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Congressional Approval Falls to Single Digits for First Time Ever

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Posted by Fred 2008-07-09 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 "It's a Democratic year" - thus speaketh almost all pundits, for months now. Never bought that, still don't.

While obviously things are rarely broken down along party lines among the bulk of voters, those numbers for independents stand out.

This is more of a test year for the GOP than anything else. If they can't make at least some hay with what has been placed before them (record low ratings for Congress, higher gasoline prices, an intern at the top of the Dem ticket and most Dem policy preferences easily and justifiably colorable as tax and regulation increases), they will have really molested the pooch.

Posted by Verlaine 2008-07-09 00:42|| 2008-07-09 00:42|| Front Page Top

#2 an intern at the top of the Dem ticket

Heh.

Posted by Seafarious 2008-07-09 00:48|| seafarious@yahoo.com]">[seafarious@yahoo.com] 2008-07-09 00:48|| Front Page Top

#3 The GOP's been stuck on stupid for quite a while. No leadership to speak of, and an apparent complete unwillingness to confront the Donk's head-on, or get back to the principles they used to stand for. IMHO we've got the absolute worst political class in the history of the Republic.

Posted by PBMcL 2008-07-09 01:49|| 2008-07-09 01:49|| Front Page Top

#4 I simply don't believe the statistic. All House Representative positions are up for election this year. A substantial proportion of incumbents failing to re-win their seats would be the conclusive evidence for voter disapproval of Congress. I don't think it's going to happen.
Voters will bitch & moan to pollsters, then proceed to re-elect the beloved incumbents.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2008-07-09 07:33|| 2008-07-09 07:33|| Front Page Top

#5 9%? Hell that's barely above the noise of the 535 extended families.

Posted by .5MT 2008-07-09 07:52|| 2008-07-09 07:52|| Front Page Top

#6 I would love to vote all the bums out of Congress, especially those from from Oregon that my vote can touch. The problem is the big shield of protection around incumbents. In the primary, the only opposition that Gordon Smith had was some guy who was complaining about changes in the law about how gold was weighed back in 1830's. Wacko. Anyone halfway reasonable would have gotten my vote. Now Gordon is campaining on his bipartisan work with Obama. Maybe I should have gone with the 19th century gold bug.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-07-09 10:35|| 2008-07-09 10:35|| Front Page Top

#7 AH that's always the way.

I love my congress critter (he brings ME the bacon) but I hate yours (and his, and hers cause they take the bacon elsewhere) hence the reelection of the vermin and the loathing of the group.

Posted by AlanC 2008-07-09 10:37|| 2008-07-09 10:37|| Front Page Top

#8 The promised change and delivered!

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-07-09 10:49|| 2008-07-09 10:49|| Front Page Top

#9 absolutely, because everybody else's congress critters suck but mine. Actually, I vote to oust both Dhimmi-Sen's Stabenow & Levin every re-election, too bad the rest of the idiots in my home state fail to do the same.

Posted by Alistaire Snavith3832 AKA Broadhead6 2008-07-09 18:26|| 2008-07-09 18:26|| Front Page Top

#10 If the GOP had the cojones, they could clean up running on just 3 issues:

1) the Dems have obstructed oil/energy for 30 years - THEY are to blame for gas and power going up.

2) THe Dems were WRONG on the Surge!

3) The Dems have increased Earmarks and pork to HISTORICAL levels

(Bonus: Corruption with Jefferson Louisian, etc).

Posted by OldSpook 2008-07-09 22:26|| 2008-07-09 22:26|| Front Page Top

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