New Data: Americans Hate Congress More Than Root Canals, Cockroaches Or Nickelback
Which Is Worse? The People Have Spoken What do you have a higher opinion of: Congress or Nickelback? Congress 32% ; Nickelback 39% ; Not sure 29%. It's a tough one, for sure. Wikimedia CommonsBut Congress narrowly beats ebola, bullies and Lindsay Lohan. Root canals, head lice, cockroaches, Donald Trump, Ghengis Khan, Nickelback--they're all terrible things, but in the eyes of Americans, none of those things is worse than the United States Congress. People really disapprove of our nation's elected leaders, according to the most creative poll in recent memory, which was released today. The folks at Public Policy Polling, a well-respected public opinion tracker, have long known that Congress is not viewed favorably, explained Dustin Ingalls, assistant to the director at PPP. This was a lighthearted attempt to put it in perspective. "The whole fiscal cliff brouhaha sort of drove home how unpopular Congress was, at least anecdotally," Ingalls said. "So we decided...