w1ld wrote:
] ] WASHINGTON - As the Senate marches closer toward a nuclear
] showdown over
] ] President Bush’s judicial nominees, the latest NBC News/Wall
] Street Journal poll finds
] ] that the American public is dissatisfied — with Congress and
] its priorities, with Bush’s
] ] plan to overhaul Social Security and with the nation’s
] economy and general direction.
] ] Moreover, a majority believes that the Senate should make
] its own decision about the
] ] president’s judicial nominees, rather than just generally
] confirming them.
] ]
] ] Perhaps the most revealing finding in the poll is the
] ] attitude toward Congress. Just 33 percent of the
] ] respondents approve of Congress%u2019 job. That%u2019s
] ] down 6 points since a poll in April and 8 points since
] ] January.%u201CThe public is exceptionally displeased with
] ] the Congress,%u201D Hart said. %u201CIt is [its] lowest
] ] set of numbers since May of 1994,%u201D the year when
] ] congressional Republicans defeated their Democratic
] ] counterparts in the midterm elections to take control of
] ] both the House and Senate. According to this poll, by 47
] ] percent to 40 percent the public says it would prefer
] ] Democrats controlling Congress after the 2006 elections.

This is because Republicans in Congress help corporations, while Democrats in Congress help localities.

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