{"id":6705,"date":"2006-02-24T13:25:21","date_gmt":"2006-02-24T18:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com\/?p=6705"},"modified":"2006-02-24T13:25:21","modified_gmt":"2006-02-24T18:25:21","slug":"port-whine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/port-whine\/","title":{"rendered":"Port whine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The controversy over the Dubai Ports World deal didn&#8217;t begin in earnest until this week, so the pollsters have been a little slow in churning out data, but Rasmussen appears to be the first outfit to suggest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/2006\/February%20Dailies\/Dubai%20Ports.htm\">just how unpopular<\/a> the deal is.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Just 17% of Americans believe Dubai Ports World should be allowed to purchase operating rights to several U.S. ports. A Rasmussen Reports survey found that 64% disagree and believe the sale should not be allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Just 39% of Americans know that the operating rights are currently owned by a foreign firm. Fifteen percent (15%) believe the operating rights are U.S. owned while 46% are not sure.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Given the coverage, I&#8217;m a little surprised the opposition to the deal isn&#8217;t worse. But that&#8217;s not the number that will have the administration worried &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/2006\/February%20Dailies\/Dubai%20Ports.htm\">this is<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>From a political perspective, President Bush&#8217;s national security credentials have clearly been tarnished due to the outcry over this issue. For the first time ever, Americans have a slight preference for Democrats in Congress over the President on national security issues. Forty-three percent (43%) say they trust the Democrats more on this issue today while 41% prefer the President.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Rasmussen isn&#8217;t always the most reliable &#8212; it uses <a href=\"http:\/\/gadflyer.com\/flytrap\/index.php?Week=200608#2579\">automated-response calls<\/a> &#8212; but if these numbers are even close to accurate, it&#8217;s going to cause panic in Republican circles.<\/p>\n<p><em>Update<\/em>: In fact, the panic is <a href=\"http:\/\/corner.nationalreview.com\/06_02_19_corner-archive.asp#090907\">already apparent<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The controversy over the Dubai Ports World deal didn&#8217;t begin in earnest until this week, so the pollsters have been a little slow in churning out data, but Rasmussen appears to be the first outfit to suggest just how unpopular the deal is. Just 17% of Americans believe Dubai Ports World should be allowed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevebenen.com\/thecarpetbaggerreport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}