re: #20 allegro

I keep going back to my neighbor and friend here who is low information, leaning very right - independent mostly because she doesn’t know enough to claim any party affiliation, just not interested in politics. She’s kind of my gauge to get a feeling for what those real independents here in Texas are thinking/feeling. As I mentioned in the last thread, last night for the first time she called out the GOP in her disgust that Congress wasn’t getting anything done. She is definitely getting a clearer picture of how what the government does and does not do affects us all very directly.

A lovely, kind soul, but a bit of a bigot sometimes - more about gays than race - she was enthusiastic about her praise for Obama’s speech last night saying that she was really starting to like him a lot. She talked about how he obviously wanted to get something done to help get us out of this mess but that the GOP obstruction was just ridiculous and pure political games that are damaging the country and us.

It’s no wonder the teatards are pissed and pushing back. Obama’s message last night is clearly resonating with a powerful target audience.

You just described my mother- the Wisconsin version of what you described. She is not so much interested in politics, her main concern, at age 64, is Social Security. I haven’t heard from her today, but I’m curious about her take on the speech.