> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Dave Land > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 12:37 AM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Another one bites the dust. > > On 8/27/07, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And, according to the latest poll at pollingreport.com, Americans > oppose impeachment by almost a 2-1 margin. > > Yup, the approval rating of congress has dipped below that of Bush, > but here's an interesting tidbit from pollingreport.com: > > "Do you have more confidence in President Bush or in the > Democrats in Congress to deal with the major issues facing the > country today?" > > President Democrats > Bush In Congress Both Neither Unsure > 35% 48% 3% 12% 2% > > (CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll. Aug. 6-8, 2007) > > From this perspective, the story is quite a bit more balanced, and it > would appear that people aren't quite sure what to make of this new > congress, as evidenced by the mixed results on the answers on this > page: > Well, they are only sorta mixed. I think that the poll you quote is accurate. I read it and my poll together in this manner: The Democrats and a few independents prefer the Democrats to Bush. Most Republicans prefer Bush...and most Independents fall in the neutral camp, with few preferring Bush. At the same time, most Americans are unhappy with both: giving the Congress a significantly lower rating than Bush and giving the Democrats in Congress a slightly lower rating. Bush still has a core support group of about 30%. Congress does not have such a core group because the natural core group for the Democrats, liberal Democrats, wanted monumental change with the change in leadership. My point in mentioning the lower ratings was not to indicate a favoring of Bush. Rather, it was to argue that the Congress was not a highly trusted branch of government with a mandate to stop the President by all means necessary. Dan M.
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