[NorCoGOP]

(pushed "post" too soon - sorry) - I also believe that thanks to DC's mismanagement, if not outright dereliction of duty, that most Americans have also tuned out DC to focus on their own local problems (jobs, gas prices, loss of investments) to really bother with any of the hot wind blowing out of DC.

Obama the great orator has become not even a distraction to most these days - I witnessed that last week with a speech while eating out - and NO ONE watched the whole thing...it was more of a "meh!" reaction (which I believe is a good thing for 2012).

[KCengineer]

To call the Metro Atlanta economy moribund is an understatement. I sense ZERO green shoots and I know. The consumer is in critical condition with a self inflicted wound and the federal government serves as both instigator an immovable obstacle. This is getting bad, but the guy in DC is cheering! I am convinced this is exactly what he wanted!!