The new Rasmussen Reports is very bad news for the majority:
"Voters now trust Republicans more than Democrats on eight out of 10 key electoral issues, including, for the second straight month, the top issue of the economy." (RR)
Beyond the partisans, the Dems are having problems persuading independent voters:
"Voters not affiliated with either party trust Republicans more to handle the economy by a 46% to 32% margin."
What happened?
First, and foremost, governing is hard. (It's a lot easier to give speeches and tell people what they want to hear!)
Second, the Obama candidacy was based on a fantasy or fairy tale. They promoted false expectations. They blamed everything on Bush but did not give voters an idea of what they would do to govern.
It's early but 2010 is looking better and better for those of us who did not subscribe to the "fairy tale"!
How do we know that Pres BO is in trouble?
Check out his base: Obamacare faces a backlash from the Center-Left
P.S. Bill Kristol has a good post this morning.
He calls it The Balloon Deflates:
"The stimulus hasn't worked.
Cap-and-trade and health care reform are in trouble.
The can't-we-all-get-along foreign policy isn't leading to a more peaceful world.
And the administration seems to have no idea what to do about Guantánamo."
