Looks like the demo-socialists had a dissapointing week. The amnesty bill was killed, and 3 terrorist attacks were foiled.

If our government had not been sold, lock, stock and barrel, to the corporations, perhaps the people might find something to approve of, but it is no longer a government "of the People, by the people, for the people". We the people, have been betrayed. Why is there no discussion of a Constitutional Convention. We could take our government back by legal means, before it gets totally out of hand.

Thanks Gene,

Your liberal rant has made my point perfectly clear..

Hey Loosey Goosey,
Its the "Liberal Media Conspiricy", that's why you cannot post using the same words I use. The LMC has watches all inbred Fascists like you, and keeps a log of every move you make, what you watch on TV(obviously FOX News, and maybe Tele Tubbies), and where you and your sister/wife go…

I HATE the Republican scum that brought us Bush/Cheney. That and their relentless move to the extreme right has made me determined to vote against them every time they come up for a vote. The Republican Party has made our great country a laughingstock, and I feel it is a crime that these two crooks have not been impeached already…

So the democrats have a one vote majority and that one vote difference happens to be JOE LIBERMAN with DICK CHENEY as the tie breaker.so how much can they get done.

The Democrats were voted into majority because the majority of Americans do not approve of this president and his course of actions. The Democrats have been charged with bringing a “change of direction”.

This article says the Democrats are losing approval. Why? Because they are not doing the job we elected them to do. And Bush is forcing their hand. If you remember about a month ago, the Iraq war finding bill had to be passed. The Democrats asked for a reasonable measure that the Iraqi government was training troops and would be ready to stand on it’s own. Bush vetoed the bill, saying there would be no time tables for withdrawal.

So the Democrats are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. If they don’t give the troops funding, they’re slammed for not funding the troops. If they give Bush the bill he wants, they’re slammed for not fighting to help end the war.

The problem is BUSH - not the Democrats. And “executive privilege” does not mean he is free to do whatever he wants with no responsibility or accountability.

Both parties represent corporate interests and powerful lobbies, otherwise they end up not getting the millions of dollars necessary for campaigns. Even if Obama's campaign runs differently, he would be at the mercy of big business if he came into power.
The Democrats can't do much right now because they only hold and slim majority and Bush vetoes anything they do. The Supreme Court is now sadly dominated by the right (as seen in the most recent rulings), so we don't have as much as far as checks and balances, do we? Like a previous comment stated: at least this Democrat controlled congress won't allow Bush to do whatever he wants like the souless Republican-controlled congress before.

Way is it that only liberal loonies are allowed to use words like LIAR and FOOL on this forum? Not to mention the bigoty being expressed in their personal attacks.
Speaks volumes about CNN's sence of fair play..

CNN can create as many polls as they want. It will not change the fact that I do not trust conservatives to provide the proper oversight, balance budgets, and follow the Constitution instead of trying to amendment it. The GOP's focus has become all about power, not serving the people. In fact, I would take what we have in Congress now over the arrogance of the past 6 years any day.

Coach knight. How do you think you can get a point across when you racial comments on another blogger? whitey?

I'm not even sure what exact 6 decades of damage you are referring to, but I can say, democrats AND republicans have both had control of presidency or congress since then. Don't blame white people, blame politicians.

After spending months on the internet, my understanding of lower polling for the Dems is because they have not ended the "occupation" of Iraq and they have not pushed for impeachment.

If they do those two things they will be superstars!

RightyTighty? Ha! Might as well just say WHITEYtighty. Please…the worst Congress in history. Are you that big of a fool? This Congress has had exactly 6 months to fix the 6 decades worth of damage YOUR president and his cronies have inflicted on the country.
Here's a novel idea…maybe the American people are displeased with Congress for backing down from the president after the veto of the bill to bring the troops home! hell, why do you think voters threw your a** out of office in the first place? They want a new direction…NOW!
By the way, you'd think that a conservative loonie would know how to spell "corrupt".

George Wallace had it right in 1968 when he said that there wasn't 10 cents worth of difference between the Democrats and Republicans. There's even less difference now.

Once September arrives and the "Surge in Iraq" is shown to be too little too late the Democrats will regain significant public approval by bringing an end to the Iraq fiasco.

"CNN has far fewer viewers than it did in the past, and we feel that our brand was getting lost and diluted,"
"…We have only about 200,000 viewers during our CNN segments."
-Gallup

So InfoUSA was brought onboard at CNN because it prefers whats its brand to get lost and diluted?? Hmmm..

Boy, you guys sure are paranoid about Gallup dumping you. Like it a secret or something??

