Time for a little myth busting. You know how you’ve heard over the last few months media talking heads and various frightened Republican congressional candidates repeatedly bringing up the old saw about how Americans give Congress (as a whole) such a low approval rating (generally as a way to shield Bush or other Republicans from well-deserved opprobrium)?

Well, as it turns out, Americans have a much higher opinion of Democrats in Congress than Republicans:
Funny how facts have a way of getting in the way of false narratives.

In other polling news, a majority of Americans — me among them — think Roland Burris should be blocked from being seated in the Senate: