Republican pollster: Americans angrier than ever

I think this is jumping the gun. Unless there is actual change via the voting booth, this means little or nothing.

i guess anyone can write a book nowadays wonder who backed him? know what we are really tired of? idiots like you thinking you know what we want. of course we worry about our kids but we are not stupid enough to think this has anything to do with these town hall meetings they had no choice but to end those meetings you cannot carry on a discussion when someone is screaming at you. this rage is not about healthcare as if you didnt already know that

So, the Republicans are mad as hell. Where was their anger when GWB and Dick Cheney set out to destroy America?

8 years of crappy government and Obama is in 9 months and the GOP want to blame him? Come on. Where was the concern about bankrupting our kids' future when Bush committed billions of our dollars to his trumped up war?

Republican lies. I am mad at the Republicans for getting us in this mess.

See: "Buy My Book"

Newsflash – the author's just doing Glenn Beck's schtick – only not as well.

Raleigh, North Carolina's WRAL TV just had a very interesting segment of their show "On The Record" about the topic of anger and civility in public discourse. Worth a look:

http://www.wral.com/news/local/video/6086849/

Remember a year ago when everyone thought that Obama was the messiah and if you disagreed you were an idiot? My, my, how the mighty have fallen. By the time he's done, I think that Obama will have a lower rating than Bush ever did. Buyer's remorse much?

Americans have been angry about this country's direction for a long time. This is not a new phenomenon.

When an economy falls as ours did, taking 3 years in sliding steps, you can not expect an economy to rebound over night. Look back to the early 80s. Reaganomics was not well recieved in the beginning. It took time and effort to develop an economy again in the 80s as well. Actually there are a lot of similarities between 1979/1980 and 2008/2009. The only thing different as far as I am concerned is in 1980 I had CBS, NBC, and ABC news and the NY Times. Good news, without so much fire journalism.

I agree anyone can write a book. No way will I ever trust this guy.

So a republican says everyone is angry? That's like a democrat saying everyone is happy. This is at the very least the most biased headline I've seen in a few days. I mean imagine republicans claiming everyone is unhappy. Don't just include me in your made up facts. I mean what americans really want is for you, everyone like you, lying politicians on both sides and CEOs who spend their days trying to find ways around laws that would force them to do the right things. To go away. I mean however you want to go away is fine. Grab all your republican and democrat buddies and take a long walk off a short peer. Stop manufacturing our consent with your non stop nonsense.

National Priorities !

There is only one serious national problem that needs to be resolved now, no excuses or speeches, this problem just in case you politicians have not notice it, is the USA ECONOMY/UNEMPLOYMENT !

There are millions of USA families that have lost their homes, their employment, their pension, their dignity and even their marriage !....and what do we the people hear?.. that the president of the United States and wife are going to Denmark to pitch in personally to get that Chicago becomes the next Olympic site?.. What about going to New Orleans to pitch in for speedy resolution of the disaster that is still there?

Is this the rational way a president should act in times of SEVERE ECONOMICAL CRISIS?...when American families are being destroyed by the ineptitude of politicians?...

What kind of a nation are we that allows this total indifference against us? Where is the 4th Power, the MASS MEDIA, to put the pressure on this matter?

This is not a DEM or GOP issue, WH and Congress lets go back to work and get this crisis resolved now!... we do not want to hear that employment will start to ease by the end of 2010, it will be too late, do you understand that? You did react immediately with GOLDMAN and AIG didn't you? It took you less than a week to keep their mouth out of the water. What about us?

Next election lets be sure that we elect and independent professional mature individual to be our real acting president!

Sincerely,

Jose Paulo Castro
Forest Hills, New York

MORE REPUBLICAN PROPAGANDA....Republicans are not "all Americans". Republicans are mad....so what? Do you know how angry the rest of us have been for the last 8 years.....GET USE TO IT....THIS COUNTRY IS CHANGING POLITICALLY and DEMOGRAPHICALLY AND YOU ALL WILL SOON BE THE PERMANENT MINORITY.

See, Luntz, himself, just does not "get" it. People DON'T want "slow" change to the health care system.

They want RADICAL change, and they want it NOW!

Ehhh this is just conservatives trying to make a bigger deal out of the Tea Baggers than their worth. Their astro-turf "grass roots" movement is way over publicized and exaggerated. We'll see in the next round of elections that people still aren't satisfied with Republican performance and platforms.

Start off with irrelevant facts, bridge the middle with if's, but's, and non-facts and then close trying to sell you're book because it's "how to figure out if you're in the minority or majority".

Yep, sounds about right for an article aimed at actually discussing America's issues.

Pier. Wow. Word butchery sorry. Much of it in that last paragraph!

Were these so-called 75% idiots, "Mad as Hell" when Bush took 3 trillion out for Iraq? But they are "Mad as Hell" because Obama is using 1 trillion to fix the health care that is going to help almost all Americans.

Send all these 75% of the people who took the survey back to school, and teach them some common sense.

Frank Luntz is not a REAL pollster as one would place a Gallup or a Zogby. Luntz is a steerer , one who would sway voters to the GOP. To give this man any credibility is incorrect. And when Luntz is saying that Americans are angry, he wishes them to steer toward the GOP point of view. His occupation has been one of focus groups, or put another way, to steer such people toward the GOP persuasion. This is the guy who came up with catchy phrases intolerably wrong so as to create the incorrect move toward the REPUBLICAN objective. This man is the proverbial snake oil salesman. He will offer you anything for your vote, usually the incorrect point of view. This man should NOT be trusted anymore than THE DEVIL that he is.

This guy is a joke. What I really want, is people like you (Frank Luntz) to stop trying to tell ME what I want. You are one of the elites, buddy. You're on a national news broadcast talking about your new book....Some of us are (wasting our time) reading this article during our lunch breaks. Back to work!

All mainstream news is fake! We are awake. Fear a united population.

"...our health care system is the best in the globe." Is he kidding?!! The U.S. are very far down the list for the best health care–we're not even close to France, which, based on our resources, is shameful. It's all about greed and making money off of sick people here.

What Americans are angry about it some waste of space, like this guy, tellings what we should be mad about. Back off slick, when I want your opinion I'll ask for it. Until them keep it to yourself. Politicians not listening to the voters? That is exactly what you are doing yourself! " Let me tell you what I think you want to hear. If I'm not right then I don't care who you are or what you think, you are wrong." You Frank Putz are the perfect example of what we are mad at!

Were these so-called 75% idiots, "Mad as Hell" when Bush took 3 trillion out for Iraq? But they are "Mad as Hell" because Obama is using 1 trillion to fix the health care that is going to help almost all Americans.

Send all these 75% of the people who took the survey back to school, and teach them some common sense. Grow up people

Frank Luntz is a GOP hack. Don't believe a word he says. He's the same clown who changed the name of the estate tax to the death tax to scare people. He's a clown.

Anything to get on TV and sell a book. "There are 3 things to do to not get fired...they will have to read my book". He's a GOP advisor, how unbiased can he be? One thing I agree with is that our political system isn't working well.

It appears that if the Republicans keep saying "the American people are angry" about everything and anything Obama/Democrats do, that we'll believe it.
The constant attacks and ridiculous accusations are tiresome and troubling. It says to me that the big corporations will do ANYTHING to keep the unregulated profit machines as they are.

This guy just wants to sell his book. The majority of people at the town hall meetings ARE Republicans, not Independents! If 85% of Americans are satisfied with their insurance, then fine. They can keep it. But, if we don't reform health care now, their premiums are going to rise faster than their cost of living increases. I'd like to know what Frank Luntz's solution is to that, and to the rising number of Americans without health care.

I'll tell you what makes me really angry...right-wingers telling me how angry everyone is.

I know why Americans are so angry. It's because we are used to getting everything yesterday! Fast food, fast cars, instant coffee, microwave ovens and we expect everything to be as fast. Because of the last administration we're screwed for a while and the public can't stand it. I agree that politics is like a snail riding on a turtle's back but there isn't much we can do about it. Vote for someone else? Sounds good but, let's face it, ALL politicians are alike. Some are just smarter than others but it doesn't matter, it still takes, even the smart ones, forever to get something done. The Republicans are bullies and the Democrats are woosies. The only difference now is that we have racism injected into the major issues. I think the Republicans just can't believe that a black man was elected. I retired from a fire department in RI and moved to Key West and I am just waiting to die. Best thing i ever did. I am no longer economicaly viable and thrilled about it. Relax America and live for the day. Well, off to the beach.

robbi....You said it all.
Thank you!!

Nice side stepping of the contributing the the anger question. What a toolbox. What I really want is for scumbags like him to go away and not assume that he knows what I want.

Frank Luntz hit the nail on the head...Congress and the President only seem to listen to the far left. Last time I checked, the far left is not the majority. Speak loudly America, next time we may get Change we can believe in.

Interesting that he didn't answer the question about whether he was contributing to the anger. That's because the answer is YES! He does contribute to the total disintigration of civil discourse in this country. Guys like him and left and right wing talk show hosts are a much greater threat to our country than Al Qaeda. They are fomenting hate of anyone that disagrees so they can line their pockets with money. We as a society need to turn them off before they start a civil war!

85% ARE HAPPY WITH HEALTH CARE... I LOVE REPUBLICAN POLL TAKING. 85%???????

I'm not happy with my health care. Actually, I'm not happy with
my insurance company. Health care is fine. It's the insurance
companies that are the problem. And they're paying people plenty
to make sure they remain the problem. They don't want their
game to end and it looks like it won't this time.

But heck, in ten to twenty years we'll all bu running out of water to drink, so
compared to that health care issues are literally a drop in the bucket.

One simple question. So as per a GOP pollster only now Americans are mad as hell? Where was the anger when Bush was making fun of every constitutional rights....Oh! I See. It just that the republicans lost. Americans were mad at the voodoo economics and we saw what they did to the GOP in November.

a republican pollster...this has got "random" sampling, or lack thereof written all over it. Of course the results will generalize back to some undefined sub-population that represents who knows what, but it'll sure give great sound bite news.

Both Rebulicans and Democrates are mad. Independants as well. The congress is about to get a wakeup call in the 2010 elections. You will see a lot of change. I know a lot of people that voted for Obama who now wished they had not and they will either vote rebublican in the 2010 election or libertarian/independant. Obama will not get a second term in office in 2012. No one likes his policies and it has nothing to do with race like Jimmy Carter said. It's about policy stupid. It started with Bush and continues with Obama. They don't listen to the public anymore. They will soon though I guarantee that.

The biggest problem with American culture is that we don't want to take responsibility for our own actions. We voted the politicians into office and now we are complaining about it?

..... character does count!

I agree people are angrier than every. The bad economy puts stress on everybody and it seems the average American has turned into a "I gotta get mine! If I don't I don't want ANYONE to have it good!!"
We've gotten so self-absorbed and feeling so entitled that we've turned into a Nation of Whiners. We've been told by marketers that we should be able to get exactly what we want, when we want. We've been told by the media that "you decide" what is fair or not.
Sorry but the country has gotten fat and lazy and so now stamps their feet and gets angry when we don't get our way.
This article is okay but people are angry period and not just solely about politics. We want things our way and it makes us angry we don't get it.

You are right about one thing. We are angry. But you are part of the reason we are angry. BS all the way. I notice you didn't answer the question of being part of the problem.....would I read your book? Nope!

The real rage among Americans is how the Greedy Obstructionist Party (GOP) dismantled the regulatory framework for our financial markets that led directly to its meltdown, as well as the international financial meltdown. Most reputable polling shows that while most may rank the Democrats lower than at the first of the year, a plurality of Americans trust the GeeNoPee even less than Charles Manson when it comes to trusting them to turn the country around or make a difference when it comes to health care and jobs.

