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NBC/WSJ Poll: Obama Honeymoon Over, No Benefit To GOP
Daily Kos — ... care and SCOTUS moves. There's good news for the administration, too, including tentative support for Mr. Obama's health-care plan and approval of his nominee for the Supreme Court. The public seems more optimistic about the country's economic future than it did a few weeks earlier, and Americans are still more likely to blame the last administration for the deficit. What don't they like? Deficits. Auto bailouts. And the GOP. They really don't like the GOP (my bold). -- 60% view Barack Obama favorably, which is ...

CBS/NY Times: Unease With Deficits Doesn't Deter Strong Obama Approval
Daily Kos — ... Once again (in the NBC/WSJ poll the GOPs's 25 favorable was a new low), Republicans come in at a new low in the poll (28 favorable for the GOP, a sharp contrast to 57 favorable for the Democrats.) Whatever doubts are there about the amount of money spent (and there's lots of doubt) is not translating into GOP support. From ...

Republican party drops to Cheney-levels of unpopularity.
Think Progress — ... released this week showed that Vice President Cheney now has a 26 percent approval rating, “up eight points from April.” However, Greg Sargent today points out that the “overall popularity of the Republican Party has now dropped” below Cheney’s “ ...

ABC/WaPo Poll: Obama Strong, Opposition Weak Amid Doubts About The Economy
Daily Kos — ... line Obama numbers (MoE +/- 3): Obama approval disapproval 6/21/09   65    31 4/24/09   69    26 with no specific health care questions other than Obama's 53% approval on health care. On the issues: At some point, official media-dom will have to come to grips with how poorly the GOP is doing with the public.  The GOP numbers: CBS/NY Times 28 favorable NBC/WSJ 25 favorable Pew 29 congressional GOP leader approval ...

Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos — ... The coverage of the latest wave of public-opinion polls has focused mostly on President Obama's ostensible political weaknesses. But the more important story may be the increased marginalization of his Republican opposition. Yep, we agree with Dan. At some point, official media-dom will have to come to grips with how poorly the GOP is doing with the public.  The GOP numbers: CBS/NY Times 28 favorable NBC/WSJ 25 favorable Pew 29 congressional GOP leader approval ...