My frustration with this administration is boiling over. Here's how I see it.
Dems keep expecting the Reps to be reasonable. And every day they are wiping sand from their eyes.

Americans, specifically the independents and "moderates", don't want to give their votes to a party that wimps out and caves in every time. It really doesn't matter if its a left or a right initiative. Its how strongly one stands behind it. Obama seemed like a strong, take no prisoners leader, and that's why he was voted in over the bumbling waffling old man. And Nancy and Harry seemed to convey that things would now be different, right after the election, but a year later its Gary the GOP that is back as "the Man" in most independent voters minds.