Interesting new Zogby Poll re Dems

Originally Posted By Darkbeer

<a href="http://www.washtimes.com/national/20060222-115217-8717r.htm" target="_blank">http://www.washtimes.com/natio
nal/20060222-115217-8717r.htm</a>

>>Democrats, after 11 years as the minority party in Congress, still can't get it right with their own voters, a poll shows.

By objecting to virtually every initiative and proposal of the Bush administration and congressional Republican majority, Democrats are undermining their party's chances of regaining the majority this fall, the John Zogby poll of 1,039 likely voters suggests.

While House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and other visible Democrats in Washington pick fights with Republicans, the poll shows that 58 percent of rank-and-file Democratic voters say their leaders should "accept their lower position in Congress and work together with Republicans to craft the best legislation possible."

Only 6 percent of Democratic respondents say the No. 1 goal for their party's lawmakers in Congress should be to bury Republican bills.

The poll suggests that many Democratic voters accept their party's minority status. Nearly a quarter of Democrats -- 23 percent -- say Republicans do a better job running Congress.

"Democrats nationwide now seem to be adopting this minority-status mind-set," says Fritz Wenzel, Zogby International spokesman. "Democrats are tired of the warring and bitter partisanship that goes on inside the Washington Beltway." <<

 

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Originally Posted By Darkbeer

^Amazing, nothing to say about the article, just another personal attack!

Whatever...

 

Originally Posted By bboisvert

<<The poll suggests that many Democratic voters accept their party's minority status. Nearly a quarter of Democrats -- 23 percent -- say Republicans do a better job running Congress. >>

23% = "many"? One could then reasonably extrapolate that 77% feel that the Republicans are doing a crappy job.

<<Only 6 percent of Democratic respondents say the No. 1 goal for their party's lawmakers in Congress should be to bury Republican bills.>>

Which flies in the face of the right-wing noise machine that "all" (all being 100%) Democrats want to do is obstruct.

The rest of DB's article was unposted. Here is the part which indicates that "many" more Republicans (29%) feel unhappy with the Republican led congress.

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"The poll reconfirms what Americans have been saying for months: Under Republican leadership, America is headed in the wrong direction," said DNC communications director Karen Finney. "The truth is, a lot of Democrats know that Republicans aren't doing a good job running Congress, and a strong majority have faith in Democratic leadership and ideas."

The Zogby survey also finds that 29 percent of Republican voters deem their party's leadership in Congress a "failure because it has passed legislation that has caused massive increases in federal spending and has not made meaningful progress on issues important to the rank-and-file Republicans."

"Republicans have lost a third of their support in their own ranks," Mr. Wenzel said. "Respondents who identify themselves as 'conservative' or 'very conservative' are leading the way in unhappiness over the growth in government since 2001 and the ballooning federal spending and budget deficits."

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Originally Posted By TomSawyer

>>Amazing, nothing to say about the article, just another personal attack!<<

Darkbeer, what do you have to say about the editorial? Why not include your own comments instead of being our own conservative opinion RSS feed?

 

Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder

"Darkbeer, what do you have to say about the editorial? Why not include your own comments instead of being our own conservative opinion RSS feed?"

Exactly. Darkbeer, if you ever post something of substance around here, or better yet, make ONE post that isn't a link and or full of text from that link, edited down to show only your biased POV, then maybe, just maybe, you'd be taken seriously. You do this EVERYWHERE you post on all topics. Complaints such as mine against you are not new. I was reading posts like the one I'm writing now about you on mouseplanet five years ago. Your act is old, tired and not appreciated.

 

Originally Posted By cape cod joe

Does that mean I'm good with no text, links, biases, NO NOTHING!!!:)))

 

Originally Posted By RoadTrip

Once again Dark does his patented selective copy/paste. It's amazing how he can consistently make articles seem to say what they don't say.

 

Originally Posted By JeffG

I'm curious why he thinks this is interesting, as the thread title states. It would certainly be nice if he would actually use his own words to tell us...

-Jeff

 

Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder

"I'm curious why he thinks this is interesting, as the thread title states. It would certainly be nice if he would actually use his own words to tell us...

-Jeff"

I called him on it, but that would be the Admined post. He's done this for years and years on site after site. What a bore.

 

Originally Posted By StillThePassHolder

Unreal.