The NBC/Wall Street Journal poll asks the question of 1000 American adults, "How much of the time do you trust government in Washington to do what is right -- just about always, most of the time, some of the time...?" For over 50 years only 3 - 4% of respondents answered 'almost never'. In the last two years this number has exploded to over 30%. Almost one-third of Americans think that Washington ALMOST NEVER does the right thing. This is not politics (or partisanship) as usual - there is an acute breakdown between the American people and their elected officials.