Poll: Americans Give Democratic Congress All-Time Low Rating

Fox News ^ | 22 June 07 | Fox News

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WASHINGTON — Democrats pledged to take Congress in a new direction when it won control in November 2006, but less than six months after taking the reins, Americans aren't pleased with the results, giving lawmakers an all-time low public confidence rating.

In a Gallup poll released Thursday, only 14 percent of Americans have a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in Congress, a Gallup poll reports.

The poll shows an all-time lowest confidence rating and one of the lowest ratings for any institution in 30 years. The lowest confidence rating for Congress was 18 percent during 1991 to 1994. In 1994, the House switched from a Democratic to Republican majority after 40 years of one-party rule.

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With ultra left retards like Reid and Pelosi driving the ship is there anyone really surprised that it would run aground?

[muawiyah]

The only question remaining is whether or not Steney Hoyer and his cabal are going to overthrow Nancy Pelosi before the end of the month.

[new yorker 77]

That headline is why the libs hate Fox.

The Lib media will never use the term “DEMOCRAT CONGRESS” when describing their current failed status.

[seanmerc]

Rats usually desert a sinking ship.

[Hi Heels]

"Democrats pledged to take Congress in a new direction when it won control in November 2006"

Problem is the new direction is down.....

[Dustbunny]

The reason their poll rating is so very low is because they are blind to what the normal, every day American (Republican and Democrat) wants.

[RC2]

They aren’t blind to it. They know exactly what the American people want, but they don’t care. They act like little dictators and their will is law. Better fight them now before it’s too late. They want the North American Union between the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

[rightinthemiddle]

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[Dustbunny]

They want the North American Union between the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Yep and that is what all the supposed immigration reform is all about.

[Paperdoll]

Here’s something to gnaw on:

http://www.womensgroup.org/TREASON-IN-THE-CONGRESS.htm

[Stepan12]

This is the congress the Americans elected. Didn't they know that they would elect such a wretched bunch of people?

Maybe it's time we revive the stipulation that only property owners can vote because we have idiots that vote for soceital destruction and then complain about it.

Behold the congress you elected!

[ontap]

I said when they took over they would over reach and assume a mandate they did not have. It took less than five months for my prediction to come true. They’ll fall further before it’s over.

[Miss Didi]

From last night’s Special Report with Brit Hume: —On the Democratic Congress—

HUME: All right, suppose, Mort, these [bad opinion-poll] numbers persist into 2008. Does this mean that the Republicans have a chance of getting back in in the Congress or is it going to be a pox on all houses?

MORT KONDRACKE: Every indication is that what the public wants is a change. And my guess, the next change is to deliver the entire government into the hands of the Democrats, and let them try it . . . They don't like what is happening in Washington, but one formula that has not been tried lately is all-Democratic rule. We haven’t had a Democratic president, a Democratic Congress since the Clinton administration. And I think that the public will want to try that.

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: I find it hard to interpret a drop in Congressional approval when liberals and Democrats take over as an indication that the public is going to want them even stronger in 2008. I think if anything, this bodes ill for Democrats.

MARA LIASSON: I think it's hard to extrapolate from Congress to the Democrats. The Democratic party, right now, is polling better than the Republican party. Congress is polling worse than it did when Republicans were in charge. But I think it's a kind of pox on all their houses. I think the landscape still favors the Democrats controlling Congress in 2008.

[MSF BU]

Is this wishful thinking or is there something afoot?

[weezel]

What I wonder is what nuthouse are the 14% being polled from?

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Problem is everyone was saying, “I’m voting for change”, but didn’t realize that everything has been going pretty damn good for the US.

The leftists believed that a dem dominated congress had the power to stop the war, they haven’t. Instead, all the dems did was try to put tons of pork paybacks to their big financial supporters in the latest war spending bill. The best the dems tried to do to stop the war was putting a timeline for surrender, and Bush bitchslapped them over it, and it never happened.

Remember when the anti-war activists got infront of the offices of a dem senator or rep, and when they confronted him about why congress hasn’t stopped the war, the dem slammed the door in their faces and had them escorted out of the building. That was when it hit the leftists like a ton of bricks that they had been had.

Just like when they heard Michael Moore owned Haliburton stock. Leftists had been had again.

