Democrats Stole the GOP Honeymoon

[DonViejo]

First Read: “Strikingly, however, Congress and Republicans haven’t seen their numbers go up. Just 16% approve of Congress’ job (unchanged since December), and only 23% approve of the job congressional Republicans are doing. Maybe more significantly, only 35% believe divided government — with Democrats controlling the White House and Republicans in charge of both chambers of Congress — works well for the country. That’s a reverse from previous NBC/WSJ polls (in 1996, 1997 and 1999), which found majorities in praise of divided government.”

“And then there are the parties’ fav/unfav numbers. The public gives the GOP a 25%-46% rating, down from 30%-45% a month ago. By comparison, Democrats are at 35%-38%, when they were at 37%-39% in December. Bottom line: You can hardly tell from our NBC/WSJ poll that the Republican Party was the big winner from the midterm elections just two months ago. Somehow, Obama and the Democrats stole the Republicans’ post-election honeymoon. Or the Republicans somehow lost it.”

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http://politicalwire.com/2015/01/20/democrats-stole-gop-honeymoon/

[merrily]

1. Let's see if America make it through the next two years without getting royally screwed.

No honeymoon pun (totally) intended.

[Agnosticsherbet]

2. Doesn't break my heart, though I am not sure that Congreeses approval means munch.

With record low approval ratings, a do nothing Congress won control of the Senate and the House.