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Originally Posted by Muck
Yep, modern women are all about leading from beside their husbands.
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Way to completely and offensively mischaracterize my statements. I guess you still subscribe to the theory that a wife should stand
behind her husband? I can play your little spin game too. Michelle Obama is a graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law (she made it to both places on her merits, by the way). She worked for a large law firm in the private sector, on the staff of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, for various non-profits, as an advisor for the University of Chicago Hospital, and was a board member for a decent-sized corporation. I could certainly see her acting as an advisor (perhaps along with Hillary Clinton) on health care reform. And if she does act in such a capacity, it will be because she is qualified, competent, and not merely defined by her husband's success, which can also be said for Hillary Clinton.
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Originally Posted by Muck
They had a rating of 84% in early 02. Prior to 9/11 it was in the 50's.
It's currently 9%.
Pretty much always the case I guess.
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The strange phenomenon of low Congressional approval ratings paired with high approval ratings for individual Congressmen and women is nothing new and well accepted. It's understandable. People don't understand how Congress works, they see constant gridlock (which occurs naturally, as always intended, as a safeguard against populist, spur-of-the-moment decision-making influenced by constantly fluctuating general opinion), and, in modern America, Congress, in its fractured form, has been dominated by a strong Executive. Meanwhile, they see their home Reps and Senators as fighting for their specific interests and like-minded because they generally come from the same place ("He's one of us!").
By the way, when Rasmussen released the 9% approval rating result, they also released another poll that showed the American populace is still likely to increase the majority the Dems currently hold in Congress.
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