Why the Democrats are increasingly becoming politically vulnerable is a topic that pundits are dissecting in great detail. A general consensus is that the root cause of the public’s growing discontent is a lack of progress on the economy and jobs.
While the economy and the job market have stabilized somewhat – even if they haven’t rapidly rebounded – the President and Congress haven’t gotten much credit for not letting the ship sink. In addition, most of the President’s and Congress’ major accomplishments occurred in the first part of 2009, while towards the end of the year the focus shifted to the very slow moving health care bill – which also included many real and concocted controversies.…