Why Obama is unpopular

Besides the obvious reason that the economy is lousy and the country is going down the tubes, this independent thinks the reason President Obama's poll numbers are falling lately comes basically down to this: he has increasingly and even somewhat suddenly become ineffective.

I know conservatives might disagree here. They might think that the country wants him to be ineffective; after all, when he's effective, he's passing legislation on health care and stimulus and regulations for business. They probably do prefer his inability to get things through Congress these days.

But I think many, many Americans are realizing that this is an intolerable situation. We need something to be done. And if Obama can't do it, then we'll need somebody else who can.

So President Obama now gives us nothing. No stimulus, no fixes, nothing that can pass Congress at all. Washington is broken. And Obama can't fix it.

And it's now quite obvious. There was a chance for a grand deal that helped solve some of our longterm problems, but conservatives shot it down. This works for them. It doesn't work for the president. Hence the plunging poll numbers.