We are witnessing the death throes of a political party...

[Gravitycollapse]

From May:

http://www.businessinsider.com/poll-gop-favorability-rating-obama-irs-tea-party-scandals-2013-5

The number of Americans who view the Republican Party unfavorably has hit a record high, according to a new poll released by CNN on Monday, despite scandals that have plagued the White House over the past few weeks.

The poll found that 59 percent of respondents view the GOP unfavorably, a record that has only shown up one other time in the poll's results since tracking began in 1992.

[Jamaal510]

1. Wow,

their approval numbers didn't even reach 35% in any of the polls! Surely it would be higher than that, since they easily manage to get at least 45% of people to vote for them in presidential elections, but nope.

[rosesaylavee]

2. Promise?

[liberal N proud]

3. And they are trying to take the republic with them.

[Uncle Joe]

7. The natural panic of a drowning person is to drag or climb over whoever they can,

even would be rescuers to avoid sinking to a watery grave.

They also say a beast is most dangerous when it's wounded, the Republican Party is definitely wounded, ironically much of it self-inflicted.

[City Lights]

4. My fingers are crossed!

I will gladly send flowers (dead ones) to their funeral!

[1StrongBlackMan]

5. I wonder how this poll tracks with ...

President Obama's "willingness to compromise" numbers?

[Initech]

6. And now we're seeing them for the spoiled brats that they really are.

.

[JNelson6563]

8. Really?

I hope you're right but for the moment the GOP controls every inch of my state (MI) and several others.

Just sayin', there's a whole lot of territory outside of Washington and, hard to believe as it is, the GOP still has a stranglehold on too much of it.

Julie

[progressoid]

9. Where did that chart come from?

It doesn't seem to jibe with the info at the link.

[TroglodyteScholar]

10. I was wondering if anyone would point that out.

[MH1]

11. Sorry, I've heard that one before. Let's not encourage complacency, okay?

Hasn't worked out so well since 2010.

Also keep in mind that due to 2010 and the redistricting factor, the table is tilted in favor of Republicans, so they can be far worse than Democrats and still win enough seats to control the House.

[awoke_in_2003]

22. Yep, the party that keeps dying....

reminds me of Paul Ruben's character in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

[leftstreet]

12. Article is from May 2013. Chart is from...where?

[Gravitycollapse]

13. Polling Report.

http://www.pollingreport.com/cong_rep.htm

[leftstreet]

14. OMG. 60% disapproval of Democrats!?

Looks like both sides of the aisle in Congress are in trouble

[Gravitycollapse]

16. Yes, but the GOPs numbers are seriously disturbingly bad.

[FarCenter]

23. Congressional overall approval is 14%, disapproval is 78%

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/congressional_job_approval-903.html

The general sentiment in the country is "a pox on both your houses".

[gopiscrap]

15. hope this holds

[lpbk2713]

17. They have made themselves look like extremist nuts.

As well as thieves and liars. And they have no one to blame but themselves.

[1000words]

18. Been said time and time again about both parties, at some point.

If anything, we are seeing the early symptoms of the disease that is the two-party system.

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. I'll believe it when when they no longer get elected to office. Until then, they are still

a problem.

[rhett o rick]

20. Wake up people. When things are too good to be true, they usually arent.

It may sound good to hear that the Republican Party is dying. But think about it. It doesnt mean those in the Republican Party are dying. And I doubt that they will just crawl under a rock like your fairytale dream. So without a Republican Party where are the conservatives going to go? Since the only choice is the one and only party, the Democratic Party, that's where they will go. And let's be clear, they will bring their asshole ideology with them. Of course some of the nitwits among us will celebrate the new larger single party because it's named Democratic Party. They dont care that it wont have the principles of the old Democratic Party it will be more like the Nixon Republican Party.

We need a vibrant healthy two party system.

[1000words]

21. We need a parlimentary-style government, imo

Otherwise, you are spot on.