Obama’s Policies Teach Moderate Democrats Hard Lessons

Wednesday, September 2, 2009 10:38 AM

By: Grover Norquist

August taught Democrat congressmen and senators four things:

First, there are a great number of citizens in their districts that are very unhappy with the idea of greater government control over healthcare. How these politicians learned nothing from the rallies around April 15 and July 4 is a good question. Evidently hundreds of unhappy voters talking directly to a politician makes a bigger impact than a rally of 5,000 aimed at big government in general.

Second, polling shows that independents have flipped from tired of George W. Bush and Iraq to anti-Barack Obama/Harry Reid/Nancy Pelosi big government tax and spend programs. The attempt by Democrats to demonize those who dared question their rulers at town hall meetings led to independents telling pollsters that by 2-to-1 they sided with the demonstrators. As a result the name-calling of tough questioners is seen as an insult to all middle class independents. Not smart.

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