(Via Atrios):
As for Bush's ratings:
Just 36 percent of the public approves of his job performance, his
lowest-ever rating in AP-Ipsos polling. By contrast, the president's job
approval rating was 47 percent among likely voters just before Election Day 2004 and a whopping 64 percent among registered voters in October 2002.
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As bad as Bush's numbers may be, Congress' are worse.
Just 30 percent of the public approves of the GOP-led Congress' job
performance, and Republicans seem to be shouldering the blame.
By a 49-33 margin, the public favors Democrats over Republicans when
asked which party should control Congress.
That 16-point Democratic advantage is the largest the party has enjoyed in AP-Ipsos polling.
Woohoo.
But there's one little part that shows why Republicans are still more successful than they should be:
"These numbers are scary. We've lost every advantage we've ever had," GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio said. "The good news is Democrats don't have much of a plan. The bad news is they may not need one."Always sticking to the party line even when admitting problems. Democrats still don't have a plan. They'll never have a plan. Even when they have a plan, they still don't have much of a plan.
And for the record, no, I'm not amazingly impressed by the "Real Security" plan, but a) it's a step in the right direction, and b) it doesn't matter because when they do put something together, it gets brushed aside in 1.5 seconds because it doesn't fit into the "no plan" story line.
And because I want to fit in...
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