Connecticut Unhappy With Malloy - Part 2

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Its no biggie, there are GOP governors out there with similar numbers, so obviously he isn't in bad shape [/px75]

Actually the reverse of that argument is basically the only thing cynic has used to defend people like Walker and Kasich. He even mentions that with the pointless barb at the end of that original post.

A pretty common "argument" of his actually, when discussing the Wisconsin recalls when he insisted no incumbents would lose and I pointed out polls showing some Republicans in heavily Kloppenburg districts that polls showed way down and his response was basically "Oh well there's a Democrat in a heavily conservative district too.", which sounds more like a logical argument for that both sides could lose seats than that none can.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

It's kind of moot, because if one is bashing Walker, Kasich or Scott Malloy also being unpopular, regardless of the reason, is a complete red herring.

Imagine if a Democrat defended Blagojevich by pointing out Arnold also had horrendous approvals.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Walker hasn't pissed off his own party. He has however pissed off basically everyone else, which is a worse spot to be in than having weak approvals because a good chunk of your own party is opposed as with Malloy. Those upset with Malloy seem to be like Napoleon because he's been too conservative for them. I doubt any of Malloy's liberal accomplishments that I read are too unpopular in Connecticut, or are disliked by many people besides people that wouldn't approve of Malloy anyway.

And arguing that a governor needs to be at Gray Davis approvals to be vulnerable to a recall is very pbrower-ish and reminiscent of his "approval plus six" rule. It also neglects that Davis' recall passed by 10 points, so he could've been better off and still lost.