CNN Poll: Americans place blame on Republicans and Dems for partisan divide

While Republicans continue to point fingers at the White House for not doing enough to involve them in the legislative process, a new opinion poll conducted by CNN/Opinion Research Corporation shows two-thirds of Americans think that the Republicans in Congress are not doing enough to cooperate with President Barack Obama.

The poll, which had its results released Wednesday, showed 67 percent of people questioned in the survey think that the GOP is not doing enough to cooperate with the White House - a number that is up six points since last April. However, President Obama and Democrats are not completely left without blame in the poll, as 52 percent of people think the president is not doing enough to cooperate with the GOP, while 47 percent say he is doing enough to reach across the isle. The poll also shows that most Americans believe the Democrats should be the first ones to reach across the political isle to strike a deal.

"That's a big change from last spring, when Obama was still in the honeymoon phase of his first term," CNN Polling Director Keating Holland told CNN. "Congressional Republicans were familiar to Americans, but Obama was new to them, so his early attempts to reach out to the GOP continued to resonate even after it became clear that bipartisanship was not within easy reach."

To learn more about the poll, visit Full results (pdf)