American Voters Are Not Stupid

Rory Cooper / November 02, 2010

If you only listened to President Obama and the left-wing echo chamber this week, you would think American voters are pretty dumb. It’s actually been the primary message of the White House for months. It is exemplified by the president blaming his low approval ratings on bad communications or messaging, rather than bad policies.

But Obama really drove it home this month when he told supporters at fundraisers: “Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we’re hardwired not to always think clearly when we’re scared. And the country’s scared.” (more…)