Shutdown takes its toll on congressional GOP

[ProSense]

Shutdown takes its toll on congressional GOP

By Steve Benen

As the deadline neared for the nation's first-ever war-time government shutdown, the consensus was that congressional Republicans, already unpopular, would feel the brunt of the public backlash. So far, those expectations were correct.

A Washington Post/ABC News poll released yesterday found widespread dissatisfaction across the board, but Americans' attitudes towards Republicans are especially brutal.



While approval for President Obama and congressional Democrats ticked higher in the wake of the government shutdown, approval for congressional Republicans dropped to a woeful 24%. Just as important, GOP lawmakers, who shut down the government exactly one week ago, have seen their disapproval ratings soar to 70%. A majority of Americans, 51%, now say they "strongly" disapprove of the nation's far-right party.

Republicans might take some solace in the fact that no one in Washington is faring especially well right now, but there's just not much of a silver lining for the GOP. ABC's Gary Langer explained, "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."

Greg Sargent dug a little deeper into the results and found that among Americans who describe themselves as "moderates" or "independents," disapproval has reached 73%.

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http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2013/10/08/20869284-shutdown-takes-its-toll-on-congressional-gop

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023799150

[Coyotl]

1. Social media has been actively bashing the GOP for a whole week now. Impact will grow.

The impact will be much more before long.

#demandavote search on twitter:

[ProSense]

3. Boehner: Worst. Speaker. Ever. n/t

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

6. No doubt...

... and I feel strongly that is why they(TPTB) made him speaker of the house so nothing would get changed/approved/improved. If you want something to stagnate, well, put a drunk in charge!

[Scurrilous]

2. K & R

[Iliyah]

4. Now I see why Dems held the house for 40 years

Bring back a Dem majority!

[SunSeeker]

5. K & R

[Pretzel_Warrior]

7. Good point about "war-time shut down". Run of the mill GOP

And their leaders have shown their true colors re: support the troops. Empty trope not based on action. Once a Dem is in office it is just fine to malign wars, troops, and in general oppose the president at every turn.

They have fully shown themselves to be horrible hypocrites and I will be sure to point it out if we ever have the misfortune of a GOP president and new wars started by them in my lifetime.

[shireen]

8. the hostage-takers are in safe districts

They know their idiot constituents will keep re-electing them no matter what. They have nothing to fear and that's why i worry this shutdown is going to continue. The GOP leadership is powerless.

[progressoid]

9. lets hope people remember this next year.

[Cha]

10. K&R