Posted on 07/09/2009 1:58:30 AM PDT by Scanian
As if we were speaking another language, the Democrats are ignoring all the signs that they are overstepping in expanding the federal government and spending like there's no tomorrow:
The first signs of a revolt are apparent in the polls.
President Barack Obama's approval rating in the Buckeye State - one of the key bellwethers for national politics - dropped to 49 percent, the lowest of any swing state, according to a poll released Tuesday by Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn. Obama, who lost Ohio's Democratic primary to Hillary Rodham Clinton but topped Republican John McCain in November's general election, earned a 62 percent approval rating in the university's May survey.
More, from the Washington Examiner:
Last month's Washington Post/ABC poll reported that Americans favor smaller government with fewer services to larger government with more services by a 54 to 41 percent margin -- a slight uptick since 2004. The percentage of Independents favoring small government rose to 61 percent from 52 percent in 2008. The June NBC/Wall Street Journal poll reported that, even amid recession, 58 percent worry more about keeping the budget deficit down versus 35 percent worried more about boosting the economy. A similar question in the June CBS/New York Times poll showed a 52 to 41 percent split.
Other polls show a resistance to specific Democratic proposals.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
When is the media going ridicule Obama for breaking one of his key pledges? Obama promised not to raise taxes on the middle class one dime, and yet Obama is coming out with tax after tax after tax all aimed at the middle class.
Some of us (uh smarter members of FR) knew this all the time.
The Democrats are sowing the seeds of their own destruction. The economy is in shambles after only 6 months of Obamanomics and Congress if it passes cap and trade will further boost unemployment as well as raise everyone’s utility bills. How can they possibly expect that the voters will re-elect them?
They cheat.
The problem is at some point you reach a tipping point and then it doesn’t really matter what the “people” think.
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