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The term “Teflon president” is being re-calibrated.

Here’s a head-scratcher:

Despite the Benghazi, IRS and AP scandals, CNN reports that Obama’s job approval ratings have bumped up.

That’s despite the parallel findings that respondents think the 3 scandals are important, that they are indeed scandals, and that they think that the GOP-led Congress is handling the matter correctly.

Here are some details …

85% of the respondents thought that the IRS matter is either “very” or “somewhat” important.

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71% of the respondents said that they considered the IRS actions to be unacceptable … somewhat scary, 1 in 4 thought that the IRS targeting political group is just fine.

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When asked; “Do you think the Republicans in Congress are overreacting to this matter or are they reacting appropriately?” … a majority (54%) say that the GOP Congress is “reacting appropriately”

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When asked “What is your overall opinion of the Internal Revenue Service, also known as the IRS ?”

More than 1/3 of the respondents had a “very unfavorable” view of the IRS

…  that’s almost double the level 10 years ago

… throw in the “somewhat unfavorabless” and the number jumps to 2 in 3.

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When asked: “How much confidence do you have in the people who run our government ?” … 56% said “only a little” or “none at all”.

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The results for Benghazi and AP were comparable.

Still, when asked: “Do you approve of the job President Obama is doing ?” … 53% approve.

I want some of what they’re drinking …

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