Good thing America’s dissatisfied voters threw that other crowd out of control of Congress two years ago. Because since the new party took over, approval ratings have plummeted even further to tie an historical low.

Say what?

Weren’t the outs supposed to fix things on Capitol Hill once they became the ins? And controlled all the investigations? And the agenda? And the committees?

A new poll shows that the percentage of U.S. voters who say Congress is doing an excellent or good job has fallen to single digits for the first time in the tracking history of Rasmussen Reports.

Nine percent say that.

Which is down from 11% in May.

Only three percent of independents say Congress is doing a good or excellent job, half the previous month’s rating.

A majority of Americans (52%) say House and Senate members are doing a poor job, which ties the record high for that dubious rating.

A whopping 72% believe members of Congress are more interested in furthering their own careers than doing public good. And only 14 of every 100 Americans think senators or representatives are genuinely interested in helping real people.

Not exactly a ringing endorsement of their public service.

The big unanswered question:

If such an overwhelming percentage of voters are so dissatisfied with the congressional work of a Democratic majority they elected just two years ago, a worse rating than even the scandal-plagued Republicans had in 2006, what does this do to the conventional wisdom that 2008 is a year for substantial gains by Democrats in both houses?

Will voters buy the argument that the 2006 majority led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid didn’t work. So maybe another one will?

Do GOP members appear so disspirited they don’t present a realistic alternative?

Or will dissatisfied voters, for once, turn on incumbents from both party?           What do you think?

–Andrew Malcolm

In light of the dubous rating for Congress, WHY do they keep on making legislation that actually harms Americans like cap and trade and other legislation that causes the cost of gasoline, heat, light, electricity and food to skyrocket?  Who are they “really” working for?  It certainly isn’t for us.  If they produce anymore legislation that harms the economy it seems likely that we might well go into a Depression which could literally kill Americans for the lack of financial ability to purchase heat, light, electricity and food.  Certainly our Representatives and Senators must know this?

So if they, especially the Democrats, are producing legislation that is bringing us down to our knees, what is their motive?  Perhaps to give us “THE FINAL ULTIMATUM”.  Give up FREEDOM (from Government) and The Constitution for the chains and bondage of the soup kitchens of the Socialist welfare state, food on the table and a roof over our heads.  How can you explain how they can keep purposely causing the cost of energy to go up and destroying our economy and our jobs?  Especially when there are over 31,000 American Scientists that state and have petitioned the U.S. Government testifying to the fact that mankind has nothing to do with Global Warming (see article elsewhere on this blog.).