Data point - Obama is at 37% Approval by the American People. Republicans give GOP only 36% approval...sheesh - Granite Grok

Data point – Obama is at 37% Approval by the American People. Republicans give GOP only 36% approval…sheesh

From the Washington Post (no conservative rag, that; emphasis mine):

Just 37 percent say they have either a good amount or a great deal of confidence in the president to make the right decisions for the country’s future, while 63 percent say they do not. Those numbers are the mirror image of what they were when he was sworn into office in 2009 and lower than at any other time the question was asked by The Washington Post and ABC News.

That’s not good at all – and I can’t figure out why his overall approval is at 46% other than it may be the “nice guy” meme he’s had since being elected.  This next part, I totally believe:

Confidence in Democrats and Republicans in Congress, however, is even lower than for President Obama. Twenty-seven percent say they have confidence in Democrats to make the right decisions for the country, while 72 percent do not, and just 19 percent have confidence in Republicans, while 80 percent do not. Almost half lack confidence in all three.

For the GOP, the lack of faith in their decision-making includes their own followers. Just 36 percent of self-identified Republicans say they believe their party’s lawmakers will make good decisions In contrast, a majority of Democrats have confidence in their congressional party.

Given the Democrat demagoguery, I can see the top number of 19% approval of the GOP.  But that next one, that only “36 percent of self-identified Republicans say they believe their party’s lawmakers will make good decisions“?  If I was Reince Prebius at the national level and Jennifer Horn at the local NH level, I’d be shaking in my boots.  Yes, there is a civil war going on in the GOP: Principles (and the willingness to stand up for and willingness to lose over them) vs Power (and willing anger the base in risking the perception of willingness to shuck Principle simply to acquire Power).

Reverse the numbers: this means that 64% of Republicans are convinced that the GOP Elite are not acting in the best interest of the Party.  Not a good place to be with mid-terms coming up.

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