Pelosi's approval rating drops, Republicans, Limbaugh to blame

[Regis Philbin]

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...


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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.

[LesterX]

Originally Posted by Regis Philbin

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...


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Pretty dang funny coming from someone who blames the "MSM" for everything.

[Richard Tafoya]

Especially Bush and "morally dubious" Cheney's record-setting stays in the approval ratings basement.

[Jim Colyer]

Pelosi is endangering American lives.

[LesterX]

I think you have Pelosi and Bush confused. Bush has cost thousands of American lives in Iraq.

[James Dean]

Originally Posted by Jim Colyer

Pelosi is endangering American lives.

Someone else is doing that job.