"Poll suggests Americans starting to blame GOP for gridlock"

[Pirate Smile]

Poll suggests Americans starting to blame GOP for gridlock

A new AP-GfK poll contains some bad news for the Republican Party. Americans may be thoroughly disgusted with Congress -- whose approval is down to an all-time low of 12% -- but they increasingly blame the Republicans more than the Democrats for the legislative body's failures.

According to Justin Sink at The Hill, "While 68 percent disapprove of congressional Democrats, 75 percent disapprove of congressional Republicans. And 50 percent of the country strongly disapproves of Republicans in Congress, up from just 39 percent in June."

Sink further notes that "the Republican strategy of holding the line on tax increases might prove a tough sell, as well. Sixty-nine percent of those polled believed that some taxes will have to be increased for the government to balance the budget."

The Associated Press pointed to the prolonged battle over raising the debt ceiling as a primary source of disillusionment, noting, "In interviews, some people said the debt standoff itself, which caused a crisis of confidence to ripple through world markets, made them wonder whether lawmakers are able to govern at all."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/26/poll-suggests-americans-starting-to-blame-gop-for-gridlock/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

[Maccagirl]

1. Slow-witted bunch, aren't we?

n/t

[shraby]

2. Only some of us. The same ones who think buffalo wings

come from the buffalo.

[Qutzupalotl]

11. OT, but a good joke if you're sharing a plate of Buffalo wings

is to wait until you're almost finished, drop the one in your hand, and say, "Wait a minute — buffaloes don't HAVE wings!!"

[socialindependocrat]

12. I like Buffalo - it tasts like chicken!!!! n/t

[Booster]

LOL I was thinking the same thing. Even idiots could figure this

out.

[Lucinda]

3. That is a valuable benefit of the POTUS being so public

about accommodating the Republicans. I'm glad the message may be sinking in.

[CakeGrrl]

6. That's what I've thought all along.

The MSM is stacked in the GOP's favor.

You can't, as a Dem, expect to get a negative message about the GOP to the public thanks to MSM whitewashing.

People have to see it for themselves.

As long as the GOP keeps drawing so many voters, the need to educate/inform/enlighten is great.

[Whisp]

10. absolutely, it was not 'caving', it was a way to get the message out

because the Media sure doesn't help him.

[pinto]

4. Kick

:kick:

[toddwv]

5. Let's see if the Republicans are stupid enough to hold relief aid up for spending cuts...

and we ALL know that they are.

[Lucinda]

8. Some have been making those noises already...it won't go over well

with their constituents. A lot of us are out of harms way but have loved ones in Irene's path, so I think there would be repercussions all over the country should they try and hold up aid.

[applegrove]

7. Oh thank god. I was afraid it was never going to happen. I think the union fight in MI helped

wake people up this past winter.

[Pirate Smile]

9. Kick