The American people apparently have a very poor opinion of congress.

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gsvol

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Stats originally from Pew:

Job Approval
Obama

61.8 Approve
32.3 Disapprove
+29.5 margin

Congress

34.3 approve
59.0 disapprove
-24.7 margin

direction of country

38.0 right direction
54.6 wrong track
-16.6 spread

I wonder what the thinking is more people think the country is going in the wrong direction, disapprove of the democrat controlled congress yet still approve of obama??


Biden's approval rating is less than any VP over the last twenty years, at this point of his time in office.

Cheney 58%
Gore 55%
Biden 51%

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IPorange said:
Didn't those numbers tank in 2006 after the new democratic congress took over?
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I believe the timing coincides amazingly well. Moreover, the reversal of power in the houses has done nothing to stem the tide.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Yep. All the polls I've seen reported here at the 100 day mark put Obama way over 50 % and the Republican members in Congress, collectively, below 30 %.
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you're seriously comparing a newcomer to the presidency's polling to a subset of congress? that's nonsensical at the very best.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
I believe the timing coincides amazingly well. Moreover, the reversal of power in the houses has done nothing to stem the tide.
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That's because the Republican leadership is viewed as purely contrarian at this point -- not offering anything of their own. Just complaining about whatever is put in front of them by Obama.

But that's really the bigger issue for the Republican party right now. They lack a voice with any novelty or freshness to it. What they have to realize is that they either need new ideas or a way to substantially repackage the old ones.
 
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I'll bet you any amount of money you want that the democrats will lose multiple seats in congress in 2010. if the republicans are so hated than the opposite should happen.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
you're seriously comparing a newcomer to the presidency's polling to a subset of congress? that's nonsensical at the very best.
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The original post was that the Americna people are negative on Congress which of course is true. I pointed out that its worse for the Republican contingent, which is also true. I only used Obama as an outer bench mark of the competition. I agree that his numbers aren't in and of themselves the issue. But in terms of comparing and deciding what the overall sentiment is, the reality is that the Democrats are winning the public relations battle.
 
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lawgator1 said:
That's because the Republican leadership is viewed as purely contrarian at this point -- not offering anything of their own. Just complaining about whatever is put in front of them by Obama.

But that's really the bigger issue for the Republican party right now. They lack a voice with any novelty or freshness to it. What they have to realize is that they either need new ideas or a way to substantially repackage the old ones.
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I can't think of anyone remotely conservative or centrist who, of their own volition, would do anything but be absolutely and vehemently contrarian right now. Anything else is a vote for the now overwhelmingly apparent socialist bent of the clown in the head office.

New ideas my rear, they need to stick to the old ones and get the government the hell out of the lives of Americans, which is the exact opposite approach of this admin.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
I can't think of anyone remotely conservative or centrist who, of their own volition, would do anything but be absolutely and vehemently contrarian right now. Anything else is a vote for the now overwhelmingly apparent socialist bent of the clown in the head office.

New ideas my rear, they need to stick to the old ones and get the government the hell out of the lives of Americans, which is the exact opposite approach of this admin.
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Ok, but that idea isn't selling very well right now.
 
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droski said:
I'll bet you any amount of money you want that the democrats will lose multiple seats in congress in 2010. if the republicans are so hated than the opposite should happen.
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I don't think I'd be putting money on that.
 
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lawgator1 said:
The original post was that the Americna people are negative on Congress which of course is true. I pointed out that its worse for the Republican contingent, which is also true. I only used Obama as an outer bench mark of the competition. I agree that his numbers aren't in and of themselves the issue. But in terms of comparing and deciding what the overall sentiment is, the reality is that the Democrats are winning the public relations battle.
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no they aren't. They are simply pinning a trough in the economy on the previous administration and turning a blind eye to the absolute absurdity emanating from the Oval Office over the past hundred days.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Ok, but that idea isn't selling very well right now.
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who's selling it and who is rejecting it? I haven't heard very many selling it and those who are seem to be rallying support. For instance, the silly rallies of a couple of weeks ago were really about taxation and bloated gov't. That resonated with hordes of Americans.
 
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droski said:
I'll bet you any amount of money you want that the democrats will lose multiple seats in congress in 2010. if the republicans are so hated than the opposite should happen.
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They are going to their :shaking2: handed to them, most likely.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
no they aren't. They are simply pinning a trough in the economy on the previous administration and turning a blind eye to the absolute absurdity emanating from the Oval Office over the past hundred days.
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True or not, absurd or not, this sounds like a public relations tactic...and it is working.
 
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rjd970 said:
True or not, absurd or not, this sounds like a public relations tactic...and it is working.
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because a huge number of Americans are terribly uninformed and like it that way. Heck we took a poll in 2008 and 69,456,897 of them admitted exactly that.
 
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rjd970 said:
True or not, absurd or not, this sounds like a public relations tactic...and it is working.
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Problem is, it only works for a very limited period of time. At some point, he has to do something other than piss away the money of the limited number of Americans that pay taxes.
 
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