Newest Polls: repubs biggest losers but dems don't escape public wrath either.

[cali]

from the newest AP poll:

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are holding Republicans primarily responsible for the partial government shutdown as public esteem sinks for all players in the impasse, President Barack Obama among them, according to a new poll. It's a struggle with no heroes.

The Associated Press-GfK survey, out Wednesday, affirms expectations by many in Washington — Republicans among them — that the GOP may end up taking the biggest hit in public opinion from the fiscal paralysis, just as that party did when much of the government closed 17 years ago. But the situation is fluid nine days into the shutdown and there's plenty of disdain to go around.


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Overall, 62 percent mainly blamed Republicans for the shutdown. About half said Obama or the Democrats in Congress bear much responsibility.


Most Americans disapprove of the way Obama is handling his job, the poll suggests, with 53 percent unhappy with his performance and 37 percent approving of it. Congress is scraping rock bottom, with a ghastly approval rating of 5 percent.

Indeed, anyone making headlines in the dispute has earned poor marks for his or her trouble, whether it's Democrat Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, or Republican John Boehner, the House speaker, both with a favorability rating of 18 percent.

And much of the country draws a blank on Republican Ted Cruz of Texas despite his 21-hour Senate speech before the shutdown. Only half in the poll were familiar enough with him to register an opinion. Among those who did, 32 percent viewed him unfavorably, 16 percent favorably.

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http://www.seattlepi.com/news/politics/article/Poll-GOP-gets-the-blame-in-shutdown-4880570.php


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Thirty-eight percent of Americans said Republicans were to blame for the shutdown, versus 30 percent who blame the Obama administration and 19 percent who blame both, according to the Pew poll, which was conducted in the days since the shutdown came to pass. (For context, a Pew poll before the shutdown found that 39 percent would blame the GOP, 36 percent would blame Obama and 17 percent would blame both if the shutdown were to occur.)

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http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/07/20857912-polls-public-places-more-blame-for-shutdown-on-gop?lite

[DireStrike]

1. 49% of americans deserve what they get

Too bad we are along for the ride.

[BillyRibs]

2. What I say is this,

Those who fail to study history, are doomed to repeat it. The rest of us, we are handcuffed to the bumper and taken for the ride.

[pinboy3niner]

3. That doesn't end well

[trumad]

4. It simply means that 53 percent are stupid Morans.

[cali]

5. pretty much. and that needs to be factored in when considering

the fallout from this crisis.

[Loudly]

6. Conservative talk radio and Fox News are to blame.

Those people need to have their electricity cut off.

[kydo]

7. Maybe the pollsters should include that in the next poll

Who do you blame for this flustercluck?
A. Repubs
B. Teabaggers
C. Both Repub & Teabagger
D. The President
E. The Democrats
F. Repub and Democrats
G. Fox News and the right noise machine