Quick someone call the Wambulence! we put up with that idiot Bush for 8 years... you're mad!?!? now you know how half the country felt from 00-08.

"Because what Americans are asking for is a slow and steady reform of the health care system"

yeah, we've only been trying to do this since forever ago...how much slower can this get?

Is he for real? Does he not remember CLINTON trying to reform health care and going nowhere? Or does he think this is a "new topic"?????

maybe he wants this to take 200 years to achieve...im not sure it can get any slower without stopping altogether.

He's right... wait till the 2010 elections. That's when you'll see our anger in action!!!

Well...here is another "out of touch Republican" trying to represent a bigger case that just simply is not so..there are many examples of this in the interview, but his comment "85% of Americans are satisfied with their health care. I think that says a lot," says it right there. These "JUST SAY NO REPUBLICANS" have got to do a better job and tone down their rhetoric and provide meaningful alternatives. I do think Obama needs to have a stronger backbone with regard to Healthcare and he absolutely needs to go to the American people and explain his Afgan policy, because it appears he is not keeping his campaign promise regarding the Afgan & Iraq war.

Luntz is WAY off. Tea party participants are quacks who don't represent anyone but fringe nuts and corporate and political interests who stand to profit from their display of craziness.

If 72% of us are mad, it may largely be at supposed pollsters who shape results to fit their agenda!

@robbi - well put...

Yes we need health care reform. It took more that six months to get the system where it is today and it will need more that six months to fix it. Lets slow down, take some time and do it right.

What I really *really* want is, Republican pollsters to stop manufacturing stats to claim what I really want. I'm getting to the point where I just can't wait until the 2010 elections, when all the people who DID vote for Obama and DID want him to do what he's doing, get out there and vote to retain his Dem majority in the Senate /House. THAT'S what I want. And I'll be out there working for him like last election, with a helluva lot of other people.

I've seen Mr. Luntz on television many times. Mostly on Fox. He is not a professional pollster. He's a bag man for the GOP. If you believed him in the summer and fall of 2008, Obama would have lost by big margins to McCain and Palin. His polling methods are constructed on getting a pre-determined result. Shame on CNN. Of all the professional polling people and companies out there why would you pick this guy? Are you trying to be fair and balanced by putting politics over substance and knowledge?

'85% of Americans are happy with healthcare' WRONG. It is only 85% of the people you ASKED in your little biased survey. What a load of crap.

How much of the 85% of Americans that are satisfied with their health care have had a major health problem in the past five years?

I can believe that 72% of Americans are pissed off. But for you to take this as a signal that they agree with your neo-con right wing viewpoint is a very big step away from reality.
Most of us are pissed off that the last administration was so blind as to lead us into this mess.

This is the guy I saw hosting those obviously rigged town hall meetings just before the election on Fox News. He asked a "non-partisan" group after each debate who won the debate, and predictably McCain was always the big winner. Partisan hacks like this guy, on both sides of the issues, have no legitimacy in my mind.

Frank Luntz, whose BFF is Sean Hannity, doesn't have very much credibility anymore, to say the least.

"If you want to know whether you're in the majority or the minority....this book is the place to go." I thought leaders weren't supposed to govern by polls. Luntz would like our government to use the apathy of the majority toward minorities as a weapon against those minorities. So much for the "moral" majority.

85% of Americans are satisfied with their health care? I don't buy that one bit, unless a vast majority of people polled were on medicare/medicaid. I know very few people satisfied with their insurance, and frankly I'd dump mine in a minute if I could afford something outside of my employer provided garbage.

Yeah, right, just because a handful of Americans, mostly uneducated, naive, brainwashed, bible thumpers are upset........you can't say Americans in general are mad as ever. You can say a handful of uneducated, naive, brainwashed bible thumpers are angrier than ever. That's it, nothing more. Now go away. Help Sarah writer her book.

Yes, we are – at the GOP and their record debt and deficits, bogus wars and how they have become the party of hate... GOP = Got Zero Plans

Mr. Lutz discounts his arguments in the first paragraph of his work, relying on what he obviously perceives as the lower educational standards of the average American (but we are fooling him, being much smarter than he gives us credit for). He says, "...we took a survey of 6,400 people, that’s five times the typical CNN media poll." Here he takes a swipe at the rest of America through CNN by claiming his poll is better based on its size. While it is true that a larger poll becomes slightly more accurate, it does not become hugely more accurate. And the quality of the poll is not in the quantity of people asked, but the selection of those people (using random selection and stratification) and the quality of the questions asked to avoid survey bias. I suspect that this expert poller, being not so expert, asked, "are you mad as hell" and 73% answered yes. The poll is likely ginned numbers. On the other hand, professional polls from unbiased sources may ask fewer people, but they start out from a neutral assumption. That is why a poll by Quinnipac or Franklin Pierce / Marlin Fitzwater is worth its weight in gold, while published Democratic and Republican polls are often hogwash.

This guy is trying to sell a book, making a blanket statement about every sore topic just to get people to pick up and read his BS. He seems totally contradictory and I wouldn't trust him to have any real position on any serious matter.

WTF? This guy said that %85 of Americans are happy with their Health Insurance...WHAT Health Insurance? lol! I really think "right-wingers", like this guy seems to be, really have no cause to stand behind so it manifest itself in anger. They KNOW health care is in the best interest of the country and are ANGRY because it will be The Obama Presidency and Democrats that give it to the country. Bill Clinton is right to call these people virulent...

I hope he is not trying to infer that this is the opinion of the majority of people. His comments are typical of the Republicans when they are out of office. At least the Democratis can argue among themselves, but the Republicans are lockstepped when they are in or out of office. The poll was obviously done with Republicans. Reminds one so much of what was done during the Clinton years.

"We’re afraid for our children. We’re afraid that they’re going to get addicted to drugs. We’re afraid that they’re going to drink. We’re afraid that they’ll have bad circumstances in their life. And that’s what makes us so nervous about the future. "

What a fear monger. Like the government really has anything to do with kids drinking or doing drugs, give me a break!

When politicians go to town hall meetings, what did they expect? Even now politicians are trying to push through party politics as "health care reform" even after the town hall meetings. I agree, they just don't get it. They are SUPPOSED to represent people, not their party. For some reason they think their party is more important than listening to the people that pay their salary. Big mistake.

robbi,

YES it IS about the healthcare indirectly. Specifically how they are trying to go about it ramming their solutions down our throats. Threatening to use the nuclear option if enough of the dems don't back it because of the response of their constituents?

If you're not outraged by that then you're one of those who doesn't want to work and earn what you get. I started out as enlisted in the military with no help from anyone. I went to college and over the last 30+ years I am now in a 100k+ job. Nobody gave me anything. The opportunity is there.

I was working full time the whole time I was going to school and still managed to get a 4 year military commitment and a 4 year degree in 5 years total.

What the other 15% want is for the 85% who have done what I have to just hand over enough so they can keep their low-paying job, with little or no responsibility, and not have to put in 12-16 hours per day.

I've voted for both Democrats and Republicans in the past depending on the person and what they stood for. The problem is that they all LIE. The two platforms don't mean anything anymore.

What do I want? I want the givernment to stay out of my pocket and my business!!!

We don't like the way Washington does things.
How did this Al Gore 369,000.000 get passed for his company to built electric cars in FINLAND. Costing 89,000 per car.
That big fat blob has been pushing for global warming and that is also a joke. There is no global warming. All he wants is more money to make himself richer. He is brain dead. Or maybe it is congress for giving him the money.

72% of Americans are angry. They are angry that idiots like Luntz gets media attention. Of course he also gets paid a lot of many for treating other people like idiots. Oh, maybe he is not the idiot, but those people (who are not wealthy) who give him money.

Hmm, this anger scenario seems to be one that is largely created and fostered by the media; it's certainly a sexier story than folks generally satisfied with the way things are going. Let's take one specific example that Luntz cites, the health care debate. The new Pew poll indicates that even a majority of REPUBLICANS want a public option, and that 49% think the Republicans have largely political motives on the issue. Sounds like the Obama administration on health care is both being accountable to the public's sentiments, and is in step with them.

Every generation since generations began has worried about these things for their kids. I think once and if health care reform happens that people will finally understand how much better off they are. As for the insurance industry getting a big lift from it, that will be exactly what Republicans and some Democrats want so that's very deceiving to be telling people. Especially when actually health care reform will MAKE insurance companies be more affordable because they will have to finally compete.......It's ridiculous to say that these people are worried about these things for their kids only now when it's been going on forever and always will.

This guy is just anothe talking head who is accountable to no one and is out to hype his book.

I don't know of a more disreputable source.

We'll I guess I'm one of those idiot's as well. I'm a independent voter. I would suggest that the administration listen to us. Voting time is coming very soon and we will remember.

We are indeed angry at Washington and have been for years. Remember Ross Perot? Remember how he became so popular (before he ended up being...well...Ross Perot?)

He got popular because he threw in the "these bums (R's and D's) have been fighting for years and don't care about you anymore"...and he was RIGHT!

That was 17 years ago, and now it's even worse! And now we even have idiots all claiming that our anger is 'astroturf'? Wow...

Wow robbi you really are an idiot.

"85% of Americans are satisfied with their health care"

no, 85% of Americans have health care...not all 85% of us are satisfied.

how can you be satisfied with your insurance when your premium keeps going up, your coverage keeps going down and you arent sure if you lost your job or switched jobs, that your new provider will cover you and not considering somethign a 'pre-existing" condition and therefore not cover you.

I'm sorry...but that 85% is BULL

That 'vast right-wing conspiracy' Clinton referred to is called 'the American people'. And maybe Nancy Pelosi is right. If the Democrats push through a health care bill that most Americans oppose, especially if it includes coverage for illegal aliens, as some Democrats are now demanding, we may not have to wait for a revolt at the polls in 2010. We may see a revolt in the streets in 2009 (but I pray that we don't!).

"They're" mad at Hollywood for the coarseness broadcast everywhere 24/7? But that's what sells! Gentleness and gentility don't –just ask anyone who wants to make an "art-house" movie.

I guess whoever screams the loudest must be right.

"85% of Americans are satisfied with their health care. I think that says a lot. "

Right! I guess he didn't bother to ask the 40 plus million US citizens who don't have any, despite the fact that many of them paid into the system for most of their working lives but then either lost their jobs or got too sick and were dropped.

One shouldn't judge a book by it's cover let alone a man by his looks but he looks a bit too smug comfortable and pudgy for me to trust him. Plus he's full of it ...He is right about one thing, the Democrats and the Republicans are two sides of the same counterfeit coin.
It's past time for some real leadership and it is not going to come from either of those political parties.

I love the Republicans who are disgusted with the coarseness of the culture. While one of their leaders shouts "shut up" at the president of the United States? Perhaps they had better clean out their own house first. And disgusted with big business, while big business continues to be their biggest contributors? And as for the economy, which party drove us into this mess?

Frank Lutz need look no further than the results of the last two elections to see what Americans are mad at and what they're going to do about it. In the end, the only opinion that matters is that of a majority of the voters and they expressed that opinion very clearly in 2006 and 2008. There are obviously folks that disagree, however they are most decidedly in the minority and will stay that way unless the Republicans change their approach. There are plenty of middle class conservatives that have suffered as a result of Bush policies and until Republicans address that situation they will continue to be in the minority.

