[Longbow1969]

While this may certainly be true, does it really matter? Outmatching the Democrats is child's play. What really counts is the public perception of what happened. Since the MSM determines this, it matters not what really happened. The average troglodyte out there who votes doesn't even know what a Senate Committee is, let alone care if the Republican did an intellectual beat-down of the Democrats. They are too busy watching the Basketball or Hockey Playoffs or even American Idol to care about such issues.

And yet again today, your dead on correct.

Most Americans are now so disconnected from even the slightest understanding of government that they will have never even heard of the NLRB, won't know what a Senate Committee even is, nor have much idea who their own Senators are or where they stand on such issues.

Sadly, if most people hear anything about this at all it will be through the MSM's leftist lens and all they will get is something like "more pressure on Congress to raise taxes on the wealthy to save the middle class". Doubt the MSM even covers the Boeing issues.

A good example of what is happening would be 3 strikes laws and mandatory sentencing. The sheeple vote for Democrats because they want to "help people". The Democrats naturally hide much of their agenda to get elected. Once elected these Democrats put radical leftists on the bench. These radical left judges use their throne and ACLU views to let criminals walk free. The public gets angry about criminals getting a free pass. And here is the disconnect. The sheeple don't make the association between the liberal judges and the Democrats they voted for - and the MSM does its level best to conceal this cause and effect. People eventually get angry and pass laws to force judges to put criminals in prison. Liberal judges try their best to get around such laws. Cycle continues. The whole while people simply know so little about how government works that they can't understand that their votes for leftist Democrats is resulting in the very liberal judges who are letting criminals go.

[truthguy]

I don't disagree with one word of your post. I've been aware of the disconnect between cause and effect for quite some time. I've seen people who I know harbor conservative views vote for liberal politicians. This is because they don't have their eyes on the ball. Or they simply don't have an interest in politics or even economics. That is they don't have an interest until they are directly affected. Your example of voters electing liberal politicians who then appoint liberal judges is right on the money. I could site a few more examples of this type of foolishness, but I don't have time today.

Have a nice Sunday. Later.

[okie01]

If the American voters were still as inattentive as you claim they are, there would be no Tea Party!

Sure, disinterest and inattention are the cardinal directions for way too many voters.

But that is changing...for the better. To claim that it's not is to disrespect the Tea Party movement, a substantial number of awakened American voters and the efforts of those who are working at the grassroots.

C. Edmund is right. More and more people are paying attention. And even small battles are worth winning.