Reply #73: I know what I hear in real life [View All]

[Lydia Leftcoast]

from people who are not on DU and have never even heard of DU but were avid Obama supporters in 2008. These were people who wore buttons, went door to door, and came back from rallies all star-struck.

Their current moods range from sad bewilderment ("Why is he always caving in to the Republicans?") to outright disgust ("I think he's a Republican mole").

And I'm hearing these kinds of sentiments from people I'd never expect to hear them from, all in the last couple of months. The "last straw" is different for different people. For some it was the botched health care bill. For others it was widening the war in Afghanistan. For others it was appointing Arne Duncan and seeming to support school privatization. For others it was caving on letting the Bush tax cuts expire. For others it was Libya. For others it was the tar sands issue.

The ONLY thing that may prompt them to vote for Obama is the scariness of the Republicans, but that is a mighty poor motivator, don't you think?

If you burn too many bridges, you can end up stuck on an island.