Thread: Graham’s approval plunges on immigration

Graham’s approval plunges on immigration
By Aaron Blake
June 22, 2007
Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) approval rating is taking a pounding in his home state as a result of his strong support for a bipartisan immigration reform bill, a new poll showed Friday.

Graham’s approval rating has sunk to 31 percent and he has a 40 percent disapproval rating, according to a poll released Friday by Atlanta-based InsiderAdvantage. The new poll points to Graham’s support for the Senate immigration bill, which includes a path to citizenship, as a likely reason for his apparent unpopularity.

His disapproval among Republicans is higher — 46 percent — than among Democrats —30 percent. Both give him an approval rating in the low 30s.

Only 21 percent of respondents approved of the immigration bill, while 63 percent disapproved. When asked whether they approved of Graham’s “efforts to reach a consensus among his colleaguesâ€

Wow! Graham must be smoking the same crap kennedy and mclamebrain are.

[quote]“The only thing I know about InsiderAdvantage polls is they claim 40 percent of Americans want both President Bush and Dick Cheney impeached,â€

If he were to lose his re-election bid in 2008 that would serve to send a STRONG signal to other elitist senators. Something has to be done to awaken these bubble heads.

I also thought that this quote was funny!

"When South Carolinians are fairly informed about the immigration reform proposal, there is majority support for its provisions."

Remember last month, when the Senator, and the other "Grand Bargainers", were pushing for a vote even before the details of the bill had been published?

Then when it was published, they immediately changed their rant to, "Read the bill"! Knowing full well that most people could not have read the bill yet, since it was hundreds of pages long and referenced dozens of previous laws that were also hundreds of pages each.

Then when the critics did read the bill and discovered that it included a path to legalization, a national id card for citizens, serial migration, and hollow enforcement provisions. The Senator denied that these major elements of the bill were in the bill.

Now he claims that information is the key to understanding the bill?

It seems to me that the good Senator has been one of the main reasons that vital information on the bill has not gotten to the people. His disinformation campaign has turned his supporters into political enemies.