I suspect Republican officials, especially in Washington, had high hopes about the latest batch of polls. After all, the Beltway has embraced "scandal mania" in recent weeks, subjecting President Obama to near-constant criticism, even though the controversies don't relate to him directly.
But with several new national polls released this week -- CNN, Pew Research Center, USA Today, Washington Post/ABC News -- there's very little good news for Republicans. On the contrary, it seems the party's lack of popularity is preventing Republicans from taking advantage of the larger scandal-generated opportunities.
This chart, for example, shows the results from the CNN poll, which asked respondents for their general attitudes towards the two major political parties. For Democrats, support is up, and a 52% majority has a favorable opinion of the party. For Republicans, support is down, and a 59% majority has a unfavorable opinion of the party.
Adding insult to injury, the GOP's standing in the poll is at its third-lowest point since CNN started doing polls a couple of decades years ago.
In the Washington Post/ABC News poll, respondents were asked whether Congress is concentrating on issues that are important to them personally. While 43% said congressional Democrats are focused on the correct priorities, only 33% said the same about congressional Republicans.
Meanwhile, President Obama's approval rating is up to 53% in the CNN poll, up to 51% in the Post/ABC poll, and up to 53% in the USA Today poll. (The Pew Research poll did not publish a presidential approval rating.)
What would be funny is you telling us why you shit on your college chance after babykilling!ABC, and CNN, bwa ha ha ha ha ha, maybe if they actually reported the news, instead of saying what the whitehouse tells them to,
ABC, and CNN, bwa ha ha ha ha ha, maybe if they actually reported the news, instead of saying what the whitehouse tells them to,
What would be funny is you telling us why you shit on your college chance after babykilling!
Another dumbass who thinks Faux is the only news...All the others are part of the "great conspiracy". Every one...except Fox....at least that's what Fox tells you.
He was, I am sure, right there with Hannity and Rove this past November...claiming that the pollsters were all in the bag for the democrats and Mittens was actually not only gonna win, but win big!
I suppose you think that there were no voter irregularites where obama got 100 % of the vote, don't be such a diseases liberal
And you don't suppose there were any instances of voter irregularity that favored the republican candidate? Don't YOU be such a totally complete idiot.
i see a lot of smoke and mirrors from the gop, but not much in the way of facts. in fact when it comes to obama's faults that they are touting, there are no facts yet, just a lot of window
So you are a sofa general!What the hell are you sqauwking about I have never been in a war, must be some good stuff your smoking tonight dl.
Actually no, but I suppose you think msnbc is the gospel, and yes the liberal diseased msm is part of the Obama team they spread lies and disinformation and cover up, and are told what to report and when.
First off...I.don't watch MSNBC. It's just like FOX, except on the other end.of the spectrum.
And I find it amusing that innthe same post you say "actually no"....and then go on to preach about the "liberal diseased msm" so actually....you are saying yes.
You are the victim of a John Birch agenda pushing marketing campaign.
I rarely watch Fox, which is why I said no, If I do watch it I watch Greta.
So...what do you watch?