Boehner's congress is at a whopping 9% approval rating.

[savalez]

"With nearly all Americans remaining fearful that the economy is stagnating or deteriorating even further, two-thirds of the public said wealth should be distributed more evenly in the country. Seven in 10 Americans think the policies of Congressional Republicans favor the rich. Two-thirds object to tax cuts for corporations and a similar number prefer increasing income taxes on millionaires. "

~snip~

"A remarkable sense of pessimism and skepticism was apparent in question after question in the survey, which found that Congressional approval has reached a new low at 9 percent. The disapproval toward Congress has risen 22 percentage points since the beginning of the year when Republicans took control of the House."


link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/26/us/politics/poll-finds-anxiety-on-the-economy-fuels-volatility-in-the-2012-race.html?_r=1&ref=politics

[Merlot]

1. Mission Accomplished!

The repubs WANT everyone to hate and distrust government.

[blkmusclmachine]

10. Top Comment:

The Teahadists WANT us to loathe/fear/mistrust. Game, set, and match.

[MichiganVote]

2. Too high. Should be 1% to complement his buddies.

[Scuba]

3. It's Reid's Congress too. Guess which party has more Senate seats in play in 2012.

[savalez]

5. Yeah but this:

"Seven in 10 Americans think the policies of Congressional Republicans favor the rich. Two-thirds object to tax cuts for corporations and a similar number prefer increasing income taxes on millionaires."

I hope it translates to votes against Republicans.

[Scuba]

7. I hope that translates into votes for Progressive Democrats, not just a bunch of blue dogs. n/t

[Enthusiast]

13. That is our hope.

[nenagh]

4. Thank you savalez....

The information that Congressional approval has reached a new low at 9%... &... Congressional approval rating fallen 22% since the Repubs took over...

Is written in the 4th paragraph from the end of the article.

Below the paragraph telling us how/when the poll was done.

Congrats for finding the information at all :)

[savalez]

6. I know, it's like they

wrapped up the stat findings and then tossed that in hoping no one will notice..

[Beartracks]

8. 9% seems to be the GOP meme lately.

The party of nine-nine-nine and nein! nein! nein! is polling at 9%, 9%, 9%.

:rofl:

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[Enthusiast]

14. ...

:rofl:

[applegrove]

9. I so hope the GOP gets booted out of congress in a year.

[Kalidurga]

11. Well they are working on that as hard as they can...n/t

[Enthusiast]

12. Congressional Republicans don't seem

to be at all worried by this 9% approval rating. They appear to be confident of their reelection. And they are as obstructionist as ever.

They must feel their voter suppression measures will have a real impact in the next election. We should be very alarmed by this.