The 47 Republican senators who tried to embarrass the president and short-circuit the Talks with Iran by sending Iranian leaders a letter, thought they had pulled off the perfect political stunt. But they were surprised to learn almost no one else thought so. The letter created a firestorm in the media, and has had those Republicans on the defensive ever since.
Now they get some more bad news. It seems the public is not happy with their actions either. A plurality of 42% say the letter was inappropriate, while only 28% see nothing wrong with it. And that view holds through all gender, ages, races, and income levels (except for those over 65, who are split right down the middle). Once again the Republicans have blundered, and find themselves at odds with the feelings of the general public.
The chart above was made from a recent YouGov Poll -- done on March 10th and 11th of a random national sample of 1,000 adults, with a margin of error of 4 points.
read an article where it claims that a couple of senate aids claim that the letter was meant to be a joke. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/03/10/republicans-admit-that-iran-letter-was-a-dumb-idea.html
ReplyDeletethe article also contains this statement, "Added a Republican national security aide, “The Senate should have a role. It would make any agreement have some sort of consistency and perpetuity beyond the president." here they work in the senate and do not realize that they do have a role and that roll is advice and consent. advice to the president (nobody else) and consent through their vote to approve or disapprove the resultant agreement negotiated.
are these people really that stupid?