That wave is starting to build. The constituents aren't showing any love for their members of Congress:
Especially worrisome for members of Congress is that the proportion of Americans who approve of their own representative's performance has fallen sharply. Traditionally, voters may express disapproval of Congress as a whole but still vote for their own member, even from the majority party. But 55 percent now approve of their lawmaker, a seven-percentage-point drop over three months and the lowest such finding since 1994, the last time control of the House switched parties.Dramatic will be a Democratic House and Senate.
"That's dramatic," said Republican consultant Ed Rollins, who was White House political director under President Ronald Reagan.
Last week, Bill Frist said the GOP's message is stay the course. That's a great losing strategy -- because Americans want to change the course.
