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Congress Beats Bush in Approval Ratings

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Posted on Apr 10, 2007

Forty percent of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, according to the latest AP poll. That may not seem like much, but it’s up from 25 percent just before the last election and higher than Bush’s mid-30s. A word of warning to candidates who are still fleshing out their Iraq positions: The same poll suggests voters, especially those coveted independents, are really sick of this war.

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Against that backdrop, the AP poll indicates the public wants Congress to push for an end to a war that has claimed the lives of more than 3,200 U.S. troops.

Forty percent of those surveyed said they approve the job Congress is doing, up from 25 percent approval registered for the Republican majority in the weeks leading to last fall’s elections. Disapproval of Congress totals 57 percent.

The public opinion split is identical on the issue of Democratic handling of Iraq—40 percent approve, 57 percent disapprove.

Support is lower among self-described political independents, who deserted Republicans in last fall’s elections to give 57 percent of their votes to Democrats. Now, only 32 percent of them register approval of the job Congress is doing; 36 percent favor the way Democrats are handling Iraq.

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By DennisD, April 10, 2007 at 8:19 pm #
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When Congress inevitably rolls over and funds the latest “Dollars Lost in Iraq” giveaway their numbers will drop right back down again. How either Bu$h or Congress has an approval rating above 10% is beyond me. We must be leading the world in Kool-aid consumption.

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By Kol Klink, April 10, 2007 at 6:41 pm #
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For Pete’s sake!!! You could pick anyone out of any crowd anywhere and he/she would probably out poll Bush!
Perhaps a more interesting post would have been ‘Why are Bush’s poll numbers so low?’ or ‘Why has congress taken impeachment off the table?’ or ‘Why was Pelosi frightened by AIPAC into removing the wording about Bush asking congress prior to an attack on Iran?’
Please give us a little credit for intelligence, even if we dont always deserve it. Making us think is good for us, I think. Thank you.

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By Steve Hammons, April 10, 2007 at 8:13 am #
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Americans elected Democrats in numbers that took control of Congress for a reason: Voters want to clean up the massive corruption of the Bush-Cheney administration.

Cleaning it up will require assertive inquiries and strong, intelligent action.

For more on this:

“A serious Congressional inquiry on Iraq is necessary”

PopulistAmerica.com

http://www.populistamerica.com/a_serious_congressional _inquiry_on_iraq_is_necessary

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“An urgent task for the new Congress: Conduct necessary inquiries and investigations properly”

PopulistAmerica.com

http://www.populistamerica.com/an_urgent_task_for_the_ new_congress

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