The voters may have gotten what they wanted in Speaker Boehner, but America isn't thrilled about it.
A new CBS News poll finds that a majority of Americans are either disappointed by the outcome of last week's midterm elections or simply don't much care.
While 40 percent do say they are pleased by the election outcome, that's a significantly smaller percentage than the 58 percent who were pleased following the 2006 midterm elections.
Furthermore:
Despite their gains in last week's elections, Republicans are seen less favorably than Democrats overall. Forty-six percent of Americans have a favorable view of Democrats, matching the percentage who have an unfavorable view. The favorability rating for Republicans is 42 percent, with their unfavorable rating at 48 percent.
Republicans won because our side sat the elections out, and because another chunk of Americans are so disenchanted with their lot that they've lost all faith in DC's ability to improve their life.
The challenge for Boehner is delivering things that can build the broken GOP brand. Because the 2012 electorate will be much different than this year's, and given his party's sad lot, things could swing wildly back in the Democrats direction in just two years.
Good luck with that. The Republican base won't allow House Republicans to do anything that could be considered responsible governance. He's in for a rough two years.