>>Whats the US population Marcia (millions) and how many where at these tea parties (thousands). There's a real danger of allowing policy to be hijacked by a small unrepresentative minority.
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>>We all deserve to be heard. As I said before, you cannot say that just because Obama got elected that all of the people who voted for him are still happy with their choice. They were uninformed on the issues and listened only to the commercials and the sound bites. Now they regret voting for him. Are you saying to these people "Too bad. You voted for him and now you are stuck with that and you have to go along with every left wing loony scheme that he has."?
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>>That is not the way things work in this country. You will see in 2010 when the American people kick the dems out of Congress.
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>For your consideration:
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>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/opinion/02brooks.html?_r=1
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>Supposedly in this country we give a fairly elected new leadership a fair chance. That has not occurred. Instead we have the increasingly loud screams of banshees. (Please tell Andy I called you a banshee. The sex will probably be torrid). Until the next election, 2010 or 2012, you're just angry noise. Have a pleasant Saturday night.

BO has gotten a fair chance. He's just acted like an idiot during that time. Popularity didn't fall because we stopped giving him a chance....it fell because of his actions.