A New York Times poll is bound to be biased in some way, but as far as this one goes, it looks pretty accurate on a certain level. A sampling of 960 Americans found that a staggering 82 percent disapprove of the job Congress is doing. 72 percent disapprove specifically of the Republicans. No surprise to me. Of course, you’ll have the left disapproving of Republicans no matter what. That goes both ways usually. But add those that hold the tea party values dear and you have the Republicans literally in the dog house with the 2012 presidential election looming. There’s your 72 percent.

Of course the poll was biased. 47 percent thought Obama handled the debt ceiling negotiations pretty well. You saw that right. He was missing in action for most of it, and when he did open his mouth, nobody listened. Even the Democrats were ignoring him. But this poll was either asking grossly uninformed Americans (which is quite possible), or polled a majority Democrats, which is also quite likely.

Nevertheless, John Boehner and his establishment buffoons are seemingly trying to set fire to the White House before they even get to the door. A third party won’t cut it this election. It would be great, but this time around it would just propel Barack Obama to a second term. As biased as the poll no doubt was, it still tells me that there are some angry Americans out there, and come 2012, some of them could be on the chopping block like so many Democrats were last November. If that’s the case, then so be it. The Republicans botched the debt ceiling debate. They botched the continuing resolution. They’re botching the upcoming presidential primary. Mitt? Hell, I saw that even Newt Gingrich was still in the race. Who’s running the RNC anyway? We see who’s running the house-we don’t need that party wide.

The biggest disaster that could occur is if Republicans perform so badly that people stay home next year. That would guarantee Obama victory. You can bet he’ll be pursuing the ethno vote, and calling on his pals at ACORN once again, and maybe even sprinkling the Black Panthers around some polling places. is that what the Republicans are going for? If so, they’re doing a heck of a job.

I’m going to be an optimist and suggest that the people will not stay home in 2012, but may just go out and replace some RINO’s that are not-and never were doing the job.

For the first time since Barack Obama was elected, the polls show that voters who at least somewhat approve of Obama’s job performance has fallen below 50%. Those that strongly disapprove have outnumbered those that strongly approve for weeks now. Sure, a snapshot in time can be disputed as some kind of an anomaly, but this is a trend over the span of Obama’s time in the White House.

Now, even the seeming carte blanche that the Democrats provided for Obama’s agenda is shaky. Some Dems are now regretting cap and trade and the disastrous stimulus bill. The health care debacle is mired in a plethora of contentious issues, and passage has been delayed. It could fail.

Back during the campaign, many fell for the change we can believe in rhetoric. That’s because they wanted to believe it, even though maybe in their hearts they knew that a man with no experience and too many radical ideas couldn’t possibly deliver. Positive reinforcement is a powerful tool though, and for Obama, it worked long enough to get him elected. This wouldn’t be the first time that people made irrational decisions based on what they wanted to be true, as opposed to the reality. Remember the Duke lacrosse “rape” case? It turns out that the D.A. set those kids up and concocted a phony investigation, trying to increase his popularity with black voters. Even as the guy sat before the board that would subsequently disbar him, there were protesters outside demanding that the innocent lacrosse players be jailed. They wanted to believe that an actual rape occurred. It did not, but their behavior was based on what they wanted to be true, not reality.

Same thing down in New Orleans. The debates during the last mayoral campaign featured current mayor Ray Nagin, a few politicians, and a few businessmen. One of the businessmen running had it right. He said that New Orleans may never be the same. The 9th Ward may never be rebuilt. They didn’t have the funds, and the area was still in a dangerous flood area. He then talked about what could be done. Like a rational realist. Ray Nagin on the other hand, gave the people what they wanted to hear. He told people to come on back, it’ll be like old times, we’ll have this place rebuilt in no time. Of course it wasn’t true, as subsequent history has shown, but that’s what the people wanted to hear. He was reelected.

But the BS only works for so long. If you can’t deliver, eventually people will start to question the rhetoric. You would have thought that the wave of popularity Barack Obama was riding would have lasted a little longer. Whoever is behind him may have forseen this though. Maybe that’s why he’s trying to implement his radical agenda at such breakneck speed. The devil is sending the beast with rath, because he knows the time is short…