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Originally Posted by peragro
why, oh why do people think that because poll numbers are down so and so should do such and such. This seemed to be the mentality that lost the last election. I’d much rather have a leader who did what he thought was right rather than what the latest survey said. Why not just elect Richard Dawson president; remember “survey says…”
And please don’t respond with “we’re a democracy, so opinion matters”. We elect officials for a period of time. We don’t ask for opinion every time a decision is needed, thank God.
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Poll numbers matter. That's why they take them. The "political capital" the prez likes to speak of so often are based on his approval numbers. When your approval numbers are high you can cajole fence sitting members of congress to your position by campaigning in their districts, doing photo ops with them ect. When your numbers are low, no one wants to be seen with you and you have less influance. Do you think Frist would have flipped on stem cell research if Bush had a 60% approval rating? No. But at 35% approval Frist can do whatever he wants. Because his numbers are higher than Bush's. If you want to push your agenda you must be popular. It's bad enough being a second term president, but a second term president with low approval numbers doesn't have a lot of "juice."
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Originally Posted by peragro
Oh, and by the way, they support this President by overwhelming majority.
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You don't know this because they took a poll do you?