So, let me get this straight. Polls show that Americans are overwhelmingly unhappy about stagnant wages, so they vote in the party that opposes an increase in the minimum wage, blocks funding for infrastructure, and degrades workers’ rights, merely because they want change.
They blame Obama for inaction as if he could make the House Republicans be reasonable or the Senate Republicans stop abusing the filibuster.
Rick Scott is reelected Governor of Florida besides having run a company convicted of the largest Medicare fraud in history.
Scott Walker is reelected Governor of Wisconsin besides having six associates indicted and or convicted of campaign violations and also having failed horribly in creating jobs as he promised.
Sam Brownback is reelected governor of Kansas despite the fact that he has essentially bankrupted the state.
In Georgia, David Perdue gets elected Senator despite being proud of outsourcing American jobs. His opponent, Michelle Nunn, only gets 29% of the white vote. So, I guess most of the poor whites there would rather vote for someone who will take away their jobs rather than vote for a woman who is associated with Obama, a black man.
In Iowa, Joni Ernst is elected Senator despite having advocated using violence against federal policies she doesn’t like. She wins primarily because her opponent said something stupid about farmers.
This goes on and on.
The truth is that the Republican’s cynical strategy of blocking everything and then blaming Obama worked. The hundreds of millions of dollars from the Koch Brothers and others was a huge factor that allowed the promulgation of slander and lies. Also, the sad truth is that much of this country is still racist because if people voted on the issues and their own economic self interest, none of these clowns would have won.