Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is the latest casualty of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s misbegotten mission to block consideration of Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland at any cost. Though Grassley’s still faring better than Ohio’s Rob Portman, his support inside Iowa is eroding, reports Politico:
The new poll, commissioned by the White House-aligned Constitutional Responsibility Project and the League of Conservation Voters, shows that more Iowans still have a favorable view of Grassley than not, with 42 percent of voters having positive feelings towards the senator and 30 percent having negative perceptions of him.
But those figures, obtained by POLITICO in advance of their release, are a steep dive from the numbers Hart Research Associates — which conducted Monday’s poll — found two years ago. Back then, 60 percent of voters gave Grassley a positive rating and 19 percent had a negative view. […]
According to the figures, one in five voters who said they might otherwise be inclined to support Grassley could be persuaded to vote against the senator because of his Supreme Court stance.
A solid 57 percent of voters in the new poll want Garland to get both a hearing and a vote this year, compared to only 35 percent who favor waiting until next year.
Grassley is among nine GOP senators who will be targeted by a new ad campaign in the coming weeks designed to highlight the GOP’s unpopular blockade of Garland. That should be interesting—Grassley’s always particularly charming when he’s testy.
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