Politico reports that President Obama's popularity is improving in New Hampshire -- partly because of the Tea Party's unpopularity. Reports
Politico:
According to a memo shared with POLITICO, the president’s rebound in the state coincides with voters turning against the Republican state legislature there. In February of 2011, 49 percent of voters said they favored the agenda of the GOP legislature; now, only 38 percent say they support it, with 51 percent saying the opposite.
Half of voters say they have an unfavorable view of the tea party, while 29 percent say they have a favorable view of the conservative activist movement. And tea party-aligned State House Speaker Bill O’Brien has gone from a 6 percent favorable, 16 percent unfavorable rating, to 15 percent favorable, 29 percent unfavorable.
Apparently
island-paradise-dweller O'Brien overreached in his zeal to lower wages for Granite State workers:
Perhaps the central legislative flash point in New Hampshire politics over the last year has been a “right to work” law Republicans have pushed, but have not been able to pass due to the opposition of Democratic Gov. John Lynch. The BSG memo makes the case that Democrats are winning the message war on the issue: Sixty-four percent of voters said a right to work bill should not be a high priority and 51 percent of voters agreed with the statement: “Unions are good. They make sure employers provide good wages, benefits and a safe work environment.”
