Even more Unpopular

From MSNBC:

As the Senate marches closer toward a nuclear showdown over President Bush’s judicial nominees, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that the American public is dissatisfied — with Congress and its priorities, with Bush’s plan to overhaul Social Security and with the nation’s economy and general direction. Moreover, a majority believes that the Senate should make its own decision about the president’s judicial nominees, rather than just generally confirming them.

* Just 33 percent of the respondents approve of Congress’ job. That’s down 6 points since a poll in April and 8 points since January.

* By 47 percent to 40 percent the public says it would prefer Democrats controlling Congress after the 2006 elections.

* Just 20 percent of those polled say the economy has gotten better over the past 12 months, an 11- point decline since January

* 51 percent believe that removing Saddam Hussein from power was not worth the cost and casualties of that war

* Only 36 percent support Bush’s plan to allow workers to invest their Social Security contributions in the stock market. Virtually unchanged over the last month.

* Just 34 percent say the Senate should generally confirm the president’s judicial picks as long as they are honest and competent, while 56 percent argue that the Senate should make its own decision about the fitness of each nominee to serve.

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