Poll: approval of Republicans at record low

With congressional elections less than three weeks away, the Republican Party’s approval ratings are at an all-time low, with approval of the Republican-led Congress at its lowest point in fourteen years, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday.

Forty-seven percent of respondents said they were less in favor of keeping Republicans in control of Congress, compared to fourteen percent who were more in favor of maintaining the current congressional makeup, according to the poll.

Perhaps it’s because those who were promised “limited government!” fourteen years ago are finally realizing that the “limited government!” they’ve been given isn’t quite so limited. With approval for whatever Bush proposes; support for a president who ignores the law with “signing statements”; a record deficit; and out-of-control spending, it’s no wonder those who were promised limited government aren’t happy.

The only feasible alternative is the Democratic Party. When I say feasible, of course, I mean in terms of numbers, not in terms of politics. The Democrats are the only other major party in the U.S.—the only other party with any chance of winning anything big—but they are also just as liberal and big-government as the Republicans.

This is what happens with a two-party system: The two parties eventually become one. Their views and policies become virtually the same, and third parties are kept out of the game because supporters of either of the Big Parties are afraid that the Other Party will win the election, so even though they don’t support “their” party’s politics, they’ll vote for “their” party’s candidates simply so that the Other Party won’t win.

“We the people” indeed.

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