Polling Shows Public Not Happy With Anyone Right Now

This comes to my attention, as so many things do these days, by way of Greg Sargent. New polling by Pew shows that the public sees Republicans as more responsible for a lack of bipartisanship in Washington.

"Twenty-nine percent blame GOP leaders for the failure to work together; only 17% blame Obama, a double-digit spread of 12 points," Sargent writes. "However, the percentage who blame Obama is up from 12% in June and seven percent in February." This poll puts Obama's approvals at 51% to 37% disapprove. If those two numbers start looking more similar, thing's will be bad. Right now, a significant number have no opinion, giving approvals a lot of room to spring back.

Approval for Democrats is dropping like a rock, down to 49% from a January high of 62%. I think people might be getting a gander at the Blue Dogs and the rudderless leadership and seeing a party that looks pretty scatterbrained. The good news on that front is that Republicans aren't benefitting from this at all. They've been flatlined at 40% since before January.

All in all, it looks like the public has a pretty good grasp on DC right now -- the Democrats suck, but the Republicans suck more. I'd call that a pretty realistic take on the situation.