I think it’s a given that the low ratings of Congress are a result of its actions and policies.
Most people (I think) are still unaware that the Congress is majority Democrat; they’re still laying 100% of the blame for the economy on President Bush.
However, with a Democrat Congress having a far left Democrat president to push through some of the really unpopular stuff that Democrats have always stood for (no matter how they marketed themselves), people will see the results, and Obama’s ratings will slide.
His ratings aren’t in the 60-70% range because of policy; they’re there because of marketing. In marketing, the customer base only sticks around when the product delivers as promised.
It is the job of Republicans to point out that y result is a result of x policy; our media is not likely to do that crucial job.
In marketing, the customer base only sticks around when the product delivers as promised.
Everyone is currently competing for the title of Cheapest Person On The Planet. No one I know (all of whom are still employed or in business at some level) is spending a single dime if they aren’t forced to do so.
zerO and the donks have raised *prices* (aka: the cost of living comfortably) to the breaking point. We need utilities, food, minimum transport to work, taxes and (if we are really feeling affluent) insurance. zerO’s policies are making these essentials more expensive and all we can do is cut out everything else.
For a people accustomed to having discretionary income, this new extreme frugality becomes wearing. I look at our savings and imagine what life will be like when it is devalued by 90% and my levels of animosity towards the entire government, from County to Federal and everything in between, rises to stroke levels.
But I do not think people will vote for the GOP. They will vote for the conservative donk who doesn’t run on morality or religion and instead positions themselves to lower the basic, essential costs of survival.
They may come to hate zerO, but I fear they will continue to vote for him and to give him poll points. Otherwise, they will have to question themselves and I don’t think people do that any longer.
I see one thing that could defeat all of them: if government and union pensions fail, the donk constituency may just rebel. There has been an increase in anxiety from formerly sanguine liberals whom I know and it is all based on the fear that their pensions will revert to the federal guarantees, which are much lower, with higher medical insurance co-pays. Every level of government has raised tax rates or will, soon. But they cannot raise the number of taxpayers or their AGI.
We can all see the inflation coming at us. Combine it with lower income and vanished security and we will either become a nation of dispirited slaves or a nation of rebels.
Also, none of the promised checks and benefits are going to reach anyone before next Fall. It isn’t possible. Those counting on that money are going to become very anxious and then feel betrayed. They are going to look for scapegoats. I think it will be anyone still earning a living and going about their lives as they did 18 months ago.
I just am not counting on a rational reaction.