"...voters would probably hang a "Help Wanted" sign on the U.S. Capitol.."

[Sapphire Blue]

Anti-incumbent sentiment is widespread
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer
25 minutes ago

NEW CASTLE, Ky. - Dissatisfied with Congress, voters would probably hang a "Help Wanted" sign on the U.S. Capitol if given the chance.

"They're not doing their job," says Scott Newland, 39, an independent voter who backed President Bush in 2004.

The factory worker had harsh words for congressional Republicans and Democrats as he helped close his sister's New Castle deli one recent evening. "You need people that care. They don't care."

Such angry sentiments echo up and down the Ohio River Valley as it cuts through Republican-held congressional districts in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio — politically pivotal House seats in an election year in which Democrats hope to end 12 years in the minority.

At lunch counters, post offices, city parks and downtown streets, voters in this region and nationally are quick to voice their frustration with the GOP-controlled Congress, and their desire for more responsive replacements for the current crop of lawmakers.

Continued @ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060912/ap_on_el_ge/angry_at_incumbents_4

[razors edge]

1. under new management

would be a good start.