WHO ARE THE GASBAGS REALLY TALKING TO?

A commenter on a POLITICO thread thought efforts by the radio wingers to demonize people like Reid and Pelosi were futile because so few people knew who they were. At the time, I wondered what the real numbers were and Matt Yglesias found a recent poll that provides some information: only 49% named Pelosi as the current Speaker of the House. Considering that she's the 1st woman to be Speaker, that percentage is a little disappointing and is another indication of the unacceptable level of political ignorance in America. On the other hand, that means that a lot of the people who listen to the gasbags are relatively unaffected by these attacks.