A pox on both their houses

From The Wall Street Journal:

His [George W. Bush's] approval rating in the Journal/NBC survey has fallen to its lowest ever, 29%, while 66% of Americans disapprove of his performance. The telephone survey of 1,008 adults, conducted June 8-11, has a margin of error of 3.1 percentage points.

Mr. Bush's decline from 35% approval in April reflects diminished support from his core constituency: Among Republicans, approval of the president's job performance has dropped to 62% from 75%. It also reflects bleak assessments of his new strategy in Iraq: By 54% to 10%, Americans say the situation there has gotten worse rather than better in recent months.
The poll hardly brings reassurance for the Democrats, who control both the House and Senate. Amid political gridlock on domestic issues and inconclusive debates over Iraq, the approval rating for Congress stands lower than Mr. Bush's, at 23%. Just 41% of Americans say their representative in Congress deserves re-election, comparable to levels before Democrats swept Republicans out of power in November.

The war does have something to do with this, but the lion's share of the public's discontent is centered squarely on the fact that right now the President and Democrat leaders are working hand in glove to shove an utterly odious "immigration reform" bill down the nation's unwilling throat.

This hateful piece of legislation is opposed by 72% of the American people and yet our "leadership" in both parties is moving heaven and earth to pass it into law.

In 2008 if someone with the national stature, and money, which Ross Perot had back before he showed the world how crazy he was were to run as an independent I believe he would win with a comfortable majority.

Of course there is no "sane Ross Perot" out there.