More Polling Shows Republicans Tanking, Obamacare Support Up

From a new NBC News/ WSJ poll (our emphasis):

The Republican Party has been badly damaged in the ongoing government shutdown and debt limit standoff, with a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finding that a majority of Americans blame the GOP for the shutdown, and with the party’s popularity declining to its lowest level.

By a 22-point margin (53 percent to 31 percent), the public blames the Republican Party more for the shutdown than President Barack Obama – a wider margin of blame for the GOP than the party received during the poll during the last shutdown in 1995-96.

Just 24 percent of respondents have a favorable opinion about the GOP, and only 21 percent have a favorable view of the Tea Party, which are both at all-time lows in the history of poll.

And:

Yet what is perhaps even more worrisome for the GOP is the “boomerang” effect: As the party has used the shutdown and fiscal fight to campaign against the nation’s health-care law and for limited government, the poll shows those efforts have backfired.

 For one thing, the health-care law has become more popular since the shutdown began. Thirty-eight percent see the Affordable Care Act (or “Obamacare”) as a good idea, versus 43 percent who see it as a bad idea – up from 31 percent good idea, 44 percent bad idea last month.

Can we get a "bwahahahaha!"?

Poll Contains Bad News For Rethug Party

A new NBC News / Wall Street Journal poll indicates that the Rethuglican / New Confederate Party has some major problems with its public image. A meager 30% had a positive view of party, while 45% had a negative view. In contrast, the Democratic Party had an overall positive rating of 44%, vs. 35% negative. The so-called "fiscal cliff" battle clearly isn't working in the Rethugs' favor.

Interestingly, when asked to provide a word or phrase best describing the Rethug Party, 65% came back with negative descriptions, such as "bad," "weak," "uncompromising," and "broken." We could add "extreme," "anti-women," "anti-science," "intolerant," and so many more to that list.