National Journal – poll for week of 12/04/09

On Afghanistan, Bloggers Aren’t Going All The Way With Obama

Plus: Left-Leaners Want More Jobs; Right-Leaners Put In A Word For Deficit Reduction

National Journal has its latest poll out from its blogger stable and they wanted to know:

• How much confidence do you have in President Obama’s Afghanistan strategy
• Which is the bigger political imperative for Congress next year, creating jobs or reducing the deficit?

1. How much confidence do you have in President Obama’s Afghanistan strategy?

Right:

• A great deal of confidence:  0%
• Some confidence: 42.9%
• Not much confidence:  42.9%
• No confidence: 14.3% (here)

Left:

• A great deal of confidence:  0%
• Some confidence: 28.6%
• Not much confidence:  50%
• No confidence: 21.4% (here)

2. Which is the bigger political imperative for Congress next year, creating jobs or reducing the deficit?

Right:

• Creating Jobs: 42.9%
• Reducing the deficit:  50%
• Other (volunteered): 7.1% (here)

Left:

• Creating Jobs: 100%
• Reducing the deficit:  0%

My answers after the jump:

1. How much confidence do you have in President Obama’s Afghanistan strategy?

• A great deal of confidence
• Some confidence
• Not much confidence
• No confidence

My Comment:

Oh, Mr. Taliban? Yeah, we’re gonna beat the crap out of you for the next 18 months – then, we’ll take our troops and go home.

My son is scheduled to be deployed to Afghanistan in March – I’m not impressed; rather, I’m scared – of this Commander-"Lukewarm"-in-Chief

2. Which is the bigger political imperative for Congress next year, creating jobs or reducing the deficit?

• Creating Jobs
• Reducing the deficit
• Other (volunteered)

My Comment:

Democrats keep forgetting that it is private sector jobs that support government – create the environment to stimulate PRIVATE sector jobs will help the deficit in the long term.  However, I doubt that they will do so due to ideological blinders ("Government first!")