Comments on: President Bush’s Approval Rating Climbs to 44%

By: Daedalus

Daedalus — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 01:20:29 +0000

apologies for pegging you as a republican only. to an extent, i agree with you about partisanship being “the elevation of party over principle, and when that happens, we become engaged in a contest of egos, instead of ideas.” however, being closer to left than center, i’ve never come across a gop candidate i’ve wanted to vote for. then again, i’ve suffered through profound bouts of disillusionment with my own party, and not just one or two times – it seems to be a cycle!

my views never quite fit any label, though. just when i’m making friends with a self-proclaimed liberal, i’ll say something pro-business to throw them off. that’s why blogging is difficult sometimes – if you are critical of one aspect of something (i hate starbucks. well, why not, their coffee is burnt!), it is automatically assumed that you think that way (i am very pro-SME, not anti-business.)

By: Margaret Romao Toigo

Margaret Romao Toigo — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 21:19:16 +0000

I think we can all agree that this is going to be a very interesting election, regardless of whichever side we’re on.

The old pendulum appears to be swinging again, but the Democrats are not getting the traction out of it that they should be, considering the misfortunes that have befallen Mr. Bush’s administration in the past year or so.

27%?

Incumbents Beware!

By: daedalus

daedalus — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:27:11 +0000

whether or not they’ll be able to turn them into actual votes remains to be seen.

You are so right. Speaking from the other side, of course, but this is going to be a very interesting election.

Did you see the poll that came out about the Congressional approval rating being something like 27%? It really is a sad state of affairs when our Congress is that disliked, isn’t it? Something’s not working. It’s like they spend so much time politicking that they’ve forgotten why they’re there in the first place.