Democrat’s “Achievements”
Don Surber points to the recent poll numbers that show that the Democratic leadership in Congress has "achieved" one thing: They have actually made Bush's poll numbers look great. Voters are giving Congress the lowest marks ever for approval, a whopping 14%.
Under Democratic leadership, Congress has gone from the brink of the abyss and leaped. Whee!
Pollster John Zogby broke down the numbers.
"The Democratic Congress gets poor marks across the ideological spectrum — just 21 percent of liberals and 10 percent of the very liberal give it positive marks, while 14 percent of conservatives and 14 percent of the very conservative give it positive ratings," Zogby wrote.
"Among Democrats, just 19 percent give Congress positive marks, compared to 13 percent of Republicans and 8 percent of political independents.
"By way of comparison, the Republican Congress had a 23 percent positive job approval rating last October, just a week before voters tossed the GOP out of their leadership posts in both houses."
After six months, Democrats do have one bipartisan accomplishment: Everyone hates Congress.
Not so George Walker Bush. Among Republicans, 63 percent still think he is doing an outstanding job
Congress now has no base outside of its staff, the reporters who cover it and Mom, and even she is wavering.
I am not laughing. I am not gloating. I am troubled.
The leadership of Reid and Pelosi - along with all the old guard committee chairs they brought along - appear to have only one strategy at this point: hammer away a George Bush. Even though they are in power, they still have no other real agenda than that: bash Bush. And the voters can see that. In following the guidance of the far left fringe of the party and cooperating in creating a "toxic" political environment, they fail to see that they get caught in the same cloud of noxiousness. They are, whether they see this or not, setting up a classic "throw the bums out" scenario. And this time, there are more Democratic bums to toss than Republican. Surber is worried that faith in the government is eroding, he's right to do so. I suspect that voters will have a few surprises for politicians in 2008, though.
The voters voted for change in Washington in 2006, instead they got a couple of one-trick ponies in Reid and Pelosi. They may be counting on that one trick to carry them through 2008. That may not be a good bet. When people get tired of the act, they stop buying tickets to the show.
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By rlpete2, Sunday, 22 July , 2007 @ 3:42 pm
Are you really so certain the American public is too ignorant or stupid to realize that the limited success of the “Democrat-led Congress” is due to the GOP obstruction and Presidential veto?
One way to look at the statistics is this: the difference between Bush’s polls and Congress’ is the people who are fed up with Bush and want Congress to stop playing nice and impeach RIGHT NOW!!!
By Gaius, Sunday, 22 July , 2007 @ 3:52 pm
Ok, pete. Either knock off the impeach trash or go elsewhere. That is a nice lefty wetdream, but there is no - none, zero, zip - chance of it happening nor any grounds that would pass muster - other than fever dreams. And there is absolutely no way in hell Bush would be removed at trial.
No propaganda - I mean it or I will ban you. Enough of this crap.