notably regarding the economic stimulus and healthcare legislation.

The 49% of Americans who now believe the Democratic Party’s views are too liberal is one percentage point below the 50% Gallup measured after the 1994 elections, the all-time high in the trend question first asked in 1992.

This doesn't look too good for the most ethical party-EVAR!-going into the midterm election cycle. So, not only have O!&Co. pretty much lost the independants, with their approval deficit standing at 19% (33/52 on Democrat ideological position "about right" vs. too liberal), but this seems to auger a coming fail in their strategy to paint the Republicans as too extreme and to, once again, blame the nation's woes on Boooooooooooooooosh!

Cap'n Ed at Hot air opines that those strategeries might have had a shot before the post-partisan President and most Transparent!, Effective!, and Ethical! Congress rammed through Obamacare, and he goes on to observe:

In November 1994, the split for “too liberal/about right” was 42/40. Post-election, it was 50/32. That bodes ill for Democrats in this cycle as it stands today — but Democrats haven’t stopped spending in 2010, either. If Barbara Boxer and Harry Reid try pushing cap-and-tax through the Senate, they may get to the 1994 post-election number sooner.

Looks like if public opinion keeps trending this way then, you know, some of the usual suspects in Washington are gonna have to start thinking about getting a real job...

(H/T Hot Air on the story, and to Ace on the Obergruppenfuhrer McPollster snark!)