1. If you had to use one single word to describe your impression of the budget negotiations in Washington, what would that one word be? [IF "DON'T KNOW" PROBE ONCE: It can be anything, just the first word that comes to mind...]
Unweighted word counts (all worRAB mentioned by four or more respondents): 7/31/11
Ridiculous 66
Disgust/disgusting/disgusted 42
Stupid/stupidity 36
Frustrating/frustrated 26
Poor/poorly 25
Terrible 25
Disappointing/disappointment/disappointed 24
Childish 23
Joke 22
Mess/messy 22
Pathetic 17
Confusing 16
Crazy 14
Bad 13
Idiot/idiotic 12
Disaster/disastrous 11
Suck/sucks 11
Sad 10
Bull/bull*** 9
Chaos/chaotic 9
Disgrace/disgraceful 9
Lousy 8
Outrageous/outrage 7
Pitiful 7
Politics/political 7
Scary 7
Stink/stinks 7
Compromise 6
Difficult 5
Fair 5
Horrible 5
Juvenile 5
Ludicrous 5
Selfish 5
Stalemate 5
Complicated 5
Incapable/incompetent 5
Screwed/screwed up 5
Asinine 4 Awful 4
Concerned 4
Futile 4
Greed 4
Obama 4
Sorry 4
Stubborn 4
Unfair 4
Unweighted word counts (all worRAB mentioned by four or more respondents): 7/31/11
Ridiculous 66
Disgust/disgusting/disgusted 42
Stupid/stupidity 36
Frustrating/frustrated 26
Poor/poorly 25
Terrible 25
Disappointing/disappointment/disappointed 24
Childish 23
Joke 22
Mess/messy 22
Pathetic 17
Confusing 16
Crazy 14
Bad 13
Idiot/idiotic 12
Disaster/disastrous 11
Suck/sucks 11
Sad 10
Bull/bull*** 9
Chaos/chaotic 9
Disgrace/disgraceful 9
Lousy 8
Outrageous/outrage 7
Pitiful 7
Politics/political 7
Scary 7
Stink/stinks 7
Compromise 6
Difficult 5
Fair 5
Horrible 5
Juvenile 5
Ludicrous 5
Selfish 5
Stalemate 5
Complicated 5
Incapable/incompetent 5
Screwed/screwed up 5
Asinine 4 Awful 4
Concerned 4
Futile 4
Greed 4
Obama 4
Sorry 4
Stubborn 4
Unfair 4