travelingirl wrote: "In a sense, we are a victim of our own success, of the expectations that the president aroused, and the fact that we have gotten so much done," Axelrod said, in attempting to explain the enthusiasm gap between Republican and Democratic voters"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/0 ... 07211.html
:youwish: rofllol
Sounds like Huffington is greasing Axel's rod... :yikes: I's a pity party...a very early pity party for these dullards...
:pop I found it interesting that Russ Feingold wasn't up on stage when Obama was in Detroit this weekend.
Since the healthcare plan is still unrealized and the stimulus plan is an underperformer, only makes sense that candidates distance themselves from the current administration. Remember how Bush & Cheney were not asked to campaign in 2006 & 2008?
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Job Approval Ratings Low for Both Parties in Congress
Only about one in three approve of job Republicans, Democrats in Congress are doing
by Jeffrey M. Jones
PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans' frustration with Congress is directed at both sides of the aisle -- with job approval ratings of 33% for the Democrats in Congress and 32% for the Republicans in Congress.
1999-2010 Trend: Do You Approve or Disapprove of the Way the Republicans in Congress/the Democrats in Congress Are Handling Their Job?
Both parties' ratings are on the low end of what Gallup has measured since the question was first asked in 1999. The Democratic Party's current job approval rating is just three points above its low of 30% measured in December 2007. The historical low rating for congressional Republicans is 25% in December 2008.
(wow, imagine that, the historical low rating for Republicans is 5 percentage points below Democrats. Whodathunkit? Thank God the Tea Party is going to ride in and save everything)
No doubt the R will pick up some seats.... but can it be it's just the mid-term swing and not the country hates democrats as many of the radical right here have so boisterously claimed? Or maybe as Wayne's link showed. That the country realizes the Repubs are no better?
No doubt the R will pick up some seats.... but can it be it's just the mid-term swing and not the country hates democrats as many of the radical right here have so boisterously claimed? Or maybe as Wayne's link showed. That the country realizes the Repubs are no better?
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 48% of Likely Voters would vote for their district's Republican congressional candidate, while 36% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent. The survey data was collected on the seven days ending Sunday, September 5, 2010.
This matches the largest advantage ever measured for the Republicans. Three weeks ago, the GOP also held a 12-point lead.
