CNN Poll: 90% Of Americans Say Government Policies Need To Be Changed

[JABBS]

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One key number, beyond the obvious, stands out: the same poll found that 56 percent said they considered the Democrats the party of change.

Whether all of this corresponds to Democratic control of the House or Senate this November remains to be seen, but these numbers are very promising.

[AX10]

1. K & R!

[buddhamama]

2. the public perception on the economy

is going to hurt Repubs.

[JABBS]

4. only if the Democrats make it an issue

if the Republicans can steer the conversation to "cut and run," that'll dampen the Democrats ability to regain control of Congress.

[buddhamama]

5. well yes, there are too many variables

which is why i rarely follow polls; however, i believe it'll be harder for Repubs to sell that to the public if their wallets are hurting.

[Warpy]

3. Attention DLC!!!

That is where the middle is, not some fictional soft right place where even diehard pubbies will get religion of the right sort and love our party.

87% want a substantial rise in the minimum wage, and I don't mean three years from now. They know we're 10 years behind, and we need to do something drastic NOW.

Most people want to get out of Iraq, think it was a mistake to go in there in the first place, and realize it's spun out of control. Some want an immediate declaration of victory (we got Hussein) and a fast withdrawal, others want a gradual withdrawal according to a timetable.

Most people realize that healthcare is a mess, that the insurance companies have done a piss poor job of delivering care, and that what little care is out there is understaffed enough to be dangerous. Universal healthcare is another winning issue.

People are FED UP with runaway CEO salaries, of seeing homes of the rich and tacky paraded in front of them when they're in danger of losing their own, and of being afraid every day they go to a job that still pays the bills may be the last, except for training an Indian or Chinese replcacement.

That's where the center is, DLC. Learn from it or let the party just slide into irrelevancy, kept out of power by apathy among Democrats who know the party no longer gives a rip about them and hard right voting blocs turned out by hard right churches aided by Federal dollars.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

6. DLC = GOP-lite

little do they know that their daze be numbered.

[JABBS]

7. like it or not

DLC got us the last Democratic president. Going to the far left won't win much of anything.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

8. even a move to the center, or what used to be the center

would be welcome.
The DLC is little different than the GOP, it is simply a matter of degree.

When the whole bloody policy is doomed to fail, are you suggesting that it is improper to take a fresh look, to revisit old decisions, to re-examine old policies and to take bold new steps to fix what ails our country?

[C_U_L8R]

9. Whatever happened to Chimpie's Man-Date?

hahahahaa
it's just too funny
what a clown our president is
sometimes it just cracks me right up

I guess our country deserves this absurdity