Numbers

An October 6-8 telephone interview of 1,028 adult Americans conducted by Opinion Research Corporation for CNN reveals the following:

56% of respondents DISAPPROVE of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president.

55% of respondents said if the elections for Congress were held today, they would vote for the Democratic candidate.

Only 36% of respondents said their Republican member of Congress should be re-elected. (Listen up Sullivan, Lucas, and Cole.)

Overall Congress gets a 63% DISAPPROVAL rating from the respondents.

On ethics the Democrats have a 54 to 47% lead over the Republicans in Congress.