Devastating NBC/WSJ poll skewers Republicans; GOP primary called 'corrosive' (updated)

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Devastating NBC/WSJ poll skewers Republicans; GOP primary called 'corrosive'

by DemFromCT



You're read on Daily Kos that the Republican primary is hurting, not helping that party. You've read that President Obama should be considered the favorite, but not a lock, in November. You've also read that Mitt Romney is disliked.

That and more are corroborated in the new NBC/WSJ poll.

This is not a good day to be a Republican. With Super Tuesday looming tomorrow and with Romney consolidating his position, the damaging poll out today suggests voters are rejecting the GOP in large numbers. From the WSJ:

Bill McInturff, a Republican pollster who conducted the survey along with Democrat Peter Hart, said he could think of only one word to encapsulate the effect of the nomination fight on his party and its candidates: "Corrosive."

The process, Mr. McInturff said, "is sanding down both the Republican candidates and voters' feelings about the party."

Consider this one number:

Does a better job in appealing to those who aren’t hard-core supporters:
Democrats 57 (including 35% of Republicans who agree)
Republicans 26

From First Read:

The damage from the Republican primary season – in addition to a rising job-approval rating for President Obama and more optimism about the U.S. economy – has given Democrats an early advantage for November’s general election.

Indeed, the president’s job-approval rating now stands at 50 percent; Obama leads Romney in a hypothetical general-election match up by six points; and Democrats hold a five-point edge on the generic congressional ballot.

If this poll’s outlook on the 2012 race were a cocktail, Hart says, it would be “one part Obama, one part the economy, and three parts the Republican Party’s destruction.”

Obama is at 50%, leads Romney by 6, and Democrats lead on the generic Congressional ballot by 5. Thank you, Republicans.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/03/05/1071159/-Devastating-NBC-WSJ-poll-skewers-Republicans-GOP-primary-called-corrosive-

Updated to add:

GOP process takes a 'corrosive' toll

By Steve Benen

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Here's a chart I put together, showing the favorable/unfavorable ratings for President Obama and each of the four Republican presidential candidates.



The good news for Romney is that he's still clearly in better shape than Newt Gingrich. But the bad news is more important: his favorable rating keeps dropping; only 22% of independents have a positive impression of the former governor; and his national standing is "worse than almost all other recent candidates who went on to win their party's presidential nomination."

If that doesn't make Republicans nervous, they're not paying close enough attention.

http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/05/10582765-gop-process-takes-a-corrosive-toll

[Jester Messiah]

1. That's great news, but we can't get complacent.

Once the GOP nominee is decided, the fight will begin in earnest. We have to keep the pressure on!

[Surya Gayatri]

3. +1,000 ! n/t

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. Wall Street has gone rouge! Rogue. Something.

What did they expect? That millions of women would willingly throw themselves at the feet of Frothy Santorum (Thanks, Steph!) and go back to the kitchen, bedroom and into devoted obedience of their betters?

I haven't looked at the actual numbers yet, but are the "re-sluts" broken down between men and the little ladies?

"If you are offended by my humor, I am sorry that you are offended by my humor. Should have used round heels."

[Surya Gayatri]

4. Thanks for including the graphics, Pro...

Forwarding to my RW brother!
SG

[ProSense]

7. You're welcome

Added another to the OP.

[ibegurpard]

5. long way to go till November

but encouraging nonetheless

[longship]

6. Dems need to vote in open primaries

The goal is to prolong the Repug circular firing squad. Remember that the Repugs made the rules in these contests (those open to non-Repugs). If we don't exploit this, we're stupid.