McCains VP

[mcrib]

Bush is only three points from the lowest approval rating all time for a pres.

[pigsteak]

and congress?

[mcrib]

not sure there have been some pretty bad congress.

[Crankmas]

the partisan party ie. same suit from different parties same dead end policies I think Pigsteak is on it but a third party prez would be interesting

[L K Day]

and congress?

[L K Day]

not sure there have been some pretty bad congress.

I'll answer that one for you mcrib - 9%. Lowest rating ever. And that was before the bail out bill.

[mcrib]

which poll reported that number? The lowest I could find, and it was a fox news poll, was 13.

I would guess that government as a whole had pretty low approval ratings given the countries economy was on the brink of failure. I can't see a congress controlled by anybody getting good polling numbers right now. This is a crisis created during a period of Republican controlled congress with a Republican president. How long did we listen to that idiot blather on about the fact that we are not in a recession and the backbone of our economy is strong. bullshit.

oh and the Republican Congress had a 16% approval rating 10/13-16/08 according to NBC/Wallstreet polling data not too much better.

[pigsteak]

I thought the consensus was that this crisis started with clinton as prez, and the republicans in control of congress. that is when freddie and fannie were asking banks to loosen their lending criteria.

[mcrib]

I figured since I was providing some concrete material I could also make gross overstatements.

[JB]

I thought the consensus was that this crisis started with clinton as prez, and the republicans in control of congress. that is when freddie and fannie were asking banks to loosen their lending criteria.

Probably started with the Carter Administration actually. Still....