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emilyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 08:58 PM
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Poll: Anti-incumbent sentiment strong
Washington (CNN) - When it comes to Congress, a 'throw the bums out' attitude appears to be alive and well.

According to a new Pew Research Center poll, 52 percent of registered voters would like to see their own member of the House of Representatives re-elected next year, while just over one in three say that most members of Congress should be returned to office. Both numbers come close to the all-time lows seen just prior to the 1994 election, when the Republicans won control of Congress, and the 2006 contest, when the Democrats returned to power in both chambers.

The survey indicates that only 42 percent of independent voters want to see their own representative re-elected in 2010, and just one in four independents think most members of Congress should be returned to office.

The poll suggests that Republicans are more enthusiastic than Democrats. Fifty-eight percent of people who say they plan to vote for Republican in next year's elections say they are very enthusiastic about voting. That's 16 points higher than the 42 percent of people of plan to vote for a Democrat who describe themselves as enthusiastic
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 09:01 PM
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1. Republicans are more enthusiastic than Democrats

If our party would stop sucking the tit of the corporations the Obama enthusiasm from last year would still be in effect.

What a sad outcome when we had so much going for us just 1 year ago.

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Laelth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 09:22 PM
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2. +1 n/t
:dem:

-Laelth
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FatDave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-12-09 02:04 AM
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4. Seriously, you thought the democrats could go without fucking a good thing up?
This time was going to be different?
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Indenturedebtor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-11-09 09:37 PM
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3. What difference does it make? There's only one party
The rest of us are on the "lunatic fringe".
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