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Regis Philbin
Apr 22nd, 2008, 07:14 PM
Libs love to poke fun at Bush's approval ratings...but his approval ratings are twice as high as the Democrat Congress. :nod:

*chirp* *chirp* *chirp*

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/congressional_performance/congressional_performance

Congressional Performance

47% Give Congress Poor Rating, 13% Say Good or Excellent

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Just 13% of Likely Voters now say Congress is doing a good or excellent job. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 47% give Congress a poor rating.

A month ago, those figures were 13% good or excellent and 43% poor.

Not surprisingly, Republican voters hold a more negative view of the Democratic Congress. Well over half (62%) of Republicans give Congress a poor rating, and only 10% give it a good or excellent rating. Those numbers are even more pessimistic than they were last month.

Among Democrats, the reviews are decidedly mixed--only 29% of Democrats give Congress poor ratings while 18% say the legislators are doing a good or excellent job.

Reviews from unaffiliated voters have become more negative over the past month. Just 10% of those voters give congress’ job a good or excellent rating, while 52% say poor.

pinky
Apr 22nd, 2008, 07:19 PM
And yet people will vote their own representatives back in, because they like the job they're doing.

Veto-proof majorities can be very good things.