Memo to Democrats and RINOs: Americans don’t really like statists! Especially incompetent ones. Fox News reports:
It’s no secret that mid-term elections are generally unfavorable to the party in control of the White House. But some say the public backlash to Democrats’ health care reform plans, along with growing discontent over job losses and the way stimulus money is being spent, prove Democrats have substantial challenges ahead in 2010.
“Right now I wouldn’t be surprised if Democrats lost anywhere from 15 to 25 seats in the House,” said David Wasserman, an editor with the Cook Political Report.
But Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., who chairs the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, has been preparing for a tough fight in 2010 and urging his party colleagues to do the same.
“Way back in January, we made it clear to our members on the Democratic side — get ready, fasten your seat belts, because this is going to be a tough cycle,” he said. “And the good news for us is they’ve been preparing from day one.”
But Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., suggested Democrats have dug their own holes.
“It’s a combination of the work they’ve done and where they’re going,” he said. “But it’s also about arrogance — the arrogance of not listening to constituents.”
New polling shows Democrats are failing to connect with a key group of voters. According to a recent Gallup Poll, a whopping 70 percent of independents now disapprove of how the Democrat-controlled Congress is doing its job, while just 22 percent say they approve. The poll of 1,010 adults was taken Aug. 6-9 and had a 4-point margin of error.
Oh yeah, we especially don’t like arrogant politicians who only listen to their radical supporters.
Update: See video below for Dick Morris’s take on the situation.
