what Americans really think of congress

[Gunny]

a significantly growing slice of the American electorate is unaffiliated and does not register as either democrat or republican. A poll that shows that a majority of Americans prefer a democratic congress can very well be an indication of just how profoundly disillusioned that slice is with this president and his party. It can hardly be dismissed as "crap" out of hand.

Sure it can. The polls for reasons already stated.

The fact that the people who put the GOP in control of Congress got tired of them not doing what they put them there for, and not keeping them in power is hardly a ringing endorsement for the Democrats, nor indicative that anyone has changed sides. I realize that's the way it's been spun since last Nov, but it is in fact nothing more than an illusion.

I guarantee you that if Republicans/conservatives start conducting witch hunts on the same petty level the Democrats/liberals have, and keep a 6 year smear campaign ongoing in the media, just as much crap will be dug up on Democrats.

NO ONE left, right or on the moon can survive a zero defect mentality.

If I had my way, every damned one of them, Republican and Democrat alike would be looking in the classifieds for employment next year.

 

[mattskramer]

I hardly see how this refutes my statement. Conservatives agreeing with specific supposed Democrat ideas and/or not agreeing with specific supposed GOP issues is hardly an indicator of who is what.

I don't agree with a few of the President's policies/decisions, but doesn't mean I'll vote for either Hillary or Obama. The GOP could run a cadaver and I'd vote for it before either of those two.

Hmmm. I understand your point. I want us to be tough on crime, so I might be a conservative. Yet, I think that homosexual couples should at least get civil union status. Okay. I’m a conservative who supports civil unions. Okay, but I also think that people should be allowed to consume marijuana. Okay, so I’m a pro-homosexual and pro-marijuana conservative. If I keep going I might have to conclude that I’m a liberal.


I’m just using the above paragraph as an example. Per the link that was given, I think that there are several key questions that seem to be answered by the public in favor of the Democrats. Check out the following:

http://home.ourfuture.org/assets/20070612_theprogressivemajority_report.pdf

Yes, RSR, I know that it is from a liberal web site. Yet, if the statements and statistics are true and accurate, the public might be more liberal than conservative.

 

[red states rule]

Broken promises
By John Boehner
July 2, 2007
In November, House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, triumphantly declared that "Democrats are prepared to govern and ready to lead." She said Democrats would make the 110th Congress "the most honest, ethical and open Congress in history." That was then.

It's already June and those promises remain completely unfulfilled. In fact, the biggest problem facing House Democrats is their fondness for making promises — promises they can't make good on or never had any intention of keeping.

Sure, you say, politicians make a lot of promises — but they usually keep at least a few of them. A report released last week by House Republicans — titled "The Top 100 Broken Promises by Democrats" — chronicles the astonishing divide between what congressional Democrats promised and what they've actually delivered. The leaders of the current majority promised they would run the "most honest, open, and ethical Congress in history." What they've delivered is a more closed, intellectually dishonest and ethically ambivalent legislature — precisely the opposite of what the American people thought they were getting.

The Democrats have been entirely unable to govern and their string of broken promises has left few accomplishments of which to speak. Indeed, nearly half of the 39 bills signed into law either name federal property or build a road.

Not surprisingly, Gallup last week showed that just 14 percent of Americans — an all-time low — have confidence in this Congress. The previous low point for Congress was 18 percent at several points in the time period from 1991 to 1994, the last time Democrats were in power. Republicans recognize these numbers are a reflection on all of us. But unlike the Democrats, Republicans have demonstrated in recent months that we recognize the need to restore the bonds of trust between the American people and their elected leaders. We got the message, and we got it the hard way. House Republicans have kept the promise we made to the American people six months ago to return to our core principles and focus on the need for smaller, less costly and more accountable government. And where the majority fails to lead, Republicans are stepping up.

One of the only meaningful accomplishments of this Congress to date has been legislation enacted to fully fund American troops fighting radical jihadists — a bill that was carried on the strength of a unified Republican Party.

House Republicans forced the majority to restore GOP earmark reforms that bring greater transparency and accountability to federal spending. We put forward a plan to balance the federal budget without raising taxes on middle-class families. And just this week we saved American taxpayers more than $1 billion by preventing Democrats from shutting down the practice of private unpaid tax collection, an initiative that collects unpaid taxes the IRS bureaucracy is unable or unwilling to pursue.

for the complete article

http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps...=/20070702/EDITORIAL/107020003/1013/editorial