Approval of Congress is up to 40%. Still higher than Bush and way higher than the GOP-led Congress. The punditry seems to think Democrats are making a mistake by challenging Bush on Iraq, but that's not what the latest AP poll found:
[T]he AP poll indicates the public wants Congress to push for an end to a war that has claimed the lives of more than 3,200 U.S. troops.The American people want more action to end the war. It's painfully obvious that Bush's policy has been a failure -- and now he's playing political games with the funding.
Forty percent of those surveyed said they approve the job Congress is doing, up from 25 percent approval registered for the Republican majority in the weeks leading to last fall's elections. Disapproval of Congress totals 57 percent.
The public opinion split is identical on the issue of Democratic handling of Iraq -- 40 percent approve, 57 percent disapprove.
