I think Mom, to run with the metaphor, is the American electorate, who used to shower him with love and affection. Now they're getting impatient that he won't clean up his room, or do his homework, or eat his greens.
Of course, it's her fault that he's spoiled brat, but he's just a snotty kid, doing whatever he can get away with. ;-)
44 posted on 07/31/2011 12:16:11 PM PDT by Steel Wolf
("Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master." - Gaius Sallustius Crispus)