"Odd Couple" or Ineffective Couple?
Posted on Sun Sep 02, 2007 at 02:59:18 PM EST
Tags: Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Andrew Kohut, Iraq (all tags)
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Today Reuters brings us a standard issue article about the working relationship between the Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. There are interesting tidbits here and there about their mutual frustration with one another. The issues, such as Pelosi's failed attempt to install John Murtha as House Majority Leader and Reid's "the war is lost" musing, have been well covered elsewhere.
At the end, however, there is an important acknowledgment of the single most important factor keeping the approval ratings of Congress low: Iraq.
A poll by the Pew Research Center has since heartened the Democrats, finding that half those questioned remain happy the party took over.The survey found Americans less than thrilled with Pelosi or Reid, however. Only 35 percent approved of Pelosi's job performance, while 37 percent disapproved. Just 21 percent approved of Reid while 33 percent disapproved.
"The biggest thing is the public's frustration with Iraq," said pollster Andrew Kohut. "People expected them to achieve things, they expected them to achieve a way out of Iraq."
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I won't bore you once again by elaborating on that subject--take a look at my previous diaries if you want to know. My point remains this: Democrats cannot reserve Iraq just to run on it in 2008. They must try to end the war now, and make a serious effort of it, or risk demoralizing all of those people who fought to hard for a Democratic Congress in 2006.
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