Maybe what these people should be so angry about is the Republican party intentionally fanning the flames and using them to fight their battle against the Democrats. I agree that a lot of these people are probably extremely disillusioned by BOTH of the major political parties and I have, however, if that is really all there is to this story, where were they during the Bush Presidency? Interesting how all of a sudden with a Democratic majority in Washington they are EVERYWHERE. There was plenty to be mad as hell about 2 years ago as well. These people are being pushed and pulled by the Republicans and as soon as the GOP takes a majority over in Congress I think we'll find that we aren't hearing so much about how angry they are anymore.

I love how every time someone disagrees with what they assume to be a Republican backed opinion piece they ALWAYS resort to name calling. If people can't be so unbiased as to look at the facts presented to them, how can they ever understand what is going on? Some people need to take a break from drinking only kool-aid and drink water once in while. What I mean is, watch CNN, watch NBC and ABC, but watch FOX as well and then you'll have all the information you need to arrive at an informed decision.

Luntz is right on target. Politicians that don't get it are like their faithful supporters following blindly behind them as they approach the cliff.

We're not angry at Washington, but at political hacks such as Luntz who are out only to stir up trouble and earn a dollar off it; those who modus operandi is "Take the money and run."

Where did the $4 Trillion dollars from the bail-out go? Everyone I know is asking about that. For $1 Trillion–the US Congress could have given every American a $100 a month health care plan–catastrophic coverage fort those who live a health lifestyle–no drugs, alcohol or smoking–and paid for the college education of their kids on top of that–for ten years. Why doesn't Frank Luntz write a book on THAT? Why wasn't THAT choice offered to American voters? Why do Americans have to chose between Democratic Party of organized crime/labor unions–and the Republican Party of International globalization? Why the fake choice? It is like–we are forced to pick between two parries of organized crime–one serves the left, the other the right. But–they are both parties of crime. It is as if–the USA really is controlled by a kind of organized crime insinuated into the very structure of business, education, health care, and politics today–because–the choices the US Congress is making are so irrational. The choices Congress are making–are being made strictly for money–to suck out and gut out as much as certain entities can–from the middle class–the shrinking 15% who have kids, who have any cash or money at all. Then poof–we will be a county of the 1/ 2 of 1% at the top–the next 7%–their managers–and then 93% poor. That is where we will be in ten years. What we are seeing–is like a corporate take-over of the middle class, and this "take-over" is being obfuscated by people such as Frank Luntz.

Where have you been? Americans have been angry throughout their history. Our bloodiest war was among ourselves. I couldn't stand any of the Bush policies...where was your anger then. We're getting over the mistakes of the past 8 years and that is more the source of my anger. The tea party idiots and town hall distrupters will always be angry. There are people out there now who hate non-whites, mistrust government and want their guns.

So I'm supposed to believe a GOP hack? This is the same guy who believes we have the best health care in the world? Health care reform is more that just getting more Americans insured. It's about stopping insurance companies denying care to customers who already pay. This guys is a fool who lives on division. hate hate hate.

Robbi, you certainly cannot write a book. Before you do so you need to know how to use capital letters and punctuation. I guess that's part of the problem: lazy and/or uneducated people being given too much of a voice.

These are the types of people that instigate discord. I for one am not mad as hell. I have the things I need to live, maybe not everything I may think I want, but God has blessed me with the necessities.

First I thought he may be on to something because I personally am sick of hollywoods' filth hence my removal of cable television from my home and my very rarely going to the movies. Then come to find out this miscreant has been crafting language in the health-care debate which fuels dissension. Just another liar trying to appear impartial, hmm maybe you should get a job on the fox network.

This guy is so biased, not sure how you can seriously post anything he says. He has zero credibility.

I have a hard time believing 85% of americans are happy w/ their insurance.

Put the blame where it belongs: Bush and Cheney.

I don't appreciate having this loaf speak for me. I am happy as ever, and guess what? My taxes are going up and I can't sell my house that's been on the market for two years. But life is GOOD. Health, faith, happiness, etc. so please, speak for yourself Frank.

Keep thinking that Robbie. And make sure you call your Democrat congressmen and Senators and tell them that they should ignore the polls. Your problem is you get your 'news' from CNN and the other liberals in the main stream media.

this guy is nothing more than a water man for the republicans, he is a republican, he said that these people who goes to the rallies are not republicans and they are democrats, hahah tell me mr, where do you buy your weed from?. clinton is right, the vast right wing is still out.

I have phoned, emailed, and talked directly to my representatives, and they have patronized me, blown me off, and not listened. Yes, I'm mad as hell, and when I vote, I will vote against them. (And I always vote.) I'm very middle of the road in my politics, but for some reason, being balanced and sure-footed with a firm foundation to work from is not on their agenda. I've watched them run headlong into terrible boondoggles, which have yet to be resolved. I've watched "Cash for Clunkers" bounce, slide, and stick it to just about everyone. (It was a good idea, but no one took the time to plan it out as it should have been, and when I say time, I'm just talking a few months.) Our whole administration is failing on these same issues. Yes, we need fixes, but they need to be well planned, not slap dashed together–as the bailouts and CEO/administrator bonuses have clearly shown. Again, even a little planning would have gone a long way. But who am I, except a poor little voter who will be carrying the $80,000 (bill per every person in the USA) for those bailouts, bonuses, $4Clunkers, etc. And don't even get me started on Afghanistan.

robbi Frank Luntz is a very respected pollster and really knows what he is talking about thats more than I can say about you, you are an arrogant imbecile.

Angrier than ever? Angrier than under Nixon or Bush Jr? You must be kidding. Mr. Luntz is a well-known Republican hack, not as much a pollster as a spinner - but that CNN would post it in all seriousness is a new low.

Wow, what a surprise...another Right Wing Nutjob has a book. Certainly if I took Rush Limbaugh’s mailing list and asked them if the were “mad and angry” at least 72% of them would be.

Enlighten me and others robbi, what's the anger about? He did say it was about health care. He said it was about politicians not listening to their constituents after they get to Washington.

Angry people can become very calm once they realize that Life is nothing but entertainment and it does not matter.

Bertina, Robbi,

Are you angry? Do you feel that politicians are representing your best interest? Do you think that there is too much right or too much left and not enough middle ground? If so, then why criticize an attempt to bring that to peoples attention, just because it happens to be a republican that wrote the book. I haven't read it and I don't know what his solutions are, but in all reality, the message is dead on. I want politicians to represent me. I want the left and right to seek middle ground so that we can make forward progress in this country. Its not getting better, in fact, I personally believe that the lines are thick and black and that our politicians are more polarized now than ever.

Enlighten me and others robbi, what's the anger about? He didn't say it was about health care. He said it was about politicians not listening to their constituents after they get to Washington.

Say what you want, but this guy makes one VERY valid point. (Even if he IS a republican)

"See, he doesn’t get it because these are not Republicans who are going to these town halls. These are not Republicans that are angry. More often they’re independents that reject both the Republicans and the Democrats. They’re dead-center politically and they’ve had enough of both political parties."

The two party system has failed this country miserably. Money rules this country, not the people. Have cash, have political seat. Don't have cash? Then shut up, sit down because clearly – to the Democrats AND republicans you mean nothing.

There isn't enough info here to evaluate the poll results, i.e., Luntz' claims – how is the 6,400 people sample defined and how does it compare to the "typical CNN mediam poll" sample? The number 6,400 means nothing by itself. Is the Luntz sample slanted in favor of the Republican positions? And how unbiased are the CNN polls themselves, for that matter? CNN should have included some info about Luntz' poll, not let him get away with just making his reliability claim. Shallow!

I doen't trust any of Luntz' data, especially from a pollster identified with one political party, and especially with the party that has coarsened and manipulated our public discourse so much over the past 25 years through fear and other disreputable practices. I would only trust a poll from a respected neutral independent source.

Anything to try and make sales of a book...not to mention help instigate more anger with people by blindly giving them info that every idiot will believe what they hear without facts. I wish the GOP would shut the hell up and try to focus on their own party survival without being seen as a radical instigator and focus on their own upside down tantrums they like to showboat. They only have themselves to blame and if anything goes wrong with your country, you can blame the GOP....all they care about is getting back into power and they don't care how radical they get, they just want back in without care of others or even their own country.

If all of these pundits and special interests geared toward calming fear instead of inciting it, we could then (possibly) have a real dialogue. After all, when you look at the programs, they are all moving the country in the right direction.

The path is before us. We have to stop fighting about what means we need to start moving forward, and just GO!

This is the same guy who came up with the "talking points" list used by Gingrich in 1994. Picking and choosing words which give positive and negative connotations. Where is the joker pulling these numbers from? Who exactly has he polled? How were the polling questions, if there were any, worded? Who worded them? How long has he been writing this book? Without the answer to these questions, the book isn't worth the paper its printed on.

The GOP is now the American version of the Taliban.

Luntz is an excellent pollster with his finger on the pulse of America. I am one of those angry moderates, and I am sick of BOTH parties. We give one power, and they borrow money to invade a country. Give the other power, and they borrow a larger amount of money and have nothing to show for it.

At this point I don't believe any party can fix things. Luntz is dead on. I don't believe America will be better 50 years from now than it is today. The best thing that could happen to America is for us to wake up one day and not have a single politician among us.

Our country is a now a giant pyramid scheme that requires each generation borrow from the next. This is despicable and fundamentally immoral. When we collapse – and we will – we will deserve it.

Any Republican who says the "85% of Americans are satisfied with their health care" line is right away not being 100% truthful.

A lot of that 85% are people in government programs, and if the Republicans had their druthers those programs would be ended as well.

Republicans should use the percentage of people in private insurance when they give their examples, of course then the number would float closer to 60%.

it's not the republican's that are ranting??? he's crazy. centrists?.. yea, maybe center-right...
and YES.. it is goons like him that are stiring up anger.. there are people that are being talked into being angry!
my grandma.. who has never had an opinionon politics ever EVER.. suddenly said "i hate obama" to me the other day.. you know why? cause all they've been showing on the tv in the big room is fox news and commentary.. she doesn't even know why she hates him, other than those crazies on tv stirred up crazy scare tactics and have convinced her she's going to die by death panels!

I couldn't be happier.

the REPUBLICAN party and gw BUSH, how did that work out for our country the first decade of this 21st century?

What's the big mystery about what Americans are mad about. We have just elected a President on the basis of CHANGE. The republican reactionaries are acting like there was no election at all and they are still running the country. Like they ran the country and the economy into the groung during the previous eight years. Until the disaster of the previous administration is reversed, Americans will continue to be mad. It is time for the republican party to stop their disruptive, reactionary game plan and support programs which will benefit ALL Americans and not just their neo-con base.

If you don't understand what these guys are selling buy now; the staus quo – you're not paying attention!

Wow! A survey of 6400 people to then write a book about what American's really want. What is the American population again? Umm, let's add more than few zeros to that 6400 miniscule sampling. What Americans want is change – as evidenced by the recent election this country held last November. It seems that anymore these days any clown who can afford a suit can write a book, do a survey and all of a sudden they are an expert at something. Pah-leeze! of course when the majority of your sampling is Independent voters they are going to be P.O'd that "nobody is listening to them" That's because there's no Independent Party, Frank Luntz, you MORON!
I'm a registered Independent voter becauase I reserve the right to vote for what has become the lesser of two evils every 4 years. At least this time around, there's some shake up. And a shake up is very good. Here's the reality with Change – Americans Fear Change. That is a fact. Eveyrone fears change, because it means getting out of your little comfortable shell. The GOP loves to exacerbate that fear for their own political manupuliation – why? because it's sad, and no Politician will say this because it is political suicide, but the average American isn't smart enough to think for themselves anymore. It's much easier to keep it the way it was and to let someone else do the thinking for them. Fear sells and there's plenty of dumba$$es out there buying it. Sad sad sad!

