Rasmussen Shows Rebound In Support For Stimulus — After GOPers Had Cited Last Week’s Bad Numbers

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A new Rasmussen poll suggests that support for the stimulus plan has picked up again, after it had previously fallen last week.

The numbers: 44% favor the package, 40% oppose it, and the remainder are undecided. The margin of error is ±3%.

Last week, Rasmussen showed support at an upside-down 37%-43%, a number that was immediately pushed hard by Republicans. For example, Karl Rove cited Rasmussen just this morning in his Wall St. Journal column, as a sign of how support had fallen.

Also consider that Rasmussen has consistently shown lower support for the plan than other firms have charted, but the positive movement is clear.

And so here’s the problem with hanging your hopes on this week’s poll. It remains to be seen whether this new survey will also be promoted by the GOP to the same degree that last week’s was.

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