Friday, October 11, 2013

Why are they surprised?

On NBC news this morning, Chuck Todd and Brian Williams discussed the latest NBC poll of public opinion about the government shutdown.    Even the pollsters themselves were shocked at how negative it has turned for the Republicans.

The 53% disapproval rating for the Republican Party is the worst in the 25 years since NBC began polling.    The results showed 53% blamed the Republicans, 31% blamed the president -- that's a 22% difference, which is devastating to the Republicans.    It shows that this has backfired on them . . . big time.

Todd commented that "John Boehner and Ted Cruz have successfully done what Newt Gingrich couldn't do: get a majority of the country to blame the Republicans rather than a plurality."

He added that Republicans have also made Obamacare "less unpopular" than it was.    Well, perhaps backlash against their distortions has had a negative effect on the party.   But isn't it also possible that the early success (measured by the numbers of people trying to enroll) has something to do with improving public's perception?

Why were the pollsters surprised?   This is exactly what I expected -- and hoped -- would happen.

Ralph

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