John Fund on Pollster Scott Rasmussen

...Whose judgment do you trust more:
that of the American people or America's political leaders?

Has the federal government become its own special interest group?

Do government and big business often work together
in ways that hurt consumers and investors?

Those who identify with the government on two or more questions are defined as the political class...

Before the financial crisis of late 2008, about a tenth of Americans fell into the political class,
while some 53% were classified as in the mainstream public.

The rest fell somewhere in the middle.

Now the percentage of people identifying with the political class
has clearly declined into single digits,
while those in the mainstream public have grown slightly.

A majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents all agree
with the mainstream view on Mr. Rasmussen's three questions.

"The major division in this country is no longer between parties
but between political elites and the people,"

Scott Rasmussen

His recent polls show huge gaps between the two groups.

While 67% of the political class believes the U.S. is moving in the right direction,
a full 84% of mainstream voters believe the nation is moving in the wrong one.

The political class overwhelmingly supported the bailouts of the financial and auto industries,
the health-care bill, and the Justice Department's decision to sue Arizona
over its new immigration law.

Those in the mainstream public just as intensely opposed those moves...

..."[Obama] kept citing Congressional Budget Office projections
that his [healthcare] plan would save money and cut the deficit...:
60% thought it would raise the deficit
and 81% thought it would cost more than CBO projected."...

..."This will be the third straight election
in which people vote against the party in power,"...

Scott Rasmussen

 

John Fund
Wall Street Journal

 

If Gazelles need water and grass,
and Cheetahs need water and Gazelles,
and an abundance of sustenance leads to more Gazelles,
should more Gazelles and water lead to more Cheetahs?

If too many Gazelles relative to water and grass lead to fewer Gazelles,
do fewer Gazelles  =  fewer Cheetahs?

If Cheetahs and Gazelles were people,
who would be who?

George Hartzman