I still don't understand why people like you can't believe that people who believe differently than you do might be just as intelligent and just as well informed as you are. If you gave us a little credit and tried to understand why we think the way we do, you might have a better chance of achieving some of your political goals. I just came across an interesting article. Don't ignore it because you don't like it's title, try to read it with an open mind and see if it doesn't explain why so many people in this country seem "stupid" to you. Here's a sample of the article, with a link to the whole thing below:

"But again and again, Republicans seem shocked to find out that Americans aren't on the same page with them. They're flummoxed when the public doesn't rise up in outrage to demand more answers on B******i. They're befuddled when shutting down the government turns into a political disaster. They're gobsmacked when the e*****rate doesn't reject Barack Obama for saying "you didn't build that," and even more amazed when he gets reelected. And in between, they can't come up with any strategy to accomplish their goals, whether in policy or e******ns. Again and again, they think the American public is going to see things their way, and when the public doesn't, they never seem to learn anything from it."
http://prospect.org/article/how-did-gop-turn-such-bunch-clowns" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://prospect.org/article/how-did-gop-turn-such-bunch-clowns

I still don't understand why people like you can't believe that people who believe differently than you do might be just as intelligent and just as well informed as you are. If you gave us a little credit and tried to understand why we think the way we do, you might have a better chance of achieving some of your political goals. I just came across an interesting article. Don't ignore it because you don't like it's title, try to read it with an open mind and see if it doesn't explain why so many people in this country seem "stupid" to you. Here's a sample of the article, with a link to the whole thing below:

"But again and again, Republicans seem shocked to find out that Americans aren't on the same page with them. They're flummoxed when the public doesn't rise up in outrage to demand more answers on B******i. They're befuddled when shutting down the government turns into a political disaster. They're gobsmacked when the e*****rate doesn't reject Barack Obama for saying "you didn't build that," and even more amazed when he gets reelected. And in between, they can't come up with any strategy to accomplish their goals, whether in policy or e******ns. Again and again, they think the American public is going to see things their way, and when the public doesn't, they never seem to learn anything from it."
http://prospect.org/article/how-did-gop-turn-such-bunch-clowns" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> http://prospect.org/article/how-did-gop-turn-such-bunch-clowns

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To answer the original 2 questions, yes and it depends who the opposition is.

To respond to cold iron, I must ask if we're still feeling the effects of "W"'s big mistakes? If you follow you own statement, we still have 2 more years of feeling the mistakes of "W"'s administration before we feel any of Obama's. That makes a total of 16 years of "W"'s lies and their affects of our country and the world. You've just negated everything anyone has said about Obama ruining the country because were still feeling the effects of Bush 2.

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To answer the original 2 questions, yes and it depends who the opposition is.

To respond to cold iron, I must ask if we're still feeling the effects of "W"'s big mistakes? If you follow you own statement, we still have 2 more years of feeling the mistakes of "W"'s administration before we feel any of Obama's. That makes a total of 16 years of "W"'s lies and their affects of our country and the world. You've just negated everything anyone has said about Obama ruining the country because were still feeling the effects of Bush 2.