What solution? Dismantling social security entirely is not a solution to fixing it. It was actually not a dangerous issue for him at the time since public opinion polls were fairly close initially. After all, Bush had a "mandate". After the "crisis" nonsense was revealed, opinion polls fell and his effort to get rid of social security fizzled.

Dems could accomplish very little during that time although they proposed some solutions as the minority party (see earlier post). Put a Dem in office(or at least a Pub who respects the need for social security) and you will see real solutions on this issue.

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The only way that approval rating is going to go up is if Congress steps up and ends the Iraq war. Would you have them do that?

You mean like....whether or not to keep the Senator names and earmarks secret from the public? They did that already....and that decision wasn't hard for them.

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Its not like the HARDCORE Dems who are unhappy with the Leadership are going to vote for the Republicans.

Just before the elections last year, I believe the approval rating for Congress was just as bad..if not worse..

I think people generally tend to cut the CinC more slack than the suits on Capitol Hill..regardless of party affiliation..Ironically, though...Brush-Clearer has really lounged in the basement for a while...

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Laughable.
Part of the reason their ratigns ae gogin down is the flippant way they are treating that war.



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Uh no...

public approval of Congress has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade


...and the worst part is this is a poll done for the benefit and by a "liberal" newspaper knowns as the LATIMES...ouch.




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Many people predicted the Democrats placating the Far Left minority would harm them and thats exactly what is occuring.

You are absolutely correct.
Congress' ratings dump began the day after they shirked their election mandate and caved in to the War-Criminal-In-Chief. The polling affirmed this.

Yet somehow Americans still strongly prefer the Democrats to the Republicans. I guess America is far left.

Do you think it is good for the country or bad for the country that the Democratic party is in control of Congress?"

Good: 51%

Bad: 37%

http://www.pollingreport.com/congress.htm

It's true, though, that they've lost some support among Dems wanting to end the war by any means. For them, the Republican Party is no alternative. Republicans voted lockstep for stay-the-course while Dems first passed a timetable resolution that was vetoed before 38% of House Dems eventually voted for funding with no timetable, while 99% of House Pubs did. The message for '08 is pretty clear.

Right Direction/Wrong Track results are incredibly low. It's at 19-68 (about 10 points lower than in mid-late '06).

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/se...SJ_Release.pdf

Many Pubs are frustrated at what Bush has done to their party and feel he's jeopardizing their chances in '08 just like '06. Notice Bush's recent approval rating drop has been primarily among Republicans. Dems of course still know that Bush is in power and holds the veto pen on any meaningful legislation. This sort of gridlock did not result in the same dissatisfaction in the 90's. Clinton was most certainly not the polarizer Bush is.

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See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction.

- G.W. Bush, 10/3/2003

And this fool try to tell the world he is a uniter and not a divider. No wonder this total failure drink so much.

I figured the approval ratings would be poor.....

These guys all LIED to get into office. They promised one thing but failed to deliver.

They are no better than the corrupt Bush administration...

When is America going to wake up and start electing some good 3rd party candidates, or some fresh faced candidates with FRESH ideas??

These old timers who have been in office for ages are all corrupt and worthless.

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"Never spend your money before you have earned it."

--Thomas Jefferson

"One man with courage is a majority."

--Thomas Jefferson

This is really funny - wonder how many hits one would get from a Nexus search on lib media airheads talking about Bush's low ratings for the last few years - but for congress' 17% ratings - hardly a peep.

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