In the open seat created by the retirement of Sixth District Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, a letter writer suggests that newly-declared DFL candidate Jim Read will be running against the House's bad reputation itself.
Jim Graeve of St. Joseph writes the editors of the St. Cloud Times in Read will work hard for the 6th District:
. . . Read has been teaching our young folks at St. John’s University and the College of St. Benedict on how government works for 25 years. We need this kind of expertise to restore some creditability to the Congress that currently has a reputation slightly better than a skunk in church. . ..
There's something to that. On October 22, CBS News reported in Congress, tea party take hits from government shutdown:
In the aftermath of the partial government shutdown and debt ceiling debate, both Republicans and Democrats in Congress get low job approval ratings, but Republicans fare worse.
Views of the tea party also suffered.
While 31 percent of Americans approve of the way Democrats in Congress are doing their job, just 18 percent approve of how Republicans are doing theirs. Disapproval of Republicans in Congress has risen five percentage points since before the shutdown, to 78 percent. Democrats' "negatives" climbed three points, to 65 percent.
The recent budget negotiations have made 64 percent of Americans pessimistic about Congress' ability to deal with future issues affecting the country; only 11 percent are optimistic. . . .
That's pretty much skunk in church territory.
Photo: The Congressional shunk caucus.
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