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VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Prairie-Fire Anger. ?The approval ratings on nearly every one of the Presiden?

By Glenn Reynolds

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Prairie-Fire Anger. “The approval ratings on nearly every one of the President?s key policy initiatives?cap-and-trade, health care overhaul, government take over of industry and finance, deficit spending, stimulus?are already less than half of polled voters. Obama?s own popularity has fallen dramatically and hovers near fifty percent. A number of well-publicized town meetings have erupted in shouting, as administration and congressional representatives try, often in condescending fashion, to explain the Obama agenda. The Republicans?written off just a few weeks ago as an obsolete party headed for oblivion?are now often polling higher in generic surveys than are Democrats. Why the sudden uproar?”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on August 06, 2009 (boomark / email).