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A bad year for the party just got a whole lot worse
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Sep 28, 2005 07:17pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, September 29, 2005 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By Jonathan E. Kaplan
A bad year just got worse for the Republican Party when Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) was indicted yesterday.
Since House Republicans slightly expanded their majority in 2004, they have run into one political stumbling block after another, and DeLay’s indictment is just the latest bout of intrigue that has created a political climate not seen since 1994, when Republicans ended the Democrats’ 40-year rule of the House and won control of the Senate.
“We’re going through a rough patch,” said a rank-and-file Republican lawmaker. “I’m more worried about Bush’s poll numbers. The concern [among House Republicans] about DeLay is: Does it disrupt our internal unity and focus?”
Polling data for President Bush and the Republican Party appear grim.
According to a Democracy Corps poll taken earlier this month, 61 percent of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track. Bush’s approval rating has sunk to just above 40 percent, according to several polls taken this month.
An AP/Ipsos poll showed that just 32 percent approve of the current Congress, and several polls reveal that, in hypothetical match-ups in 2006, voters would select a Democratic candidate over a Republican by a nine-percentage-point margin. |
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