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Quickie- Poll Shows Michele Bachmann Trailing In Re-Election Bid

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Ooooh, aaaaah. This would be such a gift except for the fact that she’s probably got a Fox “consultant” contract already in her back pocket.

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) could be in for an extremely tight re-election contest next year if a poll released Monday is any indication.

The latest survey from Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling showed Democratic hotel magnate Jim Graves edging Bachmann among voters in Minnesota’ Sixth Congressional District 47 percent to 45 percent. Graves announced recently that he will challenge Bachmann once again next year after falling to the tea party champion in a close race last year.

Facing a campaign finance investigation, Bachmann has been pegged as one of the leading Democratic targets in 2014. The poll, which was reported on by Politico, was conducted May 15 using automated phone interviews with 500 voters. It has a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.

Poll- President Obama’s Approval Untouched By “Scandals”

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Mmmm, the R’s are scratching their heads and thinking about ratcheting it up to 11 over this. Bring. It. On.

Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama comes out of what was arguably the worst week of his presidency with his approval rating holding steady, according to a new national poll.

But a CNN/ORC International survey released Sunday morning also indicates that congressional Republicans are not overplaying their hand when it comes to their reaction to the three controversies that have consumed the nation’s capital over the past week and a half. And the poll finds that a majority of Americans take all three issues seriously.

According to the survey, which was conducted Friday and Saturday, 53% of Americans say they approve of the job the president is doing, with 45% saying they disapprove. The president’s approval rating was at 51% in CNN’s last poll, which was conducted in early April.

“That two-point difference is well within the poll’s sampling error, so it is a mistake to characterize it as a gain for the president,” says CNN Polling Director Keating Holland. “Nonetheless, an approval rating that has not dropped and remains over 50% will probably be taken as good news by Democrats after the events of the last week.”

What’s the matter with Wisconsin… Republicans?

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There’s a new Marquette University Law School poll that is mind-boggling, unless Republican amnesia is behind the responses, in which case it makes total sense.

The Journal Times is reporting that part of that stellar GOP ticket that lost to President Obama in a landslide is now  leading the field for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination in Wisconsin. To add insult to injury, Gov. Scott Walker came in third. Hillary Clinton was the Dem fave, with V.P. Biden coming in second:

27 percent of Wisconsin Republican voters and independents who lean Republican support Ryan, while 21 percent support Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. Walker received support from 16 percent.

This would be the same Paul Ryan who decided not to decide” whether or not to run for president in 2016.

This would be the same Paul Ryan who continues to use the derogatory “anchor babies” term.

The same Paul Ryan who cosponsored another fetal personhood bill. Which was after he and his former BFF Todd Akin co-sponsored their own personhood bill.

The same Paul Ryan who only last month had only a 35% approval rating among all likely U.S. voters, down 15 points from 50% in August just after Mitt Romney chose him as his running mate.

The same Paul Ryan who still wants to kill Medicare and whose “LaLaLand fantasy budget” was a laughingstock, because it catered to the same 1% that his old “Kill Medicare” did, yet said explaining his tax plan math was too time-consuming.

The same Paul Ryan who said, “We’re not going to give up on destroying the health care system…”

The same Paul Ryan who said that he thinks he can get Obamacare repealed. After 37 times, you’d think he’d finally realize that it just ain’t gonna happen.

The same Paul Ryan who refused to answer any questions.

The same Paul Ryan who “may have improperly used funds raised for his re-election effort in Wisconsin.

The same Paul Ryan who showed up all over “Rape Pregnancy Is Something God Intended” Mourdock’s Facebook page.

The same Paul Ryan whose hypocritical stimulus funding story makes front pages of most WI papers.

The same Paul Ryan who walked out on a local reporter for pressing him on taxes.

The same Paul Ryan who opposed the First-Responders Bill.

The same Paul Ryan who out and out lies.

And who can forget his “phoniest piece of baloney” photo op at a soup kitchen?

