Dems in three states favor bailout: poll

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A quickie tonight from the hometown newspaper: ‘Democratic voters in key primary states don’t oppose the Bush administration’s action to save investment firm Bear Stearns Cos. from bankruptcy, but most also think the government should bail out homeowners caught between rising mortgage payments and falling home values, a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll has found.’

The key states where likely Democratic primary voters were polled are Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Indiana -- I’m not sure any of them contain markets overheated by the housing bubble. Here’s the housing bailout question: ‘Are you in support of or opposed to the federal government bailing out individual homeowners who have been caught between rising mortgage payments and falling home values?’

In Pennsylvania, the responses broke like this:
Strongly in support of: 34%
Somewhat in support of: 29%
Total in support of: 62%
Strongly opposed to: 15%
Somewhat opposed to: 13%
Total opposed to: 28%
Don’t know: 10%

My two cents: I’d love to see a good California poll on housing issues.

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