Poll: Unhappiness with government highest in 14 years

Wonder if this is ringing any bells in the brains of the White House. Really people, they're as unhappy with a Democratic government as they were when the R's shut everything down?

Washington (CNN) – Two-thirds of Americans are dissatisfied or angry about how the federal government works, the highest level in 14 years, according to a new national poll.

But the ABC News/Washington Post survey, released Thursday morning, suggests a partisan divide, with 8 out of ten conservative Republicans viewing how the federal government works in a negative way, but nearly 6 out of ten liberal Democrats saying they were enthusiastic or satisfied.

The 67 percent dissatisfaction level is the highest in ABC News/Washington post polling since it peaked at 70 percent in March 1996, in the months after the a federal government shutdown led by Republicans.

So which political party gets blamed for this dissatisfaction? A recent CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll indicated that nearly half the public said they were angry at both political parties, with 11 percent angry only at the Republicans and 9 percent angry only at the Democrats.

Ted Kennedy's "perfect happiness"

By GottaLaff

Sad, sad day, but one filled with good memories and a lot of hope.

In 2006, Vanity Fair asked Sen. Ted Kennedy, "What is your idea of perfect happiness?"

His response: "Sailing on Mya with Vicki at my side and my dogs, Splash and Sunny, at my feet. And, of course, a Democrat in the White House and regaining our majority in the Senate."