Proof In The Polling: Republican Approval Plummets As They Ignore The Economy

[EV_Ares]

The new House majority is only weeks old, but Republican approval ratings are plummeting as the American people see them ignoring the economy and focusing instead on such other issues as a largely symbolic vote on repeal of healthcare reform, according to recent polls.

The NBC online newsletter First Read sums it up with a piece saying, “The House GOP’s first impression isn’t on jobs.”

House Republicans followed up their vote to repeal last year's healthcare reform law with a bill barring federal funds to pay for abortions.

Both actions play to the GOP conservative base, but the lack of a direct jobs focus appears to be turning off a wider swath of Americans.

A new CBS News/New York Times survey finds that a plurality of Americans prefer Rewpublicans focus instead on creating jobs. The poll finds 43 percent of Americans believe the most important thing for the new Congress to focus on is job creation - compared to just 18 percent who say the top priority should be health care. The Republican Party is seen favorably by 40 percent of Americans and unfavorably by 49 percent.

Meanwhile, Democrats cite a report of an NBC News poll that finds: “Only 25% say the Republicans in Congress will bring the right kind of change (versus 42% who said that about the Dems in Jan. 2007, and 37% who said that about the GOP in Jan. 1995)… And then there's this: The GOP's fav/unfav has gone from a net positive in December (38%-37%) to a net negative now (34%-40%). ‘I think this has been a pretty short Republican honeymoon,’ McInturff says. Hart adds, ‘I think the president has the benefit of the doubt, and the Republicans -- based on this data -- have the burden of proof.’”

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[Drale]

1. Karma's a bitch

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. ..

:evilgrin:

[damntexdem]

3. But will the voters remember in 2012?

The RW/TPers will, while the GOP may get a free ride with an electorate that can't seem to remember what a horrible job the GOP does. Of course, the Repukes in Congress may keep it up for the full two years.

[gatorboy]

4. Enjoy your next two years of Republican douchebaggery, America.

You've earned it!

[Vogon_Glory]

5. Congratulations, Tuff Guys, Non-Voters, And TEA Baggers

Congratulations, "tuff guys," non-voters, and TEA Baggers--you put the same sorts of people in charge of the House of Representatives that caused the financial melt-down in the first place. You sure showed that Nancy Pelosi--now you're unemployed, your savings are dwindling, you're facing foreclosure and your family is going hungry. But showing that Nancy Pelosi was worth it, wasn't it?

Or was it?

TO the non-voters, particularly in minority and humbler precincts and neighborhoods: this is what you get when you don't vote and you don't pay attention--you get politicians who are more than willing to do unto you, your friends, your family, and your community--because the people who think that minorities are too well-treated here in the USA and that working-class Americans are too soft and lazy vote--while you don't.

Enjoy these next three years, you helped co-create them.

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If that right-wing TEA tastes like hemlock, maybe you shouldn't have drunk it.

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