Anger is no proof of validity. Well-developed rational, rather than emotional, arguments regarding health care are the productive way for the opposition to be voiced, if the opposition cares about the country.

I this guy thinks the GOP is the cure for the anger – he is totally clueless. Who was in charge while the US standard of living tanked? Buchco puppet and his money bags puppeteers from the military industrial complex, big oil, big pharma, insurance... News – the GOP is dead.

Luntz is ginning it up here. He not only repeats GOP talking points, he is responsible for many of them. He makes a lot of claims that he doesn-t–can't–back up. E.g., the Town Hall shouters being centrist poltically: how does Luntz know that? They seem far right to me, based one their signs, their comments. Luntz wants people to be angry b/c he is a Republican. He wants to stir it up, not calm it down. His party is out of power, and he wants that to change.

Poll? I think not. You can see the bias in the poll, and in the interview.
Also the Poll and pollster forgets how we got here. With a President that ran as a "uniter and not a divider." But we know after 8 years of G.W. the opposite was true. Maybe folks are anger, because, the GOP divided the country, by creating a group of haters. While geeting them to believe there lies about the economy and WMD's, and now health care reform.

The root problem is that the political system is basically built on bribery. Those who pay the money get to dance with the candidates. Those who pay the money are those who have a lot of money and their interests are not the interests of the average middle class family. The only reason Republicans are opposing health care reform is because they are in the pockets of the health care industry. The only reason the Democrats health care reform plan is so watered down and favourable to the health care industry is the same thing.

What you need are publicaly funded elections – that would cost every family about $20 a year, not a bad price to pay to get your country back.

And call lubbying what it is – bribery, treason. Make it illegal.

Then you will have a government that is truly responsive to its electors.

Fear mongering at it's finest. Well done Luntz, you dunce.

And we see how these Americans vent their anger... A census worker was brutally murdered in Kentucky, lynched with the word FED scrawled across his chest... his feet and hands bound. And all he was doing was trying to help his county find funding for much needed social programs. This is the result of the likes of Michele Bachmann and Glenn Beck specifically saying that the Census was a government program designed by the Obama administration to find conservatives and throw them into camps. Just look it up. This man's death is the direct result of those conservative lies. So conservatives are angry and this is how they act upon their anger.

This guy tries to gain credibility by claiming Independents are the ones making up most of this group of "mad as hell" people when that is not the reality. It's fringe right-wingers being motivated by Glenn Beck to go out and make noise and raise hysteria and hatred. They are achieving nothing except making the rest of us even more certain that they are insane.

Just another rich republican that is out of touch with reality.

I'm happy with my health insurance. Simply because it is slightly better than my other options.....
That doesn't mean my insurance is good, or even doing anything for me, for that matter.

Americans have every right to be angry. Government provided our tax money to bail corrupt financial instutitions and now we are being told by the media we will never see this money repaid. The same organizations are paying their executives even bigger bonuses than before the meltdown and nothing is being done about it. I get charged outrageous amounts if I am one day late on my credit card payment but the Wall Street elite make up the rules as they go and FORCE our government to conform. We have homeless, hungry and sick Americans in every town and city in America, but we are more concerned with maintainig our addiction on oil to support the oil companies HUGE profit margins by invading and terrorizing foreign countries. The US is creating the next generation of terrorists. We all need to get very, very angry and maybe our elected officials will start listening to us.

Well of course people are angry.

Conservatives are the biggest babies and whiners on the planet. All Luntz had to do was poll Fox News (those 2 terms are mutaully exclusive,right?) viewers and he'd get all the angry and scared people he wants.

Democrats are angry because they had to put up with Bush and Cheney for eight YEARS and now have to listen to the GOP 3rd graders being angry about Obama's first 6 MONTHS.. which are proving to be very successful.

The GOP needs to grow up.

GOP has no alternative plan to the Healthcare crisis. Just nasty sound bites. The Tea Party and "Angry People" at those forums are paid repubs bussed in by the GOP. They did the samething during the Bush administration, during their Roadshows to show a supportive audience. But to display, Obama as a Nazi figure and consider that OK, and to promote such bigatry and hatred, says the Repubs are desperate. Rush, Beck and Fox News all sound like morons with bad scripts. Murdoch should be ashamed.

85% are "satisfied" with their health care?
Prove it.

Oh, the rage is real. Look for big changes in 2010, because plenty of us are voting no. Dan Maffei came into town talking moderation, but he's Nancy Pelosi's parrot. The American people do not want illegal immigrants healthcare covered by our taxes, nor do we want some government official interfering with it. Label me if you like, but ignore me at your peril come election day, sir.

Who cares who backed the guy who wrote the book. That has no impact on the veracity of the survey he conducted. The simple fact is that regardless of who conducts the survey a majority of americans are found to oppose "obamacare" reform, as well as his borderline socialist ideals. And fear not Bertina, there will be significant change next November in the voting booths. Obama has definitely provided us with the change he promised. He has taken something fragile, our country's well-being and economic future, and now attempts to completely break it. Every day I grow more and more disgusted with the direction he is taking this country. And it is only growing worse. God forbid if he is given two terms in the white house.

"72% of Americans are mad as hell and they’re not going to take it anymore"
While it's probably true that around 72% of Americans aren't exactly happy with the current situation, its obvious that Luntz is exaggerating their emotions here.

"85% of Americans are satisfied with their health care. I think that says a lot"
That may be true, I wouldn't be too surprised, and we do need to be grateful for what we have, but our health care is not anywhere near the best in the world.

Luntz brings up a few good points, but he refused to admit that he fueled the anger by suggesting that Republicans use those charged phrases. He says he supports health care reform, fine! But if you support it, bring up your idea! Putting down the current bill by inciting anger without talking about alternatives will kill any hopes for health care reform anytime soon.

John Roberts doesn't get it because he is the elite media the author refers to. There is nothing middle class or middle road about John Roberts. One only has to be a regular viewer of CNN to know that much about him. Knowing that, I have a very difficult time getting any value out of an interview conducted by a biased interviewer such as John Roberts in this case. That's like posting an interview Newt Gingrich would do with a pro-govt. health care option plan. It just doesn't cut it as far as the stink factor goes. It reeks of bias and the questions themselves attempt to discredit the author, not get to the core of the issue of those he writes of.

John Roberts is a cheerleader of everything liberals value. There is nothing unbiased about him which is one of the reasons people are pissed off at the media. They don't report anymore, they attempt to persuade and change the outcome of public debate. That isn't reporting. It's insulting and the elite media wonders why they are viewed with the same contempt as most of the congress is. How arrogant.

he sure doesn't speak for me! Repubs: Please stop saying you speak for 'all americans'...diversify your polling, create viable solutions, and quit contributing to a moronic sense of fear...there is no fear out here; rather only a want and desire to change the country for the better.

I went to the 9/12 march and I concur with Dr. Luntz. The distortion of the entire upheaval from voters from my perspective comes from the media and politicians refusal to accept that Americans are not happy. I was at Washington D.C. and you can say anything you want, but I personally witnessed the distortion of facts by the media. People are angry (but are civil). Like many Americans, my wife and I decided it was important to show our support for the grass-roots movement being held in Washington DC on September 12, 2009. We both are conservatives and are independent thinkers and have watched our Congress and last two Administrations spend our tax money with reckless abandonment. The often "isolated" politician has evolved to become a self-centered elitist that garner money for their own future and often lose their independent thinking through partisan politics. Their behaviors and voting records are often self-serving and not what is best for America. Many of us feel that the Government has taken away many of our rights and are mandating how we should live in every aspect of our lives and has become an intrusive monster that is insatiable and expensive at our cost through taxes that we pay!

Oh Bertina, keep your head in the sand like Congress.

If you're not part of the solution, then you're part of the problem, Mr. Luntz.

Americans are mad as hell at opportunistic sensationalizers such as this clown. I wonder if his book has a chapter in it about people such as himself?

Write a book to foment outrage, sow seeds of discontent, and laugh all the way to the bank!

more hot air..... the Silent Majority will prevail, not the hysterical right wing talk machine....

I wonder what percentage of the un-insured are happy with thier coverage?

One more thing, you can likely put the people who are "angry "(as this book sees them), into just a few catagories...1) Right wing or far right wing (Rush's cronies), 2) white supremacist, 3) Moral Majority (Jimmy Swaggart lovers), 4) Wall Streeters and lastly, 5) Main stream (folks with concerns who are willing to debate the issues instead of take part in character assasination). I wonder what he percenatges are for these......

To those of you disgusted with both parties, consider looking into the Libertarian Party. It is fiscally conservative, yet socially liberal and is the party that will most keep government out of your life. A vote for the Libertarian Party, sends a statement to both Republicans and Democrats that they will be held accountable.

What I learned from this interview is that he is selling a book and does not like to answer questions.

There are three important things missing from this article. How were the 6400 people polled selected? How were the questions worded? And were the possible answers multiple choice and if so, how were the answers worded? Without knowing the answers to these three questions, this information is useless.

The anger is real people. It is from the heart and soul of those that were brought up to believe that THEY and not the GOV. are responsible for their lives,children,health and actions. It comes from the premise that if I work hard, pay my dues I can succeed in providing a good life to my family. It does not come from the premise that if I wait long enough and wail and moan about my plight that SOMEONE ELSE will solve all my troubles.
The abdication of ones responsibilities is only slightly less of a sin than abdicating ones willingness to think for themselves.

I venture to say the majority of those polled were Repubs. They are the most angry for a variety of reasons. The biggest reason is due to the GOP, Fox, Hannity, Rush et al spending all of their time whipping up this anger in the hopes the GOP will gain traction for 2010 and 2012. How about doing or offering something constructive? These right wing fanatics have nothing to offer except hate and anger along with obstructionism towards the Obama administration.

Another reason for their anger is they just cannot accept the fact that they lost an election. Why would they have won? McCain and Palin were losers and had nothing to offer along with any of the right wing extremists. This is a democracy and it is ludicrous for the GOP to think they should always be in the White House. We had 8 disastrous years of Bush/Cheney. Hopefully, the American people will not forget that in the future. The GOP wins and we will be right back where we were – looking out for the rich and big business. Obama is possibly the smartest and one of the most educated presidents this country will ever have. Unfortunately, he had 8 years of mess left for him.

I don't know what world this guy lives in or, for that matter, what world he took this poll in but he's not playing with a full deck...... when will people at CNN begin giving us more detail on real news and stop making news of partisan propaganda! From both sides!!!!!!!!

Is there any more info on the sample these statistics were taken from? It's not that I don't believe them, but these are serious statements and they should be based of vetted information.

Typical right wing ploy. Republican polster, using republican methods, using republican "structured" questions, to get the results the Republicans want. Then going to the media and presenting fake republican constituant concerns with a "fixed" pole backing them. The general, neutral, and properly structured national polls show results that are completely different and sometimes the direct opposite. Good luck with this plan Republicans, to twist or bias public opinon to your side.

72% of Americans are dumber than ever before. From tea (bagging) parties to bringing loaded assault rifles to town hall events where the President is scheduled to speak. 72% of 6400 people surveyed actually believe what the MSM tells them instead of taking time to use free logic to filter the facts from the sensationalist fiction. With a poll of 6400 you can make the results anything you want with the right choice of people! Frank Luntz is bottom feeder.

