Obama appears to be winning the battle for public opinion over the US government shutdown
If you could, would you vote to defeat, replace every member of Congress, including your rep? Yes 60%/ No 35% NBC/WSJ http://t.co/pF79rVI2Cb
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 11, 2013
New polling for the Wall Street Journal/NBC suggests that the Republican party rather than President Obama is paying a political price for the government shutdown. By 53% to 31% the sample put the blame on the party.
To another question the poll found that just 24% said they had a favourable view of the Republicans – an all time low. A the same time Obama’s own approval ratings are remaining stable.
The brinkmanship over the Federal budget is part of a Republican attempt to impede Obama care.