Putz is poll smoking again.

Every so often, he just can't help but pounce on a single poll like a drooling rabid bat*.

A NEW AP-IPSOS POLL: "People think the Democratic-led Congress is doing just as dreary a job as President Bush, following four months of bitter political standoffs that have seen little progress on Iraq and a host of domestic issues. . . . The survey found only 35 percent approve of how Congress is handling its job, down 5 percentage points in a month. That gives lawmakers the same bleak approval rating as Bush, who has been mired at about that level since last fall." Upside for Nancy Pelosi -- she's still more popular than Congress as a whole, which means she can spin it that she's more popular than Bush!

Sigh. Do we have to go over this again?

The Congressional approval rating before the New Year was 21%.
The Congressional approval rating on 5/1 was 39%.

That's a net gain of 18 points.

The last AP poll before the New Year was 27%.
The new AP poll Putz cites is 35%.

That's a net gain of 8 points.

Again, it's just not clear how this reflects badly on Democrats.


*$1 to Greenwald.