{"id":3527,"date":"2010-08-28T16:49:27","date_gmt":"2010-08-28T20:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=3527"},"modified":"2010-09-30T17:20:28","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T21:20:28","slug":"poll-americans-dont-much-like-congressional-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/28\/poll-americans-dont-much-like-congressional-republicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: American’s Don’t Much Like Congressional Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Jenson, writing on Public Policy Polling’s blog notes<\/a> that Congressional Republicans aren’t terribly popular Americans… or even their own base:<\/p>\n

Our last national generic ballot poll found the Republicans ahead 45-42 despite the fact that Congressional Republicans had a 24\/61 approval rating. Even among respondents who said they were going to vote Republican the Congressional GOP could muster only a 44\/35 approval.<\/p>\n

John Boehner and Mitch McConnell are going to claim a mandate when their party does well at the polls this fall but they don’t even have much of one with the people who are going to vote Republican this fall, much less with the population at large. If they keep on doing what they’re doing the GOP may well take control of the House this fall and then lose it right back in 2012.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To be honest I’m not at all surprised by PPP’s findings, first American’s aren’t terribly happy<\/a> with of Congress in general. Second grassroots conservatives still haven’t forgiven the Congressional Republicans for their big spending, big government bender during the Bush years.\u00a0 And third I suspect if you asked American’s what they really think of Congress they’d say both parties pretty much suck… The current generation of Congressional Democrats only seem to care about expanding the size and intrusiveness of government while spending us into bankruptcy. While Congressional Republicans only seem to care about… To be blunt I don’t know the hell Congressional Republicans care about these days.<\/p>\n

Yeah, sure, they’re paying lip service about returning to commonsense conservative principles of limited government, fiscal responsibility, a strong national defense and vibrant free markets, but given their big spending, big government bender during the Bush years they don’t have much credibility there…<\/p>\n

Anyway, despite their credibility problems Republicans appear to be headed for significant gains November’s mid-term elections… The question will they hold true to commonsense conservative principles or will they go on another big spending, big government bender?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tom Jenson, writing on Public Policy Polling’s blog notes that Congressional Republicans aren’t terribly popular Americans… or even their own base: Our last national generic ballot poll found the Republicans ahead 45-42 despite the fact that Congressional Republicans had a 24\/61 approval rating. 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