welcome back to the most politics in the morning. crossing the political ticker now. americans giving members of congress a thumbs down. >> our senior political editor mark preston live at the cnnpolitics.com desk. and mark, as we like to say around here, the best surprise is no surprise, right? >> the best surprise is no surprise, john, you're absolutely right. look, democrats haven't had a whole lot to crow about in this new cnn opinion research poll they may not want to crow that much. but when asked about how democrats are handling their jobs in congress, they polled a little bit better than republicans. 34% of americans say that they approve of how democrats are doing their job in congress. when asked the same question of republicans, americans only say 31% of republicans are doing or 31% of americans believe their republicans are doing a good job. so is this good news for democrats? well, of course not. look at those numbers, a little more than 3 in 10 americans are