Republican Party Approval Rating: Poll Finds High Negative Marks For GOP

The Republican Party's approval rating has sunk amid wrangling over the fiscal cliff and looming debt ceiling, according to a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Thursday. The poll found that 49 percent of respondents have a negative view of the GOP, the highest negative marks for the party in the poll since 2008. Just 26 percent said they have a positive view of the Republican Party. In contrast, 44 percent of adults surveyed said they have a positive view of the Democratic Party, while ...