AP-GfK Poll: Obama more popular than Congress

Congresspeople beware.. you are NOT as beloved as you think.. no matter what party you live in :)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100310/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_poll_obama_and_congress;_

WASHINGTON – Americans have come to detest Congress ever more deeply as it nears the end of a nasty fight over health care. But more than half still back President Barack Obama, a bright spot for a Democratic Party counting on its leader to help stave off expected losses in elections this fall.

The latest Associated Press-GfK poll found that fewer people approve of Congress than at any point in Obama's presidency. Support has dropped significantly since January to a dismal 22 percent as the health care debate has roiled Capitol Hill. Neither Republicans nor Democrats are safe; half of all people say they want to fire their congressman.

Conversely, Obama's job-performance standing is holding fairly steady at 53 percent. And over the past two months, the Democrat has gained ground on national security issues, specifically the subsiding Iraq war and the escalating Afghanistan war, as he has spent most of his time — at least publicly — on domestic matters like the economy and health care. On those issues, he still has the support of about half the people.

I mean, reall sucked.
the approval ratings do not surprise me because... they do suck. Nearly the whole lot of them.

That's just another problem Obama is facing right now.

most people dislike congress, even when they like their own congresscritter/senators.

I think he was.

he was on steady decline his entire time in office with the sole exception of the big jump around 9/11, and a small bump coinciding exactly with the 2004 election. he was below 50% most of the time.

yet it didn't seem to matter, he ruled as if he had won a landslide, until he become politically toxic before the 2008 election.