86% Of Americans Think The Government Is Broken – Say Anything

Couple this with the New York Times/CBS poll which had just 8% of Americans wanting this Congress re-elected and the picture becomes clear: This is going to be an ugly, ugly year for incumbents.

Washington (CNN) – Americans overwhelmingly think that the government in this country is broken, according to a new national poll. But the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, released Sunday morning, also indicates that the public overwhelmingly holds out hope that what’s broken can be fixed.

Eighty-six percent of people questioned in the poll say that our system of government is broken, with 14 percent saying no. Of that 86 percent, 81 percent say that the government can be fixed, with 5 percent saying it’s beyond repair.

Obama campaigned on change. But it seems as thought he chief accomplishment of his first year in office is to make Americans want to change the Democrat domination of the federal government.

Though, to be sure, Republicans have a long way to go before they convince me that they’re ready to take over and govern.