4 Mainstream Polls Show Time Running Out For Bush

[chek]

Looks like Congress (and therefore the Republican stranglehold on Washington) is due to switch sides.
While the Foley case affects a neighbouring Florida Congressional district, I can't help but feel this will be helpful to Dr. Bob's election bid.

"Mr. Bush’s job approval has slipped to 34 percent, one of the lowest levels of his presidency, posing a complication for the White House as it seeks to send him out on the road to rally the Republican base voters. Mr. Bush’s job approval rating has even slipped with his base: 75 percent of conservative Republicans approve of the way he has handled his job, compared with 96 percent in November 2004."

"Mr. Bush clearly faces constraints as he seeks to address the public concerns about Iraq that have shrouded this midterm election: 83 percent of respondents thought that Mr. Bush was either hiding something or mostly lying when he discussed how the war in Iraq was going. Fifty-seven percent of respondents said Mr. Bush was personally aware of pre-9/11 intelligence reports that warned of possible domestic terrorist attacks using airplanes. When the same question was asked in May 2002, 41 percent said they believed Mr. Bush was aware."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/09/us/politics/10pollcnd.html?_r=1&hp&e x=1160452800&en=ee2a28bd80e049d0&ei=5094&partner=homepage&oref=slogin

"Democrats had a 23-point lead over Republicans in every group of people questioned — likely voters, registered voters and adults — on which party's House candidate would get their vote. That's double the lead Republicans had a month before they seized control of Congress in 1994 and the Democrats' largest advantage among registered voters since 1978."

"Nearly three in 10 registered voters said their representative doesn't deserve re-election — the highest level since 1994. President Bush's approval rating was 37% in the new poll, down from 44% in a Sept. 15-17 poll. And for the first time since the question was asked in 2002, Democrats did better than Republicans on who would best handle terrorism, 46%-41%."

"It's hard to see how the climate is going to shift dramatically between now and Election Day," said John Pitney, a former GOP aide on Capitol Hill who now teaches at Claremont-McKenna College in California."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-10-09-poll_x.htm

"Democrats have regained a commanding position going into the final weeks of the midterm-election campaigns, with support eroding for Republicans on Iraq, ethics and presidential leadership, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll."

"Apparent Republican gains in September have been reversed in the face of mounting U.S. casualties and gloomy forecasts from Iraq and the scandal involving Mark Foley (R-Fla.), who was forced to resign his congressional post over sexually graphic online conversations with former House pages."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/09/AR2006 100900868.html

"47 percent of those polled said they considered Republicans in Congress ethical -- down from 58 percent in a CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll conducted in October 2005. Another 44 percent in the new survey said they considered most GOP lawmakers unethical."

"Democrats scored higher, with 54 percent of those polled considering them ethical and 34 percent unethical. But those numbers also were down from 2005, when 63 percent of people polled considered Democrats in Congress ethical."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/09/hastert.poll/

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Why chek! I'm proud of you! You actually quoted polls conducted in a scientific manner!

Due to congressional district gerrymandering, an entrenched and highly organized get out the vote juggernaut, and a much larger financial warchest, the Republicans (unfortunately) are still favored to hold on to the House and the Senate, despite the vast political advantages the Democrats have been handed lately.

God, I hope control swings to the Democrats, though.

(Who's "Dr. Bob"?)

[iro]

makes no difference at all. both have the same linear foreign policy. the only difference is delivery and window dressing

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[chek]

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