Low of 42 . That is a fivepoint drop from just earlier this month. These numbers, as bad as they are, dont necessarily exist in a vacuum. Theres a lot more complexity to the current political environment, which in many ways is the story of american politics in the tea party era. Lets talk about the president. Between syria, between the shutdown, between obama care, how are his approval numbers stacking up . Record lows. The president s Approval Rating dropped five points. At an alltime low. Is this more than just the secondterm curse . If he goes below where he is right now, hes going to be in george bush territory and thats hard to come back from. The latest nbc news poll does, indeed, find that the president s Approval Rating is at a fiveyear low, and it is true that his popularity rating is hovering where george bushs was five years into his presidency. But theres an important distinction about where their presidency and where their parties are at. In november of 2005, with presiden
These numbers, as bad as they are, dont necessarily exist in a vacuum. Theres a lot more complexity to the current political environment, which in many ways is the story of american politics in the tea party era. Lets talk about the president. Between syria, between the shutdown, between obama care, how are his approval numbers stacking up . Record lows. The president s Approval Rating dropped five points. At an alltime low. Is this more than just the secondterm curse . If he goes below where he is right now, hes going to be in george bush territory and thats hard to come back from. The latest nbc news poll does, indeed, find that the president s Approval Rating is at a fiveyear low, and it is true that his popularity rating is hovering where george bushs was five years into his presidency. But theres an important distinction about where their presidency and where their parties are at. In november of 2005, with president bush licking his wounds from the spiral iraq war, the devastation
Is an election. Good morning. Im Melissa Harrisperry. If i asked you what day is november 5th and you answered, duh, melissa, its tuesday, instead of, enthusiastically offering the alternate correct answer, its election day in america well, youre in good company. Because its election day 2013, an odd number, which makes this an off year election. And well, to be honest, we tend not to get too excited about off year elections if voter turnout is any indication. In fact, its not uncommon for voter turnout percentages in some off year state and local elections to be in the single digits. And thats among people who live in the jurisdictions that will be directly impacted by the outcomes of those elections. Given the level of disinterest among people who actually have to live with the consequences of off year elections, finding a reason to care about the electoral politics of a state where you dont live is probably asking a lot. But heres why you might want to start paying attention. Becaus
About bringing people around the table, listening to each other, showing them respect. Doing what needed to be done. To be able to bring people together and to achieve what we needed to achieve to move our state forward. Now, listen i know that if we can do this in trenton, new jersey, maybe the folks in washington, d. C. Should tune in their tvs right now. See how its done. Congressiona there. An interesting contest between an establishment conservative republican named rodney byrne on the left and a tea party fire brand candidate on the right. This was seen as a alabama microcosm for the fight that the Republican Party is having within itself. The Associated Press has called that race for byrne, the one who does not say president obama was born in kenya. Bradley byrne will enter the general election for that congressional seat in december, a heavily favored over his democratic opponent. It is southern alabama, after all. The biggest story tonight was in virginia, where the race betwe
Message to the tea party . Has the tea party lost its snem. To night you sent a message. Lost some of its influence. Surprise of the night. The nail biter in virginia. Republican Ken Cuccinelli. To night you isnt a message to the president of the United States. Virginia turned into a proxy fight. A swing state. Republicans had to work extra hard. 48 of voters blame republicans. For the government shutdown. The shutdown was magnificent. Run beautifully. I am so proud of the republicans. The impact of the obama care debate in yesterdays election. Obama care is a failure. Get ready for this. Kathleen sebilius is back on capitol hill. How long can a hot seat stay hot . Obama care is a failure. When you look at what happened last night. Republicans ha to work extra hard. Were voters really sending a message . Big questions remain. There is a lot to dip jegestr this. The civil war within the Republican Party continues to rage. The republican establishment is fighting back against the two par