Both parties are feeling the anti-incumbent heat, survey says

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In case you haven’t noticed, there is a serious anti-incumbent fervor afoot as midterm congressional elections approach.

It’s as strong as it has been in 16 years, the Pew Research Center reported Friday.

It’s as strong as it was in 2006 -- when Republicans suffered a ‘thumpin’’’ in the midterm elections -- and as strong as it was in 1994, when the ‘Contract with America’’ was signed. The difference this year: Neither major political party enjoys a real high level of public support heading into the 2010 elections.

Read more in the Swamp.

-- Mark Silva