GOP may feel the peoples' anger in November

[BirminghamExaminer]

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A lot of independent voters who voted for President Obama, did so because he promised to reach across the aisle and work with his colleagues on the other side of the political spectrum. Though it has so far proved impossible, Scott Brown won his seat in Massachusetts using the same rhetoric. Even if Brown wanted to reach across the aisle, it is unlikely that he would be able to avoid bowing to the pressure of the Republican party which is notably united in saying no to every single piece of legislation any Democrat proposes and opposing everything President Obama does or says even when it means preventing U.S. troops fighting overseas get the funding they need.

While President Obama's poll numbers have plummeted, his popularity has remained high. The common current meme of thinking is that President Obama has worked for bipartisanship but has been thwarted at every turn by a unanimous GOP Congress. Indeed, many of Obama's supporters feel strongly that he should give up seeking bipartisan support for anything he wants to get done while in office because it's become glaringly apparent that it's a waste of time.

While Democrats in Congress are scrambling around asking themselves 'what went wrong' in Massachusetts, Republicans continue their quiet obstinate strategy of opposition to everything while doing nothing to help the country.

The voters who decide the outcome of elections, that is, the voters who are independent, who aren't political junkies are angry. Their anger isn't focused on one party or the other, it is a disgusted anger, an anger at incumbents. The tepid tea party conventions pale beside the brewing private anger that independent voters are feeling. These are the people who don't attend rallies, who don't write political blogs or comment on them. They are the people who work hard and live their day to day lives with the expectation that the people they sent to Washington to represent them will do their jobs. They may not watch cable news or follow political blogs but they are aware that the people they sent to Washington to represent them are not getting the job done. It's likely that both Democrats and Republicans will lose seats in the upcoming mid-term election. People are sick of the petty bickering in Washington by both sides.

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. HIS popularity is high, but he isn't running in '10

We own this now, and the banks keeping on keeping on while jobs are shredded is going to hurt us.

[BirminghamExaminer]

4. True, however....his standing has a good deal to do with how the 2010

mid-terms turn out. If his approval ratings were as high as they were a year ago, we wouldn't worry about losing a bunch of Democratic seats. Not that I think it is totally up to the President, but it doesn't hurt to have one with high approval ratings when you're a Democrat running for office or re-election.

[Vincardog]

2. Why is that there are alway pieces telling us that we political junkies and people who pay attention

DON'T MATTER? It is always the great undecideds?

[BirminghamExaminer]

3. lol....we DO matter....I guess I should edit that......

But the truth is that Republicans are going to vote for Republicans and Democrats are going to vote for Democrats and so it's that sought after "independent" who seems to settle all elections.

Your objection is noted....I too am one of those Democrats who don't matter.