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They just didn another approval poll of him a few months back and it seemed like he was in the 70’s then as well.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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Yeah he is always 1st or 2nd it seems. North Dakotans just like the guy.

What, no loud denials of the validity of the poll because it undersampled liberals, Rob?  I seem to recall you harping on about that type of thing a while back when a poll showed Conrad as being popular.

I’d be much more interested in a poll that asked who a person would vote for - Senator Conrad or Governor Hoeven.  Probably too early for straw polls, though.

Ryan… there already is one.  Check it out…

http://takingbacknd.blogspot.com/2005/09/hoeven-leads-conrad.html

I seem to recall you harping on about that type of thing a while back when a poll showed Conrad as being popular.

I’m not sure I’ve seen a poll that showed Conrad as being popular.  You may be thinking of a recent Bush approval poll, whic, of course, did badly oversample Democrats.

When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.

-- Thomas Jefferson

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[...] The state has a $100 million dollar budget surplus, unemployment in the state’s largest cities is hovering under 2%, the state-wide unemployment rate is just over 3%, Hoeven’s approval rating is in the mid 70’s, (well below the national average), yet the Governor gets accused of lacking in leadership? [...]

[...] This is an issue of convenience for state Democrats. They’re grasping for criticism to hurl at a popular Governor who is doing a terrific job ($100 million state budget surplus, unemployment rate hovering around 3%, approval rating in the 70’s) and this is any easy one to twist to their purposes. They’re trying to make it sound like, because the Governor is not willing to spend more tax dollars on a program that doesn’t need it, that he doesn’t care about keeping the poor warm. [...]