A new national poll provides more evidence of the political hit the Republican Party, the tea party movement, and House Speaker John Boehner took over the government shutdown. According to a CNN/ORC International survey released Tuesday, 64% of Americans say they have an unfavorable view of the GOP, an all-time […] Read more »
GOP, Boehner take shutdown hit in new CNN poll
Just more than half the public says that it’s bad for the country that the GOP controls the House of Representatives, according to a new national poll conducted after the end of the partial government shutdown. And the CNN/ORC International survey also indicates that more than six in 10 Americans […] Read more »
Boehner, Reid, Cruz Down; Obama Up
House Speaker John Boehner lashed out last week at suggestions that there might be winners and losers in the government shutdown, saying “this isn’t some damn game.” But less than two weeks in, there do seem to be a few losers in the eyes of the public, Mr. Boehner among […] Read more »
Americans Down on D.C. Leaders Since Shutdown Began
Americans’ basic opinions of President Barack Obama and key congressional leaders are worse today than they were prior to the government shutdown. Net favorable ratings of Obama, House Speaker John Boehner, and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell are at least 10 percentage points lower than before, with a smaller five-point […] Read more »
The Strip: What would Boehner do?
Ask yourself: What would Boehner do? (Then don’t do that.) [cont.] Brian McFadden, The Strip, New York Times Read more »
The House GOP’s 80-20 Problem
… Just three days into the shutdown, it doesn’t take rocket science to figure out which party is worse for wear. … For Boehner to navigate his conference out of the ideological corner his party has boxed itself into (partially as a result of its strategy in 2012 redistricting), the key […] Read more »