out of congress if he they had a chance. 67% said would like to do it. that numbers includes 2/3 of republicans democrats and independents. jenna: with midterms closer americans are split between they support. 40% back a democrat compared with 38% would support a republican. not much difference with the plus or minus for error. fox news pollster says americans are pretty down in the dumps way washington is working. i don t want to go jimmy carter but there is general malaise. based on economic valuations, generic ballot and ratings of prominent republicans and voters give president obama and gop the thumbs down. talk about this. joe trippi, former howard dean campaign manager. fox news contributor. former media spokeswoman for president george w. bush joining us from cpac. let me start with joe.
thanks. critics have mixed reviews of president obama s state of the union address. but what about the actual audience, the american people? frank luntz, it s his job to find those answers. he s a fox news pollster and joins us with brand-new dials. so last night a lot of movement, probably up and down as we saw those polls. i want to bring you to the first one the president made. a controversial statement on climate change. take a listen to this. the debate is settled, climate change is a fact and when our children s children look up in the eye and ask if we did all we could to leave them a safer, more stable world with new sources of enjoy, i want us to be able to say yes, we did. off the charts among democrats. not so favorable among republicans. if you voted for mitt romney, you don t believe that the science is settled. if you voted for barak obama, you do. this is one of those typical partisan issues where you stand depends on where you sit.
so boehner is always looking over his shoulder with an eye to the conservative base looking happy with him. well, all i can say is i hope they are having fun at the christmas party tonight. michelle cottle, ezra klein, thank you for your time tonight. thanks, rev. who is leading the republican party. we re learning more about what mitt romney is doing with his free time. i can tell you, it s not him. plus, more conflicts of interest over on fox news. wait until you hear the connection between a fox news pollster and paul ryan. and the stars were out in washington for the kennedy center honors and a few zingers. we ll show you the tape. you re watching politicsnation on msnbc. you want to win the world series, you quit when you re down 1-0? no. you keep going. do you quit when you re down 1-0