[stm]

Putting those two at the helm was like turning over the bridge of an aircraft carrier to a 2nd grader. Disaster is imminent.

Are you finally listening all you last November idiot stay at home Republicans?

[P8riot]

Looks like those that voted for “change” literally f@!#ed up a wet dream.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Nancy Pelosi, the gift that just keeps giving.

[GSWarrior]

If a TV show gets low ratings, it gets cancelled. When politicians get low ratings, they rig the game so they can’t be cancelled.

[theDentist]

First I’ve heard of THAT rumor.

[Arrowhead1952]

"Democrats pledged to take Congress in a new direction when it won control in November 2006"

Problem is the new direction is down.....

Just remember, they had to work very hard to get this far down, but they are doing it for the American people.

[IamConservative]

I’m sure San Fran Nan and Reid will blame Republican legislators for being obstructionists..

[Arrowhead1952]

What I wonder is what nuthouse are the 14% being polled from?

Cindy sheehan and the code pink bunch that want the troops home yesterday.

[stm]

A weak mind shakes hands with a weak chin. What a perfect couple

[P-40]

The Lib media will never use the term “DEMOCRAT CONGRESS” when describing their current failed status.

The liberal media would just say that the Democratic Congress enjoys double-digit support. :)

[EricT.]

Are you finally listening all you last November idiot stay at home Republicans?

I did vote last November, but I'm not voting reflexively Republican ever again. If I had a car that let me down as much as the GOP, I'd shoot it full of holes, set fire to it, and push it off a cliff. So my vote for the GOP is no longer free. They're going to have to earn it from now on.

[YouGoTexasGirl]

My sentiments exactly! And that goes all the way down the ladder to local government elections.

[cubreporter]

Good. Couldn’t happent to a worst group of people!!!

[FlipWilson]

I tuned into C-SPAN the other night to hear the dems take to the floor of the House and blah blah blah, about how great they were. They were just so impressed about their new “pay go” rules that would bring “real fiscal discipline.” When the Republicans got a chance to respond, Ryan noted that “pay go” means no more than “tax spend” as the dems never met a program they wanted to cut, other than defense. Thus, the only way to pay was to tax and tax and tax.

It sure is funny to see that their own back patting isn’t transferring well into reality.

[Wolfhound777]

Agree with you on this one

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But the thing is you VOTED. We lost seats in Congress because so many Republicans didn’t

Now look at the pile of shit we are sitting in because of it.

[Soul Seeker]

Yes, Mort. We hate democrats so much we’ll put in charge a completely democrat Government. Moron. No wonder he’s the perfect partner for Barnes. Twiddle Dum and Twiddle Dee.

The right train of thought is that the free ride for incumbents may be coming to an end. maybe there will not be an amendment term limiting their stays, doesn’t mean we can’t term limit all these folks unofficially unless and until they start getting it right.

[Soul Seeker]

You mean Lott and Kyl? They were re-elected by Repubicans that did vote and now are trying to stab us in the back over amnesty.

Let’s not act as if Republicans are better then Democrats. I think we’ve learned the hard way that isn’t so. Some are (Sessions/DeMint) and some aren’t (McCain/Lindsey).

DeWine and Chafee deserved to lose. Santorum did not, but he was going to lose in a Democrat state anyway. Allen’s loss was his own fault. For a man that had run several campaigns, I don’t know what possessed him in the last one. It looked like it was run by amateurs. The other two were just unfortunate victims of the bad environment RINO’s had fostered.

I favor the throw the bums out approach. If they are intent on screwing us, toss them out. If the new bunch do the same, keep tossing them out until we get some good ones that put America and her people first. Some good people will probably be lost in the process, but it doesn’t have to be permanent. as Dems are finding out now, it’s a whole new ballgame two years later.

[EricT.]

But the thing is you VOTED.We lost seats in Congress because so many Republicans didn’t

Now look at the pile of shit we are sitting in because of it.

I blame the politicians, not the voters. They kept relying on "free" votes from conservatives and ignored us. They didn't earn re-election, and didn't deserve it. It is not our job to keep returning feckless crapweasels to Washington just because they have an "R" next to the name.

The next RINO on my ballot is going to be passed up and I'll put my vote with the Constitution party candidate.