0% Chance Anyone Cares About These Polls in D.C.

Posted by: Avinash on Saturday, May 12th, 2007

The new polls are in for the President and the Congress. And they are as miserable as they’ve ever been, although there is a bright side for Fancy Nancy.

People think the Democratic-led Congress is doing just as dreary a job as President Bush, following four months of bitter political standoffs and little progress on Iraq and a host of domestic issues.

An AP-Ipsos poll also found that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is a more popular figure than the president and her colleagues on Capitol Hill, though she faces a gender gap in which significantly more women than men support her.

The survey found only 35 percent approve of how Congress is handling its job, down 5 percentage points in a month. That gives lawmakers the same bleak approval rating as Bush, who has been mired at about that level since last fall, including his dip to a record low for the AP-Ipsos poll of 32 percent last January.

We’ve run out of things to say about the Administration and the people who should be holding them accountable. We’re more concerned about our bizarre attraction to Nancy Pelosi. What the hell is wrong with us? Does power really attract? Damnit. Make it stop.

How do you feel about Congress and the President? We have an idea what the answers will be, but we’ll throw it out there anyway. Leave your answers in the comments.

Poll: Congress, Bush Share Low Approval [ABC News]
(Image from Sydney Morning Herald)



Topics: Bay Area, National, Politics

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