Public confidence in our elected leaders in Washington has hit an alarming but sadly justified low.
While we may be fortunate locally to have Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander as our senators and Chuck Fleischmann as our 3rd District congressional representative, a recent Gallup poll shows that approval of Congress as a whole has plummeted to 13 percent — a tie for the previous record low set just last December.
The choice of our next president will obviously be of great importance, but we also need to elect a strong majority of outstanding senators and representatives.
It is unclear, however, whether current disgust with Congress will translate into a serious, overdue shakeup come Election Day in 2012.