who is the majority in congress? the dems. who is in charge in congress? the dems who has a much lower approval rating? the dem led congress.
On Dec 28, 7:59 am, "mike [never forget] 532" <[email protected]> wrote: > Why Low Congress Approval Rating Isn't Good News For GOP > By MARC > McDONALDhttp://www.beggarscanbechoosers.com/2007/07/why-low-congress-approval... > Lately, the Republicans have been gloating over the fact that the > Democratically led Congress has a low approval rating. > > But if you stop and think about it, the GOP really has little reason > to celebrate. > > First of all, as Gallup has pointed out, Congress' approval ratings > have been consistently low for decades---with only two exceptions: the > Watergate era and in 1986 (when Congress' approval rating was at 40 > percent). Indeed, the mainstream media has been irresponsible in its > lack of context for failing to mention this fact in reporting on > Congress' recent low approval numbers. > > The fact is, pollsters have long noted that the American public has a > dim view of Congress as a whole (but they often have a much higher > opinion of their own local lawmakers). > > It's important to remember the reason that Congress has a low approval > rating these days. > > Is it because the public disapproves of the lawmakers' efforts in the > Congress to raise minimum wage and other Democratic legislative > initiatives? > > Nope, that's not the reason. In fact, polls have consistently shown > that the public supports raising the minimum wage. > > In fact, as Michael Moore pointed out in his book, Dude, Where's My > Country? the majority of the American public agrees with the Democrats > on most of the top domestic issues of our time. These range from > keeping abortion legal to promoting civil rights to protecting the > environment to stronger controls on firearms. Indeed, polls > consistently show that a majority of the American public is further to > the left than most Democratic politicians on many issues, such as > health care. For example, 80 percent of Americans believe that health > insurance should be provided equally to everyone in the nation. > > The bottom line is that, if the Republicans take a good, hard look at > the reason why Americans are fed up with this Congress, it's actually > bad news for the GOP, not the Democrats. > > The reality is, Americans are sick and tired of the war in Iraq--and > they're fed up with the stumbling efforts in Congress to bring an end > to this fiasco. > > And try as they may to distance themselves from George W. Bush, the > Republicans are going to have a difficult time distancing themselves > from the Iraq War. After all, the overwhelming majority of the > remaining Iraq War supporters in this country are Republicans. > > On Dec 28, 7:52 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The approval rating for Congress is for Congress AS A WHOLE. And is > > somewhere below whale shit which lies on the bottom of the ocean. And they > > dont deserve for it to be that high. > > > On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 6:48 AM, mike [never forget] 532 < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > not the congress the Republicans in the congress ! > > > > On Dec 28, 7:44 am, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > and yet murky, the President has much higher approval ratings then the > > > > dem controlled congress. ironic isn't it. > > > > > On Dec 28, 4:36 am, "mike [never forget] 532" > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > let me guess in your childish way you were trying to insult me . nice > > > > > try not even close but hey for someone of your limited intelligence > > > > > not to bad . not one word about the 75% of Americans who can't wait > > > > > for boy george to get out of our house but then that is to be > > > > > expected from your kind . > > > > > > On Dec 27, 2:44 pm, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > what flavor koolaid you drinkin today murky? spikin it with a > > > > > > little > > > > > > wild turkey? > > > > > > > On Dec 27, 7:23 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote:> The > > > Democrats I know are weathy and contributed to Obama- one has a > > > > > > > photo with him, in fact, after a primary fund raiser. My mother > > > used > > > > > > > to think S had a perfect life- but she hasn't. She married two > > > > > > > rich > > > > > > > drunks. Her latest lives with his mistress. > > > > > > > > On Dec 27, 4:59 am, "mike [never forget] 532" > > > > > > > lavor of koolaid you deinkin today murky> > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > an immediate halt to the government buying from companies with > > > > > > > > factories overseas will bring an immediate surge in money and > > > jobs for > > > > > > > > American ! > > > > > > > > > On Dec 27, 5:56 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Obama cannot create national treasure lost out of a hat. He is > > > just > > > > > > > > > going to say he can in the preacherly prose he has learned so > > > well. > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 27, 4:44 am, "mike [never forget] 532" > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > with the Obama new deal we will roll back the bush > > > > > > > > > > depression > > > and > > > > > > > > > > return to the Clinton prosperity once again . > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 27, 5:37 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Wait for the numbers after eight years of Obama. Hope you > > > enjoy his > > > > > > > > > > > recession/depression. