"Recent polls show that the popular views of the Obama administration are: not very popular."

If you read the polls 1½-2 years ago, you find that the majority WANTED what Obama said he'd try to deliver. When he tried, the Republicans blocked everything except some watered down versions. Then the Republicans used their own 'successes' in stopping Obama's attempts to get things like comprehensive health care to trumpet Obama's 'relative' failure.

Now the **polls** are showing that people are....yes.... dissatisfied with what they GOT, and the picture is being distorted by Republicans who are the reason why so much was not passed. It got so bad that many Republicans actually voted against ideas THEY had originally been for, in order to show Obama 'failing'.

....and then you get crap like Jim DeMint stopping ALL Senate progress in order to keep anything from happening until after the elections!

I assume, Doug, that YOU think those tactics are fair and clever?