Low Poll Numbers for House and Senate: No Kidding?

The New York Post reports today that poll numbers are dropping like a rock for incumbents. Really? Who would have thought that could happen? A new CNN poll shows that 63% of voters favor throwing the bums out. Dissatisfaction crosses party lines and is rampant.

"This is not a good year to be an incumbent, regardless of which party you belong to," CNN polling director Keating Holland said.

"Voters seem equally angry at both Republicans and Democrats this year."

President Obama isn't doing much to boost his party, either -- with his approval rating at 49 percent. Just 44 percent think he deserves to be re-elected.

The survey was taken from Friday through Monday of 1,023 people and had a 3-percentage- point margin of error.

Several members of Congress have expressed frustration over the partisan gridlock.

"People are almost in a parallel universe," Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said yesterday. "They are not getting a common set of facts and most of the people they talk to are those who agree with them." (Emphasis mine)

Barney, Barney, you really don't get it do you?