I don't blame anyone for cancelling a town hall meeting. The people who attend them are disruptive and are only there to yell!

To CNN your questions are the most stupid I have ever seen that are on your web site. They are good for grammer school. Start asking serious questions about politics and the world and quit playing games. 2nd how does it feel to be so low in the ratings. Why don't you open up your online site so everyone can write how they really feel. Maybe CNN would wise up. CNN needs to stop being President Obamas Rear end kisser and start paying attention to the right and far right and independents because in 2010 the Democrats will have their Waterloo. The Democrats will have many going home. In fact if they vote for health care reform that vote and their vote for Cap and Trade will be their ticket home. Anericans are fed up with those in Washington. We the people are not astro-turf but Americans that are fed up. I know CNN wont put this on their web site because they only cater to the left

Thats right. We're angry at Republican lies and Republican fear and hate mongering. We are tired of the Party of No Ideas, and the Party of just plain No. We are tired of the ill education and willing believers of Republican lies. We are tired of the kicking and screaming of the children that are supposed to be adults in public forums to talk about important subjects who are unwilling to even wait for answers from their leaders before they start kicking and screaming again.

Thats right. We're angry. But not at President Obama.

Actually, I feel quite peaceful right now. I am pretty relaxed with my warm showers, great food, and amazing friends.

Oh, so NOW they're angry. After eight years of Bush/Cheney, after the disgusting troop-abusing lie that is Iraq, after NOT finishing the job in Afghanistan, these "Americans" are finally angry NOW? Well screw them. Somehow, after watching nearly a trillion dollars get spent on the recovery at the end of the Bush term, they were fine. They only got angry at the nearly one trillion dollars spent on the recovery by Obama. But really, their anger suddenly materialized on Jan 20, 2009, didn't it? I remember about a month into the Obama presidency hearing Conservatives shout that it was time to take America back. If it wasn't so appalling, it would be funny.

I'm a right-leaning independent who voted GOP for president in every election from 1980-2000. I got angry in 2003. About 3 years too late, I'm ashamed to say.

If you want to call yourself a conservative, fine. But look at the Bush years and honestly answer the question, how did that charade actually represent your conservative values? It didn't. It was an unAmerican, unPatriotic cynical disgrace. So stop acting like the Obama presidency is an outrage. It's more like a comeuppance. You really think the GOP deserved to hold the White House? Please. Wipe the foam from around your rabid mouths, you freaks.

Seriously, tea baggers........Screw......you.

85% of the Americans that have and can afford health care are satisfied–key word being "have". No one wants free health care...but since I had breast cancer, how could I ever get health care insurance. I was able to keep it through my husband's job–he retired–but we could not carry our legally adopted children–who are minors–on his retiree insurance because his company would not let us. We had to buy private insurance but will certainly be cancelled or placed into a higher "pool" should the twins get any chronic illness–or would that be their fault for "not eating right" or "poor lifestyle choices"? I am really tired of people condemning those of us who have had cancer and /or chronic illnesses–there was no prevention for me and sometimes people just get sick!! Selfishness and ignorance reign now in this so-called debate on health care. Frank Luntz is just a Republican hack!!

What do you expect from the guy encouraging the Republican's? He never did answer John's question "My question to you, Frank, is did you help contribute to this anger?". Of course he did, why else wouldn't he answer the question. Yes, there are a lot of Liberal's afraid of government take-over of our country, but it's the Republican's screaming the loudest about the proposals offered by this current administration. Mr. Obama has a lot of good ideas and solutions to help the people of this country. I haven't heard a whole lot from the Republican's or Liberal's except to keep the government out of their business and out of their lives. And oh, by the way, the way the current administration is going, this country will soon be a socialist state. Ha! Isn't that a good one. We just want to stop the multi-million dollar bonus's to CEO's & other top official who are driving the cost of everything up to pay for those bonus's. We also need to reform the TORT laws so people cannot get multi-million dollar settlements for stupid law suits. You ought to expect a cup of coffee to be hot, unless you asked for iced coffee...

Of course everyone has an agenda anymore, but Luntz is right.
Everyone I talk to is upset over how incompetant the govt is (dems and repubs), how greedy business is (especially job loss to overseas), and how putrid most of the entertainment coming out of Hollywood is.
I saw on TV where all these famous people were shocked that Roman Polansky was arrested. Duh!! If it had been some poor shmuck he would have served prison time already.
But since he's "famous", it's "disgraceful" they arrested him after 31 years.
Right, disgraceful it took so long to get this pervert.

absolutley correct... democrats and republican ... most are just in for them ... look at arlin spector changes party like changeing underware..big companies dont care about there workers.. just bogus lip service then move jobs over seas,,,, you are correct,,, americans are very mad..

The only bias I see is from the arrogant John Roberts. He can't understand why he and his ilk are viewed with the same contempt as congress by the majority of regular folk. Well, that's because he, like most liberals, are too full of themselves to care and understand regular folk see them as the elite out of touch washington insiders who no longer deserve respect and will be treated as the blood suckers they are.

"We believe our health care system is the best in the globe." Really, Frank? FOX News viewers may "believe" this, but it's not the case.

And 71% of Americans are "angry"? That's just FOX News viewers getting all worked up with the emotionally unstable Glen Beck over contrived controversy.

You Republicans make money off of "angry" people. It's your bread and butter. Don't calm them down too much or they may stop buying your books (which they don't even read).

"72% of Americans are mad as hell and they’re not going to take it anymore."
- Frank Luntz

"42.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot"
- Steven Wright

Why is CNN once again rolling out the red carpet for opportunists and peddlers.

You're mad as hell and not going to take it anymore because... you're afraid your kids might drink? Come again?

Of course we have the best health care system in the world....if you can pay for it. Try getting your insurance carrier to pay for something a desk jockey says you don't need.

Their anger is misplaced. And it is largely the result of a massive campaign by the right-wing to discredit and undermine this president. Propaganda works when you have an ignorant and frightened population. The Republican Party's behavior over the last 7 months has walked a fine-line between obstructionism and sedition. Forget legitimate differences over policy. These people are supposed to work together to make our government work. Instead, it has been turned into a game of Gotchya and abuse of the fourth estate. We now have a television network dedicated to spewing right wing propaganda. The Republican Party gave up its role as the loyal opposition long ago, and it has damaged the republic.

Yes, I am angry but I'm still angry at 8 years of Bush that put us into this mess!! Just because we are coming up on the one year mark from the last election does not mean I have forgotten where all this mess came from!

Republican pollsters are like AIG executives – they tend to lie for their own benefit and gain - and the line between truth and reality is a blur.

I'm angry that a plurality voted for change, voted for a platform including health care reform, and more responsibility in our financial markets, including better regulations of wall street and more consumer protections.

I'm angry that so many of those on the side who lost the election, will do whatever they feel it takes, rightly or wrongly, morally or otherwise, regardless of the damage to their country, to futher their own agendas, even though they LOST!

America has spoken, we seek a new direction. And in the words for GWB, "We will not fail, we will not falter." Yes We Can!

This is the guy who ran the Fox "forums" during the election campaign and kept promoting Fred Thompson, and, later, John McCain. His studies are all skewed in favor of Republicans. The members of his "average" audience were all anti-Obama, except for one or two tokens. He's a hack.

Questionable source, but generally accurate message. The moderates are not shouting (hence the term "moderate"), but they are grumbling at the partisanship.

The Dems have overplayed the "change we can beleive in" message while villanizing those who disagree as racists. Civility left under the Republican watch as Dems made destroying a president an art form under the guise of "patriotic free speech".

2010 is going to be a bloodbath for the party of "yes we did!".

Depending on who is being polled, statistics can be skewed to show a desired result. And I just love it when Republicans comes out and blames Liberals for stewing the pot of discontent. Let's face it, there are a group of people out there who would love to see the Obama administration fail and will work any angle they can get their hands on to ensure that happens. Spreading misinformation and creatuing fear is one of way of doing that. Clinton was not off the mark in claiming the right-wing conspiracy. Time to wake-up U.S.

From the article:

"Frank Luntz: They are. 72% of Americans define themselves — we took a survey of 6,400 people, that’s five times the typical CNN media poll – 72% of Americans are mad as hell and they’re not going to take it anymore. And they’re mad at politics because they think there’s no accountability in Washington. "

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If I am not mistaken only 21% of Americans subscribe to the conservative view or Republican party–and Mr. Luntz claims that 72% of Americans are angry..

So how is it that only the Republicans are the ones who identify as "mad as hell?" The earliest comments are saying that "the Republicans are the angry ones...this, that, other...blah blah blah."

A lot of Americans are angry at those who work and live in D.C.–and they have a right to be. One perosn is mad at this administration, someone else is mad at the Bush administration, and yet someone else is mad at the Clintion, Bush 1, Reagan, Carter administrations. Regardless of who is the sitting President of the United States of America both the democrats and republicans have FAILED us. Both are equally at fault. People can throw statistics out here to dispute this statment but someone else can throw other statistics to dispute that claim.

So let's all quit this petty arguing and get rid of EVERYONE in D.C. and start over. That is the only change we can believe in.

Frank Luntz hits the nail on the head, everyone should be insured but don't throw the good out with the bad. Take time, root out unintended consequences and do it in a fiscally responsive way as not to bankrupt this country. We do not need the Euopean socialist ,inefficient model.

This is bull, ..Plain and simple....this guy finally leaves FOX news to come to CNN to gin up his book.........Yes many are mad, but at the GOP....please believe, in 2010, DEMS will lose some, but they will not lose majority rule.
Many people who say they're independents are really GOP voters, but were totally disappointed w/ the Bush years......
However real independents have no allegance to any party......If the pundits think that I'm so pissed at the President, that I'll vote out the DEMS, and the President in 2010/12, then there gravely mistaken.....After this repulsive rebellion of "socialism" in the first year of the Presidents' term, I'll not vote for the GOP, (Romney,Palin,Huckabee,Pawlenty, ever)......I'm not stupid, I have eyes, and I'm educated....I know who has sincerely been trying to fix America since January 20th!!!!

This goes back to the issue of states rights vs. the new federalism. Their is no accountability in Washington D.C. because nobodu sees what goes on in the bowls of Congress. Its easier for the press to follow the President he is one person and who wants to report on a sub-committee meeting in the House. We need to return power back to the states. That means education, health care, the works. That way if I got a gripe I can go down to main street and complain to my state rep., he owns a small business there. But, I will never see my US Senator because I would have to spend $1,000 on a fundraiser dinner. National Defense and Social Security are all that the fed needs to concern itself with, otherwise give the states block grants and let them solve their own problems.

Just another Republican continuing to spew lies. If you randomly pick 100 people off the street, I don't believe for one minute that 85 of them will be satisfied with their healthcare. That is insurance companies' PR and Republican's attempt to bully working class Americans.

dm says:
" I went to college and over the last 30+ years I am now in a 100k+ job. Nobody gave me anything. The opportunity is there.

I was working full time the whole time I was going to school and still managed to get a 4 year military commitment and a 4 year degree in 5 years total.

What the other 15% want is for the 85% who have done what I have to just hand over enough so they can keep their low-paying job, with little or no responsibility, and not have to put in 12-16 hours per day."

Well, I went to college too, and worked hard for 30 years. I was also earning $100K+ when I was laid off in February 2009 – 1 1/4 years before I could formally retire from my company. So, I lost my retirement benefits. I had contributed to a 401K, too. That took a hit with everyone else's. I had to withdraw some to pay for COBRA heath insurance. I have not found another job yet even though I was in IT with current skills. My job went to China.

