What that polling reflects, in my view, is the polarization of the polity. I'm willing to bet if you dig into the numbers that the disapproval rate of the opposing party skews the results. It's the Reagan-Gingrich effect: the opposition party is "the enemy" and can do no right. It's the same reason that the Senate is so dysfunctional.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich