But are they really? These answer sound like they could have given by any Democrat I know.
On health care: 62 percent of independents hold an unfavorable view of the new law (compared to 52 percent overall). Only six percent of independents view the legislation very favorably.
On the economy: 66 percent of independents say the recovery legislation is not working (compared to 57 percent overall). The percentage saying the “stimulus” is not working spiked 12 points since Labor Day.
On the question of governance overall, 69 percent of independents say they have less faith in government now than they did just before Obama was elected. (See: Biggest campaign spending day yet).
Many of the independents who fell out of love with Obama have not fallen in love with Republicans: only 30 percent of independents think Republicans have offered more specific solutions than Democrats this year (compared to 39 percent in the full survey).Right, health care reform is a negative because it's not doing what Obama promised. The stimulus isn't working well enough because Obama didn't ask for the amount he should have known we needed. I have less faith in government now than I did when the President was elected. And you'd better believe I'm "concerned" about the course of the country.
“Concerned” best describes the electorate’s sense about the country’s trajectory. It’s the word 34 percent of respondents picked to describe their mood. While 26 percent say they’re hopeful, a third said they’re frustrated or angry.
I'd written a long time back that the danger of the GOP being taken over by crazy people is that at some point the public will get fed up with Democrats and vote for the only alternative out there: Crazy Republicans. And that's in fact what's happening, IMHO. It's not just the economy, and it's not just the outside spending. The GOP is spinning a lie, to be sure, and the Democrats aren't fighting back nearly hard enough against that lie. But at its core, the President and the Congress didn't fight for what they promised, what they knew was needed - and normal people (i.e., not traditional Republican voters who think Obama is a socialist) aren't happy about it.
