Here are the latest numbers from RealClearPolitics.com’s average of polls.

Congress’s approval stands at 8.4 percent.

President Obama’s approval checks in at 44.3 percent.

Congress’s ratings have been slipping downward, while the president’s have been ticking upward. What gives with that.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/congressional_job_approval-903.html

Take a gander at the link above. It shows how all the major polls weigh in. The average, as I keep yammering about, takes in the favorable polls with the unfavorable ones. Average ’em up and you get 8.4 percent.

Then we hear from some of the president’s more ardent critics — such as Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas — say things like: Politicians should listen to their constituents in their states and congressional districts. Well, indeed they should. It appears that Congress isn’t doing the bidding of those who elect them, if the RCP poll average is any indicator.

Voters are angry with the way Congress — led by Republicans who are spooked by the tea party wing of their party — handled the government shutdown, the Affordable Care Act debate and the debt ceiling.

Listen to the people of their state? Sure thing.