GAK NDADEKNO: Obama: 80% of Americans support my massive tax increase. Poll: Only/Mostly with tax increases at only 11%

The headlines all over the media out there ought to be along the lines of "YOU LIE!" Obama claims that 80% of Americans are sold on his tax increase to fund government waste. The polls show almost the exact opposite, with only 11% supported an only or mostly tax increase to solve the budget problem. From The Hill via memeorandum: Obama: Public is ‘sold’ on tax increases in a debt-ceiling deal

President Obama on Friday kept up the pressure on Republicans to agree to revenue increases in a deal to raise the debt ceiling, claiming 80 percent of the public supports Democrats' demand for tax increases.

"The American people are sold," Obama said. "The problem is members of Congress are dug in ideologically."

Throughout the press conference, Obama blasted Republicans for ignoring what he said is the will of the American people by rejecting tax increases that would balance out spending cuts in a debt package.

Video via Ed Morrissey:

Now for the reality:

Frankly, it appears that the problem is that members of the West Wing can’t do math. The latest national survey on the topic came from Gallup, which expressed some support for the “balanced” approach, but hardly showed 80% of Americans backing tax hikes — excuse me, “revenue increases.”
Americans’ preferences for deficit reduction clearly favor spending cuts to tax increases, but most Americans favor a mix of the two approaches. Twenty percent favor an approach that relies only on spending cuts and 4% favor an approach that uses tax increases alone.
That puts 76%, not 80%, somewhere in between the two points. But Gallup breaks this out more effectively:
Only/Mostly with spending cuts: 50%
Only/Mostly with tax increases: 11%
Only 32% prefer a balance between spending cuts and tax increases, which added to the bottom option would still tilt the public far more in favor of spending cuts, 50/43. Among independents — the most non-ideological group possible in this survey — it’s 51/41, a wider split. This is hardly a public that is “sold, sold!” on tax hikes.

Joe Wilson was right: