Some interesting new numbers from Gallup. In a poll taken August 13-16, President Bush is where he’s been for a long time now — 32 percent approval, 63 percent disapproval. But the approval rating of Congress has dipped sharply from its already low level last month. In a poll taken July 12-15, Congress’ rating was 27 percent approval, 66 percent disapproval. Now, in the August 13-16 poll, Congress’ rating is 18 percent approval, 76 percent disapproval.

That is the lowest approval rating in more than 30 years’ worth of polling results provided by Gallup. The last time Congress’ approval rating was close to that number was in June 1979, when it hit 19 percent. (It was 21 percent in October 1994, just before the Republican takeover.)