Do poll numbers surprise you?

There are new poll numbers out for President Obama and for Congress, and it seems a lot of us are a bit glum about the state of our national politics.

Our staff wrter Ken McCall wrote this week: “New polls reflect growing discontent with politics in Washington as President Obama’s approval rate slipped in July, and the approval rating of Congress hit an all-time low. An NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released Wednesday shows Congress hitting a record-low rating with only 12 percent of respondents saying they approve of the job Congress is doing, while 83 percent disapprove. Gallup has Obama’s approval rating at 47 percent for the week ending July 21, identical to the approval of George W. Bush at the same time in his presidency.”