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Harry Reid took to the Senate floor today and took a jab at the ‘Tea Party’:

If you check CNN, you’ll see the survey to which he is referring. In his hurry to get a sound bite, though, he must have missed the first sentence:

Nearly half of all Americans have an unfavorable view of the Tea Party movement, putting it in the same company as the Democratic and Republican parties, according to a new national poll.

So, the Tea Party’s negative rating isn’t really any worse than the Democratic or Republican parties, eh?

According to the poll, the Tea Party’s numbers are in decline: only 32% have a favorable view of the movement, while 47% have an unfavorable one. The Democrats and Republicans both pulled 48% unfavorable ratings.

I guess Harry couldn’t really get up there and say, “Nearly as many people have a negative view of the Tea Party as have a negative view of the Democratic party,” though, could he?

Just for fun, I looked up the RCP average Congressional approval ratings. In the RCP average, 24.2% approve and 66.2% disapprove of the job Congress is doing.

For some reason, Harry didn’t mention the Congressional approval ratings, either.