Biden Boasts Of Doubling Dismal Congressional Ratings

Vice President Joe Biden gave another one of his trademarked speeches yesterday where he stated, amongst little nuggets like Obama “has inherited the most difficult first 100 days of any president, I would argue, including Franklin Roosevelt,” that Congress’ approval rating was up:

[Biden] said, “I want to tell you one last thing and this is a political point.” Biden then noted that “Congress’s approval rating doubled since the Democrats are in office – not because they’re very popular right now, but because they took action.”

Hey Joe, doubling a near single-digit approval rating is nothing to be proud of. Matter of fact, the last time it was at this level the Republicans controlled Congress.

A new Gallup poll released this morning shows the job approval rating of Congress is now at 39% — the highest since February 2005. Ratings just two months ago were at 19%, which was not too far from the historic low of 14% reached in July 2008.

Increasing approval from Democrats drove the uptick in the ratings, Gallup pollsters said. About 57% of Democrats now say they approve of Congress — more than tripling the numbers from January. Meanwhile, about 22% of Republicans gave Congress a positive approval rating — a number that has changed little since two months ago.

39% approval is a failure anywhere except baseball. Maybe that’s what they should go do instead or maybe that’s what they’ve been doing. Too bad Biden didn’t mention how Obama is now less popular than George W. Bush was in his presidency.

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