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DAYS BEFORE LAUNCH.
>>> LET'S GET TO THE DRAMATIC
NEW POLLING WE'RE RELEASING
RIGHT NOW AND AMERICANS' VIEWS
OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE
LIGHTNING ROD FIGURES ON BOTH
SIDES OF THE AISLE.
LET'S BRING IN JOHN KING.
WHAT ARE WE SEEING, JOHN?
>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE A
VERY DIM VIEW OF ALL OF THE
LEADERS HERE IN WASHINGTON.
AND IT'S FAIR TO SAY AFTER THE
SHUTDOWN THEY DISLIKE THE
REPUBLICANS A BIT MORE.
LET'S GO THROUGH SOME OF THE
LEADING FIGURES IN WASHINGTON.
I WAS ABOUT TO CALL THEM THE
STARS, BUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
DON'T VIEW THEM THAT WAY.
BY TEN POINTS PEOPLE HAVE A MORE
UNFAVORABLE RATING OF NANCY
PELOSI.
BUT JOHN BOEHNER, LOOK AT THAT.
ESSENTIALLY TWO TO ONE.
MORE AMERICANS FIND HIM
UNFAVORABLE THAN DO FAVORABLY.
IF YOU MOVE OVER TO THE SENATE
SIDE, MITCH McCONNELL, 23%
FAVORABLE.
MUIR THAN FOUR IN TEN
UNFAVORABLE.
LOOK AT THAT, TED CRUZ MAKING
HIS MARK ON THE NATIONAL STAGE
AND AT THE MOMENT, POPULAR WITH
TEA PARTY REPUBLICANS, BUT WITH
AMERICANS AT LARGE, 23%
FAVORABLE, 42% UNFAVORABLE.
THE BEST LACE TO BE IN POLITICS
WAS AS FAR AWAY AS YOU COULD BE
FROM THE SHUTDOWN.
HILLARY CLINTON IS THAT IING
ABOUT 2016.
A 59% FAVORABLE.
37% UNFAVORABLE.
YOU CAN BET ONE OF THE THINGS
SECRETARY CLINTON IS HAPPY FOR
IS TO HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO
DO WITH WHAT THE COUNTRY JUST
WENT THROUGH.
>> SHE JUST DIPPED HER TOES A
LITTLE BIT IN THE POLITICAL RACE
IN VIRGINIA.
HER HUSBAND, THE FORMER
PRESIDENT WILL BE HELPFUL IN THE
COMING DAYS.
THE PRESIDENT FACING SOME
UNFAVORABLE NUMBERS AFTER THE
SHUTDOWN.
THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE
POTENTIALLY THEY COULD AFFECT
THE 2014 ELECTIONS.
YOU H
.
>> REPUBLICANS ARE BEING LAO
BEING AT GAINS NEXT YEAR, NOT
LOSSES, BUT THESE NUMBERS SHOW
YOU THAT DEMOCRAT ALSO HAVE AN
OPENING.
LOOK AT THIS, A 64% UNFAVORABLE
RATING FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
THAT IS AN ALL-TIME LOW SINCE
WE'VE BEEN TESTING THIS QUESTION
BACK IN 1992.
NEVER IN THOSE 20-PLUS YEARS
HAVE REPUBLICANS HAD SUCH A HIGH
UNFAVORABLE RATING.
NOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY, THEY DON'T
FARE ALL THAT MUCH BETTER, BUT
43% FAVORABLE, 51% UNFAVORABLE.
WE'VE BEEN ASKING WHAT PEOPLE
THINK OF THE TEA PARTY.
THAT IS THE ALL TIME HIGH OVER
THE PAST SEVERAL YEAR, 28%
FAVORABLE, 56% UNFAVORABLE.
NO QUESTION OF BRAND PROBLEM FOR
THE REPUBLICANS.
YOU TALK TOO REPUBLICAN STANL
I
STRATEGISTS, THEY DON'T HIDE THE
NUMBERS.
BUT THEY SAY LOOK AT THE