Given how the Republicans totally botched their hostage-taking attempt over the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance extensions, Gallup's latest daily tracking findings aren't surprising.
These findings, collected on Dec. 27 in Gallup Daily tracking, also show that about a quarter of Americans either don't have an opinion on the issue (10%) or say they have confidence in neither (15%) or both (1%) of the two partisan groups. [...]
Partisan differences in this confidence measure follow predictable lines. More than 8 in 10 Democrats have more confidence in Obama and Democratic leaders, while more than 8 in 10 Republicans have more confidence in Republicans in Congress. Independents give a slight 35% to 27% edge to Obama and the Democrats.
Republicans have less confidence, by a small margin, in their team than do Democrats—82 versus 87 percent. So the brewing civil war in the GOP congressional caucus might be creating a bit of a dent in public support. Democrats clearly have the advantage in public opinion going into the next round on this one.