Pelosi, McConnell Making The Grade

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
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A new survey of Congressional leadership effectiveness shows a surprising result in the House — Democrats are happier with the leadership of Nancy Pelosi than Republicans are with John Boehner. The survey, appearing in this week’s National Journal magazine (sub req’d), asked 102 Democrat heavy-hitters (including former DNC chairs Howard Dean and Terry McAuliffe among dozens of pollsters, consultants and other politicos) to grade the party’s leadership on both sides of the Capitol. A similar list of 101 Republicans (including former presidential wannabe Gary Bauer and current Senate wannabe/FL Gov. Charlie Crist) were asked to do the same with GOP leaders

The worst report card went to Harry Reid — and the best went to Nancy Pelosi. Sixty-nine percent of the surveyed gave her an A or a B. By contrast, 64 percent gave Boehner the same grades.

Things were a lot more lopsided in the Senate, where continuing intraparty strife has left many Democrats questioning the ability of Harry Reid to pass major bills. Just four percent of Dems gave Reid an A, and more than half gave him a C or a D. Republican leader Mitch McConnell did a lot better: 18 percent gave him an A, and just 35 percent gave him a C or D.

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