Well, there's partisanship and then there's the American people.

Gallup asked the question of adults as to their level of support for five economic proposals expected in the State of the Union speech. Here's the same list of proposals broken down by partisanship. Note that the support from Republicans drops off for the "big government alternative energy" and the "tax the rich" proposals:



Yet the Big Government jobs education idea is a political winner with everyone, including a bare majority of Republicans. While one might argue that "Big Government is fine so long as it's about me (and keep your hands off my Medicare)" is popular with everyone, the real underlying message is this:

It's all about jobs.