Duh. You're right. The partisan breakdown is the biggest story from this poll; don't know why it was left out.

 How are those numbers for proof positive how Republicans have hurt themselves tremendously during the stimulus battle?  The Democratic jump is also very significant.  It is crystal clear that those in the media and on blogs claiming that Republicans handled themselves well, scored major points and deserve admiration for "sticking together" don't know what they are talking about.  

While the entire stimulus saga has helped Obama and Democrats in public opinion it has caused a major drop of approval for the Republicans based on massive disapproval and downright anger from the public at Republican obstructionism in the face of an obvious good-faith effort by Obama to work with them.  That impression of Republicans as sore election losers willing to endanger the well-being of the country and all of us to score cheap, short sighted political points is bound to last, given the signifance and scope of the issue just completed and evaluated.

If it continues on this track, which is likely, people will become more and more exasperated with Republicans, as they try to block a popular universal health care program and other popular measures aimed squarely at bettering the lives of the vast middle and below.  

All we need then is some sort of uptick in the economy over the next 2 1/2 years, even if ever so slight, and it should put the final nail in the coffin of Republican governance for quite some time.  

See above in SteveM's comment.  Republicans lost even further ground while Democrats upticked enormously.  

Rasmussen is push polling.  Have you ever noticed how Republicans cant get about 40% in his polls?

well that's good, they were tied last week.