Buget: vers un "shutdown". Qui blâmera-t-on?

Plus que deux journées de négociations avant la date fatidique... Au plan politique, le fardeau de cet échec pourrait être lourd à porter. Selon les deniers sondages, les américains blâment autant l'administration Obama que le leadership républicain.

Two polls released this week show a public split on whether to blame Republicans or Democrats if the federal government shuts down later this week.

The Pew Research Center and Washington Post surveys each found that Americans are equally ready to blame either the Republicans or the Obama administration. In the Pew poll, 39 percent say Republicans would be to blame and 36 percent said that Obama administation would be more to blame. In the Washington Post poll, an equal percentage (37 percent) said Republicans and the Obama administration would be more responsible.

In a survey conducted at the end of February for both Pew and the Washington Post, 36 percent of respondents said they would blame Republicans for a potential shutdown and 35 percent said they would blame Obama. All three polls asked the identical question.

But the polls also hint that Republicans will need to need to walk a fine line between angering the Republican base and finding the compromise desired by the majority of Americans.