The latest SurveyUSA poll further suggests that Kansans prefer their U.S. senators not run for president. Sen. Sam Brownback’s approval rating in the state was back up to 53 percent in April, the highest it’s been since late 2006. His low of 44 percent came last November, a month after he ended his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination.
Sen. Pat Roberts, by the way, is going into his re-election campaign with a 54 percent approval rating, up 3 points from January.
Meanwhile, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ approval rating has dipped some but is still higher than that of the senators. She was at 61 percent approval in April and March, down from 67 percent in February, after she’d delivered the Democratic response to the State of the Union address, endorsed Barack Obama and been featured in Vogue.
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I knew it! Her close association with those that have been called racist, elitist and bigoted. Has harmed her image. But then as Governor she does have to interact with the Kansas Senate ! And being tie to Obama might not have done her image any good in a Republican state either I guess.
These stats also show why McCain is doing well in the polls, now that his nomination is accomplished. When Brownback was missing all those votes, his popularity plummeted. When McCain had primary opposition, his popularity was much reduced. When that blown tanker deal was new, Roberts’s popularity dropped.
So when the Democrats resolve their nomination, and go one-on-one with McCain, public sentiment will begin to coalesce against McCain. When Slattery begins a full-out campaign against Roberts, those numbers will change also. 54% isn’t much of a lead before the campaign has begun.
54% in a Republican state is piss poor.
I smell Republicans bleeding and it is all good.
Kathy is in the outhouse as far as I’m concerned.
My personal approval rating with Brownback increased when he said he wasn’t going to run for re-election. Let’s hope his self-imposed term limits aren’t like Tiahrt’s self-imposed term limits.
george,
And what you think matters…why precisely?
What is interesting in these sorry-ass numbers for Senators Roberts and Brownback is their reflection of the dire, toilet-destined national fortunes of the Republicans.
The special election in Louisiana makes clear that a Tsunami is headed for the GOP. Last night, a Democrat won the special election for the seat in Louisiana’s 6th District–a seat that has been in Repuke hands for 30 years.
“In a further indication that the Democrats are well-positioned to expand their House majority this November, Democrat Don Cazayoux has won a special election tonight for a Louisiana seat that has been in Republican hands for over 30 years.
With 99% of precincts reporting, Cazayoux leads with 49,371 votes, or 49% of the vote, followed by Republican Woody Jenkins at 46,554 votes, or 46%. In a district that voted 59% for President Bush in 2004, that is simply a stunning result.
This is on top of another big Democratic pick-up two months ago, when Bill Foster (D-IL) won the suburban Illinois seat of former GOP Speaker Dennis Hastert.
In short, this year isn’t going very well so far for the NRCC.”
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/dems_capture_longheld_gop_hous.php
Face it, Repukes: America HATES your greedy, dishonest, incompetent asses with a PASSION, and with good reasons. You are destroying America, and all the false controversies and blaming of liberals in the world can’t erase the stink you’ve left over everything from Iraq, to torture, to Katrina, to the U.S. Attorneys scandal, to the subprime meltdown–all YOUR doing.
As the special election in Louisiana shows, your hegemony is DONE. We will CRUSH you in November and get America back to sanity.
No offense to the Governor, but she gets an extra 20 percent for being female and a Democrat (MSM biased polls)
That’s just reality and the way it is.
Even the primary in Guam had three times the turnout than they are used to having.
Hillary and Obama attract votes, excite the electorate, and are looking to steamroll the Repubes back to hell where they came from.
Newt Ginrich gave this cycle to the Dems (no matter who was running).
What is interesting about Gov. Sebelius’ numbers is that she has been under virtually constant attack by the Repbulican-controlled legislature for four months, yet she still has a 61% approval rating in a state with more than 50% Republican registration majority. Hmmmm. I guess this means that she represents well the attitudes and policies of a great many Kansans. I think there are only about 30% Democratic representation among Kansas voters. Hmmmm. I guess that means that a lot of unaffiliated and Repbublican voters think she is doing a pretty good job. Yet Roberts can only manage a 54% approval? I think CF is correct.
Either that Kelly or the Polls are taken in heavily populated Democratic Party Districts of North East Kansas, which I suspect is the case.
Kind of like when Topeka was getting special rates on electricty from KGE and Wichita was left picking up the tab.
Level playing fields do not exist the closer one gets to Topeka and K.C.
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