A just-released CBS News poll has distinctly mixed, though overall pessimistic results. For example, it shows public views of the Democratic and Rethuglican parties to be about on a par, with Dem negatives at an all-time high for the poll. Public support for the health reform bill is at 43%, up from 32%, which could be a sign that the truth is starting to sink in with more and more people.
However, it is discouraging to us that, with the economy showing signs of steady improvement and progress being made on unemployment and financial reform, the public's opinion of "Washington" and the pols associated with it is broadly negative. One wishes more of a distinction could be made in the mind of John Q. Public as to just which party is trying to do the American people's business and which one "drove the car into the ditch, is doing everything it can to keep the car in the ditch, and now wants the keys to the car back." If the Dems can't make that case, it's sheer political malpractice.
