Gallup: Approval rating for Congress matches lowest ever recorded
The approval rating for Congress is now “the lowest it has been since Gallup first tracked public opinion of Congress with this measure in 1974,” Jeffrey Jones of the Gallup Poll reports today.
According to Jones: “Just 18% of Americans approve of the job Congress is doing, while 76% disapprove, according to the August 13-16, 2007, Gallup Poll. That 18% job approval rating matches the low recorded in March 1992, when a check-bouncing scandal was one of several scandals besetting Congress.”
Democrats Refocus Message on Iraq After Military Gains
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.), who made waves when he returned from Iraq by saying he was willing to be more flexible on troop withdrawal timelines, issued a statement to constituents “setting the record straight.”
“I am firmly in favor of withdrawing troops on a timeline that includes both a definite start date and a definite end date,” he wrote on his Web site.
But in an interview yesterday, McNerney made clear his views have shifted since returning from Iraq. He said Democrats should be willing to negotiate with the generals in Iraq over just how much more time they might need. And, he said, Democrats should move beyond their confrontational approach, away from tough-minded, partisan withdrawal resolutions, to be more conciliatory with Republicans who might also be looking for a way out of the war.
“We should sit down with Republicans, see what would be acceptable to them to end the war and present it to the president, start negotiating from the beginning,” he said, adding, “I don’t know what the [Democratic] leadership is thinking. Sometimes they’ve done things that are beyond me.”
Yes, Rep. McNerney, let’s negotiate with George W. Bush and the Republicans. That has worked very well over the last six years. I’m assuming by “negotiate” you mean giving them everything you want, cutting off your testicles and handing it to them wrapped in a pretty bow. Jesus Christ, you people can be stupid.
These ideas are being pushed from the brilliant minds who, apparently frightened by success in 2006 are back to the halcyon days of the 2002 and 2004 elections where even though they were amazingly wrong, the Republicans listened to their base to the tune of almost 4,000 lives lost.
But yes, let’s negotiate with Bush. Let’s keep the war going. Let’s pretend like the surge is solving anything. What’s another 3,000+ lives in the gulf in order for Democrats to shield themselves from Rush Limbaugh & Co. saying mean things about them?
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