39 Congressional Representatives Earn A+ From Americans For Prosperity

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Todd Akin
Justin Amash
Mo Brooks
Ann Marie Buerkle
Dan Burton
Steve Chabot
Jason Chaffetz
Mike Coffman
Jeff Flake
John Fleming
Trent Franks
Scott Garrett (From New Jersey! Yay!!!)
Trey Gowdy
Tom Graves
Andy Harris
Wally Herger
Tim Huelskamp
Bill Huizenga
Jim Jordan
Raul Labrador
Doug Lamborn
Jeff Landry
Cynthia Lummis
Tom McClintock
Patrick McHenry
Donald Manzullo
Kenny Marchant
Mick Mulvaney
Randy Neugebauer
Mke Pence
Benjamin Quayle
Reid Ribble
Jean Schmidt
Dave Schweikert
Steve Southerland
Marlin Stutzman
Tim Walberg
Joe Walsh
Joe Wilson

Congratulations to them and congratulations to you if you are luck enough to have one of these people as your representative in congress.

Source: Americans For Prosperity

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Kentucky: Barr Trails Chandler by Only 4 pts

Chandler also should worry about other numbers in the poll, said J. Brad Coker of Mason-Dixon Polling & Research of Washington, D.C., which conducted a district-wide telephone survey of 500 registered voters Oct. 15 to 19 for the Herald-Leader and WKYT-TV.
Only 46 percent of voters said they approved of Chandler's job performance as congressman while just 42 percent said they held a favorable opinion of him.
The fact that Chandler fell under 50 percent on all those questions — after four terms in Congress and two decades in Kentucky politics — suggests that many undecided voters would consider a change, he said. These sorts of numbers often precede an incumbent getting the boot, he said.

Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2010/10/23/1491204/kentucky-poll-chandler-and-barr.html#ixzz13DKi0G2d

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New Jersey: Panic in Frank Pallone Camp, Cancels Debate With Anna Little at Last Minute

Representative Frank J. Pallone (D-NJ-6) abruptly canceled his appearance at a scheduled candidates' forum with Republican challenger Anna Little. But Little announced that she would appear as scheduled at the forum sponsored by two county medical societies.
Pallone cited a "scheduling conflict," according to this press release by Little, who suggested that Pallone was simply running scared.
Frank Pallone is scared to talk to doctors in New Jersey about the government takeover of healthcare he rammed through the Congress. And that's disappointing. Not surprising, I must say, given his efforts to do everything he can to find ways not to have to appear on the same stage or in the same forum with me, but disappointing nevertheless.
The good news is that I'll have all that time to myself to hear the doctors complain about PalloneCare!

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2010 Wins and Redistricting Will Combine for More Republican Gains into the Near Future

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The GOP can do this by sweeping governorships in states that will lose or add congressional seats beginning in 2012. Because their quotient of House seats will change, those states will draw entirely new district maps.

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Republicans More Than Double Generic Poll Lead From a Month Ago

Likely voters prefer Republican congressional candidates over Democrats by 7 percentage points in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll out Wednesday — up 4 percentage points from a month ago.

Republicans hold a 50 percent to 43 percent lead among likely voters in the generic ballot matchup, a measure asking voters whether they'd prefer to vote for a Democrat or a Republican for Congress.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43880.html#ixzz12uciDcrC

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Independents as Upset as Republicans

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In an Associated Press-GfK Poll this month, 58 percent of independents and 60 percent of Republicans said politics is making them angry, compared with 31 percent of Democrats who said so. About 7 in 10 independents and Republicans were disgusted, compared with 4 in 10 Democrats, and independents and Republicans were likelier than Democrats to be disappointed, depressed and frustrated.

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Disapproval of Congress Remains Steady

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Do you approve or disapprove of the performance of the United States Congress?

	Apr. 2010	Mar. 2010	Feb. 2010	Jan. 2010
Approve	24%	24%	18%	24%
Disapprove	63%	66%	73%	65%
Not sure	13%	10%	9%	11%

Source: Angus Reid Public Opinion
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,004 American adults, conducted on Apr. 20 and Apr. 21, 2010. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

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