Comments on: Democrats set record!

By: Duck

Duck — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:09:40 +0000

I had to see how Ragnar would spin these numbers. Nobody’s buying it buddy.

People call Bush an idiot, but now with $4+ gas, we know who the idiots are. Bush wanted to drill for domestic oil 8 years ago. Dems now are starting to catch up with Bush’s “idiocy.”

Of course the real idiots are us the public who somehow believe Bush and the not Dems are responsible for today’s expensive gas. We don’t like how the Dems are running Congress, but we are probably going to elect a Democratic House and Senate.

Definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

Wake up America!

By: ragnar

ragnar — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:41:31 +0000

It’s a pretty sweet time to be a Dem, folks dislike the Republican brand so much they hate Congress and they’re still electing Dems to replace Repubs as quickly as they retire!

By: Jeremy Hinton

Jeremy Hinton — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:20:00 +0000

There’s never been a better time to be a Republican congressman.

Really? Then why are 29 (or is it 30 yet) Republican congress-critters retiring, and only 6 Dems? And why of the 7 special congressional elections held this year so far, 6 were won by Dems (3 of which flipped R to D). Congressional approval ratings may be in the cellar, but thus far it hasn’t seemed to translate to any Republican victories.

By: Henry Ryto

Henry Ryto — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:53:07 +0000

Glenn Nye’s only chance is on the coattails of Barack Obama and Mark Warner.

By: Reid Greenmun

Reid Greenmun — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:29:51 +0000

I disagree. I think Glen Nye has a 45% to 50% chance of unseating Congresswoman Thelma Drake. I feel this is due to the demographic shift in the 1st District (more Left leaning “minority” residents this year than during the last election) and due to the lack of enthusiasm many 1st District traditional GOP voters have for what now passes for what is called “The Republican Party”.

While many of the once “GOP “faithful” are luke warm to the Republican Party and towards Senator John McCain, the Democratic Party faithful seem to me to be very enthusiastic and energized – both for “taking Virginia back” and for Senator Barack Obama assuming his new residence in the White House.

By: Not Joel Rubin

Not Joel Rubin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:59:04 +0000

There’s never been a better time to be a Republican congressman. Pelosi and Reid have run Congressional approval ratings even below what Tom Delay and Mark Foley were able to accomplish. Glenn Nye has no chance.

By: Chase

Chase — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:54:32 +0000

This is an embarassing approval rating. However, I think that the old rule of thumb is true that, while people may hate Congress, they generally like their own member of Congress.

That said, given the dismal view of Congress nationally, this does present an opportunity of sorts for John McCain. He can make the argument that a President Obama would have a compliant Congress — a legislative body that most Americans really don’t like.

By: Brian Kirwin

Brian Kirwin — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:27:13 +0000

Yeah, that’s it. People are bashing Democrats because they’re too much like Bush.

Gotcha! Bush’s approval ratings are ROCK STAR compared to Congress.

By: ragnar

ragnar — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:19:14 +0000

What’ll be fun is when there are more Dems in the Senate and House next spring…

What I find more interesting is that the polling is probably due to Americans desire to see the Congress go after the Administration aggressively, yet the Dems just have been too timid or respectful (depending on your perspective – I say timid). If they would start to turn up the heat, I think we’ll see the numbers go up.