In 10 months the majority of voters haven't come to despise Obama like they did Jimmy Carter at the end of his Presidency, but they have come to intensely dislike/fear his policies and their result. 9.8% UNEMPLOYMENT and still growing, Trillions upon Trillions in corrupt spending and debt, an arrogant and Elite attitude that is totally contemptous of average working Americans, and a foreign policy of appeasement and apology! If Obama had been on the ballot yesterday in VA he would have lost a state he carried easily! In NJ he still would have won, but if a Democratic incumbant President can't carry NJ he's in bad bad trouble. Obama is in a serious situation, House Democrats are in bad trouble. The last Rasumussen poll of VA showed the Republican winning by 13 points, he won by 18. In NJ it showed the Republican winning by 3 points he won by 4. Accounting for undecideds he was spot on. Consider that Rasmussen has Obama's approval rating at 48 with 52% disapproval! With the generic Congressional ballot he has the Republicans up 5% points over the Democrats. With his polling methodology pretty much validated by VA & NJ you have to believe his polling numbers are pretty solid while the happy Obama/Democratic polls are most likely off! UNEMPLOYMENT is likely to continue to get worse, corrupt spending is likely to continue and get worse. The Democrats are still trying to stuff a Government takeover of health care down our throats, Iran may well test a nuke over the next year, and who knows what the Russians, Chinese, or our other adversaries will do since they clearly think Obama is the weakest President in the White House since Jimmy Carter as he dithers over Afghanistan. The next year will be very interesting and unless the corrupt stimulous bill suddenly produces 3 or 4 million net new jobs 2010 may be an even worse year for Obama. Its sad because it didn't have to be. Obama could have been the moderate slightly liberal President he campaigned as, and pretended to be, instead of the radical left wing estremist he has proven himself to be. As for NY? The Republicans screwed that up for sure! But losing right now doesn't change anything and better a Democrat than a Repbulican that votes with the Democrats. And they have 1 year to get it right and try again when a win might really mean something. Let's hope they get it right, and 2010 checks the arrogance and corruption of power we see right now!

"the majority of voters ... intensely dislike/fear his policies and their result."

I'm sure I won't be the only one fascinated to see the data underlying this conclusion.

Wolfie, you have more perseverance than I, no way could I get through that wall of text. My eyes are too damn old.

OldGaffer:

Wolfie, you have more perseverance than I, no way could I get through that wall of text. My eyes are too damn old.

I couldn't make it through due to the nauseau.

OldGaffer:

Wolfie, you have more perseverance than I, no way could I get through that wall of text. My eyes are too damn old.

For once I agree with you Old Gaff. Please don't laugh too hard at my ugly mug, but even with my genuine Bamster reading glasses I couldn't make it thru Text Mountain, either.

Bamster wearing his hi-res reading glasses: <link>

Nice tie.