79% of Republicans think Trump is taking the country in the right direction
by digby
.... but everyone hates the GOP congress:
Fewer than three in 10 Americans -- 29% -- hold a favorable view of the Republican Party according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. That is down 13 percentage points from March and is the lowest mark for the GOP since CNN began asking the question in 1992.
The previous low point for the GOP was 30% -- hit twice -- in October 2013 following the federal government shutdown over President Barack Obama's health care law, and December 1998, in the wake of the House of Representatives approving two articles of impeachment against
then President Bill Clinton.
Why should they care? They still get elected. And if they can't quite get enough votes they cheat. It's been working for them quite well.
meanwhile, they have a strong vision for the future:
Republicans are signaling they prefer President Donald Trump's vision for the party, with 79% saying he is taking it in the right direction. A majority of GOP voters -- 53% -- believe Republican leaders in Congress are taking the party in the wrong direction.
Apparently Republicans want war --- a race war at home and a nuclear war with North Korea. The latter will make the former unnecessary but they obviously want to make sure we have a backup.
This is bad, folks. It's not a joke. The opposition needs to focus on the clear and present danger we face. But they won't:
Going forward, 74% of Democrats say the party should mainly work with Republicans to try to get some of the party's ideas into law while 23% say the party should mostly work to stop the GOP agenda.
Democrats will get a couple of crumbs, make Trump more popular and ensure his re-election and the GOP congrss will get 90% of what they want if Democrats do this.
Saving the DREAMers and Obamacare funding are the only issues where they should work with the Republicans in congress. No more helping them with tough votes to make Trump look good. It's not helping.
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