Dare to dream, citizens, dare to dream.

If they could vote to keep or replace the entire Congress, just 25% of voters nationowide would keep the current batch of legislators.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 57% would vote to replace the entire Congress and start all over again. Eighteen percent (18%) are not sure how they would vote.

This is one of those exercises in pure fantasy that still brings a smile to my face even though I know that American voters tend to express their disappointment more in polls than at the polls.

Job security among legislators in Washington does more to destroy this country year in and year out than anything our enemies are cooking up. The smug elitism we’ve seen this summer from the likes of Jim Moran, Harry Reid, The Botox Hag and so many others is directly related to the fact that they haven’t yet experienced a correlation between responsiveness to constituents and reelection. As long as the latter is assumed, the former suffers.

The job security plague is perhaps the most truly bipartisan problem in Washington. Contrary to what the “But why weren’t you upset when Bush was spending so much?” crow thinks, plenty of us on the right were watching the spectacle in horror and realizing that we were being sold out by our elected representatives. Personally, I’m still livid that Boehner and McConnell have leadership positions. I thought both of them should have at least been tossed out of those.

It’s not just me.

Republicans, not surprisingly, overwhelmingly support replacing everyone in the Congress. Their views have not changed. But Republican voters are disenchanted with their team as much as the Congress itself: 69% of GOP Voters say Republicans in Congress are out of touch with the party base.

Sixty-freakin’-nine percent.

Nuke ‘em.

Another problem is that many voters, when finally moved to a point of complete disgust, express their feelings by not voting at all. This often does nothing more than ensure that the American people will have to endure having another fat helping of status quo shoved down our throats.

Again, this is definitely not a Republican or Democrat thing. Congressional approval ratings have been in the toilet for years. Every once in a while we see a bit of an upheaval but incumbents are still far too comfortable.

One has to look no further than Harry Reid’s continued arrogance even though he is the most vulnerable incumbent senator out there who hasn’t switched parties recently. His poll numbers may not be good but he’s got incumbency fever. In his mind, he can do whatever he wants and his party machine/incumbent magic will make sure the little people do his electoral bidding.

We know the cure. Once again, the Constitution provides a perfect solution. When are we going to start using it?