Keith Koffler, the editor of White House Dossier said Washington, DC is out of touch with rest of America and that Washington, unlike the country at large, is a “boom town.”

“The government is the industry in Washington, and right now the industry is booming,” said Koffler.

He argued that lawmakers and government bureaucrats are both out of touch with main street USA. Lawmakers are used to being treated well in Washington and the bureaucrats work in a region where economic troubles have less of an impact on daily life.

US President Barack Obama has shot 41 rounds of golf as president in the past year and a half.

“The president has to relax. The problem is really the appearance and that it shows that maybe he is getting a little bit out of touch. Golf after all, is looked at by most Americans as something they can’t do 41 times in a year and a half. They don’t have the time, they don’t have the money. Yes, he has a right to relax, but by doing it in that way he projects that he is above people a little bit, maybe a little bit out of touch, a little bit elite. There might be some other ways that he can find to relax I think that would be better for him and probably the country,” said Koffler.

Brent Budowsky, a columnist with "The Hill" in Washington said DC is simply out of touch with the rest of America. He said lobbying groups, law firm, and public relations businesses are thriving in Washington.

“They are very much out of touch with what’s going on. They do not understand the fear economically, they don’t understand that anger,” said Budowsky.

He argued that presenting, what he views as a modest financial reform bill, as one of the greatest and strongest bills since the Great Depression is evidence of this disconnect, because the sentiment doesn’t match the average American’s life.

“People aren’t stupid and they know the difference,” said Budowsky.

Frustrated Americans will take their anger to polls, lots of Democrats and some Republicans losing their seats in congress in upcoming elections, argued Budowsky.

“It’s a total state of denial and delusion by everybody in Washington. It’s like an island surrounded by angry Americans and they just don’t get it,” said Budowsky.

Budowsky argued that Americans are now more likely to elect moderate Republicans, populous Democrats and independents to congress. However, he does not see the Tea Party taking off fully because its candidates are too far to the right.

“There is a lot of denial going on in Washington right now,” he said.

Obama has an 85 percent approval rating in Washington, DC, while the approval numbers are much lower elsewhere in the US. Nicki Kurokawa, the director of research analysis at The Winston Group, argued that it is simply in DC’s self interest to support the president.

“Bureaucrats want to keep their jobs and bureaucrats want to add to their power. As we are adding new agencies, as we are expanding the size of the government, these are people who, it’s in their interest to support this president and to want him to stay in office,” said Kurokawa.

Washington is traditionally a liberal town and is a government town. The city receives a huge amount of federal money and support from the government, as do surrounding communities.

74 percent of those in Washington, DC said they have not felt the impact of the economic downturn.

“This reinforces all the attitudes that we’ve seen that DC is out of touch. That’s why we see congressional approval ratings so low. Right now it’s at like 11 percent, this is historic lows,” said Kurokawa.

Paraphrasing Ronald Reagan, Kurokawa explained that politicians come to Washington with a plan to change things, but in reality they become a part of the system.

Voters are angry; the perception of Washington is highly negative.

“This contributes to an anti-incumbency mood and we’ll see how this all plays out in November,” said Kurokawa.