Republicans Lose Ground vs. Obama in the Shutdown Blame Game

[applegrove]

Republicans Lose Ground vs. Obama in the Shutdown Blame Game

By Gary Langer at ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/10/republicans-lose-ground-vs-obama-in-the-shutdown-blame-game/

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The Republicans in Congress have lost ground against Barack Obama in blame over the government shutdown, with Americans expressing increasing criticism of both parties in Washington, while the president’s avoided that rise in public ire.

Seventy percent in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll disapprove of how the Republicans in Congress are handling the budget negotiations, up 7 percentage points from a week ago. Far fewer, 51 percent, disapprove of Obama’s approach, essentially unchanged in the past week.

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The Democrats in Congress remain between the two: Sixty-one percent disapprove of their handling of the budget breakdown, up 5 points in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates.

In another way to look at the results, Obama’s gone from 41-50 percent approve-disapprove last week to 45-51 percent now – a 9-point negative margin then, a similar 6-point negative margin today. The Democrats likewise show little change overall (from a 22- to a 26-point negative gap). But the Republicans have gone from 26-63 percent approve-disapprove to 24-70 percent, an initial 37-point difference widening now to a 46-point negative result.



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[applegrove]

1. Another day, another bad poll for Republicans. After the loose

lips on the republican side last week, I'm not surprised they were all on talking points this past weekend. They have nothing.

[dhill926]

2. as well they should......

[DireStrike]

3. I dont know how to feel about this.

While a higher percentage blame republicans, 61% disapprove of the democrats (exclusive of Obama.) This means 61% have bought into the he-said-she-said, washington is dysfunctional blah blah narrative dribbling out of the media.

Things like this make me feel like these people deserve whatever's coming to them.

[Warren Stupidity]

4. Fuck the media with their framing.

Sure it is great that the public isn't buying the bullshit, but there is no "blame game". The House Republicans are holding the budget hostage in order to attempt to coerce a legislative outcome, the repeal of the ACA, that they could not achieve through the normal legislative process despite trying something like 50 times.