Washington Typically Out-of-Step with Americans

I'm sure this is no surprise to any of our readers, but the priorities in Washington simply have no correlation with those of American citizens.  Joe C. send me an email with a graph representing the top priorities of Americans, and you can read the complete article by the Pew Research Center here.

The graph:

Notice the leading gap between the top three topics and the rest?  The economy, jobs (quite similar) and terrorism are the top three.  Notice health care, health insurance, and global warming don't even place within the top five concerns of Americans, but domestic concerns dominate this list.

Perhaps it's time for a change in priority in Washington?  Or better, how about a change of public servants?  (You know what they say about diapers and politicians, right?)

There are some splinters of hope.  According to this article from The Guardian, it seems some in Washington are beginning to recognize how poorly they've represented their constituents.  Perhaps the recent spate of incumbents losing or giving up on office races have convinced them they're on the wrong road?  Even politicos only in this game for themselves can understand why that's a problem--they quickly find themselves unemployed!

I'm eager to read the transcript of the upcoming state of the union address.