Republicans’ 2008 Honeymoon with Voters Is Waaay Over

18%

Is Congress’ approval rating, down four points from last month; it’s lowest since March 2010 (healthcare month), according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. The GOP’s fav/unfav is 30% to 44%, compared with the Democratic Party’s 38% to 39% score. Only 10% of respondents have a “great deal” or “quite a bit” of confidence in Congress, and majorities of ALL respondents (including Republicans) believe the House GOP has not brought much change. And the number thinking the GOP proposal to overhaul Medicare is a bad idea has increased nine points since April to 31%; just 22% believe it’s a good idea.

Most Lawmakers’ Votes Contributed to the Federal Deficit

75%

Of lawmakers currently serving in Congress voted for at least one — and in most cases more than one — of three policies that contributed to one-third of the $12.7 trillion swing from projected surpluses to real debt: President Bush’s 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, funding for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and President Obama’s 2009 stimulus bill, according to the Washington Post.

Weinergate Depressing Congressional Use of Twitter

120

Number of tweets from Democrats Monday, June 6, the day Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) held his press conference when he admitted he lied about his Twitter account being hacked and that he had sent lewd messages via Twitter and Facebook to women. That’s about 30 percent less than the frequency of tweets two Mondays before. On the Republican side, 338 tweets were sent the Monday of Weiner’s presser, about an 18 percent drop from two weeks before.

Gov. Deval Patrick “Resurrected” in Massachusetts

54%

Of Massachusetts voters approve of the job Deval Patrick is doing as governor, according to Public Policy Polling (PPP). The research group said Patrick’s turnaround from a 22% approval rating 17 months ago is the largest “resurrection” of a candidate since they’ve been polling nationally. It also said Democrats should try harder to convince Patrick to run for Senate against Scott Brown, whose numbers are not as high.