60% of Republicans want to replace Boehner as speaker! Except, not really.

A more accurate summary of the poll, then, would be: “Republican voters overwhelmingly want generic ideal politician to replace Boehner as speaker.”

The poll is hardly a sign of Boehner’s strength, but it’s also being over-sold. It shows 43 percent of Republican voters have a favorable view of Boehner, while 34 percent have an unfavorable one. And just 11 percent have a “strongly” unfavorable view of him.

That’s hardly the stuff of a pariah.