This news items from Rasmussen:  “The percentage of voters who give Congress good or excellent ratings has fallen to single digits for the first time in Rasmussen Reports tracking history. This month, just 9% say Congress is doing a good or excellent job. Most voters (52%) say Congress is doing a poor job, which ties the record high in that dubious category.”

            It goes on to say:  “Congress has not received higher than a 15% approval rating since the beginning of 2008.  Voters not affiliated with either party are the most critical of Congressional performance. Just 3% of those voters give Congress positive ratings, down from 6% last month. Sixty-three percent (63%) believe Congress is doing a poor job, up from 57% last month.”

It concluded by saying, “Most voters (72%) think most members of Congress are more interested in furthering their own political careers. Just 14% believe members are genuinely interested in helping people.”

            If I were a member of Congress, I would be pretty concerned about this numbers.  Since there are more Democrats than Republicans in the House, by a significant margin, the Democratic leadership ought to be in panic mode right now, although I think they are pretty content to go into the elections without any major efforts to get anything positive done.  Read more...