Much has been made by the Left of President Bush unpopularity. Right now, with these bailout disasters and the way that they have been handled, I would tend to agree – unpopular. However, Congress has its own part in all this as well and those CongressCritters are not exactly at the right end of a public love affair with them – one that Pelosi and Reid would much rather pontificate around rather than address head on:
In the Rasmussen survey, Congress’ approval rating has fallen back to single digits, with only 9% saying Congress is doing a good or excellent job. 54% say "poor."
It will be interesting to see whether passage of Obama’s massive "stimulus" package will do much to improve popular perceptions of Congress. If not, the stage could be set for Republican gains in 2010.
This view doesn’t help either and there is much activity from both sides of the aisle on which to base it – Rassussen adds:
One-in-three voters (34%) believes most members of Congress are corrupt, while 39% disagree. In last month’s survey, 36% saw most members as corrupt.
Doesn’t give you that warm fuzzy feeling that you want to find them knocking at your door around supper time, eh?
(H/T: Powerline)
