Ouch: Worse than HMOs. It’s well-earned. Nonetheless, this is troubling, and not just for the Democrats, who are only doing somewhat worse than the GOP Congress did. How long can we have a free and successful nation with such an unpopular — and deservedly so — political class.

Problem is, to fix this, it would require people to stand up and take responsibility for electing the congress they’re so unhappy with and then do something about it. A huge step would be forcing term limits on congress-critters to prevent incumbencies. Another would be to actually contact your representative instead of just bitching about them. I’ve already told Sharrod Brown I’m giving him the boot next election.