Does Congress understand from its all time low approval ratings that the people are angry?

Rosa Luxemburg

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Wed Oct-24-07 08:10 AM
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Does Congress understand from its all time low approval ratings that the people are angry?

Voters are not happy.
Congress is not serving the people judging by the bad approval ratings.
Voters want to see some results.
There needs to be some remake/remodeling.

What should be done?

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ccpup

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Wed Oct-24-07 08:17 AM
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1. they don't care

Congress doesn't serve the People. That's not their job right now. They serve Corporations who funnel huge amounts of money into their re-election coffers and who then offer them high paid jobs should they somehow inexplicably fail to hold their Seat. I'm through being angry at Congress. Letters, phone calls, FAXes ... does it matter in the end if the Leadership is going to ignore you and do what they like regardless of what we, the People, want?

I don't know what should be done. Support truly Progressive Candidates who run against the do-nothing-and-ignore-you Incumbent?

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Dhalgren

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Wed Oct-24-07 08:22 AM
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2. You're right. Congress works hard for its constituency - the Corporations.

:thumbsdown: to congress...

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leftchick

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Wed Oct-24-07 08:24 AM
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3. they do not care one whit

this is what happens when you have basically a one party system totally corrupted by corporate greed.

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BrklynLib at work

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Wed Oct-24-07 08:27 AM
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4. Perhaps those that lose next time around will learn something.

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Rosa Luxemburg

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Wed Oct-24-07 09:34 AM
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5. you would think that the local parties who put them forward

it would seem at least where I am, the congress members do not report back to the local parties or be held accountable for their actions by party members. Perhaps some of them should go independent or Howard Dean could give them a plan to work from? :think:

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BrklynLib at work

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Wed Oct-24-07 12:57 PM
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6. I sure hope there are a lot more REAL progressives in the Dem primaries next election.

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ccpup

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Wed Oct-24-07 01:03 PM
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8. nope

they often go to work for the corporations that filled their coffers.

(note: has anyone actually seen a coffer? is it a real thing or just a figure of speech? I keep thinking 'metal and shiny and maybe gold') :-)

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Perry Logan

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Wed Oct-24-07 01:01 PM
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7. People don't know that the Democrats showed the highest Democratic unity score in 51 years.

Maybe you didn't know it either.

"President Bush's success rating in the Democratic-controlled House has fallen this year to a half-century low, and he prevailed on only 14 percent of the 76 roll call votes on which he took a clear position.

"So far this year, Democrats have backed the majority position of their caucus 91 percent of the time on average on such votes. That marks the highest Democratic unity score in 51 years."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1728952&mesg_id=1728952
http://public.cq.com/docs/cqt/news110-000002576765.html

Don't let the media rhetoric fool you. The Democrats have acquitted themselves quite well--especially given their bare majority in both houses, and a relentlessly obstructionist Republican minority.

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Rosa Luxemburg

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Wed Oct-24-07 04:31 PM
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10. but why aren't people happy with them?

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cuke

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Wed Oct-24-07 01:04 PM
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9. Do you know that individual members of Congress get high approval ratings

from their constituents?

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Rosa Luxemburg

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Wed Oct-24-07 04:32 PM
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11. yes there are some good people but on the whole

the approval ratings are abysmal and something like a good PR job has to happen

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