How has Obama been able to distance himself from Congress?
http://www.gallup.com/poll/108856/Co...ordLow-14.aspx
July 16, 2008
Congressional Approval Hits Record-Low 14%
by Lydia Saad
PRINCETON, NJ -- Congress' job approval rating has dropped five percentage points over the past month, from 19% in June to 14% in July, making the current reading the lowest congressional job approval rating in the 34-year Gallup Poll history of asking the question. The previous low was 18%, last reached in May.
The 75% currently disapproving of Congress is just shy of the record-high 78% in March 1992.
Bottom Line
As economic conditions in the country are worsening, Congress is taking the brunt of it. Since the start of the year, public approval of Congress has fallen from 23% to 14%, while approval of President George W. Bush has been more stable: 32% approved of the job he was doing in early January versus 31% today, with a range of just 28% to 34%.
A Congress (securely run by the Democrat party) that has performed at a 14 percent approval rating does NOT need to be rewarded.
Our system of "CHECKS and BALANCES" only works when the president and congress are members of different parties.
Will the candidate that you support VETO the inappropriate bills that WILL come out of the House and Senate???