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 26, 1:49 pm, "mike [never forget] 532" > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Poll: 75% glad Bush is donehttp:// > > >www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/26/bush.poll/index.html?eref=rss_... > > > > > > > > > > > > (CNN) -- A new national poll suggests that three out of > > > four Americans > > > > > > > > > > > > feel President Bush's departure from office is coming > > > > > > > > > > > > not > > > a moment too > > > > > > > > > > > > soon. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Twenty-eight percent of those polled say President Bush > > > is the worst > > > > > > > > > > > > president in U.S. history. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Seventy-five percent of those questioned in a > > > > > > > > > > > > CNN/Opinion > > > Research > > > > > > > > > > > > Corp. survey released Friday said they're glad Bush is > > > going; 23 > > > > > > > > > > > > percent indicated they'll miss him. > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Earlier this year, Bush scored some of the lowest > > > presidential > > > > > > > > > > > > approval ratings we've seen in half a century, so it's > > > understandable > > > > > > > > > > > > that the public is eager for a new president to step > > > > > > > > > > > > in," > > > said Keating > > > > > > > > > > > > Holland, CNN polling director. > > > > > > > > > > > > > CNN senior political analyst Bill Schneider added, "As > > > President Bush > > > > > > > > > > > > prepares to leave office, the American public has a > > > parting thought: > > > > > > > > > > > > Good riddance. At least that's the way three-quarters > > > feel." > > > > > > > > > > > > > The portion who say they won't miss Bush is 24 > > > > > > > > > > > > percentage > > > points > > > > > > > > > > > > higher than the 51 percent who said they wouldn't miss > > > President Bill > > > > > > > > > > > > Clinton when he left office in January 2001. Forty-five > > > percent of > > > > > > > > > > > > those questioned at that time said they would miss > > > Clinton. > > > > > > > > > > > > > The poll indicates that Bush compares poorly with his > > > presidential > > > > > > > > > > > > predecessors, with 28 percent saying that he's the worst > > > ever. Forty > > > > > > > > > > > > percent rate Bush's presidency as poor, and 31 percent > > > say he's been a > > > > > > > > > > > > good president. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Only a third of those polled said they want Bush to > > > remain active in > > > > > > > > > > > > public life after he leaves the White House. That 33 > > > percent figure is > > > > > > > > > > > > 22 points lower than those in 2001 who wanted Bill > > > Clinton to retain a > > > > > > > > > > > > public role. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Don't Miss > > > > > > > > > > > > Iranians toss shoes Bush posters > > > > > > > > > > > > Questions linger after Bush withdraws pardon > > > > > > > > > > > > Poll: 23 percent call Cheney worst vice president ever > > > > > > > > > > > > "It's been like a failed marriage," Schneider said. > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Things started out well. When President Bush first took > > > office in > > > > > > > > > > > > 2001, more than 60 percent saw him as strong and > > > decisive. That > > > > > > > > > > > > impression was confirmed after the September 11th > > > attacks. The public > > > > > > > > > > > > still saw Bush as strong and decisive when he took > > > > > > > > > > > > office > > > a second > > > > > > > > > > > > time in 2005. > > > > > > > > > > > > > "But no more. The public has completely lost confidence > > > in this > > > > > > > > > > > > president," Schneider said. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bush has dropped on a number of measures, but possibly > > > the biggest is > > > > > > > > > > > > that only 20 percent say he inspires confidence, Holland > > > said. > > > > > > > > > > > > > "That's an important figure when the country is facing > > > its biggest > > > > > > > > > > > > economic crisis in a generation," he added. > > > > > > > > > > > > > When running for the White House in the 2000 > > > > > > > > > > > > presidential > > > campaign, > > > > > > > > > > > > Bush promised to be a uniter and not a divider. But 82 > > > percent of poll > > > > > > > > > > > > respondents felt that Bush did not unite the country, > > > compared with 17 > > > > > > > > > > > > percent who said he did. > > > > > > > > > > > > > "The vast majority of Americans believe he betrayed his > > > promise to > > > > > > > > > > > > unite the country," Schneider said. "He took a country > > > that was > > > > > > > > > > > > divided under President Clinton and he divided it > > > > > > > > > > > > worse." > > > > > > > > > > > > > Only 27 percent of those questioned in the poll approve > > > of the way > > > > > > > > > > > > Bush is handling his job as president; 72 percent > > > disapprove. > > > > > > > > > > > > > "President Bush's job approval rating has been at or > > > below freezing > > ... > > read more ยป --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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