Here's my point – sometimes people do everything right, and bad stuff happens.

Trust me when I say that most of the 15% you assume to be losers – they are people just like you. Only not as lucky. I hope you don't ever lose your job due to illness, a bad economy, or any other reason.

How fascinating it is to read the disingenuous comments made on this blog accusing Republicans when Democrats did the EXACT SAME THING when the Republicans were in power. You folks are the problem in this country as you refuse to look at the facts and are hypocrits because you claim Republcians lock-step to party lines. Well, the Democrats are doing the EXACT SAME THING. If you continue to ignore facts then you are not only fools but lemmings too. I am an Independent vote who votes for the best candidate and I ignore all polls, mainstream media talking heads because they are experts at presenting their agendas with spin cycles to sell advertizing. They change their tune to meet their own needs. Be honest with yourself and investigate the facts or you have no credible standing and are no better than the pathological corrupt political scum in Washington DC – of both parties.

Of course they are mad they are talking to republicans, they are sore losers and are mad that they aren't gettig everything their way.

The rest of us are angry at the republican't machine. The party of no pgrogess and the party of ME.

Why are 85% of Americans satisfied with their insurance plans? Because 15% of Americans have had to deal with insurance companies when they or their loves ones are truly sick and dying. It is ridiculous that statistic is cited over and over by opponents of reform. Why don't they survey those Americans who have chronic illnesses, have had surgery, or have been hospitalized??

So a Republican pollster says that "Americans angrier than ever"... I suppose the 22% of Americans that make up the GOP base would feel anger because they now understand the majority of American's have rejected the GOP..And I suppose 52% of American's who are not supporters of the GOP feel anger towards the 22% GOP base for acting like idiots at the Town hall meetings and marching on DC with their infantile signs and childish rants...Makes sense to me that 72% of Americans may be angrier than ever...

"But there are a lot of uninsured people in this country. "

You guys have to stop saying things like this. It's very misleading.

1) "a lot" is relative to the size of the total. In fact people with health insurance vastly out number those without.

2) Many people who can't afford heath care already fall into state and federal programs to help them get care.

3) The majority of people who are uninsured choose not to purchase it.

There is only one thing that needs to be done to fix health care insurance, change the IRS code and remove it as a deductible business expense.

This will cause a chain of events that will normalize insurance price and health care costs based on market forces.

I am angry with our government. I am not a republican or a democrat.
I am an American who is tired of the government running this country into the ground. I am tired of an administration spending money they don't have. I am don't want my government forcing healthcare on me. I want choices. We may need a healthcare plan, but, it needs to be one the country as a whole can understand, written in simple language, that can be interpreted by the majority of the American people. I donot want my taxes used to pay for illegal aliens. Our elderly do need help. Our veterans need help.
We need a government that is ready to defend this country if and when we need it, at any cost. We need a president that does not apologize to other countries, unless it is something he personally says. Please don't apologize for me. We need to put people first. Of the people, for the people and by the people.

I have my doubts that this is really a civilized nation

Frank Luntz, the far rightwing republican pollster. Yeah, we gonna believe anything he says. He's made a career out of twisting everything so that things either appears worse than they are, or not as bad as it is, depending on the circumstance.

Remember the "Estate Tax". It was Luntz that came up with the idea to call it the "Death Tax". Instead of calling it "Global Warming", he came up with "Climate Change" so it didn't sound so negative.

Luntz admits to "testing language and finding words that will help his clients sell their product or turn public opinion on an issue or a candidate.”

Heh. No wonder he works for Faux News. But I have to wonder why CNN gives this far rightwingnut any credibility at all.

They took a poll of 6400 people, but where? You get a much different view if you poll in Dallas than you would in Venice Beach. Was this a random nationwide poll? Poll numbers can be slanted any way you want to just by choosing the appropriate geographical area.

I do not like polls, politicians (irregardless of their party) and politics. As a society there is no question we are at a crossroads between the destruction of morale values and the return to them. Not that America has been perfect (I sound like Obama) at any point in time but at no time in our history has there been social decay as well as governmental decay to the degree we see today. It all seems to melt into one at times with politicians like Sanford to Edwards. How can we govern or make change when the ethics and morality and conflicts of interests are so deep that they poison the very process we all depend on. It is difficult to get good people into public office – for who would want a job where you are constantly in the public eye and if you do not lie or scratcht he back of your senior politicians you will be an outcast. There is no question we need health care reform, we need less government in our private and business lives and more government dealing with terrorism, national security and immigration policy. Yes it is time for the people to chose representatives who actually represent them not speak the words we want to hear. In 9 months our government has gone from one extreme to another. And we seem to rushing this train to each policy stop as quick as it can take us without much regard to the long term effects of such decisions. The national debt itself is an issue which will haunt us for decades. Jobs at a two decade high. Can we deal with all of these issues and which issues should be dealt with first i

Why is this on the front page of CNN.com? I used to really like this site, but to be honest, the editors have no balls anymore. They succumb to the Faux News standards and it is sickening. Don't let the teabaggers get to you! They are the VERY vocal minority, and you are giving them exactly what they want, ATTENTION! I don't remember any attention given to the people who opposed BUSH policy during his 8 years because the media was SCARED TO!

We had eight years of an administration that ransacked the Constitution, ransacked middle-class wallets, ransacked America's reputation, ransacked our economy in favor of big business , ransacked executive priviliedge, ransacked trust in our Government and only now are these noobs (the so-called 72% of "Americans") "angry?" Give me a break. These whiners had a chance to speak up and should only be angry at themselves for being tools. Luntz was a tool like the rest of them. They had a thousand chances over the past eight years and were cowards to say anything. Only now that King George and Prince Cheney have been ousted and no loyalty oaths are being demanded, do they have the nerve to speak out about what was wrong with.

Am I the only one who remembers the Faux News types asking why Howard Dean was angry? Why the Dems before '04 elections were so angry?? Now, half of the time they complain because Obama hasn't solved eight years of Bush/Cheney-regime errors yet and the other half of the time say he's turned the country into both Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany (quite the trick) in eight months. Now, I'm angry because the vast right-wing conspirators are back with their old game and tricks, the non-Faux media is buying into it AGAIN, and the right-wingers are again displaying their vast hypocrisy.

"Where were you when GWB was in charge?" I was protesting the wiretaps as illegal, I was protesting the indefinite holding without charging as a violation of the constitution. I was protesting security that was more show than function. I was protesting TARP and the bailouts. I've always been protesting government waste no matter what the party.

So Dems: where are you on leading kids in Obama worship songs? Where are you on the NEA pushing pro Obama art? Where are you on the ACORN abuses? Where are you on having a tax cheat in charge of the IRS? Where are you on selling out Poland and the Chech republic so that big business can get into Russia?

PS: I'm not a democrat or a republican. They are both more the problem than the solution. I'm independent, partly Libertarian.

First of all the healthcare in this country is NOT the best in the world. We don't take care of pregnant moms, we don't take care of the terminally ill, we don't take care of young Americans just getting out of school trying to 'make it', and we don't take care of kids who's parents cant afford the health insurance. We try to find reasonably priced prescriptions from other countries, and some of us even try to find ways to get treatments for specific diseases in other countries. The FDA doesnt monitor the remedies and natural products that so many Americans use daily, so we also look to Europe to find these quality affordable products. The entire health system in America is in need of a huge overhaul.

More than 60% of the people voted for Obama and the GOP pollster sayes majority of them are angry now, less than a year into his presidencey. I think this guy is confused. Polling 6000 people and think that reflects the openion of majority of the people in USA, it is absurd.

Worry all you want, but eventually it does not matter. You'll either be 115 years old or dead. So what?

I'm a college student currently attending Boise State University and Majoring in Political Science. What is truly amazing to me is the fact that people like this actually have a say and are allowed to broadcast their message to millions. I would like to know how the statistics he used were used in a limiting fashion to make his point. This is a terrible excuse for an attempt to undermine everything that America stands for which is freedom and voice. When we allow people like this to inform us of what we are thinking. What that really says about us as citizens? The problem isn't that American's are angry it’s the fact that is almost impossible for us to get all the facts from our media and businesses. Politicians are more accountable than the anchors of the major news networks, has anyone listened to FOX lately, and even more accountable then the CEO's of our largest companies. Change is in the air, but it is not a call for political reform.

Independent Americans and party members alike have a right to be angry at what our cingress is trying to hastily foist on them. The best way to pass meaningful health care reform is to level with the people about its cost and its consequences. The American people may be gullible in some ways, but most are smart enough to realize that there's no free lunch. Neither can you promise that there will be no requirement to change one's existing health insurance while attempting to do away with the insurance plans (Medicare Advantage) held by approximately 11 million people. It's true that the federal government will go broke if nothing is done. It will go broke much faster if any of the bills currently issuing from congress are approved.

The people also understand that "cap and trade" is nothing more than a government boondoggle designed to raise taxes indirectly on consumers. It will not make the slightest dent in global warming, particularly if nuclear energy is ignored, as it has been thus far by the current congress and the administration. It's time to fess up and speak the truth to the people. Who knows? When they hear the truth, many more may even decide to cooperate.

You bet I'm angry ! Sure, I'm not entrhalled with my healt insurance, but I'm not unhappy with it either. When elected officials like Chuck Schumer (who make much more money than me, and have platinum health care insurance paid for by me. the taxpayer), deem it appropriate to force a public option down my throat via reconciliation, yeah, I get angry. We all know that whatever the projected cost is, it will truly be ten times as much, if not more as the government cannot run anything efficiently. The stimulus bill hasn't benefitted me one iota, and neither will this healthcare boondoogle. It will just bankrupt me and my children. Luntz is right, I am angry and the arrogant politicians who disregard what their constituents want will pay the price in the 2010 elections and beyond.

This is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. For a moment I had to check my calender to make sure it's not April 1st.

Let's do a "scientific poll" over here.....

I am NOT MAD as hell
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I am NOT HAPPY with my health insurance as it is

Luntz's smirk on his face and the fact that this was a Republic poll shows that it is not worthy of any serious consideration.

Yep, I'm mad too. But mostly because of the last eight years of lies and deciet. Only now the conservatives are blaming the mess we're in on Obama. How convenient for them that we now have a democrat in office to take the fall. Most of my voting over the last 30 years has swung decidedly republican/conservative, but anymore I'm embarassed to admit that. The republican party has turned into a bunch of pantywaist crybabies who have no good ideas, but love to point fingers and direct blame. It's just that the blame should be pointed inward for ignoring the mess that last administration left for Obama to deal with. My, my, what short memories we have. I liken the current political situation to an old Halloween prank: Remember the old prank that involves filling a paper bag with cow dung, setting the bag on your victim's doorstep, then setting the bag ablaze, ringing their door bell, then running for cover – waiting in the shadows to watch as some poor soul comes out in a panic and stamps out the blaze. Only to realize of course that in the process of putting out the fire they now have a shoe full of stinking cow poop. Well, that's pretty much what the conservatives are currently doing. George Bush and Dick Cheney left the American people a blazing bag of cow poop on the steps of the White House – eight years worth of it. Now the conservatives are screaming and crying about the stink. And it's not like Obama wasn't clear about his agenda when he was running for office. Americans voted for change last November, and change is what we got. So why don't we all just shut up now and let Obama do his job.......

