The "mandate" that ain't...

Not that Bush's numbers are in the stratosphere by any stretch of the imagination, but if ratings can be compared to an outhouse, the democrat-controlled congress is certainly renting out the basement:

May 15, 2007 Congress Approval Down to 29%; Bush Approval Steady at 33% Both ratings are slightly lower than 2007 averages by Joseph Carroll GALLUP NEWS SERVICE PRINCETON, NJ -- A new Gallup Poll finds continued low levels of public support for both Congress and President George W. Bush. Twenty-nine percent of Americans approve of Congress, down slightly from last month's reading (33%) and this year's high point of 37%, while Bush's approval rating is holding steady at 33%. Both the ratings of Congress and the president are slightly lower than their respective 2007 averages. Approval ratings of Congress are higher among Democrats than Republicans, while Bush's ratings are much higher among Republicans. Congressional Job Approval According to the May 10-13, 2007, Gallup Poll, 29% of Americans approve and 64% disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job. Congressional approval is down 4 percentage points since last month, and is 3 points lower than the 32% average measured during the first five months of the year. The high point for the congressional approval rating so far this year was the 37% approval measured in February. Although ratings are quite low, Americans have been more positive in their assessments of Congress this year than last year, when an average of just 25% approved of Congress.

But these were the folks who were supposed to be the saviors, to place the nation back in the hands of the people!

A 29 percent approval rating? Why, how could this be?

Could it be because they have become a do-nothing congress? Interested only in ad nauseum "investigations" and "gotcha games" vs. doing the people's business?

What items of any import have the dem majority accomplished, other than to demoralize our troops, along with our nation's citizens in a seditious attempt further their grip on power?

Could it be that the people, having elected them (many of them who actually ran on a more conservative platform than their Republican counterparts), are now seeing them for what they really are-- bitter self-centered obstructionists who only have revenge on their minds, and not the best interests of the electorate nor their nation at heart?

Their attempts to drag down Bush may have succeeded to an extent, but it appears that in the process they neglected to notice the albatross clad about their own shoulders.