Job approval for Congress is now at one of the lowest points on record. The RCP average is 18.8% approval, with Fox at 14%, NYT at 15% and Gallup at 18%. Ratings for both parties are flat as a pancake.
I find the recent hearings of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee particularly contemptible. Last week they verbally flogged the CEO of Toyota, the latest of many public spectacles where corporate executives (job creators) are raked over the coals by a Congress that can’t see the log in their own eye. No one has caused more misery in this country than Barney Frank and Chris Dodd, but don’t hold your breath for their much deserved comeuppance.
One Congressman who stood out like a blueberry in the pancake last week was Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan. While Obama and the Dems continued their tired campaigning for government takeover of health care at the “summit”, Ryan gave a six minute summary of clear facts that should put the whole bungled bill to rest.
Congress should serve and protect the American people, but first they need to get their own house, and Senate, in order. November will be here soon.
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