CONGRESS'S JOB APPROVAL HITS 16%! SIXTEEN PERCENT!

[Grebrook]

http://www.pollingreport.com/CongJob.htm

NBC/WSJ poll also has Dems leading 52-37 among registered voters, and given the hightened Democratic enthusiasm this year, it means the Democrats are either also leading 15% among likely voters as well, or are leading by an even larger amount. New polls have also shown Democrats winning against John Sweeney in New York and Sue Kelly in New York, adding that, of course, to the two seats we already know we'll pick up, the open 24th district seat and the 26th district, Tom Reynold's. This seems to make sense given Quinnipac's poll that Eliot Spitzer is crushing his GOP opponent by a humiliating 71%-22%. I think Republicans in New York have given up and are staying home during the next election because they sense the impending massacre.

Things are looking great.

[aquart]

1. Seems high.

[zalinda]

2. Here is CNY, the 2 Dems running against

incumbents are also leading 52-37.

zalinda

[Skidmore]

3. A good indication of why we need to tap Dem incumbents

and candidates on the nose and get across to them that the order of business needs to change there and that they had better not give into their baser instincts in the future if tempted. They need to lead by example not by rhetoric.

[elocs]

6. Right, but the temptation will be to return to business as usual.

It would be nice to hope that the Democrats will not abuse their power in general as Republicans have done. Try and make money from their position, bowing to pressure from lobbyists, sweetheart deals, moral failings. I have a friend who bleeds Republican, but years ago he would vote for Democratic Senator Proxmire of Wisconsin--the only Democrat he ever voted for. One, Proxmire was fiscally conservative, but also because my friend believed he was honest and was trustworthy and was working for the people, not to line his own pockets or abuse his power.

[Skidmore]

7. So we get into the driver's seat as citizens and don't

slack up. We do OUR jobs too. And our most important job is to tap them on the nose regularly and with enough intensity that they remember who sent them there. We also need to keep in mind the good of the nation and not just the party and remind them that there are principles on which they are to base their decisions. We do not turn our backs and let the congress run on autopilot. Been there done that and look what happened.

[Poppyseedman]

4. Remember one thing. people vote for THEIR congressman

not for the whole house.

Poll after poll show whatever people think of congress in general, they think more highly of THEIR congressman. Everybody else's congressman is a bum, but not theirs, they voted for them after all!!!

Incumbents are very hard to unseat.

[elocs]

5. Exactly right.

People's own representative is the one that bring home the bacon and pork to them. They get things done, handle problems. It is other Congressional reps and senators are bums. The trouble is that people can only vote in the district in which they live. Ordinarily incumbents are hard to unseat, but a perfect storm is working against the Republicans. We should not be deluded that this is the way the weather will be from now on or that the Republican Party is over. If the Democrats take control, in two years the voters will hold them responsible for much of what happens or does not happen.