RNC Chair: GOP’s Historic Unpopularity Shows Americans Are Upset With Obama

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: Think Progress

A new CNN/Opinion Research poll released today finds Republicans’ popularity badly bruised by the bitter debt ceiling debate, with the GOP’s unfavorable ratings climbing to an all-time high of 59 percent. The party’s favorable ratings, meanwhile, dropped eight points over the past month to just 33 percent. “The Democratic party, which had a favorable rating just a couple of points higher than the GOP in July, now has a 14-point advantage over the Republican party,” said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.

The network brought on RNC Chairman Reince Priebus this afternoon to respond to numbers. While saying he hadn’t studied poll in depth, Priebus embarked on stunningly brazen spin, blaming the drop in Republicans’ approval on President Obama. Despite host Brooke Baldwin’s repeated attempts to get Priebus to address the GOP’s unpopularity, the chairman kept going back to Obama:

BALDWIN: To what do we attribute this? Fallout from the debt ceiling debacle?

PRIEBUS: First of all, I haven’t really looked at it too deeply, other than the fact that I think it’s true that people are frustrated with a lot of what goes on in Washington. I think, most of all, people are frustrated with the president who continues not to lead during the most important in our country. But it’s not just a matter of leadership, Brooke, it’s a matter of what this president has put in place when he’s had the opportunity to lead. <...> He put in Obamcare.

Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/08/09/292080/rnc-chair-blames-obama-for-gop-unpopularity/

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The answer from Mr. RNC P.R. B.S. shows that Republicans will accept responsibility for nothing, and will blame Obama for anything.

[FiveGoodMen]

1. "and will blame Obama for anything"

That's why he's in the White House.

So that the Dems (and liberals) will get the blame for all the right-wing policy being shoved down our throats.

[SpiralHawk]

2. "D'oh" - Bizzarro (R)

"Every ting upside-down twisty winky. Make me confuse. D'oh. Must watch more Fox Propaganda Programming."

- Bizzarro (R)

[Bok_Tukalo]

3. The drop in popularity for Republicans can probably be attritbuted ...

... to the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party being upset that the debt ceiling was raised. There is a purity percentage in both parties and like The Affordable Care Act which saw progressives blanche at the lack of a public option, you have the far right of the Republican Party upset at the nice bit of sausage that came out of the legislative process concerning the debt ceiling.

That's my guess.

Don't know what this douche Priebus is talking about. Just generic spin, I guess.

[goforit]

4. Obama gave the GOP their cake and icing. They still crucify him

[Thav]

5. True,

They wanted sprinkles, an even number of sprinkles. Widely distributed over the cake.

They didn't get sprinkles on their cake.

[adhd_what_huh]

11. No...he gave them the rope they hung themselves with

And he made them like it.

[geckosfeet]

6. This wins my WTF award for the week if not the year.

[L0oniX]

7. LOL ...maybe Obama has been leaning a little too much to the right...

...and now they think he is one of them.

[defendandprotect]

8. Obviously, the public is finished with BOTH parties ... where are the questions about what next?

[AnneD]

9. Voters keep trying to send them a message....

But they are to busy shouting to listen.

[BackToThe60s]

10. Scary thing is,,,

if you're Republican, this makes perfect sense.

[Historic NY]

12. What did he rinse his freaking brain....its Obama fault the GOP SUCKS.