"In the national survey of 1,012 likely voters, taken July 12 through July 14, about 66 percent said Bush had done only a fair or poor job as president, with 34 percent ranking his performance as excellent or good.
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While 83 percent said Congress was doing a fair or poor job, just 14 percent rated it excellent or good. Last October, in its final days, the Republican-led Congress earned ratings of excellent or good from 23 percent of voters."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070718/us_nm/usa_politics_poll_dc_2
Or the Congress that was voted out had about 50% higher approval than current one, the Dem led Congress has about a year to turn this around, but if they continue their current tread, not only could they lose in their general election, but will probably affect Dem chances of electing the president.
Reuters poll: President approval more than twice as high as Congress
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- Reuters poll: President approval more than twice as high as Congress
- Easily remedied
- Voters hate a filibuster-bound congress.
- "the Congress that was voted out had about 50% higher approval than current one"
- re: Great opportunity for the out of power party to adopt Congressional Term Limits as a central theme to their platform.
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- There will never be a free and Democratic Iraq
- re: Reuters poll: President approval more than twice as high as Congress
- Congress is in trouble for not slapping down Bush.
- What have the Democrats in Congress done to save the Planet?
- Wrong. Again.
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- re: Congress is in trouble for not slapping down Bush. - Apparently, there's something more.