Poll: 71% shun GOP handling of debt crisis, 21% approve. Obama earns 43% approval on debt crisis.

[jefferson_dem]

Poll: 71% shun GOP handling of debt crisis



Americans are unimpressed with their political leaders' handling of the debt ceiling crisis, with a new CBS News poll showing a majority disapprove of all the involved parties' conduct, but Republicans in Congress fare the worst, with just 21 percent backing their intransigent resistance to raising taxes.

President Obama earned the most generous approval ratings for his handling of the weeks-old negotiations, but still more people said they disapproved (48 percent) than approved (43 percent) of what he has done and said.

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Congressional leaders' inability to convince their own party members that concessions are necessary is likely driving the dismal approval for lawmakers involved in the testy negotiations.

Approval drops to 31 percent for the Democrats in Congress, and only 21 percent of the people surveyed said they approved of Republicans' handling of the negotiations, while 71 percent disapprove.

Even half of the Republican respondents (51 percent) voiced disapproval of how members of their own party in Congress are handling the talks. Far fewer Democrats expressed disapproval of their own party's handling (32 percent) or President Obama's (22 percent) of the urgent quest to raise the nation's debt limit ahead of a looming default on Aug. 2 if action isn't taken.



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[Stuart G]

1. 71 percent identify pukes as the problem...good.......nt..k and r.

[vaberella]

2. So the government sucks. What's new. n/t

[Dawgs]

3. Americans think all politicians suck.

Big surprise.

[jefferson_dem]

4. Aye.

But some suck worse than others. Read the digits.

Sorry.

[CarolinaIndependent]

5. Just FYI...

People always give higher marks to individuals rather than a faceless group like congress.

These is more or less Obama's approval rating. All true Obama supporters are going to say they approve of his handling, so it looks like he's at about 43% approval right now, which is in line with other polls.

[KingFlorez]

6. What is your point?

Sounds like you are trying to spin anything negative out of this that you can. Enjoy your stay here.

[Tarheel_Dem]

7. Link?

:shrug:

[bahrbearian]

8. That makes sense, would like to see Boners and Canters #s

[CarolinaIndependent]

9. I Agree

They are likely worse than Obama's.

[Cali_Democrat]

10. I was just about to post this...until I did a search

:)

Another reason why Obama shouldn't give an inch to the GOP clowns.