Clinton sends letter to Bush on stimulus
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton sent a letter today to President Bush urging him to agree to the enactment of another economic stimulus package before the end of the year.
“The State of New York is the epicenter of this crisis,’’ New York’s junior senator wrote. “New York projects that more than 160,000 New Yorkers will lose their jobs as a result of the economic downturn. A recent analysis estimates that New York City will lose almost 30,000 construction jobs by 2010, in addition to the tens of thousands of jobs already lost to turmoil on Wall Street.
“We are in a recession which demands decisive action. I believe that in order to stimulate this economy, we need to get people working, earning, and building – not just spending.”
The House and Senate return next week for organizational meetings related to the new Congress that takes office in January. Democrats want to use that time for a lame duck session that could enact a new stimulus package.
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Right. Send to me a letter with your advice, and then release it to the press before it even lands on my desk. I’ll be sure to take your valuable opinion into consideration.
In a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Tuesday, 59 percent of those questioned think that Democratic control of both the executive and legislative branches will be good for the country, with 38 percent saying that such one-party control will be bad. View the public’s view of the parties »
“That much good will from the public opens a window of opportunity for the Democrats,” CNN Polling Director Keating Holland said. “But the public expects results and may not listen to excuses for very long if a Democratic Congress and a Democratic White House can’t get their act together in time.”
The poll also suggests that the public has a positive view of the Democratic Party, with 62 percent having a favorable opinion and 31 percent an unfavorable opinion.
That is not the case for the Republicans, with a majority, 54 percent, having an unfavorable view of the GOP and 38 percent holding a positive view.
“The public has a positive view of the Democratic Party, while the GOP ‘brand’ is hurting. Overall views of the Democratic Party have gone from 53 percent favorable in October to 62 percent favorable now; the GOP overall has seen a 5-point drop in its favorable rating,” Holland said. Watch how pessimistic the nation
Zogby, August 20, 2008 – Job Approval Ratings – Congress 9% – Bush 29% How does this reconcile with your quoted CNN skewered figures? 62% have a favorable rating for the Dem Party, while 9% approve of Congress? Somebody’s figures are way off, or these pollsters are asking loaded questions.
a poll of job ratings is retrospective..the cnn poll
was prospective…big difference
In the poll that matters, Democrats picked up around 20 seats in the House, knocking off 12 GOP incumbents and picking up 9 vacants seats in formerly safe GOP districts. Dems also increased their majority in the Senate, with 2-3 races still left undecided, which may well go to the Dems as well.
With numbers like those, job approval polls seem meaningless.
No, what it means is that too many millions of voters are dolts and have no understanding of the simple physics of politics. Prospective voters should be required to take an IQ test when they register – then, back to the 3/5ths Compromise for the fully half of the public who are indisputably below average and worse. Don’t worry, Walt, there will be a plethora of Republicans at that cocktail party.