Congress approval rating at 9% and Congress doesn't like it

Scuba

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Tue Nov-15-11 06:47 AM
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Congress approval rating at 9% and Congress doesn't like it

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#45297659

Wonderful clip of Senator Micheal Bennet (D-Colorado) comparing Congress's approval rating with the IRS, making the US a communist nation and Fidel Castro.

Segment runs 3:33

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Obamanaut

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Tue Nov-15-11 06:53 AM
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1. They don't *really* care what the approval rating is. "We the people" tend to

vote for 'the name you know', so congressmembers can be fairly confident of their reelection if they choose to seek it. So, they don't care much about a poor approval rating.

Their jobs are secure, and they know it.

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liberal N proud

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Tue Nov-15-11 07:17 AM
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3. Exactly

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Bluenorthwest

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Tue Nov-15-11 08:52 AM
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9. Is that what happend in 2010, they all got re-elected?

I thought we lost a majority to the other Party, which would suggest that many who sought it did not get it?

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Obamanaut

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Tue Nov-15-11 01:34 PM
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13. Typically there is only about a 10% turnover rate in congress - both houses.

Edited on Tue Nov-15-11 02:21 PM by Obamanaut

The preponderance of that turnover is caused by death and retirement.

Historically, about 90% of the members of both houses who seek reelection are successful. That's a real good record for job security.

edited to add this wiki link, one article that supports my numbers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_stagnation_in_the_United_States

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socialindependocrat

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Tue Nov-15-11 09:50 AM
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12. Get the word out - VOTE THEM OUT!!

That's why we need to get the word out to all the numb-heads out there.

The incumbents have screwed the people and we need elect new people

1) It'll show that we won't take their crap anymore.
We demand to be listened to.

2) If the "newly electeds" don't make life better for "We THE PEOPLE"
we'll replace them, too.

Every decision our elected officials make needs to make life better for all
Americans.

The "corporations are people" nonsense needs to be reversed and the Supreme
Court needs to be investigated for not doing their job.

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Locrian

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Tue Nov-15-11 07:15 AM
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2. gee they're on their way to 1% aren't they? - nt

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closeupready

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Tue Nov-15-11 07:25 AM
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4. Yes, and it will fall lower than 9%. I won't predict a bottom, but

things are not changing, so I see no reason to feel that Congress' sinking numbers have been frozen.

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newfie11

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Tue Nov-15-11 07:43 AM
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5. Truthfully they are already there n/t

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Octafish

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Tue Nov-15-11 07:47 AM
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6. 9-percent sounds high.

Probably closer to 1-percent.

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elocs

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Tue Nov-15-11 08:14 AM
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7. If the question were, "Do you approve or disapprove of your member of Congress?"

my guess is that the number would be much higher.

People don't like Congress, but they do tend to like their own representative because that person brings the goodies to their district.

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RUMMYisFROSTED

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Tue Nov-15-11 09:20 AM
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10. It's in the 40% approval range. nt

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BanzaiBonnie

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Tue Nov-15-11 08:50 AM
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8. Is there any organization that does polling

Edited on Tue Nov-15-11 09:01 AM by BanzaiBonnie

asking about Republican and Democratic congressional representatives as seperate groups?

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barbtries

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Tue Nov-15-11 09:25 AM
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11. so

as noted on Rachel, they spent yesterday naming post offices after people or somesuch SHIT.
apparently they don't care. you'd think some of them would just even want to feel better about themselves. but i guess they're just buried in the greed.

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Tierra_y_Libertad

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Tue Nov-15-11 01:37 PM
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14. ".....there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress." Mark Twain

"It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress." Mark Twian

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