A newly released survey indicates that Republican Congressional Leadership may not be the best positioned to lead the party back to power. When asked if the “policies being proposed by” Democratic or Republican leadership in the US House and Senate would move the country in the right direction or wrong direction, Americans came down hard on the GOP:
Democrats: 57% Right Direction/40% Wrong Direction
Republicans: 39% Right Direction/53% Wrong Direction
Another survey I analyzed a few weeks ago points out that Congressional Republicans even face higher unfavorability among their own party than Democrats do among their party faithful. This new data is another indication that leading the party out of the wilderness may have to come from leaders outside of our current Congressional leadership. It’s not that these men and women are unable to provide meaningful guidance and solutions, but rather that the public (most noteably the critically important Independents) have little faith in this group.
