Number of the Day

11%: The percentage of USian respondents in Gallup's latest poll who "approve of the job Congress is doing, the lowest single rating in Gallup's history of asking this question since 1974. This earns Congress a 17% yearly average for 2011, the lowest annual congressional approval rating in Gallup history."

One has to imagine the other 11% were asleep, misunderstood the question, or are a sitting member of Congress.

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