Pissed-offness
I had this sent on to me by a politico friend of mine:
MSNBC’s Chuck Todd reported on current polling trends he’s seeing in surveys prepared for NBC/Wall Street Journal. Here are some excerpts: “General distrust of government is not a new phenomenon; it has been the fuel for electoral upheaval for decades. But it’s important to note that there may be evidence of a much angrier and anxious electorate than either party is preparing for in 2008. At our most recent briefing, one of the NBC/Wall Street Journal pollsters said ‘this is the most angry and unstable of an electorate as I’ve seen in my career.’ And that’s from Republican pollster Bill McInturff, who was around for 1992 and 1994, the last two times an angry electorate wreaked havoc in an election year. Remember it was 1992 when the strongest independent candidate in two generations — Ross Perot — got 19% of the vote, even after he proved less-than-stable on the question of readiness to be president. And 1994 was the year Democrats lost control of Congress for the first time in 50 years. Neither was an insignificant feat. So if the 2008 electorate is shaping up as more volatile than either of those two years, we may be in for a wild ride of historical proportions.”
What does this mean for us, Colbert Nation?
Well, it means that we can sure as hell continue to shake things up. Rattle the cages. Stomp our feet and pump our fists. Flock to the streets and picket. Continue to demand a change that works, not a change for the sake of changing. Be the voter your mother warned you about.