Preelection Panic

How did we come to this? Obama comes in riding a wave of popularity, the Democrats sporting a supermajority. Now it's gone to hell thanks to the majority party's unwillingness to quit sucking corporate dick and Obama's reluctance to stand by his promises and capitalize on the grassroots momentum that got him elected. Stats to bear in mind:

Obama's approval rating is at 46% with 43% opposed and 11% undecided.
(Quinnipiac University poll, December 23)

Only 42% favor the current healthcare bill while 56% oppose it.
(CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll, December 16-20)

Now the wagons have circled in anticipation of 2010 and 2012 and both the Dems and the Reps are making it all about the healthcare bill. The GOP are selling a promise to repeal it. The Democrats are selling the same promise: that the GOP will do exactly that.

This would auger well for Dems if only the bill was worth a sh*t and could be sold as something worth saving. But as it stands, the Republicans have the stronger hand.

Unless the dysfunctional abortion of a bill that staggered out of the Senate to assume such a pivotal role in the Democrats' fortunes doesn't get a major overhaul before final passage, they'll deserve to lose. Shame for 'We The People' who certainly don't deserve another punishing round of Republican misrule.