New Poll Numbers! Public hates both parties People are "mad as hell"

[saracat]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38665351/ns/politics /


Poll: Public frustrated at Congress, political parties
"It's a 'Jet Blue' election ... Everyone is headed for the emergency exit."Video
Poll: Economic anxiety casts shadow over Obama .Advertisement | ad info
. By Mark Murray
Deputy political director

NBC News
updated 2 hours 52 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — To borrow the famous line from the 1976 film "Network," Americans are mad as hell at Washington — and they’re not going to take it anymore.

That, at least, is the conclusion from the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, which finds:

•that less than half the country approves of President Obama's job;
•that the percentage believing the current Congress is either below average or among the worst is at an all-time high;
•that the number viewing the Republican Party favorably is at an all-time low;
•and that the Democratic Party doesn’t fare much better.
What's more, nearly six in 10 respondents still say the country is headed in the wrong direction, and almost two-thirds think that the U.S. economy has yet to hit rock-bottom.

And it's unlikely those attitudes will change before the midterm elections that will take place less than three months from now.

"I think it’s a ‘Jet Blue’ election. Everyone is frustrated," says Democratic pollster Peter D. Hart, who conducted the survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff. "And everyone is headed for the emergency exit."

See the full poll results here (.pdf)

[zappaman]

1. your subject line is false

I am part of the public and I don't hate you.

[saracat]

3. Heh! Thanks. I fixed subject line to better reflect content!

[L0oniX]

2. I'm a people person ...I hate them all.

[pinboy3niner]

4. "I think it’s a ‘Jet Blue’ election."

Great line!

[NJmaverick]

5. Yup, holding their (the President and Congress) feet to the fire won't hurt them

[RainDog]

6. thanks blue dog obstructionists!! n/t

[marmar]

7. "Jet Blue" election......Teehee

Even the kitties are fed up......

[donco6]

8. But - but - 85% of liberals LOVE the Dems!

Right?

[JI7]

12. they do, he is hurting among the independents and other moderates

[RandomThoughts]

9. Are they running away or comming closer.

Either is fine. But make up your mind LOL.

Pretty funny though.


Sweep Sweep long back in san on search.

[bluethruandthru]

10. Well, we all know why this is.

It must all be the fault of the "professional left"/"Loony Left"/F'ing retards or whatever it is we're called these days.

[sandnsea]

11. He's the NBC/WSJ pollster

http://www.hartresearch.com/about/bios/index.html

[Booster]

13. Finally, everybody is getting the idea that "they" are for "them"

and haven't been "for us" for a Hell of a long time now, and I'm sure when they go out for a beer together they laugh their heads off at "us".