Congress Popularity

In Targeted Republican Districts, Voters Turn on Congress and Their Own Members

Margie Omero | Posted 03.27.2012

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Margie Omero

It's long been a truism of polling that voters hate Congress, but like their own Congressperson. Well, in targeted Republican-held Congressional districts, that's no longer true.

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Obama Rips Page From Former President's Playbook

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 12.07.2011

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WASHINGTON — Give `em hell, Barry? Heading into a tough re-election campaign, President Barack Obama has been railing against Congress to pass ...

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The Kristol Method

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeff Dorchen

Kristol thinks voters need only to be reminded of what a bad Congress we've had for the past two years to get them off this Obama-is-great kick -- and he thinks McCain is just the man to do the persuading.

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A Note for Wolf Blitzer, et. al. on Congressional Approval

David Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Moore

Approval ratings of Congress elecit very different responses from those of the president. For the president, it's his personal popularity. For Congress, it's a general mood of the country.

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Bush, Congress Hit New Low in AP Poll

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — It's almost as if people can barely stand the thought of President Bush and Congress anymore. Bush reached his lowest approval rat...

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