Dissatisfaction with the Obama Administration:

 The level of disillusionment/dissatisfaction among a significant portion of the population with the Obama administration is extreme. Here are some thoughts on why:

The deficit: Soaring way out of hand. We stand on the precipice of becoming the next Greece - riots and all.

Unemployment: The President's actions - Obamacare and Dodd Frank, stifling (through the EPA) the utilization of our energy resources, and his general demonizing of the rich with such comments as "you didn't build that", inevitably lead to a lack of confidence in the future, and slow/no growth (and no new jobs) through lack of investments. There is an overall sense of hopelessness for the future, that the current state of affairs is now the norm - that things will just not improve under this President.  NOTE:  If you're interested in hearing what Obama had in mind for the coal industry in 2008, do a google search on "Obama energy costs skyrocket". 

Trend toward greater and greater dependency: Support for a lifestyle/culture of dependency - making it easier to get and stay on food stamps, extending uneployment benefits way beyond the amount of time originally intended, contribute/lead to a culture of dependency and sadly restore the state of affairs that existed prior to Bill Clinton's signing of the Welfare Reform Act which helped alleviate this situation back in the 1990's. While having people become/remain dependent garners the Democratic Party votes, it breeds a culture of hopelessness and despair, and helps keep people in a downtrodden (unemployed) state. Also, backdoor support, and even enthusiasm, for the societal non contributors know as the "Occupy Wallstreeters" is a totally related sad commentary about where the Democratic party is these days.

Changing voter dynamics/effect on the economy and elections: The rapidly growing numbers of people dependent on the government for "stuff" increases the potential voting pool for Democrats. This makes it growing less and less likely that this country will be able to fix the unsupportable financial situation we are in; Reason: Since the Democratic party typically receives the support (votes) of people dependent on the government for "stuff", democrats, to maintain power, will most likely continue to provide this "stuff" (sadly, out of money that we don't even have).

Benghazi: How can anyone feel good about an administration that sacrifices American lives for political (the Presidential election) purposes?  NOTE: We didn't even try to send in military aid during the seven hours after the attack began. Whatever happened to "no man left behind". Guess that laudable policy doesn't apply under this administration.

Totalitarianism:  The response of many around the White House to the petitions to secede - a counter petition to strip the signers of the petition of their citizenship and deport them, is an example of the administration's "my way or the highway" philosophy. These totalitarian views - like with the way they have forced Obamacare down our throats, and like the way they are still trying to institute a carbon tax that will increase the cost of energy to all, make this country a far less appealing place to live in - particularly for those who share the philosphy of the founding fathers as laid out in the constitution.  NOTE:  Some even think (this blogger included) that the President is actually a closet communist.  If that's true, our very liberty is at stake.

Biased main stream press: Avoidance - even suppression of news that is unfavorable to the administration by the main stream press is a disservice, and is contrary to why the founding fathers included freedom of the press in the first amendment to the constitution. In a worst case scenario (which s pretty close exactly where we are these days), when you turn on the TV to hear the news, what you are actually hearing is political propoganda favorable to the administration - and not the news. It's actually like the main stream press - in their desperation to support/protect the first black President, has decided to adopt what seems to be a major tenet of the left - the ends justifies the means.

Class Warfare: Obama's 2008 pitch about not red and blue states, but the United States has rung hollow. Instead of being the "great uniter", he has turned out to be the "great divider". His entire campaign was based on playing different portions of the voting populace against each other. People are more alienated and ostracised from each other than ever. Obama's campaign slogan of "Hope and change" has devolved into a situation where there is "no hope" because there will be "no change".

This is going to be a really bad four years, I just hope that this country can survive it.