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A majority say they're less likely to vote for a candidate who alies with the tea party. >> governor strickland, when you think about the numerical bottom lean of the costs of the tea party. that's before -- before they get into this period they're in now where it looks look they really are taking over, which for folks who are predisposed to dislike, that may be scarier. >> well the republican party has created its own monster. and now, they're suffering the consequences. they are reaping what they have sown. they have encouraged this extreme ideology over a period of years. they have caved in...

Shocked me in the numbers and that is, when people were asked what a priority for congress should, should be blocking bad laws, 51% of the democrats said yeah, block bad laws and 54% of republicans said block bad laws which seems for me a recipe for nothing ever happening on capitol hill and may explain it. >> this is a fourth of four surveys we've taken with the bipartisan policy center over the past year. we've seen a shift in attitudes for what congress should do. a majority say block bad laws. we find americans more likely to say, it's a good thing that we have this big political divide in...

As the instant, overwhelming front runner. >> let's talk about the president very quickly, paul. we also have a new polling on the president approval rating. it's ticked up slightly, but that's not the whole story. >> it has ticked up slightly. 45%. he was 41% back in november and december. he was at or near all-time lows in all polling. look at the next number. troubling. we asked, do you think the president's policies will likely fail or succeed. for the first time, a majority say they think his policies will fail. polls are a snapshot of how people feel right now. people change their minds....

Majority will pass the continuing resolution which seeks to defund obamacare as well as have new rules for how raising the debt ceiling would be handled if, in fact, that little hurdle isn't cleared. and then it would go to the senate where it is expected to fail. it's worth noting that there is a poll out just this morning that shows that the nation is not happy with obamacare and, in fact, a majority say that they oppose it now. and asked about how it's being implemented, a rocky proposal and a rocky upside taking as -- undertaking as admitted by the administration itself, an even bigger maj...

That the republicans self-identify as conservatives to a far greater degree than the democrats self-identify as liberals. 70% versus about 40% in round numbers. and that self-identification, thinking of yourself as a liberal or a conservative, has really changed over the past ten years. >> and that is something. so, basically, a majority of republicans self-identify as conservatives before they say the word "republican." do a majority of democrats self-identify as moderate before they say "liberal." >> a majority say either conservative or moderate. >> but they don't say liberal? >> only 40% s...