Everyone Hates Congress

Just about everyone hates
our federal legislative branch. And the general distaste for our
elected lawmakers extends more or less equally to both
parties. 

From Politico‘s
report on the new CNN/ORC poll:

A new CNN/ORC International poll finds
two-thirds of Americans saying Congress is the least productive in
their lifetime, with 73 percent saying lawmakers have done nothing
to address the nation’s problems.

…Democrats and Republicans share the blame almost equally: 52
percent of those surveyed believe the policies of congressional
Democrats will move the U.S. in the wrong direction, while 54
percent say the same thing about the policies of congressional
Republicans.

In general, this has not been a good year for politicians who
want to be loved by the public. In November, Congressional approval
ratings hit a
record low. And while they are up a little since then, they’re
still pretty dismal, with 80 percent disapproving and 13 percent
approving,
according to the RealClearPolitics poll tracker. 

President Obama is doing significantly better. But he’s not
exactly winning over the people, either. RCP’s poll tracker has his

approval rating average at 42.4 percent, with 53.8
percent disapproving.