Comments on: Bragging Rights vs. Governing Rights http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/12/bragging-rights-vs-governing-rights.html ... for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:43:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kirk Petersen http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/12/bragging-rights-vs-governing-rights.html/comment-page-1#comment-139 Kirk Petersen Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:32:00 +0000 http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/12/bragging-rights-vs-governing-rights.html#comment-139 Hey Wes, thanks for stopping by.<br/><br/>That could account for the 16% of Obama voters (and 10% of McCain voters) who answered "Neither" or "I don't know" when asked for who controls Congress. See page 21 of the cross-tabulation PDF <a HREF="http://www.w-r-s.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ziegler_news-coverage-survey_xtabs2_081125.pdf" REL="nofollow">here</a>. But the numbers cited above refer to voters who picked one party or the other. Hey Wes, thanks for stopping by.

That could account for the 16% of Obama voters (and 10% of McCain voters) who answered “Neither” or “I don’t know” when asked for who controls Congress. See page 21 of the cross-tabulation PDF here. But the numbers cited above refer to voters who picked one party or the other.

]]> By: Wes Poteet http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/12/bragging-rights-vs-governing-rights.html/comment-page-1#comment-138 Wes Poteet Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:43:00 +0000 http://blog.kirkpetersen.net/2008/12/bragging-rights-vs-governing-rights.html#comment-138 Just for argument I'll offer that "controlling Congress" might be interpreted as either "having a majority in both houses", or as "having sufficient influence to make substantive changes to prior policies." While the former is technically accurate, the latter was not true because the Republicans retained sufficient numbers to effectively prevent Democratic "control" for a dramatically changed agenda. I doubt I'd have answered the poll according to this logic but it is certainly my perception of the relative effectiveness of the two parties during that period. Just for argument I’ll offer that “controlling Congress” might be interpreted as either “having a majority in both houses”, or as “having sufficient influence to make substantive changes to prior policies.” While the former is technically accurate, the latter was not true because the Republicans retained sufficient numbers to effectively prevent Democratic “control” for a dramatically changed agenda. I doubt I’d have answered the poll according to this logic but it is certainly my perception of the relative effectiveness of the two parties during that period.

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