Poll: Public frustrated at Congress, political parties
WASHINGTON — To borrow the famous line from the 1976 film “Network,” Americans are mad as hell at Washington — and they’re not going to take it anymore.
That, at least, is the conclusion from the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, which finds:
* that less than half the country approves of President Obama’s job;
* that the percentage believing the current Congress is either below average or among the worst is at an all-time high;
* that the number viewing the Republican Party favorably is at an all-time low;
* and that the Democratic Party doesn’t fare much better.