The Corner

by Walter Alarkon - 07/16/08 9:24 AM ET

Congress’s approval rating in a new Gallup poll is 14 percent, which is a record low and should be a gift to the Republican congressional campaign teams, writes Kathryn Jean Lopez. Barack Obama has risked damaging his brand by shifting his position on the Iraq war and on immunity for telecom companies that assisted the Bush administration with wiretapping, a Democratic source tells Byron York, who adds that the damage may result in lower poll numbers and fewer donations.

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