CONGRESS TOO LIBERAL, SAY MOST AMERICANS:  Rasmussen reports that most Americans are ideologically detached from Congress:

Fifty-one percent (51%) of voters nationwide believe that Congress is too liberal while 22% hold the opposite view and say it is too conservative. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 14% say the ideological balance of Congress is about right and 12% are not sure.

Republicans overwhelmingly believe that Congress is too liberal, a view shared by 59% of those not affiliated with either major party.

A plurality of Democrats have a different view. Thirty-nine percent (39%) of Democrats say Congress is too conservative, 19% too liberal, and 26% about right.

COMMENT:  The key figure here is the one for independents, 59% of whom think Congress is too liberal.  That gives some hope for the 2010 midterms, if Republicans run an effective campaign, by no means a sure thing.

September 5, 2009