Can You Say Backlash?

By Sterling Huff

Here’s the skinny: a lot of people still love President Obama, but they don’t think he’s doing quite the bang-up job they thought he would.  But then, hopes were so high, they were due to be dashed.  And where does the American public center its dissatisfaction?  On Amiability?  Absolutely not!  On Honesty, Knowledgeability, Goal Attainment?  NO! How about on Changing Business As Usual in D.C.?  Yep.  That seems to be where the President is falling a bit behind in his race to fulfill his promises.

The US is a country of independents, at least as far as voter registration is concerned. But for a long time, most of those independent voters have leaned toward the Democratic party line.  Now, though, they seem to have asserted their long-dormant independence and moved to the other side; by a margin of 2 to 1, independents are lining up in the Republican camp and wishing for a little more control in Congress—probably due to the spending frenzy President Obama’s agenda has generated.

But this is no time to get cocky.  Those free-thinkers don’t like Republicans either, really–only just marginally better than than they like Democrats right now, and that isn’t a big margin.  According to a quote in the Wall Street Journal in response to a question about how Congress is doing, Steve Walker, 67 and retired in Florida, “Every SOB that’s been up there more than four years needs to get out of there.”

Amen.