Worst Congress ever rating puts Dems in jeopordy
Dan Balz:
...It means more people are learning the joy of voting against Democrats and Republicans usually get the benefit of that kind of vote. The Democrats find themselves in this position because they are pushing a much more liberal agenda than they campaigned on and that includes Obama. Liberalism is doing something the GOP could not do on their own and that is turn voters off when it comes to Democrats.
No Congress is ever loved, but the assessments of this Congress are striking in their negativity. In the most recent NBC News-Wall Street Journal poll, only 7 percent rated the performance of Congress above average, and 34 percent called it one of the worst.
Two benchmarks put that number into perspective. In October 1994, shortly before Republicans ousted Democrats from power in the House and Senate, 16 percent called that Congress one of the worst. In October 2006, just before Democrats recaptured control, 25 percent called that Congress one of the worst. In the past five months, the percentage rating this Congress that low has jumped 11 percentage points.
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A third finding underscores the problem for Democrats: Thirty-eight percent said their member of Congress deserves to be reelected, and 49 percent said it is time to give a new person a chance. That is identical to the percentage who said to give a new person a chance a month before the 1994 GOP landslide and slightly above the number a month before the 2006 Democratic takeover.
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No they are losing because they are weak willed nanny state losers who don't stand up to fight because they are too scared of what Cheney might do to them. Pathetic.
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