RE: CONGRESS. When evaluating Congressional disapproval, I fear there’s a tendency to conflate disapproval of Congress with disapproval of Democrats. So Congress gets low ratings, and this is considered proof that people don’t like Harry Reid. But look: Congress spent yesterday voting against a MoveOn.org newspaper ad and failing to pass James Webb‘s amendment to guarantee troops as much time with their families as they spend in Iraq! I deeply disapprove of Congress! It’s a lethargic, dysfunctional, opaque, byzantine institution that, at least on the Senate side, works well at its original function: Keeping change from happening. Since I don’t approve of the anti-change bias, I don’t approve of Congress, But that’s not to say I’ll be hoping for a return to conservative control anytime soon. I don’t hate the playas, I hate the game.
–Ezra Klein
