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» Migisi - Americans losing hope

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http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=26...
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March 20, 2007
Congress Job Approval Back Down Again This Month --
January and February uptick appears to have dissipated
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GALLUP NEWS SERVICE
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(quotes) PRINCETON, NJ -- The modest uptick in approval of the job being done by Congress has dissipated for the most part after only two months. Congress job approval had risen over the last two months after the Democrats took over control of Congress in early January -- fueled in large part by a jump in approval among rank and file Democrats. This month, however, Congress job approval is back down to levels quite similar to where it was in 2006. Democrats have lost a good deal of the positivity exhibited in the first two months of the year after their party took over.
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According to Gallup's monthly update on job approval of Congress -- in a March 11-14, 2007, national poll -- 28% of Americans approve of the job being done by Congress and 64% disapprove. This marks a substantial change from January and February, with approval down nine points and disapproval up nine points...(end quotes)
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Why? We had high hopes that last November's sweep in the elections would send a loud and clear message to ALL in Congress that the American majority wants an end to the Iraq war NOW.
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Instead, we got the 'slow bleed'...
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Sigh.

-- posted by Migisi