About Congress's apparently record low approval ratings

[emax]

The long and short of it is that I had read and heard it being spread around that Congress's approval rating is the worst it has been in 40 years. It has gone as low as 5 % apparently and hasnt approached 20 % approval in months. Considering that it is Republican and conservative majority, that suggests that maybe Americans now want to be under a purely liberal government and that most Americans want socialism. I mean, it seems like there is a zero chance of ensuring that Republicans still have the White House in 2012, especially since Americans have recently tended to flip back and forth between having Dems and Repubs control Congress every 2 years. Do conservatives have a real chance, and are there concrete steps that can be taken, to ensure that Republicans still have Congress or, worst case scenario that they become a minority, that they at least form enough of a plurality to block the staunch liberal elements of Congress from passing obscene new laws ?

[Theodore R.]

Boehner and McConnell should have lost these leadership positions in 2009 or certainly 2011. They were carry-overs from the GWB era. Clearly they are not able to lead a coordinated counter-attack on Obama, and he is using them as sitting ducks to fire on. Their performance is pathetic and their members don’t seem to want to win either.

You nailed it! People in OH and KY haven't a clue about the "leadership."

[Theodore R.]

Boehner and McConnell should have lost these leadership positions in 2009 or certainly 2011. They were carry-overs from the GWB era. Clearly they are not able to lead a coordinated counter-attack on Obama, and he is using them as sitting ducks to fire on. Their performance is pathetic, and their members don’t seem to want to win either.

You nailed it! People in OH and KY haven't a clue about the "leadership."

[LibLieSlayer]

So far it is just more republicrat cowardism. I sure hope that you are right!

LLS