What’s the matter with Wisconsin?

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Poll-itics: Support for marriage equality solidifies above 50%; UPDATE: MN PASSES MARRIAGE EQUALITY LAW!

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Ta-daaa!

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Just three years ago, support for gay marriage was 44%. The current 53% level of support is essentially double the 27% in Gallup’s initial measurement on gay marriage, in 1996.

Nearly all U.S. subgroups are more likely to favor gay marriage now than in the past. Politically, Democrats, independents, and liberals all show increasing support for gay marriage over time, with each well above the majority level now.

And as I type this, this wonderful moment is happening, live here: Last Hurdle? Minnesota Senate To Vote On Same-Sex Marriage.

UPDATE:

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The total number of states legally recognizing marriage equality will be is now 12.

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Poll- Voters trust Clinton over GOP on Benghazi

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Living in their own sordid echo chamber.

PPP’s newest national poll finds that Republicans aren’t getting much traction with their focus on Benghazi over the last week. Voters trust Hillary Clinton over Congressional Republicans on the issue of Benghazi by a 49/39 margin and Clinton’s +8 net favorability rating at 52/44 is identical to what it was on our last national poll in late March. Meanwhile Congressional Republicans remain very unpopular with a 36/57 favorability rating.

Voters think Congress should be more focused on other major issues right now rather than Benghazi. By a 56/38 margin they say passing a comprehensive immigration reform bill is more important than continuing to focus on Benghazi, and by a 52/43 spread they think passing a bill requiring background checks for all gun sales should be a higher priority.

While voters overall may think Congress’ focus should be elsewhere there’s no doubt about how mad Republicans are about Benghazi. 41% say they consider this to be the biggest political scandal in American history to only 43% who disagree with that sentiment. Only 10% of Democrats and 20% of independents share that feeling. Republicans think by a 74/19 margin than Benghazi is a worse political scandal than Watergate, by a 74/12 margin that it’s worse than Teapot Dome, and by a 70/20 margin that it’s worse than Iran Contra.

#BlameObama… who has 51% approvals; GOP leadership “among lowest approvals from either party in 20 years”

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A Pew Research poll shows that the very president whom Republicans love to blame for everything has rising approval numbers and that GOP congressional leaders suffer from suckitude:

President Obama continues to hold a substantial advantage over congressional Republicans in public regard. Obama’s job approval is back in positive territory at 51%, after slipping to 47% in March. By comparison, just 22% approve of the job Republican leaders in Congress are doing, among the lowest approval rating for congressional leaders from either party in 20 years.

Furthermore, a record-high 80% say Obama and Republican leaders are not working together to address important issues facing the country, and by nearly two-to-one (42%-22%) more blame Republican leaders than Obama for the gridlock. [...]

Following the failure of gun control legislation backed by the Obama administration, most continue to say that Obama stands up for what he believes in (76%) and that he fights hard to get his policies passed (67%). Most also say that Obama is a strong leader (56%); 40% say he is not a strong leader.

I sure don’t agree with the president on some of his policies, but this Moment of Schadenfreude is dee-lish.

Much more at the link.

Quickie Gallup- Americans’ Financial Worry Lowest Since Before Recession

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Good news you won’t hear from Fox.

PRINCETON, NJ – Americans’ financial worry has eased to the lowest level since before the recession. Gallup classifies 53% of Americans as highly or moderately worried about their finances, down from a peak of 61% a year ago, and the lowest since 45% in 2007.

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This year, 25% of Americans are worried about six or seven of the seven items — putting them in the “highly worried” category. Another 28% worry about three to five items and are classified as “moderately worried.” The remaining 47% have few financial worries, including 23% who are worried about none of the seven items.

Americans were generally less worried about financial matters before the 2008-2009 recession than they have been since. A maximum of 51% were highly or moderately worried about their finances from 2001-2007, compared with a range of 53% to 61% since then.