There are oodles of things, from earmarks, to Iraq, to presidental politicking by those who could otherwise lead the senate, to other forms of corruption (no, really officer, the freezer magically generates wads of cash). But anyway, the percentage of those polled who think congress is doing a good job is now in the mid-20s. Here is a graph of data prior to this summer. Here is data from May. Sen. Bill Frist now says this number is in the mid-20s.

ANYWAY. My point is that since the dems have taking over in congress, they have done very little. And the public's opinion of congress as a whole has actually decreased from the anemic mid-30s numbers from the republican majority days of 06. And I don't necessarily blame the dems squarely.

But really, if they swept to power on a public mandate for change, how could they possibly do WORSE than the republicans? Surely its hard to do worse?

Earmarks matter. Iraq matters. So far they haven't taken leadership on any issue. Why would i trust them with the presidency? (By the same token, why would a trust a republican with the presidency, since their party isn't all that peachy-keen now.)

This article pretty much shows my point, with more eloquence and links.