Just when it seems like it couldn’t possibly getting any lower, Congress’ job approval rating drops to another historic low. According to Gallup only 10 percent of the country now approves of the job Congress is doing. From Gallup: While the recent signs of modest economic improvement have resulted in President Obama’s job approval numbers [...]

Just when it seemed almost mathematically impossible for Congress to get any more unpopular, it manages to sink again to an incredible new low. Congress’s job approval rating is the lowest it has ever been since Gallup started asking the question back in 1974. From Gallup: Congress is really unpopular, but this is historically terrible. [...]

Two new national polls both find that Congress’ job approval rating has reached a new historic low. Today from the Washington Post: Just 14 percent of the public approves of the job Congress is doing, according to the latest poll. That is lower than just before the 1994, 2006 and 2010 elections, when the majority [...]

Jane wrote yesterday about the launch of our Google Ads campaign to alert people in key election states that Social Security and Medicare are on the chopping block. She mentioned that we would also be running Facebook ads. I just wanted to pop in and give a quick update and let everyone know that the Facebook ads have now been approved, and are up and running.

We are now engaged in an illegal war against Libya. Yesterday, the official 60-day window for the War Powers Act expired, and there was no action to approve military use by Congress, yet we continue to be involved in direct military action in Libya. With this, a new precedent has been firmly established. The President [...]

Overwhelmingly, the American people think the war in Afghanistan is not worth fighting, and 73 percent of the country wants us to withdraw substantial numbers of troops soon. Yet a majority of Americans, 53 percent, doubt President Obama and Congress will listen to the electorate about the war. From ABC News: Indeed, with Gen. David [...]

It is the nature of American politics and our modern media environment that presidents almost always win political standoffs with Congress, especially when their very public stands seem principled and have popular support. This is why it pains me when people pretend that Obama got the best deal he could on the Bush tax rates. [...]

I’ve been asking numerous people what Obama could do now, without needing the approval of Congress, to address many of the serious problems facing the country.

Bill Black responds:

Right now the country is facing serious unemployment and foreclosure crises, among other problems. In his role as chief executive, without the need of congressional approval, what could Obama do immediately to address these issues?

According to a source involved in the health care negotiations in Congress, Henry Waxman is telling Democratic caucus members that Bart Stupak’s deal with Nancy Pelosi is dead.  Stupak had called a press conference to announce the deal at 11am this morning, but has now canceled it. The deal fell apart after news of the [...]