The public hates almost everything Congress has done

Washington Examiner ^ | 09/13/2010 | Byron York

[safetysign]

Gallup has released a new poll asking respondents to assess the major accomplishments of Congress in the last two years: the national health care bill, the stimulus, the bailout of auto companies, the bailout of major banks and financial institutions, and the financial regulatory reform bill. The pollsters found majority opposition to all those measures, with the exception of financial reform.

The numbers: Bank bailouts, 61 percent disapprove versus 37 percent approve; national health care, 56 percent disapprove versus 39 percent approve; auto bailouts, 56 percent disapprove versus 43 percent approve; stimulus, 52 percent disapprove versus 43 percent approve. Only financial reform, with 61 percent approve versus 37 percent disapprove, is a winner for the representatives and senators seeking re-election.

Although the bank bailout was passed with significant bipartisan support, the news is terrible mostly for the House and Senate Democratic leadership. It's even worse for Democrats when you single out the opinions of independents. Just 32 percent of independents approve of the bank bailouts; 35 percent approve of national health care; 38 percent approve of the stimulus; and 40 percent approve of the auto bailouts. Sixty-two percent of independents approve of financial regulatory reform.

The most partisan division is found over the national health care bill. Sixty-nine percent of Democrats approve of the bill, opposed to just 13 percent of Republicans, and 35 percent of independents, who approve.

Given the bleak news for Democrats, it's no surprise that you're seeing more and more stories like this. The current Democratic majority is a party that wants to look to the future, not events in the distant past of 2009 and 2010.

[safetysign]

A November to Remember.

[muawiyah]

I can see November from my front porch ~ it’s as close as my mailbox now.

[Da Coyote]

Please do not use insensitive words such as “hate”.

I’d substitute “loathe and detest”.

Congress is vermin and should be treated as such.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”Gallup has released a new poll asking respondents to assess the major accomplishments of Congress in the last two years: the national health care bill, the stimulus, the bailout of auto companies, the bailout of major banks and financial institutions, and the financial regulatory reform bill. The pollsters found majority opposition to all those measures, with the exception of financial reform. “

NO-No-No, we need to continue to move forward not backward. It's a choice not a referendum on Obama (unlike 2006 and 2008 where democrats said it was a referendum on Republicans). Obama just got the car out of the ditch so he wants to keep the keys. We are moving in the right direction. They brought back the economy from the brink. LOL

Right now democrats are playing "Go door to door to get out the base to vote"

[PATRIOT1876]

Let's get rid of those who are causing a stench in BrainWashington!

ALL the traitors and MIS-representatives that voted for the vile steaming Health Care bill and the cap n’ Trade scam should be voted out in NO-vember!

[PATRIOT1876]

*national health care, 56 percent disapprove*

That sounds WAY too low.

I'm thinking 70-80% disapprove of it. This is the main topic that the Dems are afraid to bring up. I think a very large majority of Americans don't like the way that the bill was rammed through against the wishes of the people.

“Here sign this blank contract. We don't know what's in it or is going to be in it. We'll find out after the country has been devastated.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!”

~Pelosi

[Sarajevo]

The public hates almost everything Congress has done

In other polling news- Water is wet, and fire burns.

Whoever conducts these polls really needs to get a life. We don't need a poll to tell us that.

[Liz]

Turns out Bill Clinton was wrong when he told Dems voting
for Ocare was the key to winning a permanent Dem majority.

[neverdem]

BTTT!