A recent Washington Post / ABC News poll shows a whopping 72 percent of Americans disapprove of Republicans in Congress. Dems fare somewhat better, with "only" 61 percent disapproving of them. The President is slightly underwater with a disapproval rating of 54 percent.
Those numbers should mean victories for the Dems in the upcoming November mid-terms, but over the past decade, Rethugs controlling State legislatures have successfully gerrymandered Congressional districts to create safe seats for their party. There's also the turnout factor: Dems win when they turn out in force, but they turn out mostly during Presidential election years (2006 being an anomaly, when Rethugs were demoralized by Dumbya's adventures and Dems took the House). What a shame it would be, given the polling, if Dems sat out another mid-term and handed the extremely unpopular Rethugs victory.
