Not sure how I missed this.....

A public opinion poll from January gauging the popularity of Congress:

When asked if they have a higher opinion of either Congress or 
a series of unpleasant or disliked things, voters said they had a 
higher opinion of:

root canals (32 for Congress and 56 for the dental procedure) 
NFL replacement refs (29-56) 
head lice (19-67)
the rock band Nickelback (32-39)
colonoscopies (31-58) 
Washington DC political pundits (34-37) 
carnies (31-39) 
traffic jams (34-56) 
cockroaches (43-45)
Donald Trump (42-44) 
France (37-46) 
Genghis Khan (37-41) 
used-car salesmen (32-57)
and Brussels sprouts (23-69) than Congress. 

Congress did manage to beat out:

telemarketers (45-35)
John Edwards (45-29) 
the Kardashians (49-36)
lobbyists (48-30) 
North Korea (61-26)
the ebola virus (53-25) 
Lindsay Lohan (45-41) 
Fidel Castro (54-32) 
playground bullies (43-38)
meth labs (60-21) 
communism (57-23)
and gonorrhea (53-28).