Not surprised. The media has been hammering out like two polls a day to support the Democratic premise.

If you look at the individual polls, and filter out the "do you think we should raise taxes on those horrible rich bastards" questions, the answers are a bit more nuanced.

Just as one example in the very first poll listed, question 16, 57 percent support a combination of spending decreases and tax hikes. This is Bartlett's support for "57 percent favor tax hikes." In the very next question, when asked whether or not it should be mostly spending cuts, mostly tax hikes, or half and half, spending cuts comes out ahead.

The poll on spending was last November. Obama and the Democrats could have hiked taxes anytime between January 2009 and January 2011. If it was so darn popular, why didn't they? Why did Obama, while the Democrats still held all the power, extend the Bush rates not only for the middle class, but the rich?

People have to understand, the current debate is not about the economy.