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You Have an Incredibly Popular Debt Plan That Can’t Pass? So Do We!

This is the result from CNN’s latest poll that gives Republicans confidence that they can keep taking Cut, Cap, and Balance to the voters. Screen shot 2011-07-22 at 1.49.04 PM Republicans are right: Even if voters don’t understand the nitty gritty of CCB, they basically support it. Do Democrats have anything on offer that’s this popular? Well, yes. Screen shot 2011-07-22 at 1.50.49 PM Everyone has a plan that 2/3 of voters support! Republicans have one that would require 20 Senate Democrats to side with them; Democrats have one that would need to pass a Republican House. So I take it back: No one has a popular plan that can pass.