The newest New York Times/Siena national survey is preeeetty lengthy/comprehensive, 71 questions in total, 56 of them printed this morning, the rest “withheld for later release.” The toplines are that convicted felon President Trump is 11 points underwater on job approval at 43 to 54 percent approve/disapprove and Dems lead Republicans 47 to 45 percent on the generic Congressional ballot – though among independents D candidates have a much more impressive lead of 49 to 39 percent. More timely is the question of “Who would you blame more if there is a shutdown of the federal government at the end of the month, the Democrats in Congress, Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress or both equally? Or have you not heard enough to say?” to which 26 percent said Team MAGA, 19 percent said Dems, and 33 percent said “Both/equally,” and another 21 percent said they “Have not heard enough to say.” It’s that last group that, pretty obviously, is key to be messaging to about how the next few weeks are going to go politically for the two sides.

What was pretty friggin funny in the poll findings however was what issues were ranked on “What do you think is the MOST important problem facing the country today?” in which, as usual, “The economy (including jobs, stock market)” led at 16 percent followed by “Polarization/division” in second at 13 percent. In third was “Trump/Republicans” tied at 9 percent with “The state of democracy/corruption.” There must’ve been some rounding in there and the fat fuck and his party ahead of the other issue – which was basically the same thing anyway given the synonymity of the fat fuck and his party with their war on American democracy and their boundless corruption.

Even funnier is that there was no similar option for respondents to identify “Liberals/Democrats” as one of the most important problems facing the country today. Must’ve been an oversight.