"I don't think voters feel powerless. They are angry because they've had to tighten their belts, run their own households and small businesses far leaner and more carefully, and they're wanting government to do the same. Instead, we continued to see huge sums thrown at problems with little real planning, just as before. Even many of us who didn't vote for Obama were hoping that somehow, the impressive management of his campaign would transfer to his administration, that they'd be sharp and do a far better job of running the country than Bush did. Sadly, we haven't seen much evidence of this. In particular, they pushed for a poorly-constructed comprehensive healthcare bill, rather than partial, well thought-out reforms in the short run, and politically that was a huge mistake." - Gordon Vaughan