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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (97787)	5/11/2007 1:52:10 PM
From: DizzyG	Respond to of 173976

No Kenneth, you knew EXACTLY what you were doing... However, you are still missing the point. Call it a poll or a focus group...these are the important facts: 1. This was a Democrat funded focus group. I'd hardly call that unbiased. 2. There is no link between the focus group findings and the "cut and run" statement. This is from the article you posted: As Democratic insiders tell it, the GOP made a mistake by accusing Democrats of wanting to "cut and run"--but the message was for everyone to lower the decibel level. So the outcome of the democrat-funded "focus" group was "lower the decibel level". The "democrat insider" added the part about "cut and run". What we really have here: democrats trying to spin away from the "cut and run" label. Hate to break it to you, Kenneth, but the "cut and run" label is sticking. Get used to it. :) Speaking of polls, here is one you might enjoy: Poll: Congress' Approval Same As Bush Friday May 11, 2007 11:16 AM By ALAN FRAM Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - People think the Democratic-led Congress is doing just as dreary a job as President Bush, following four months of bitter political standoffs that have seen little progress on Iraq and a host of domestic issues. An AP-Ipsos poll also found that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is a more popular figure than the president and her colleagues on Capitol Hill, though she faces a gender gap in which significantly more women than men support her. The survey found only 35 percent approve of how Congress is handling its job, down 5 percentage points in a month. That gives lawmakers the same bleak approval rating as Bush, who has been mired at about that level since last fall, including his dip to a record low for the AP-Ipsos poll of 32 percent last January. ``It's mostly Iraq' plus a lack of progress in other areas, said Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., who heads the House GOP's campaign committee. ``These are not good numbers for an incumbent, and it doesn't matter if you have an R or a D next to your name.' Democrats agree the problem is largely Iraq, which has dominated this year's session of Congress while producing little more than this month's Bush veto of a bill requiring the withdrawal of U.S. troops. It has also overshadowed House-passed bills on stem cell research, student loans and other subjects that the White House opposes, they say. ``People are unhappy, there hasn't been a lot of change in direction, for example in Iraq,' said Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., chairman of House Democrats' campaign effort. The telephone survey of 1,000 adults was taken Monday through Wednesday and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. guardian.co.uk 35% approval for the Democratic-led Congress. Not very impressive, eh? :) Diz-