I'm a 64 year old widow, I work full-time as a secretary. Approximately 52% of my income goes to some type taxes: state and federal income, social security and medicare, car and property taxes, sales tax, 50.6 cents for every gallon of gas I purchase in WV (18 cents of which goes to federal) a myriad of taxes and surcharges on utility bills i.e. an increase to 3.35 monthly for 911 telephone tax, and even tax on my car insurance. I've tried, without success, to meet or receive a written or email explanantion for some of these taxes from those responsible for these taxes; can't even get the names of those responsible for property tax rates. Since the 48% I have left is not enough for the mortgage, utilties, car expense, groceries, medicine etc. I have to depend on a credit card to meet my expenses, so I pay the minimum or more each month and accumulate interest. If my tax rate was lower I would not have to be credit card dependent. I've decided to no longer support a party or vote for any incumbent, local, state or national, until my total tax bill is 25% or below, and will work for the election of those running against incumbents. Shirley Watkins

Jose, you are being very small minded... Getting an olympic bid is all about JOBS! How many will be employed if we get the Olympics here? Your whole post i sprefaced on an idiotic statement.

Of course they are madder, and the GOP is doing the cheerleading! I'm a political moderate and am as mad as hell at the GOP for causing such a divisive rift in this country. You managed to get selected one of the most incompetitant presidents ever to hold office and keep him there by a campaign of fear and rabblerousing, but when you lost not only the majority in the House, then the White House, House, AND Senate, you decided you would rather see President Obama and the government of this country fail than actually work to protect and help this nation.

I've heard a lot of GOP promises made; where is the alternative budget? Where is a decent alternative to the Healthcare plan that doesn't just reward the healthcare companies but actually helps Americans? Where is the alternative to the Stimulus package? Lots of complaints, lots of bellyaching, lots of "NOs" and little "knowing", and not a single realistic, productive thing accomplished.

I am not angry, I am however very fearful of the Republican lies and naked power grabs. This reminds me of what I learned about the end of the Roman Republic when powerful men (parties) made power grabs by hook or by crook. This led to dictatorship, see Caesar.

Obama seems to care a bit about the country and I am thankful for that. However, there are many on the right who are out to destroy him and that will drag us all down a road that many other nations have followed to their own destruction.

Unless the US has a different system that allows more parties a voice and a way to flourish, we shall all be held captives to the "anger."

After eight years of uncontrolled spending, the patriot act, the Iraq war, and on and on... why does anyone listen to these jerks? Yes I'm mad as hell, and I'm tired of these hateful, fear mongering, right wing pundits who get on national TV and act like the are speaking for me.

Washington just gets worse every year. Doesn't matter which party is in power. Now the Dems are trying to shove this BS Healthcare bill down our throats. Don't think the American people are going to swallow it. Yes, change is needed in the healthcare system, but not a bloated all encompassing bill loaded with crap which is what they are trying to do. A revamp is required of the political system. I have a few ideas to fix Washington and bring accountability to it.

1) Mandatory testing for Reps and Senators for all bills coming up for a vote. Failure to achieve a passing grade excludes them from the right to vote on the bill. Test scores to be made public.

2) 3 consecutive failing grades leads to suspension from office with loss of pay and privillages. In real world wouldn't you be fired for incompetance.

3) Limit the size of all bills to be voted on. That way no one can use the excuse that bill was to big to read all the way through.

4) Wording in bills should be made easy to understand.

Bush ruined my life. Bush ruined America. Obama is great. Eveyone is happy. Everything is fine. Obama good bush bad. Bush ate my homework.

I guess we ARE angrier than ever...one extreme side is angry because they're so gullible to believe everything the Limbaugh and Hannity complex says, the other far side is angry because their champion president isn't quite the revolutionary they wanted him to be, and the moderate majority is pissed off because these two sides are too stupid and self-serving to allow meaningful reform to come about.

People, who think than our health care system is the best in the world, usually never leave the country and simply don’t know what people can get in other countries. Yes, we have a really good service... but only for those who can afford it. 15 years when I came to this country I could not believe that not all people have access to the health care. It’s a shame for the country who tries to resolve problems for people around the world, even often they not ask about, but not care about their own people here. Speaking about angry people, I really got angry when in a doctor office waiting for my daughter to come out and I read a flier asking to donate money for the family with a girl who got cancer and the family facing foreclosure because of all medical bills. This is when I was angry. How possible it can happen in the richest country of the world?! To those who really angry on Tea party, you have your health care system you so satisfy with, while you have your job, if tomorrow you will lose it, all your “great system” will disappear for you. Don’t forget about. You are just fighting for someone else’s huge profits made on sick peoples they don’t want to give up.

THANK YOU ED L ....nice and simple and SPOT ON!

Why is CNN giving this obviously-lying demagogue a forum for his untruths?

A book about statistical numbers written by an adviser to the Republican party is not and can never portray an impartial account of today's American reality. Unfortunately Mr., Luntz neglected to interview the other half. He states 85% of Americans are satisfied with their health care. That's 85% of INSURED Americans. The uninsured others who fall through the gap of this statistical misrepresentation are the ones who should be really angry. Spreading irrational fears about unknown things, in order to create opposition as a matter of partisan principle is not only anti-American but it borders on domestic terrorism. The GOP will never know what Americans really want. They are so far removed from street level realty as the sun is from the earth.

Frank Putz is a Fox News/GOP hack who graduated from the Goebbels School of Journalism. His laid back "You can trust me" demeanor makes him the scariest of the bunch.

The irony is that it's the Republicans that are creating the current "anger" in society with their Tea Parties (hate rallies) and non-stop anti-Obama smear campaign. I'm not angry at all. Every day that I wake up and turn on television I'm so happy to be reminded that the Republicans are no longer in power due to 8 years of horrible decisions from the previous administration. If the Republicans are "angry" they should direct it towards Bush.

I fully agree with the commentary. I am one of those that are "angry". I am an independent – not registered with either party because I am disgusted with both.

I have no problem with health care reform. So long as I can see some reasonable proof that it will work. Let's face it – the Congressional record in these areas is REALLY, REALLY bad.

Example: If they can really make this "pay for itself", why hasn't this been attempted/proven with Medicare/Medicaid? If Congress can really be trusted to be frugal with our money, why have they raided Social Security and identified no method to replace the funds – with the same question applying to Medicare.

Yes, I'm mad – REALLY REALLY mad. But, I'm sitting in the back grumbling and biding my time – and it WILL come.

Southern republicans will be the death of this great nation. They truley are the worlds next nazi germany. They can take a small fact and twist it into the biggest pile. This has been going on since before the civil war when as southern conservative democrats they decided to leave the union because they lost an election. In the end we will have to whoop thier butt again.

tell me the name of your drug dealer and where i can find him or her because thats some good stuff you smoking.

what is this idiot talking about? If there were that many independants angry at politicians there would have been an independant winning the presidentcy. And there is no way 85% of people are happy with their health care. I have good health care and I'm not happy. I want better and cheapper! Luntz, you and the teabaggers need to sit down and shut up. your supported by the republican GOstoPo and we know it. Mad, ohyeah we're mad, yeah we're sick of politics as usual from you conservenots. in 2010 the GOstoPo will lose more seats in our government and by 2012 they'll be no more and the American people will celebrate, Ding Dong the Whitch is DEAD.

It is never mentioned that, among Frank's many impressive credentials, he has been formally found to be in violation of the Ethics Code of the American Associationf or Public Opinion Research (see: http://www.aapor.org/AAPOR_Finds_Frank_Luntz_in_Violation_of_Ethics_Code.htm). This is never acknowledged by any of the networks that allow him to represent himself as a professional expert on the topic of public opinion and polling.

I find it offensive that the conservatives can only motivate their base, particularly the religious right, with fear. The way their politicians fabricate imaginary enemies and hypothetical worst-case scenarios only caters to the basest of human emotions. They deal in fear and anger and hate as a front for their own selfish agendas and greed... and the end result is nothing more than debased modern tribalism.

Dr. James Cook
Kaysville, Utah

People ARE angry, but not for the reasons listed. They are angry that our national deficit is out of control due to the republican spending on the needless wars. They are angry that wall street was allowed to screw the american people without any recourse, they are angry that the middle class has all by disappeared. They are angry because big business ( our employers ) have free reign to cut our benifits, lower our health care benifits, and outsource our jobs without any recourse.

He's just anopther greddy bastard only interested in selling his book and playing on, and embelishing the fear being spread by republican racists..

I wouldn't call it anger--try disgusted, fed-up with, and ready for honest to goodness change!!! Bush didn't do us any favors in the economic area; but he certainly kept us safe (look what is already happening with terrorists in our cities being caught-thank heaven Obama hasn't completely taken over our police and FBI–opps!! make that a big YET! We have allowed socialist ideas to go way toooooo far and I believe it is independents, conservative Republicans, and Democrats with common sense who are still proud to be AMericanS; self-reliant, hard-working, god-fearing, people.....the anger (disgust) is much more than just Republican...it is We The People....

Luntz is hardly an authoritative pollster. He is a GOP consultant and has been accused of manufacturing poll data.
Not all advocates of all sides are equal. This one is far less equal than most.

Actually, the Confederate "Less government, more corruption" States are angry. 7 out of the original 11 rank among the poorest in the nation. The rest of us are angry at the Republican secessionists. As far as i am concerned, let them split, and be dependent on handoujts from the Feds, as they are now, forever. But NO representation for Republican Confederates!

I have yet to see a break down of the demographics(age,gender; Etc &corresponding numbers for each group...Could it be that MOST the uninsured don't really care or feel the need for having to pay for health care......certianly not to extent that we need government running the show......anybody?

Wow, what an authority. This is the same guy who staged bogus focus groups during the presidential debates that all told us McCain won.

And this is the guy who told Matt Lauer that he had interviewed 1,000,000 (one million) people. Why doesn't Matt or anyone else in the MSM hold this guy accountable, and ask follow-up questions that would point out his lies? For example, ask him how long he interviewed each of his million people?

If each interview lasted only a minute (which wouldn't even be an interview, would it?), one million minutes amounts to 16,666 hours, and at 8 work hours per day, would have taken him 2083 workdays, or 416 5-day work weeks, or 8 years to accomplish. Why is he not called on such an outrageous lie?

Why do Republicans hate America?

You lie Frank Luntz. You meant to say Republicans, not Americans. Nothing good ever comes from these GOP noise makers.

Americans were mad before president Obama took office. WE are still mad because of what president Bush did to this great country. The republicans ruined and tarnished our great nation. President Obama is now trying to get things back in order, of course the GOP is mad.

all the blowhards in this chatroom ain't gonna finish this nonsense with anythin....the USA is soon going to be a thing of the past...and it will be as soon forgotten!

I blame Republicans for all of these troubles we are in. Yes, I am angry.

This is typical Right Wing mis-direction. We want reform but we don't want to change anything because the GOP and now a lot of Dems are being bought by the most profitable companies in the country; the health insurance industry. Where do those profits come from; the American tax payer.
Why do we need a middle man taking 1 out of every 3 dollars paid for health care? Doctors now hate it, small businesses hate it and every American should be appauled. The American public cannot be so stupid as to believe the Health Insurance funded politicians that are saying go slow on reform so we don't put the insurance companies out of business.
How do very profitable insurance companies that are in every other industrialized nation make it? By providing supplemental insurance for the people who can afford it so they don't have to wait in a line or have a shared hospital room.
Americans had "SUCKER" tattooed on there foreheads for 6 years of the Bush Administration. The tattoos are back with this issue as well if we cave to the misinformation, hate and fear coming from the bought politicians and the heath insurance companies who buy them.

Here is an old law from Wisconsin that needs bringing back by ecery state:

No corporation doing business in this state shall pay or contribute, or offer consent or agree to pay or contribute, directly or indirectly, any money, property, free service of its officers or employees or thing of value to any political party, organization, committee or individual for any political purpose whatsoever, or for the purpose of influencing legislation of any kind, or to promote or defeat the candidacy of any person for nomination, appointment or election to any political office.

