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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Sedohr Nod who wrote (72461)	9/22/2009 3:59:06 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 224729

I do remember that Bush took us into Afghanistan. They he refused to commit enough resources to the task while he went after Iraq. After 8 years of neglect, we now face a difficult situation in Afghanistan.

To: Sedohr Nod who wrote (72461)	9/22/2009 4:23:22 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224729

Pollster Dave Petts has written a memo, widely circulating on Capitol Hill, designed to reassure anxious House Democrats about the applicable lessons from the party's 1994 debacle. As Petts wrote, "In the modern era, large losses of more than 20 seats for the incumbent party have only occurred when the president's approval rating has fallen significantly below 50 percent." In 1982, when the Democrats gained 26 seats, Reagan's popularity had temporarily slid to 42 percent because of the recession; in 1994, only 43 percent of the voters gave Clinton a thumbs-up job rating; and in 2006 Bush's approval had plunged to 39 percent. In an interview, Petts summarized his midterm congressional election findings with a three-word epigram: "Angry people vote." politicsdaily.com