Congressional Approval Falls to Single Digits for First Time Ever

[mdmc]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/rasmussen/20080708/pl_rasmussen/ratecongress20080708
The percentage of voters who give Congress good or excellent ratings has fallen to single digits for the first time in Rasmussen Reports tracking history. This month, just 9% say Congress is doing a good or excellent job. Most voters (52%) say Congress is doing a poor job, which ties the record high in that dubious category.

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My question - Just who are these 9 percenters?:shrug:

[Solly Mack]

1. I just can't imagine why

[Horse with no Name]

9. Yet we are told that that ONLY the netroots are upset

for the shredding of our Constitution. Yeah...right.:eyes:

[Solly Mack]

17. That's the comforting lie

all those damn partisan weirdos on the 'net....against the "real" Americans, with "real" problems

See..the only place Bush is a war criminal is on the net...and the only place Bush violated the Constitution is on the net

It's all those trouble-making netizens turning what is merely bad policy into actual crimes...'cause there's no real crime in being an incompetent President whose policies are bad...so those net-freaks have to spin simple bad policy into...gasp...war crimes and other assorted criminal acts.

But those real Americans, with real problems, don't have time for all that

[fasttense]

2. With every move they make, with every vote they take,

with every subpoena they fail to enforce, Congress becomes irrelevant. Only the executive branch controls anything anymore.

[Catch22Dem]

3. Ooooooh, I have to disagree (sort of)

I think the judicial branch has ALL the power. The executive branch couldn't get away with a fraction of the shit they're getting away with if the supremes (the majority of them anyway) weren't allowing them to. The executive branch has all the power because the judicial branch has handed it to them.

[niceypoo]

10. The pathetic part...

is that they are irrelevant by choice...

[tekisui]

4. With a little under half being republicons raping and pillaging

Our Country, and about half being spineless enablers, it's no wonder.

[DrDan]

5. I certainly agree with that

take a poll here and it may hit the low-single digits in approval

[mdmc]

21. Someday the sun will shine in our backdoor someday

March winds will blow all our troubles away.

Until then we are stuck here - with neo-cons and enablers.

[Ganja Ninja]

6. Heckofajob Nancy. n/t

[Hubert Flottz]

7. My "Approval" for congress is "Off The Table"

The are Appeasing a dictator and his crew...

[barbtries]

8. so people are noticing

these are sad days for the republic.

[KharmaTrain]

11. How About A Party Breakdown...

The disenchantment is broken into two camps. Most of Democrats are pissed by this regime's lack of standing up to the booosh regime...especially regarding Iraq and FISA. The GOOP is disenchanted because Democrats won't roll over like they used to and their own representatives are so corrupt and inept they've all but destroyed their party...it's everyone for themsleves...and is sure to get worse after the election. While Democrats are upset at what our representative haven't done and should do, they're upset at what they could have done and didn't.

Pelosi has said that she wanted a Congress that accomplished things. At one time I had a large list of bills...many very good ones...that Democrats voted through the House and never saw the light of day in the Senate. Those that did faced obstructists and vetoes...thus for all this "image" work, there's precious little to show for it. Pelosi has tried to be the anti-Hastert by pushing "bipartisan" over controversy and it's been a failed policy...including losing control of the Blue Dogs on her right who have had a strong amount of say in what's going on.

While many want to see Pelosi go in January, I suggest that if you really want things to change, Hoyer must go, too.

[Stinky The Clown]

14. I'll go one further .... if just Hoyer goes, we'll be better off.

[KharmaTrain]

15. He Really Flies Under The Radar Here

It wasn't Hastert that pushed the GOOP agenda, it was Armey and then DeLay...the Majority Leaders. The Speaker's role is one of referee rather than leader of a specific party...the heavy lifting is done in the caucus...where Hoyer and Emmanuel are in charge.

Cheers...

[Stinky The Clown]

19. I couldn't agree more ........

...... but around here, group think and herds seem to make bringing up more subtle facts a bit hard unless one cares to write a book in defense of one's four or eight word position statement.

For example, were I to say in an OP: Keep Pelosi/Dump Hoyer and Emmanual a firestorm would start. All of it would be directed at Pelosi. No one would even mention Hoyer and maybe one mention of Emmanual.

To wit: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3581461

Admittedly, I made the post about Pelosi, but if anyone was following, mentioning the REAL problem would have come out. It didn't. In fact, Emmanual got mentioned only because **I** brought up his name.

[KharmaTrain]

20. A Lot Of Misunderstandings About How The Game Is Played

I fully agree with what you're saying and, while I only post during the mornings, I'm checking in throughout the day both here and in GD-P and follow all the shitstorms. I put a lot of it on the frustrations a majority of us share for what's been going on and the slow pace in bringing change. I've also gotten lots of flack when I refer to what goes on inside the bubbleworld of the beltway as a game...but for those who live inside, I can't think of a better definition. It's about winning and losing and my team over your team.

At times like these I like to look back on where we were right after the '04 elections...especially in the House. At that time the "pundits" were all but writing the Democratic Party's obit...and for good reason...we were on the abyss of getting veto proof GOOP majorities in both Houses. Things are a little different today.

The best one could realistically expect after the '06 elections was to put the brakes on this runaway train...and in many cases that is the case. Again...imagine if boooshie's plan for SSI went through, the tax cut for the rich permanent and more wars for profit. This next election is where the change really can begin.

There is a serious need to examine House leadership...but that will be in light of what happens in November. If Obama wins and majorities are increased, the whole ballgame changes and so will the leadership needs. I opposed Hoyer being selected in '07 and I will oppose should he go up again in '09...he's not a representive of the change that we need and I see Emmanuel's star fading as he's on the outside of the Obama Chicago group. Here's hoping we get to that point and see what game will be ahead and then find the best players and leaders to get some sanity back in this country.

Cheers...

[mwb970]

12. Congress might just as well shut down and go home.

If they are not going to do their jobs, why bother going through the motions? The abject failure of the "opposition party" to oppose in any way the endless crimes, immorality, and vile, un-American acts of this very worst of administrations is unforgivable.

bush belongs in prison with his fellow crooks. Instead he will leave office and make millions of dollars spewing BS to groups of right-wing cretins. And laughing at us every second of it, just like OJ did when we let him get away with murder.

I say let the Congressional approval rating go down to zero (or less), then lets's get all new Congress-critters. Ones with spines!

[Stinky The Clown]

13. This is what happens when the minority party never gives up.

Yes ..... those are words of admiration for the Repubicans.

They have managed to effectively control the agenda and stall anything good that might have passed. They have been far more effective at controlling the blue Democrats than were the Democrats. That gives them, effectively, a majority position in Congress.

And Democrats get the bad reviews.

[MannyGoldstein]

16. Congratulations To The Battlin' Congressional Dems!

Mission accomplished!

[Obamanaut]

18. It won't matter in November. We the people will continue to keep

the incumbents.