Poll Result of the Day: Raising the Debt Ceiling

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| Thu Jan. 13, 2011 5:51 PM PST

Here's an....interesting....poll result from Ipsos Public Affairs:

So 71% of the public doesn't want to raise the debt ceiling. When they hear that this will wreck our credit rating, damage our credibility, and jack up interest rates, this changes to....71% of the public. Urk.

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