the facts: Obama is in a lot of trouble politically, and although he would never admit it, no one knows this better than Tomasky, and liberals like him . Obama is in trouble on health care, he's in trouble on the economy, he's in trouble in Afghanistan, he's in trouble on jobs, he's in trouble on cap and trade...and the reality is that independent voters (who he could not have been elected without and without whom he can't be re elected) are jumping ship at an alarming rate. These independents, Who supported Obama just one year ago, btw, are largely white, middle class, and would never be caught dead at a tea party. Look at the racist and other vile (Dachau) signs being touted at tea party rallies? http://www.buzzfeed.com/ has a few 'top twenty's' Alongside the real threat to Obama's person there have been a number of shootings ('domestic terrorism') linked to the right and encouraged by the rhetoric. (Much of) the right is in denial. Conservatives who have pointed out or argued against the racist extremists in the midst of the movement and have criticised rabble rousers like Limbaugh have been shouted down or called RINOs. Instead, those disgusting signs are tolerated at those rallies. WTF is that about? Eisenhower was a liberal Republican. I remember reading a letter he wrote in which he called himself a "proud liberal". Maybe that's the letter in which he decried the influence of "stupid Texas oil men" in national affairs. And he