Posted 6:34 PM by steve

Just as most voters don't bother voting based on the specific positions of a candidate, choosing instead to simply vote on the basis of whether the candidate has an (R) or a (D) next to their name by using that label as a shorthand read of the policies that candidate is likely to support and oppose, most of the people expressing an opinion on Obamacare probably aren't doing so on the basis of a particular position but rather on whether they trust someone with a (D) next to their name or whether they don't.

Thus, the polls showing a majority of Americans opposed to Obamacare is indicative that the public doesn't much trust the Democrats.

It doesn't mean that the public is ready to again put their faith in the Republicans, but the Republicans can't win unless and until the public grows to regret having given power to the Democrats. Employers don't go looking for a replacement until they've reached the conclusion that they've made a bad hire... and so too is it with voters: they don't look to the replacements until they've decided that the guy in office doesn't deserve to stay there.

I just hope that when the public comes looking, the Republicans do a better job of presenting themselves as competent and qualified than they've done the last couple of elections.