December 20th, 1998 - six years into the Presidency of Bill Clinton.

"Poll: Clinton's approval rating up in wake of impeachment"

"In the wake of the House of Representatives' approval of two articles of impeachment, Bill Clinton's approval rating has jumped 10 points to 73 percent, the latest CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll shows."

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1998/12/20/impeachment.poll/

December 10th, 2006 - six years into the Presidency of George W. Bush

"Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?

Approve : 38 percent"

How funny.

its hard to believe that the first semester of college will be over in just six days!

its been so much fun that i am actually sad about leaving (even though its just three weeks hah)... and we will be back in early january

that last entry on my xanga was, in a word, prophetic.

so how is xangaland doing out there? and by xangaland, i mean the one person who still uses it that i know. james.

From a conservative messageboard:

"Republicans in full melt-down mode. Get ready for two years of Democrat majorities in Congress.

Competitive Seats:

Pennsylvania (Santorum)
Montana (Burns)
Ohio (DeWine)
New Jersey (Menendez)
Missouri (Talent)
Rhode Island (Chafee)
Tennessee (OPEN) (Frist)
Maryland (OPEN) (Sarbanes)

Those not as competitive:

Virginia (Allen)
Minnesota (OPEN) (Dayton)
Arizona (Kyl)
Michigan (Stabenow)
Washington (Cantwell)

PA-SEN: No updates.

MT-SEN: A September 13th Rasmussen poll has incumbent Conrad Burns down nine points. He has seen no improvment in his numbers through the last few months and his opponent is now about 50 percent. LIKELY TESTER

OH-SEN: DeWine would lose by six were the election today, according to Rasmussen. DeWine has lost ground in every Rasmussen poll conducted since June 20th and his opponent has gained ground. DeWine fell from 46 percent to 41 percent, and Brown increased from 39 percent to 47 percent. This race is borderline between "lean" and "likely". LEAN BROWN

NJ-SEN: No updates.

MO-SEN: Only new poll is from Survey USA. They have McCaskill up one point which is identical to their last result here. After a Talent bounce in late August, this race is back to having a very SLIGHT ADVANTAGE MCCASKILL.

RI-SEN: No updates.

TN-SEN: No updates.

MD-SEN: No updates, but there's a poll in Rasmussen's premium section about Maryland that should be released in a few days.

VA-SEN: Rasmussen's latest has Allen up 7 and right at 50 percent, a two point improvement over a month ago. The weight of evidence in Virginia pegs this one as LIKELY ALLEN

MN-SEN: No updates

AZ-SEN: No updates

MI-SEN: An EPIC/MRA poll has Stabenow leading by a large margin -- 19 points. Bouchard's numbers after the primary were likely inflated, and this race has a STRONG ADVANTAGE STABENOW.

WA-SEN. No updates