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...wrong way for Republicans. In a TIME poll conducted last week, Bush's job approval rating was mired at 39%; 3 in 5 Americans said the country is headed in the wrong direction, and when those surveyed were given the choice between a generic Republican and a generic Democrat for Congress, the nameless Democrat won, 50% to 41%. The signs suggest an anti-Republican wave is building, says nonpartisan electoral handicapper Stuart Rothenberg, whose Rothenberg Political Report is closely followed in Washington. "The only question is how high, how big, how much force it will have. I think it will...
...Governor Warner is a youthful, energetic Southern Democrat who exhibits a lot of national potential,” he wrote...
TIME's latest poll finds American voters heading into November's election dissatisfied with the Republican-dominated status quo, but not necessarily convinced that the answer lies in voting Democratic. The poll, conducted March 22-23, finds Americans unhappy with the performance of the Republican-controlled Congress - 39% approve, versus 49% who disapprove - and gives Democrats a 9-point lead when voters are asked to state which party's candidate they would choose for a House of Representatives seat (50% answered Democrat, 41% chose Republican). Voters favor Democratic control of Congress by 49% compared with 38% for Republican control...
...Jane Harman, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, already supports the program. She wants it grounded better in the law, but she isn't calling for its end. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi takes in effect the same position: "What she is saying is that you need to follow the law when you do this critical work," explained a spokesman...
...Three months after the New York Times broke the story outlining the program, it now appears that Democrats aren't unhappy about what Bush did; they just don't like the way he did it. Even Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold, who proposed to censure the President for his handling of the matter - and generated some unhappiness in his own party for doing so - has so far stopped short of saying the program should be eliminated...