Regis Philbin
Apr 11th, 2007, 06:42 PM
It's always the Republican's fault. Poll ratings drop, it's because the Republicans have been attacking us. Lose an election, the Republicans cheated or there was an error in counting the ballots... :rolleyes:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2007/04/pelosis_approval_takes_first_h.html
Pelosi's Approval Takes First Hit
Under near withering assault from Republicans, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has seen her approval rating suffer its first significant drop in her brief tenure wielding the gavel, according to a new independent poll.
While she still remains more popular than President Bush, Pelosi's job approval rating dropped to 46 percent, according to an AP-Ipsos poll conducted in the middle of last week. Her disapproval rating climbed up to 44 percent, which is a sizeable shift from mid-January when the same poll had Pelosi's approval-disapproval rating at 51-35. That mid-January finding held steady in late February, when the Washington Post/ABC News poll showed Pelosi's job performance rated at 50-31 in favor of her.
It's certainly noteworthy that the AP-Ipsos poll was conducted during the peak of attacks against the speaker for leading a congressional delegation to meet with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Those attacks included Vice President Dick Cheney's remarks on the Rush Limbaugh radio show and President Bush's comments during a Rose Garden press conference. And she remains more popular than Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) was when he became speaker, settling in at an unpopular 40-48 rating by late January 1995.
But Pelosi's drop in popularity serves as an early warning for Democrats. In separate interviews last week, a pair of House Democratic leaders circled the wagons around their speaker and vowed a strong defense.
"The Karl Rove machine has continued to try to demonize Nancy, and I think this latest effort will fall flat," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/capitol-briefing/2007/04/pelosis_approval_takes_first_h.html
Pelosi's Approval Takes First Hit
Under near withering assault from Republicans, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has seen her approval rating suffer its first significant drop in her brief tenure wielding the gavel, according to a new independent poll.
While she still remains more popular than President Bush, Pelosi's job approval rating dropped to 46 percent, according to an AP-Ipsos poll conducted in the middle of last week. Her disapproval rating climbed up to 44 percent, which is a sizeable shift from mid-January when the same poll had Pelosi's approval-disapproval rating at 51-35. That mid-January finding held steady in late February, when the Washington Post/ABC News poll showed Pelosi's job performance rated at 50-31 in favor of her.
It's certainly noteworthy that the AP-Ipsos poll was conducted during the peak of attacks against the speaker for leading a congressional delegation to meet with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Those attacks included Vice President Dick Cheney's remarks on the Rush Limbaugh radio show and President Bush's comments during a Rose Garden press conference. And she remains more popular than Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) was when he became speaker, settling in at an unpopular 40-48 rating by late January 1995.
But Pelosi's drop in popularity serves as an early warning for Democrats. In separate interviews last week, a pair of House Democratic leaders circled the wagons around their speaker and vowed a strong defense.
"The Karl Rove machine has continued to try to demonize Nancy, and I think this latest effort will fall flat," said Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.