Don't get me wrong, I'm a progressive Democrat who is head over heels we have a Democratic- controlled Congress. But, if that pollster had asked me the question "Do you approve of the way Congress is handling its job?" I would have had to answer with the vast majority of Americans that I do not.

The Radical Right will, of course, try to tell you that's because I and the rest of the 75% don't agree with the agenda the Democratic leaders are pushing. While that certainly is the case for some of them, it couldn't be farther from the truth for me. How in the world could I be upset with the first minimum wage increase in 10 years? How could I be upset with leadership willing to take up ENDA? How could I ever be upset with a group of people who has tired to do so much in such a short period of time to undo the horrible effects of this President's tenure?

I'm not upset about any of those things, and I don't think most Americans are, either. I'm upset, along with the majority, I feel, that Congress has done so little to end the war in Iraq, that Congress hasn't been able to do what's right and override the President's foolish veto of SCHIP. I'm upset good legislation, legislation that would make live saving drugs cheaper and that would bring so many of my friends home from Iraq gets squashed by a radical Republican minority in the Senate that can't see past partisanship long enough to do the right thing for America.

I don't disapprove of the job Congress is doing because they are passing the wrong things and making the wrong laws. No, I disapprove with the job Congress is doing because some Republican members of Congress forget that their party lost in November 2006, and that the American people made it tremendously clear things had to change. They've decided to ignore that and force us to stay on the same ridiculously wrongheaded track. One can't approve of the job Congress is doing today because the Republicans in Congress won't let it do the job it should be doing, the job the American people so clearly outlined in November 2006.

I'm proud my member of Congress is no longer Jim Ryun. I'm proud the voters of the 2nd Congressional District decided enough was enough and made sure we wouldn't have just another radical, out-of-touch enabler representing us. And I'm proud I'm represented now by Congresswoman Nancy Boyda, who, during her 11 months in office, has done more for me and my friends and family nationwide than Jim Ryun did in 10 years. I don't agree with her on everything she does (I'm sure there will be posts about that, just you wait), but she is 100 fold better than what we had. She most certainly isn't what I disapprove of in Congress.

Yes, I disapprove of the job Congress is doing. But I approve of the general way forward I see from the Democrats, and I look forward to the time when logical, decent Republicans realize what's right and we override the new SCHIP veto, the probable hate crimes veto, and, someday, end the awful war that's killing my friends overseas.

Until we do, I'll continue to be one of the 75% who disapprove.