Americans' approval of the way Congress is handling its job has dropped to 9%, the lowest in Gallup's 39-year history of asking the question. The previous low point was 10%, registered twice in 2012.
These results are from a Gallup poll conducted Nov. 7-10.
Congress approval fell to 11% in October, during the U.S. government shutdown. Although the shutdown is now history, Americans' views of Congress have not recovered, but instead have edged lower. By contrast, Americans' confidence in the economy has begun to improve in the last several weeks. The continuing depression in Americans' views of Congress has occurred even though the troubles with the rollout of President Barack Obama's signature Affordable Care Act are now dominating U.S. political news.
It's like people outside the Beltway aren't completely obsessed with the "problems plaguing the Obamacare website" and instead have bigger issues on their mind...and see those issues improving thanks to the President.
Meanwhile, America has given up on Congress, and anti-incumbent fervor is at an all time high. You'd think Republicans would realize that the entire House (which they control) and only one-third of the Senate is up for re-election next November. If "throw the bums out" is the message voters want to send, the bums getting tossed would be the GOP.
No wonder they're too busy concern trolling the President.
I thought it was up to City Council? Granted, he may have the votes after December 1 but I think it's a tad cheeky to act like it's a done deal. I also heard him say on WVXU this week that the city would have to weigh cost of cancelling the project vs moving forward. So they've crunched the numbers on that already? I don't like the way he's operating, but I'm not surprised either. He's beholden to Rethugs and Tea Partiers. I hope all those who didn't bother to vote enjoy the consequences of same.
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