>>http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/09/13/20463534-poll-44-percent-of-americans-oppose-raising-debt-ceiling?lite
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>>By a 44-22 percent margin, Americans oppose raising the debt ceiling, which again puts the president in the difficult position of needing to make the case for an unpopular policy with a deadline quickly approaching....
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>>Raising the debt ceiling is a routine but also unpopular procedure that fires up the political opposition. Obama, when he served in the U.S. Senate, voted against it in 2006 and even called it “a sign of leadership failure.”...
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>>the June 2011 NBC/WSJ poll showed 39 percent opposing raising the debt ceiling, versus 28 percent who supported it. But a month later – after the issue received more attention – those numbers flipped: 38 percent favored raising it, while 31 percent opposed it.
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>It's a fake issue anyway and has only been in existence since 1917. And before someone starts throwing glasses in the stone houses, since 1991 the debt ceiling has been raised about 20 times with 3/4's of them occurring under Republican presidents.

Agreed, it is a fake issue. I did think the Bamster's quote about a sign of leadership failure was fitting, however.