Public opinion mixed on Cruz "filibuster"

[JCDenton0451]

Little crossover appeal. (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/28/ted-cruz-poll_n_4005446.html)

Americans were more likely to give negative than positive reviews to Ted Cruz's quasi-filibuster earlier this week, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll (https://today.yougov.com/news/2013/09/27/poll-results-ted-cruz-obamacare/), which also showed huge support among Republicans for the speech and boosted name recognition for Cruz.


Overall, the poll found that Americans were more likely to call Cruz's speech an unnecessary political stunt than a good way of making an important point, by a 41 percent to 32 percent plurality.


Reviews were better for another recent Republican filibuster. A HuffPost/YouGov poll conducted after Sen. Rand Paul's March filibuster (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/14/rand-paul-poll-filibuster_n_2877716.html) on the United States drones program, showed that 38 percent of Americans thought the filibuster was a good way to make an important point while 30 percent said it was an unnecessary political stunt.


But in the newest poll, Cruz garnered huge support from Republicans, 69 percent of whom said they thought the speech was a good way to make an important point.

[ClydeCoulter]

Not so good with the left, cause he was being mean and racist and hates poor people and the children.

[ObiRandKenobi]

its racist to oppose tyranny.

[Brian4Liberty]

The left media worked hard to make Cruz look silly, especially using the Green Eggs and Ham part. John Stewart on the Daily Show was particularly disingenuous. He would rip his own monologue apart if someone else had done it in another situation, due to logic fails and contradictions.

[JCDenton0451]

Not so good with the left, cause he was being mean and racist and hates poor people and the children.

Not so good with independents either: 37% think its a stunt, only 31% support.

[JCDenton0451]

its racist to oppose tyranny.

lol, his performance had nothing to do with opposing tyranny. When I see Cruz campaigning to defund Social Security, then he will have credibility.

[ClydeCoulter]

lol, his performance had nothing to do with opposing tyranny. When I see Cruz campaigning to defund Social Security, then he will have credibility.

You don't think O'Care is tyranny?

[VoluntaryAmerican]

The left media worked hard to make Cruz look silly, especially using the Green Eggs and Ham part. John Stewart on the Daily Show was particularly disingenuous. He would rip his own monologue apart if someone else had done it in another situation, due to logic fails and contradictions.

The Green Eggs and Ham bit was Cruzin for a Bruzin.

[ObiRandKenobi]

lol, his performance had nothing to do with opposing tyranny. When I see Cruz campaigning to defund Social Security, then he will have credibility.

rand doesn't have to campaign to defund social security to have credibility cuz he's just cool like that.

[Aratus]

rand's apt & 12 hour long filibuster against the killer drones
came across as 'sexier' to the GOP mainstream & mittsters?

[enhanced_deficit]

its racist to oppose tyranny.

Messenger in such a case is also important. If a person supports tyranny at one place and claims to oppose it at another, it starts to look hypocritical.