America continues to sour on Bush, Congress

As gasoline prices have spiked above $3 a gallon throughout the country, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that the public's view of President Bush's job, the economy and the nation's direction have continued to decline. But with the midterm elections just six months away, the biggest drop in the survey -- 11 points in one month -- is in the approval rating of Congress, which is locked in a bitter debate over what do about these gas prices, immigration, Iraq and a host of other issues. [AND Congress was on vacation that month!]