Change in The House

Eight Democrats in the House have now announced that they are retiring. This is suprising, but most of all would make any true Democrat begin to worry. Instead of (alomst) automatically winning these seats again because of incumbancy advantage, Democrats will have to battle for open seats. Unfortunately, some of the areas these representatives were from are conservative. Plus, the party that is not in the White House often wins more seats at mid-term elections without having so many open seats. If I were a Democrat in the House, I would be very interested in passing legislation that would make the democrats look good. http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/12/house.retirements/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/11/patrick.kennedy.congress/index.html

Are Americans Happy with Government?

According to recent polls, Americans are not happy with what the government has been doing. 52% think Obama should not get a second term because there has not been change like he has promised. I say, look at what he has done and ask yourself can anyone just turn a country around on his own in 2 short years? People need to be patient and realize that being the president is difficult and you can't just do what you say or even truly want. Plus, shouldn't Americans recognize that things havn't gotten terribly worse?
http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2010/02/17/why-are-some-obama-08-blue-states-turning-red-again/http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/11/midterm.primary.dates.map/index.html