Standing On The Deck And Saluting While The Ship Of State Sinks

The latest NBC/WSJ poll shows that the Tea Party now has higher favorability ratings than the Republicans OR the Dems.

More than four in 10, 41%, of respondents said they had a very or somewhat favorable view of the Tea Party movement, while 24% said they had a somewhat or very negative view of the group. The Tea Party movement gained notoriety over the summer following a series of protests in Washington, D.C. and other cities over government spending and other U.S. economic policies.

Meanwhile, the Democratic Party, which controls both the White House and Congress, has a 35% positive rating compared with a 45% negative rating.

The Republican Party identifies closest to the Tea Party movement’s ideology, but the group has also caused splits within the GOP. Republicans currently hold a 28% favorability rating compared with a 43% negative one.

The Left is giving up on Obama.  The Right is giving up on the GOP and joining the Teabaggers.  Our country's headed for a complete disaster ahead.  Nearly twice as many people are mad at the GOP and the Dems than they are the Teabaggers.

It's come down to this.  Pass the bill.  A good bill.  Or we're less than three years out from a Palin/Huckabee ticket running House Speaker Eric Cantor and Senate Majority Leader Tom Coburn.

The line must be drawn.

Pass the bill.  Improve it.  Fast.

[UPDATE 12:15 PM]


Howard Dean wants to kill the bill.  Mary Landrieu wants to save it.  There be dragons here in this part of the political map, folks.  At this point, I don't know.  Nate Silver tweeted that getting this passed was now a coin flip.  That sounds right to me.