clipped from www.powerlineblog.com

Scott Rasmussen finds that by a 45%-38% margin, Americans oppose the Obama administration's plan to subsidize people holding troubled mortgages. A review of the responses shows that there is no consensus as to what, if anything, should be done about mortgage foreclosures.

This continues a pattern in which the Obama administration's economic measures--the "stimulus" bill, aid to the automakers--are unpopular with large numbers of Americans. At the same time, Obama consistently scores approval ratings around 60%. No doubt that level is suppressed somewhat by reservations about his economic policies, but it also shows that most Americans, as you would expect, are willing to give Obama a chance and see how his measures turn out.