Pelosi's Popularity Declines

From The Washington Post: “A month after her showdown with the CIA over interrogation techniques, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) finds herself far less popular than President Obama and the generic brand of the Democratic Party. Just 38 percent of Americans approve of Pelosi’s performance as speaker, while 45 percent disapprove, according to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll released this evening. That’s the lowest approval rating Pelosi has received in the Post/ABC poll, although because of the marathon presidential race last year few national media companies have reliable data for how she fared with voters in 2008. One clear trend line has emerged in her 2-1/2-year reign as speaker, and that’s a slow but steady decline in popularity. Shortly after she became the first female speaker in the nation’s history, just 25 percent of respondents disapproved of her, according to a Post-ABC poll in January 2007. Now, almost twice as many people disapprove of her performance. …”

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