Congress is criticized (64 %) for NOT being assertive Enough about

[rodeodance]

the war.

Send to all your Congresscritters!!---Dems and Repugs alike.


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16840614/site/newsweek /



Jan. 27, 2007 - President George W. Bush concluded his annual State of the Union address this week with the words “the State of our Union is strong … our cause in the world is right … and tonight that cause goes on.” Maybe so, but the state of the Bush administration is at its worst yet, according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll. The president’s approval ratings are at their lowest point in the poll’s history—30 percent—and more than half the country (58 percent) say they wish the Bush presidency were simply over, a sentiment that is almost unanimous among Democrats (86 percent), and is shared by a clear majority (59 percent) of independents and even one in five (21 percent) Republicans. Half (49 percent) of all registered voters would rather see a Democrat elected president in 2008, compared to just 28 percent who’d prefer the GOP to remain in the White House.

Public fatigue over the war in the Iraq is not reflected solely in the president’s numbers, however. Congress is criticized by nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of Americans for not being assertive enough in challenging the Bush administration’s conduct of the war. Even a third (31 percent) of rank-and-file Republicans say the previous Congress, controlled by their party, didn’t do enough to challenge the administration on the war.

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1. Thanks for bringing this up. It's not just the White House that needs

to do a better job of listening to the voters. And I think that if the Democratic congress & senate don't carry out their mandate in a stronger way, the mood nationwide could turn REALLY ugly before too long.

[hashibabba]

2. The 100th Congress has only been in session since January 4th.

The Republics have only taken about 50% of the time on the floor whining and complaining. We've heard many great ideas and plans from some of them, and I think they will start to get things done faster now. I'm a little impatient, too, but I'm really hopeful.

[harveyc]

3. They don't have much time ...

since the Congress is going to have to debate and vote on the 2008 Iraq supplemental starting in a few weeks.

So far they have done nothing to end the Iraq war nor get our soldiers out of Iraq.

There will be a heavy price to pay if they approve the Iraq supplemental.