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01/13/2008: "Voters want government to go away"

But with frustration with the political system running high and candidates who call for "change" enjoying success on the campaign trail, experience scores few points with voters -- and, in fact, may be a liability.

[ Congress has a lower approval rating than Bush. People know the system has failed, but are too beaten down to want a different type of system and different goals behind it. ]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/10/experience.2008/index.html