Tea Party More Disliked Than Ever, While Hillary Clinton Remains America's Most Popular National Fig

[sufrommich]

A CNN/ORC poll released today shows the approval rating for the tea party movement at its lowest point since polling began in 2010.

The conservative/libertarian movement is viewed favorably by just 28 percent of Americans — down from its all time high of 38 percent last November — while 53 percent have a negative opinion of it, also a record.

Conversely, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's approval rating is at an all-time high — even better than when she was the nation's First Lady — with 69 percent of Americans holding a favorable view of her, compared to 26 percent who do not.




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[Booster]

1. My God America is fickle. I remember not too long ago when it

seemed like Hillary was the most hated person in this country. Maybe Hillary should start campaigning heavily for Mr. Obama; he could sure use the help. I just hope what's going on on Wall St. starts getting on the local news more rather than just on cable tv.

[L. Coyote]

2. Clinton will be Obama's VP in 2012

and the Rs will go into full panic mode over women's votes, put Bachmann on their ticket, and we will see a Palin redux performance

by the Grand Old Patriarchy :rofl:

[BeyondGeography]

3. Out of sight, top of mind

In sight, bottom of barrel.

Bunch of fucking children.

[frazzled]

4. That's very interesting

I'm happy that Hillary is so very popular. But I do have to say a lot of it may have to do with the fact that she is probably one of the most low-profile Secretary of States I have seen in my lifetime. We simply don't get to see much of what she is doing (even those of us who are news hounds.) At first I thought Obama was kind of sidelining her in the first year or two. But I now realize he's really been shielding her in a lot of ways. He's the one standing up and taking the heat for the whole impossible situation in which the Israeli-Palestinian situation is currently mired, for example. Really, this should be the Secretary of State's main province. The lack of ability to get peace talks started would usually be shared between the president and the SoS, but we're not really dragging State into this at all. From Henry Kissinger and George Schulz to Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell, they've had a lot more public presence. It's something I've noted and found interesting, but am not sure what it means..

I think she's popular because she has been largely pretty invisible. She's got stature and responsibility, but she's not having to take any of the policy heat.

[sufrommich]

5. Hillary a "low profile" SOS?? I don't think so. nt

[frazzled]

8. I do

I'm not saying she is not an extremely active Secretary of State, but she is not covered much in the media or in the public eye. Compared to coverage of the last 20 years or so of SoS's, she is relatively under the radar.

[gratuitous]

6. Tea Baggers have the same favorability rating as George W. Bush did

What a coincidence for the "non-partisan" "independent" "grass-roots" "movement."

[sufrommich]

7. Yep, the only people who have a high opinion of the

teabaggers are the teabaggers.:rofl:

[Dawson Leery]

9. Only 'dead enders' still support the tea party.