Penalty: any officer, employee, agent or attorney or other representative of any corporation, acting for and in behalf of such corporation who shall violate this act shall be punished upon conviction by a fine of not less than 100 nor more than 5,000 dollars and by imprisonment in the state prison for a period of not less than one nor more than five years.

So, the Republicans are mad as hell. Where was their anger when GWB and Dick Cheney set out to destroy America?

What new is Americans are speaking up and they have had it... We need to bring our troops home world wide... screw them all let them pay for their own defense....

End this free trade grap once and for all - If its not made, raised or grown here don't buy it.

Not.

People are not nearly as mad as when they saw GWB building up a fake case for war.

And when they saw morons buying the fake case.

And then when they saw people dying and we weren't allowed to see the caskets coming home.

And when we saw generals getting fired when they tried to talk the truth about the war.

Anybody who gets madder about a few tax dollars than about the above–that's your un-American.

Americans are mad as hell...NOW.

"We" have allowed all of these things to take place, money to control and drive everything and as long as "we" were not inconvenienced and able to survive the economy "we" did nothing to call for accountability. NOW, "we" are mad as hell because the consequences are such that "we" suffer the repercussions of doing nothing and allowing the greed to take root and have it all. I guess "we" should do a better job of requiring accountability at all levels. "We" seem to forget "we" are the majority and only by our inaction do the politicians and Wall Street greed mongers get to continue doing what they do...at our expense with no regard for you or me and laughing all the way to the bank.... My 2 cents....

I'm a republican, and I think that both Bush and Obama failed, but given the choice of Kerry or Gore, Bush did more concerning Sept. 11 and hands down was a better choice then the others.

For those of you who think the Health Care overhaul will fix things, you are sorely mistaken. I work in a government ran health system. Not only that, but because I'm a vet, I also go to the V.A. I can't criticize the hospital, but I can bicker about what kind of treatment you get.

If you want to spend the course of 6 months to a year for something that should be done right there and then, be my guest and ask for this, but those people without insurance are usually, let me say that again, usually, lazy, unemployed, or a combination of the both. When there is a will for employment, there is a way. Obama and Bush aren't the reason why this has happened, it's because people don't have accountability for their own actions, starting with me and you. Until people figure that out, it's going to remain a he said, she said scenario.

If you don't like the answer that you're reading, get over yourself and whine to someone who cares. Obviously our "President" doesn't. Oh, let me dumb that down for people as well. The President works for us!

Its not rocket science. When you realize that one's only viable opposition to the current administration's policies is the Republicans, its no wonder people are mad as hell. Its like being against child abuse but finding out the only way to voice that opinion is to have John Wayne Gacy be your spokesman.

Why blame all this on Obama..he inherited it from that Texas fella that screwed it all up to begin with,,,

People were so much wiser 200 years ago:

“If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all their property until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered… I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies." Thomas Jefferson.

The healthcare issue could be solved by taking the greedy insurance companies out of the mix...every American needs healthcare NOT health insurance!...1 out of every 3 dollars paid into health insurance premiums is profit for the insurance companies...and who do you think supports insurance companies in a big way?...Yes, you are right...the REPUBLICANS!...Medicare works on about a 3% overhead, compare that to the current health insurance industry...the idea that government run health care is ineffectual is nonsense!...when my 96 year old father who is on Medicare sees his doctor, he shares the waiting room with those that have private health insurance, who pay ever increasing premiums, waiting to see the same doctor....hmmm? makes you wonder!

the GOP stands for what ? greed opportunistic party ...aka the corperation party bush and his sidekick chenny and the neo right wing GOP are responsible for this depression there lords and masters are the corperations ,,, Health care what a joke i would think THAT 85% are those who disaaprove of the current health care lack of a system

These same people WERE angry at GW Bush, thank you very much, because they knew he too betrayed them. You may recall they were among those unhappy with his proposals for Social Security reform, which also never went anywhere. They just weren't as fired up because they were not looking at their health care, which by a very large majority most people DO have and ARE happy with, being subjected to a wholesale, radical makeover to cover the small minority of people who do not have it, and to advance what they see as a socialist agenda to expand the entitlement mentality this country suffers from. And the Dems marginalizing these folks by calling them crazy racist rednecks is going to backfire on them in the polls, because if they were not going to vote before, you can bet they will now.

I have not seen a single statistic to counter that 85% of Americans are perfectly happy with their insurance. In fact, I have not met one person personally that is disenfranchised with their insurance. We all want health care reform, but only a small percentage of us want a government run option (see slow Death of Private Insurance). Regarding the people without insurance, it is many of their own choices to not carry health insurance and still others spend more on junk (spinners, hair, cell phones, home permanently cooled to 68 degrees) than on healthcare. This is their decision and they must live with it. In the end, none of this actually makes health care cheaper, it only drives down the cost of insurance. Take an economy class to see what this means. We need tort reform and the knowledge that our insurance company will not drop coverage because of a misspelled word.

All this guy is doing is trying to sell his book. Where does anyone get the idea that we have the "Best health care anywhere and we don't want to change it"? We who are on Medicare are well taken care of but that is only a portion of those covered. There are millions of people who have no coverage at all. I wouldn't believe a poll, even if I, my family and friends had all been polled, which they never have been..Has anyone ever asked you your opinion on anything?

Yup. I'm angry! – at he stupid fools yelling at town hall meetings, at the idiot tea-baggers whio don't even know what they are angry about, at the right wing talk radio racists and the GOP who parrot their hate speech. I WAS angry for 8 years of Bush's crap.

The Repugnants are just finding out that everybody is angry. I've been angry since W stole the 2000 election, let terrorists hit the World Trade Center, started 2 disastrous wars, illegally wiretapped Americans, threw people in jail without charges, outed Valerie Plame, tortured, killed, and rendered prisoners, destroyed the economy, soaked the middle class and gave it all to the rich, and shredded the Constitution. I'm still mad that Nancy Pelosi let Bush get off Scot free, that Obama bailed out banks, insurance companies, and car companies, that we STILL have 2 murderous wars going, that corporate money is STILL corrupting politics, and for about a million other reasons.

Mr. Repugnant pollster, you have been asleep.

How about we stop burning money away like it's our job. I'm tired of hearing about how we want to spend billions & trillions on healthcare when we just spent all of this money on the bailout. Here's an idea, let the economy recover, people get jobs, get money. THEN worry about healthcare. People need to take a lesson in economics, who is supposed to pay for this supposed reform? Taxpayers? Last time I checked, the number of those is decreasing as people are losing their jobs. Just a thought...things don't HAVE to change overnight. One problem at a time people...

I guess I'm one of those 85% who is happy with his health care plan. I have had no problems with it (Blue Cross), and my wife and I have had numerous medical problems in the last few years. All of them were handled splendidly.

However thrilled I am, though, I do recognize that a lot of people don't have a health care plan like mine, and they deserve one.

I'm very happy with my health care plan, but I'm not so selfish as to believe that just because its good for me it shouldn't be improved for everyone else. The world doesn't revolve around me.

Of course Americans are angry-the right wing talking heads do nothing to offer constructive criticism. Their sole purpose seems to be to foment anger. If Americans are angry due to some analysis they have done for themselves then they need to express their concerns and reasons for them to their elected officials. If they are not willing to do a bit of research for themselves and only repeat what they hear by extremists on either side, they should be ashamed of themselves and do the rest of us a favor and just shut up.

The only ones that are angry are the ultra conservatives and they no longer count. Remember when they told liberals they weren't Americans and to leave the country if they didn't like conservative rule? Welcome to the other side of the coin.

I am mad that this country has been dug into a deep hole and now that we have an intelligent, proactive President, his hands are being tied by the very people who have put us there.

Partisan nonsense masquerading as journalism. Gee... a Republican advisor dislikes Democratic initiatives? The people voted in 2006 and 2008 and it was emphatically for the Democrats. Get over it already. You lost!

i've never heard anyone in my life say they're mad as hell at hollywood. and if they did, i'd think they're completely nuts.

I agree with Mr. Jose Paulo Castro... Very well said. I live in the midwest, companies here are still not hiring. Budgets are set for next year – smaller that is... I don't really see an improvement in the job market for another 18 months.

To the Obama supporters,

were you protesting during the 8 years of Bush? asking the question "well where were you during Bush if you protest now" is just a BS question with no ground. It's the 51% majority complaining about the 49% minority.

To the protestors,

do you know who Ron Paul is and his movement? There is a reason the RP supporters started the tea parties, and it's not what many have made it out to be. In fact, the RP supporters and Ron Paul himself thinks that what you are saying is NUTS.

MY ADVICE: Get two views on the subject: Read Ron Paul's two books (The Revolution and End the Fed) and watch Michael Moore's latest movie. I think those two things will give you a MUCH better idea about what's going on today.

We are mad as hell. Obama has done more damage in 9 months than any of us ever imagined. Shame on us for voting for him.

I can sum a lot of this up in one word. Waaahhhhh!!!!! Just a bunch of crybabies. The tea party crybabies, the birthers, the public option only people, the rampaging liberal and conservative people, etc., etc. You will notice a trend in all of their statements:

IT'S ALWAYS SOMEONE ELSE'S FAULT. SOMEONE ELSE IS DOING THIS TO ME AND THE COUNTRY! I'M RIGHT AND YOU ARE WRONG! (capital letters intentional to make a point)

All these people need to look at their own lives and see if they are perfect in every single way. I bet they would come up seriously lacking in that area. They all subscribe to the NIMBY theory of governing and living (Not In My Back Yard). No responsiblity for what I do, just blame someone else.

Lesson to everyone in this debate: Grow up. These problems didn't develop overnight and will not take overnight to fix. They just won't go away anytime soon. Rosy Scenario ain't coming back anytime soon so stop screaming for her to return. At least this time someone is trying to fix the problem instead of putting their head in the sand.

Perhaps a better word than "angry" is "fed up". I look to making something better happen in Washington, than what we have now. Pure and simple.

I also want to explore ways to make it possible for ordinary people to seek office, and find a solution for the wealthy and powerful having all the control in this country.

Lastly, I want to some genuine Justice in the Justice department, and curtailment of the rampant crime in this country.

We need every citizen to become critical of the status quo, and the continuation of the power mongers in charge.

Just another lying republican. he just wants to sell his book of lies.

How about affordable health care for everyone! From my view Luntz has been a troublemaker. This guy is just trying to sell his book to make a buck. I too wonder who is backing him? If the current health care system satisfies 85% of Americans – why then is the Insurance Industry spending so much money trying to crush the public option? I'd hate to think Americans would rather pay CEOs lots of money than trying to help reform the system so uninsured American citizens can buy affordable satisfactory health care insurance.

Yup, pure unbiased opinions from the center, by a Republican talking head. Sure makes me feel like I can trust what he says, since there is no way for him to bias the results in his book by cherry picking results.

I am not that hot for a "public option" but the rabbit opposition to it makes me think more and more that it might be just the thing we need. If there is THAT much opposition to it then it is going to cost some corporation a LOT of money.

Call me cynical, but if this public option was really going to radically change things for the average Joe, then I doubt there would be as much coverage of the anger people have. It is only when corporations are in danger of losing profits that the media become saturated with negative coverage of a change.

Just another GOP tactic to try and be seen as "one of us". GW and his rich pals basically wiped their ass with the American public and now that they have lost the majority, they will say / do ANYthing to get more power.