A more light-hearted poll from Public Policy Polling last week may be even more telling, as pollsters pitted Congress against everything, and you might be surprised by the various entities -- including Wall Street and witches -- that had better approval ratings than Congress. Among the things that bested Congress, according to respondents: dog poop (47%-40%), hemorrhoids (53%-31%), jury duty (73%-18%), toenail fungus (44%-41%), cockroaches (44%-42%), the IRS (42%-33%), the respondents mothers-in-law (64%-20%), potholes (47%-36%) and zombies (43%-37%). In what could, conceivably, be construed as good news, Congress did manage to edge out Russian President Vladimir Putin, former congressman Anthony Weiner, Lindsay Lohan, Honey Boo Boo, Charles Manson, Ebola, heroin, Syria, Miley Cyrus and, of course, twerking. The poll results are funny, but is there any humor in a governing body that has lost the faith of such a significant portion of the electorate? Is it possible to govern effectively when the American public is so angry with Congress and the president?
Posted on: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 06:43:55 +0000