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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (38117)9/21/2010 12:25:29 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Respond to of 103300
 
...poll after poll shows that both national parties are deeply unpopular with an electorate looking for something new and different.

...In an Associated Press poll released last week, 38 percent of respondents approved of the job Democrats in Congress are doing, while 60 percent disapproved - not exactly where any party wants to be this close to an election.

The ratings for Republicans in Congress, however, were even worse, with 31 percent approving and 68 percent disapproving.

A New York Times/CBS News survey released last week also showed congressional Democrats' approval rating at a measly 30 percent, while congressional Republicans' sat at a ghastly 20 percent.

And in a Washington Post-ABC News poll released this month, voters expressed a distinct desire not to reelect incumbents in either party. Just 34 percent said Democrats deserved reelection, while 31 percent said Republicans did....