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Toplines - Obama on Stimulus - February 6-7, 2009

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Daily Snapshot

National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters

Conducted February 6-7, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* Do you agree or disagree with the following statement: “If we do not move swiftly to pass the stimulus package in Congress, an economy that is already in crisis will be faced with catastrophe”?

44% Agree

41% Disagree

15% Not sure

2* President Obama recently said that stimulus means government spending. In his words, “It’s spending--that’s the whole point.” Do you agree or disagree with President Obama’s statement that increased government spending is the whole point of the stimulus plan?

43% Agree

43% Disagree

13% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence