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New Gallup study shows:

- Democrats still hold a substantial national Party ID advantage: 49-41%.

- 33 states show substantial Democratic Party ID advantage.   Only 5 show substantial GOP Party ID advantage. 

And make sure you take a look at the map in the study.  It is amazing rebuke of the everything going the right's way narrative so hot in DC right now:

Ouch.

A new USA TODAY/Galllup poll reports that one-third of Republicans view their party unfavorably.

Apparently this didn't stop Newt Gingrich from pulling in $14.5 million last night at a fundraiser for the House and Senate campaign committees. Gingrich's de facto role as the head of the GOP may be good for fundraising, but it's not so great for favorability ratings. Later today, USATODAY.com will present further polling on "who speaks for the GOP."

The findings of a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll underscore the perilous state of the GOP. Over the past three years, Republicans have lost control of the White House, the House of Representatives and the Senate, and they're now struggling to forge a unified response to the popular new Democratic president.

More results from the survey — including Americans' views of who speaks for the GOP — will be unveiled online later tonight at USATODAY.com.

The survey of 1,015 adults, taken by landline and cellphone on May 29-31, has a margin of error of +/— 3 percentage points for the full sample and 5% for the subsamples of Republicans and Democrats.

Asked by Gallup "what comes to mind when you think of the Republican Party," 25% of those surveyed said "unfavorable" and another 1 in 4 offered negative assessments including "no direction," "close-minded" and "poor economic conditions." Sixteen percent said conservative and 7% "favorable."

According to a Bloomberg report on last night's event, Gingrich had the red meat ready to go. From a New York Daily News account:

As Barack Obama fights a recession and attempts to fix the auto industry, Republicans have taken the fight to the president.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Obama's plan to fix the economy through stimulus dollars and investing federal money into bankrupt companies like GM has "already failed."

"Bureaucrats managing companies does not work, politicians dominating the economy does not work," said Gingrich at a fundraising dinner with about 2,000 Republicans in attendance at the Washington Convention Center Monday night.

This is not the first time in recent weeks that Gingrich has taken a shot at the president. He called Obama's Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a 'racist,' before dialing back his comments.

Last night's remarks by Gingrich follow his appearance at a recent "Rediscovering God in America" conference. An article from U.S. News & World Report includes a video compliation of Gingrich's statements at the conference by People for the American Way. According to the former Speaker of the House, "Our First Great Challenge Is Spiritual."

Is it possible that more people -- including Republicans interviewed for the USA TODAY/Gallup poll -- are worried about their pocketbooks than paganism?