Posted on 09/14/2006 5:02:07 PM PDT by Rawlings
NEW YORK — The gap has narrowed to a slim 3-percentage point advantage for Democrats over Republicans in the latest FOX News likely voter poll, though many voters say they are still deciding which candidate to support in the upcoming Congressional elections. Iraq is mentioned at least twice as often as any other topic as the most important issue in voting this fall. While there are sharp divisions on Iraq, a slim majority says they support the war. In polling conducted in the days after the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, and after a nationally televised presidential address to commemorate the anniversary, President Bush’s job rating is up slightly: 40 percent of voters say they approve, up from 38 percent two weeks ago and 36 percent at the beginning of August. The partisan division continues to be extreme, with 82 percent of Republicans saying they approve of the president’s job performance compared to just 12 percent of Democrats. A 53 percent majority of voters says President Bush is honest and trustworthy, the same number as when the question was last asked in May 2004.
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We approve of President Bush INSPITE of those things. Ronald Reagan once said to a man making the same argument as you are making, "Show me a man that goes against me 30% of the time, I'll show you a man that agrees with me 70% of the time."
As important as the things you mentioned are, holding the House and the Senate and staying on offense with islamofascism far outweighs the 30% most don't like. Bush is a great Statesman, an honest man, a Christian, and he has brass balls that would fill a #9 washtub!
LLS
The Rats sealed their fate when they threatened ABC
No. You can have the rats in charge...and Miers isn't a judge. Duh.
Actually, I was worried about Chafee, but he's looking better now. Only Burns is in trouble, but he'll pull it out, + Kean and possibly Kennedy.
Shhhhhhhh. Stop telling the moonbats our secret decoder strategy.
That's stupid.. Clinton didn't face a recession and a global WOT. In fact Clinton destroyed our military while he let terrorists run free. Your priorities are f**ked.
Miers isn't a judge thanks to conservatives who screamed too much for Bush to ignore.
Get your argument straight. Are you angry at Bush or the GOP Congress? Earlier you were whining about legislation passed. Government spending is approved in the House, but both the GOP congress and Bush are responsible for Alito and Roberts. The rats would have put in more judges like Ginsburg. I tire of your sophistry. Learn something about the real world, grow up, and I'll try to help you understand politics when you've shown a willingness to think for yourself.
You don't want answers to your questions. You came here to bash Bush and the GOP. You will find yourself at home at DU Hypocrite.
Remember Jefferts left he Republican party and went Independent/liberal
Click here--you can see what you missed:
http://pathto911.abc.com/index.html
Which is why I'm counting him as a Dem.
"I don't know what the other poster is looking at. I suggest the Rats get a net gain of 2 at best, likely 1."
Agree with all you wrote.
Keans and Rick, yes! Burns Chaffe and Dewine maybe no.....
Only Burns is in trouble, but he'll pull it out, + Kean and possibly Kennedy.
Interesting. I hope you're right.
Haven't seen any new Chaffe numbers since Tuesday. It will be close............
Keans looks pretty good and that's a pick up.
However, think we need to consider a loss of three or four (Burns, Chaffe Dewine and Rick still behind, but maybe a pick up of NJ.
My prediction........Loss of 2 or 3 and pick up of 1
And hold the House by five or six vote margin. Loss of 10.
People are beginning to pay attention and that is never good for the Rats. They are going to take a major hit this year.
Pray for W and Our Troops
His whole presidency... liberal? You must be referring to the Ginsburg clones he's put on the SC (not to mention UN ambassador, district courts, etc), the socialistic tax cuts, his pacifist response to 9/11, and his left-wing positions against abortion and embryonic stem-cell research...
His whole presidency...
You are wrong. Mohammad has his knife at your throat, and you take ancillary issues (which are important, but dims taking control at this time would mean certain defeat in the WOT) and put them priority one. This strategy is a direct path to destruction. It is high time Conservatives ALL realize that our enemy will DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO KILL US. THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS LIFE THAT THEY CARE MORE ABOUT THAN KILLING ALL OF US. They sacrifice family and innocents without hesitation.
Without a victory over these animal fascists, all of your pet peeves will amount to naught. Defeat will lead to a caliphate and an islamic America. NOTHING you have brought up rises anywhere near the level of THAT threat.
Perhaps you are not so different from the dims, as they see their pet issues trumping American lives and way of life! Do you think that the WOT is just a "Bush Election Strategy"?
LLS
I am convinced these polls are manipulated to boost network ratings and to increase newspaper sales.
What they were talking about was 44% on something. But they did say it had been taken before 9-11. Hmmm. Maybe I have the polls mixed up!
(I do know that it was not their Fox Opinion Polls however.
http://www.owise.com/servlet/ow?t=report&script=owise&r_COMMAND=ELECT2006
Owise has only been active a little over a year but it has already made surprisingly accurate estimates. When all the talking heads were saying Rove was likely to be indicted in Plamegate, Owise only gave that a 3% probability. Owise blends together estimates of its members, weighting them based on how accurate each member was in the past. Because a member gets zero weight untl they have a long track record, it is fairly resistant to being spammed like online polls.
Right now Owise is close to your estimates, saying GOP loses about 12 house seats and 3 to 4 senate seats, but is likely to retain narrow control of both. It does give the dems a 34% chance to take the house right now, but only a 9% chance of senate change.
Of course as evidence comes in, the members change their estimates to reflect new information.
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