Independents Move Away from the Left

Independents are not pleased with the direction the Obama administration has been taking the country, according to a new poll. “Independents have flipped negative,” says Tom Bevan, executive editor of national polling aggregator RealClearPolitics. "That's not a good thing for any party." The independent voters’ ire can be seen in the first gubernatorial races since the left took control of Congress. In Virginia, Republican Bob McDonnell leads Democrat Creigh Deeds by widening margins, and in New Jersey, Democratic Governor Jon Corzine averages about 40 percent in polls. The White House’s fight with Fox News and delayed Afghanistan troop decision are among the concerns of those polled. But registered and likely voters are “disillusioned and disgusted” by the candidates of both political parties, says one political-science professor, as recent polls have showed fewer and fewer people identify as Republican. One CNN poll from last week shows most Americans no longer agree with Obama on the issues they take most interest in, and a Rasmussen poll shows 31 percent “think Congress has a poor understanding of the health-care proposal.”