Gallup: Confidence in Congress at All Time Low

Depressing:

http://www.galluppoll.com/...

PRINCETON, NJ -- The percentage of Americans with a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in Congress is at 14%, the lowest in Gallup's history of this measure

More on the flip....

This is no surprise, really... considering that we refuse to stand up against the president and that our investigations keep on going endlessly with no resolution... we really haven't gotten much done, and I don't mean bills signed... very few items have been voted on, very few other investigations have been launched... The only bill we are fighting for is the immigration bill, which everyone hates.  I realize that a lot of the problem is Republican obstruction, but what has happened?  It seems like nothing is going on in Washington.

Unfortunately, with all the "concern trolls" from the right, the media, and beltway consultants, we will probably see more DLC-like actions by our panicked representatives(try to move towards the "center", i.e. right) which will only continue to exacerbate the problem....  Politicians like Senator Levin should consider the following advice from Gallup itself:

Confidence in several other institutions is also at an all-time low point. We assume that the low confidence ratings measured this year are connected to Americans' broader malaise with the state of the country. It is not entirely clear what is behind the currently bad mood on the part of Americans, but Gallup analyses show that the Iraq war and the economy are certainly perceived as major problems at this point in time. The very low ratings for Congress suggest that Americans may be upset that their elected representatives have not been able to rectify these concerns as well.

So, the answer is not to become Republican-Lite... the answer is to DO WHAT YOU PROMISED TO DO WHEN YOU GOT ELECTED!

The only possible good news form this scenario is that most of the drop in approval is from democrats like us, who are frustrated that the congress is doing nothing, riding the pine, hoping that keeping Iraq around will give us victory...  

Message to our congress... DO SOMETHING!  ANYTHING (but the immigration bill)!  NOW!!!!

Maybe then, we, and the rest of the country, will come back...

In the meantime, the right wing media will have a field day... further sandbagging our efforts to rebound...

Do not delay, honorable representatives and senators.... time is running short... the last time congressional approval was this low was in 1994... and you know what happened that year!

Thanks,

Mike

UPDATED:  I changed the title to be more accurate.  This is not a congressional approval poll, but a "confidence" poll which has different meanings and implications.