11% percent Congressional approval rating an astonishingly low According to the latest Reuters/Zogby poll, the approval ratings of both Congress and President Bush have fallen through the floor. The president received good marks from only 24 percent of those surveyed. But he's riding high compared with Congress. The congressional approval rating was an astonishingly low 11 percent.That's the lowest level of public support for Congress ever recorded. Incumbents in the House and Senate knew they were in trouble last fall, when the approval rating of Congress dipped below 20 percent in the Reuters/Zogby poll. http://www.al.com/opinion/press-...92698902303400.xml&coll=3
24% percent Bush's approval at new low in Reuters
President Bush's approval rating has reached a new low in the newest Reuters/Zogby Poll -- with just 24 percent of those surveyed approving of Bush's job performance. That is down from 29 percent last month.It is lower than the latest register of Bush's approval rating in the Gallup Poll -- 32 percent in Gallup's newest October survey.The newest gauge arrives as President Bush prepares for a press conference in the West Wing this morning -- at 10:40 am EDT -- and as the president prepares to fend off an override of his veto of an expansion of children's health care on Capitol Hilll tomorrow. http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/...oval_at_new_low_in_r.html
25% of Germans see bright side to Nazi rule
Respondents aged 60 or older had the highest regard for aspects of the era BERLIN – A quarter of Germans believe there were some positive aspects to Nazi rule, according to a poll published today – a finding that comes after a popular talk show host was fired for praising Nazi Germany's attitude toward motherhood.Pollsters for the Forsa agency, commissioned by the weekly magazine Stern, asked whether National Socialism also had some ``good sides (such as) the construction of the highway system, the elimination of unemployment, the low criminality rate (and) the encouragement of the family.'' Click for Full Text!