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Originally Posted by Baasinator
The funny thing about approval ratings is that they are only used to criticize Bush's performance. Why does nobody mention the fact that Bush's approval rating is far higher than that of the Pelosi Congress? You remember - the one that was going to change everything two years ago? Bush's approval rating is often double!
We see what kind of change these Liberal Democrats are capable of. Obama's camp is already trying to downplay expectations. It's a joke. We need change on a grand scale, but it's not coming from Obama or McCain or Palin or Pelosi... they will all give us a bigger government, and that's exactly what we don't need.
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The people aren't being poled on who's Congress it is. Just because the speaker is a Democrat does not mean the people disapprove of Pelosi or Democrats, per se. The people disapprove of Congress on the whole. Maybe they disapprove of Congress largely because congressional Republicans have stood in the way of progress, blocking votes etc. Have you considered that? ONE party is never solely to blame unless they have a filibuster-proof majority. Come on. Surely, you know that.
Government must get bigger because population grows, GDP grows, everything grows. Isn't that obvious? The problem is efficiency of government. I'm sure we'd all agree on that problem.
It's natural for a President to have a bottom possible rating that is higher than Congresses because the President is of just one party. The base will never admit a mistake or a failure of their choice. On the other hand, it's easy for either side to say Congress is a failure because there is always a large number of the opposition present. Again, isn't this obvious? Or are you just trying to stir up an argument?