Sorry Schumer: Americans Are Okay with ‘Extreme’ Spending Cuts

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As John McCormack noted earlier, Senator Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., got caught on a conference call directing fellow Democrats to always use the word “extreme” when discussing budget cuts. There’s just one problem — Americans apparently know that the situation is very, very dire. Based on this poll from Resurgent Republic, “extreme” langauge doesn’t much affect America’s opinion about the need to cut spending:

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