Poll

Shrinkage

ABC News / Washington Post poll:

Only 20 percent of Americans now identify themselves as Republicans, the fewest in 26 years. Just 19 percent, similarly, trust the Republicans in Congress to make the right decisions for the country's future; even among Republicans themselves just four in 10 are confident in their own party. For comparison, 49 percent overall express this confidence in Obama, steady since August albeit well below its peak.

The Republican Party's difficulties are shown in another result as well; in an early assessment of preference for congressional candidates in 2010, the Democrats lead by 51-39 percent.

The president is at 57 percent approval, and the public option is at 57 percent, too.

Keep doing what you're doing, Republicans! It's working! Go!

Adding... Whenever there's a new poll that even slightly looks bad for the president, the Morning Joe crew spends the next day concern-trolling the results. Predictably, not a word about this poll today.