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Independents’ Day (Charlie Cook, December 9, 2010, National Journal)

The liberal wing of the Democratic Party is furious over President Obama’s deal with congressional Republicans on extending the Bush tax cuts, but the move is likely to go over well with independent voters. To liberals, the president’s agreement to continue the cuts for families whose incomes top $250,000 was heresy. To independents, it was compromise—more like candidate Obama’s promise to “change the way Washington works” than the “my-way-or-the-highway” mentality that has halted progress on so many important problems in recent years.

Independents are the voters who gave Democrats their majorities in 2006 and 2008. This year, independents rather aggressively removed House Democrats from their majority. As nonideologues, independent voters aren’t into pursuing causes or righting wrongs so much as they are into seeking results. Endless bickering doesn’t impress them.

...House Democrats don't care what the American people want, only about their own ideology.

Posted by Orrin Judd at December 10, 2010 6:31 AM