Apparently when all the non-partisan public polling shows your position is unpopular, what you do is commission your own poll based on some highly deceptive questions. The Third Way has released a poll of “Obama voters” which they are claiming shows support for a grand bargain. If you look at the actually survey questions, however, it is clear they don’t pass the laugh test.

To make his Republican budget more politically palatable, Paul Ryan decided to go with an age-based “divide and conquer” strategy. He promised to keep Medicare intact for those currently on it and those above 55, and will only turn it into a privatized voucher program for those under 55. The Third Way, with whom I [...]

The health insurance “Democratic” think tank Third Way just put out a memo parroting AHIP’s demand for a stronger individual mandate and other changes. The memo proposes: Four ideas for how progressives can defend a strong individual mandate while also minimizing its burden on the middle class. What could these four great ideas be. Increasing [...]