RASMUSSEN/FOX AFFILIATE: SHOCKINGLY, WE FIND THE PUBLIC DOESN'T LIKE DEMOCRATS

What are we to make of this?

THE HILL POLL: On shutdown, more voters would blame Dems

Twenty-nine percent of likely voters would blame Democrats for a government shutdown, compared to 23 percent who would hold Republicans responsible, according to a new poll conducted for The Hill....

The Hill's survey, conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, comes as lawmakers are heading into high-stakes spending negotiations that will seek to avert a shutdown.

Republicans have a substantial edge among independents: Thirty-four percent would blame Democrats, while only 19 percent would blame the GOP....

So, um, what do we know about Pulse Opinion Research?

Oh, this:

Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC.

And this:

Fox News has rolled out another series of polls on key gubernatorial and Senate races around the nation conducted for it by Pulse Opinion Research, a new survey venture begun by Scott Rasmussen of Rasmussen Reports....

Do you need to know any more? Still feel you need to take these numbers seriously? I don't.