A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% would vote to replace the entire Congress and start all over again. Eighteen percent (18%) are not sure how they would vote.
Overall, these numbers are little changed since last October. When Congress was passing the unpopular $700-billion bailout plan in the heat of a presidential campaign and a seeming financial industry meltdown, 59% wanted to throw them all out. At that time, just 17% wanted to keep them.
I find it interesting that people usually dislike Congress more than the President, yet the latter has more power in deciding the country’s path.
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Also known as Operation Clean Sweep (OCS).
The same people wouldn’t lift a finger to write or call their congressman.
The only thing that would get Americans to act is if you mess with their beer, cars and NFL.
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#1 What? And lose the opportunity to say your favority line?
#3 Man, two in a row. Commendable.
#4 We know you have no brain to articulate half a sentence. No need to advertise your handycap.
Most people say that Congress should be replaced. Most of those same people will tell you that their congresscritter is doing a good job, it’s those other morons who are causing the problems …
Put me in there and I fix the place.
Suppose a friend or neighbor tells you he will do something and you are counting on him. He then fails to come through.
A responsible person would never do business with that person again.
Move on. Integrity is like an eggshell, once broken it can’t be put back.
Look up the person thats SUPPOSED to represent you..
Look at where he/she/it was raised.
FIND OUT WHO they are.
you will be surprised..
Most bizarre to me in the article is this “… more than 90% of Congress routinely gets reelected every two years. It’s a shock when any incumbent loses.”
The power and advantage of incumbency is exposed by these numbers. Most want them out, but we can’t get rid of them.
# 10 Number6,
Has more to do with the power of advertising.
Corporate America has long known you can sell shit by the truck load, if you advertise it as greatest thing since milk.
People hate congress but they like their congressperson. They rarely vote out an incumbent.
The reason you can’t get rid of them is because the cost for getting elected is too high. What if the system were publicly funded? Everyone gets the same amount of dollars and appears in the same venues. Level the playing field, and you’ll get new blood and more choices.
Nah… too much work to change anything. I doubt Congress is losing any sleep over this.
#13 Too high a risk for corruption. People already elected have the possibility of abusing that public funding, as well as the party in power.
Pelosi, Frank, Reid and all others will be back. But people will still be blaming the Republicans alone.
Strange as it sounds, I do remember back during the “Contract with America” days, some reporter referred to the “baggage” of incumbancy.
Bullshit. If this were true, none of these assholes would be in office now. Voters are indiots.
There is no use kicking the people out of congress unless you get the money out of it, too.
100% public funding of campaigns would save us taxpayers BILLIONS of dollars.
# 17 Greg Allen,
That and they can’t go to work for lobbyist firms for 3 yrs.
Christ, Guilherme, did you mean “former” instead of “latter”? If not, it doesn’t make sense.
And once again — another total waste of space from Guilherme.
Didja know you can find statistics that show that most Americans believe a dolphin could be president? Holy cow! Get it on the blog!
I’m sorry, but Guilherme has got to go. I’m sure he’s a nice guy, but he’s dumbing things down so far — I might as well be reading some YouTube page…
“57% would vote to replace entire Congress”
With what?
It doesn’t matter if the person elected is a Democrat, a Republican, a Socialist, a Greenie, a Nazi. The person that finally gets in is always a politician!