A letter to the Editor in today's Fort Myers paper makes a good point, which I shall paraphrase....

In the recent election, 21 of 22 incumbent senators were re-elected, and 353 of 373 incumbent members of the House were re-elected.

Thus, the American people have re-elected 94 percent of the incumbents who were running for re-election to an institution that has an approval rating of about 9 percent.

This indicates, as an electorate, we are a nation of idiots. We are now stuck with the useless, dysfunctional government that we deserve.