If only the rest of the country would do the same.

That same CNN poll that was the basis of this thread showed the over 300,000 respondents grading Congress as F (FAILED!). Here's the report card...



The feelings of the American public is clear. Sufficiently clear to suggest that the voting strategy that both you and I have suggested, Steve, would result in some eye-opening changes in Washington.

But that's more than a year before the mid-term elections. Plenty of time for the campaign advisors, all the campaign money, all the Section 527 ads that will be placed by the special interest groups, and most importantly the unwillingness of the electorate to change from their habit of simply voting for the same party year after year after year to take effect.

We're starting with enough of a plurality to really make some changes in Congress in 2010. Let's hope that people aren't influenced to make the mistake of returning the same old faces to Congress again in the coming mid-term elections. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.