Worst Congress in history? No, that wold be the last Congress that did everything Bush asked for.
- Joe, Louisville

Sorry Joe, but truely scientific polling companies, such as Gallop, are ranking this Congress' approval rating at 14%. The worst ever recorded!

Dear Quinn. What makes you think that what we've got now is what the Founding Fathers intended 231 years ago? Alas, it didn't take 231 years for the ambitious and power-hungry to abort their intentions. George Washingon warned us to avoid party politics AND entangling foreign alliances. It didn't take us long to ignore him.

The Democratic leadership would have retained a higher level of credibility had it not allowed the immigration reform and border security bill to become front-loaded with perks and benefits for a single ethnic voting bloc instead of listenting to the democratic core middle class voters who simply wanted a more secure border control system. Had they concentrated on that, and compromised with some conservatives on that issue, we'd have had a shot at improving border security, and then could have moved forward on immigration reform. Instead, they did not listen to the people who elected them and messed it up.

Poll data is only indicative of those that answer the poll. I love the way the media grabs onto poll data and extrapolates the answers of 1000 people onto the entire population.

What time of the day was the poll taken? What day of the week was the poll taken? These are all elements that factor into the poll results.

As far as democrats and republicans, they're all the same.

Worst Congress in history? No, that wold be the last Congress that did everything Bush asked for.

GOP = Government Over People!. If the last six years has not proven that, especially to "conservatives", then I don't know how you could believe Democrats can do a worse job!

How can this be the worst ranked Congress in history when they haven't even completed their first session?

I also know this - If Hillary Clinton is the best the Democrats can do, they will not get my vote.

This proves that the election of the Democratic Congress was a referendum on Bush, depsite his claims to the contrary.

Personally, I think having the Democrats in power right now is good for the country, because Bush is not free to push his agenda with rubber stamp votes right now - he has some checks and balances. God knows what else besides the immigration bill he would push down our throats if he could.

I also do not vote based solely on Democrat or Republican. There is much more to it. It is about the candidate and what he or she represents. Some Republicans oppose Bush. Some Democrats side with Bush. So there are other things to consider.

Spend and tax democrats who are not very american in their opinions and votes. I hope we change the entire congres this coming election, more conservative thinking, tax cuts, and less regulations so we can build necular power plants for less expensive power for ALL OF AMERICA, and make a move to hydrogen powered vehicles so the prices of food will not go through the roof. But alas this may be wishful thinking if Clinton get the election.

This is not a surprise. Once you get past the old "Red vs Blue" you come to realize that the parties have come so close together that little changes.

Everyone is rank and file with the party lines, and they have the same interests.

Why is anyone suprised?

Until you get someone like Bloomberg who is basically a businessman with little interest in politics, little will change in how our government works.

Dear Cnn/Opinion Research Poll

You failed to contact me so here is my opinion & one held by millions of others.

We do not want Republican or Democratic leadership!

Time for a rEVOLution!!

STOP BAD GOVERNMENT! NOW!!

Thanks CNN for making a big deal out of absolutely nothing! A swing from 49% approval to 42% approval since May, with a sampling error of +/-4.5% for each poll sounds worthy of a headline to me. I think you may have found a trend, here - a trend of overanalyzing statistically identical numbers. I wonder what would happen if you asked voters next week???

This is clearly happening because it's simply a power struggle in our "government". No matter what, any legislation pushed out by the Dems is going to be vetoed by Bush. AND, every bill that Bush wants to push to congress is going to lose. So, it's just a vicious cycle. We need to tear it all down and rebuild everything from scratch. We cannot rely on a 231 year old government anymore!

[...] polls should not be interpreted as preferring Republican control. This attitude is also seen in a  CNN Poll. 49% disapprove of what the Democratic leaders in Congress have done but it is clear in this poll [...]

The poll actual reveals that the American people are increasingly disgusted with all American politicians, regardless of their party affiliation.

This Congress has been ranked as the worst in history. And yet CNN wants us to belive otherwise.

Courrpt polling equates to courrpt results.

I WILL NOT VOTE FOR A DEMOCRAT AGAIN . SAME OLD THING. IS THIS ANOTHER DO NOTHING CONGRESS? they better get something going before they lose a lot of voters.

Here we go again..

Opinion Research Poll is owned by InfoUSA. A personal data collection company that sells your information to the highest bidder. Nothing from this poll can be see as factually representing America because they know who their calling ahead of time.

Of course CNN doesn't want you to know that.

I have a feeling the GOP wont be in favor for a long long time. They've done far too much damage. Though it remains to be seen how much the Dems will screw up.