New Polls = Bad News For Pols

* Less than one in four Americans want to see Members of Congress re-elected in 2012, the lowest in two decades

* Among registered voters it’s worse - 21% says Members deserve re-election, 70% say no

* This could mean a double wave - incumbents of both parties voted out

* The caveat - things could change as we’re still 15 months out AND people feel more favourable towards their own Member

* Another poll shows Republicans are more unpopular now than they were during the Clinton impeachment; and the tea party’s in the toilet; not that the Dem’s are smelling like roses, mind you

* However, the debt debate bolstered Americans’ view of Democrats and lowered their view of Republicans - tea party went down to a new low