American Thinker: Congress on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

American Thinker: Congress on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown: "Watching our political class fumble with the hot potato of ObamaCare has proven to make for a highly entertaining August. We assume that elected officials must have considerable people skills. Yet many Democrats have been ham handed in the extreme when faced with voters who want to be heard on one hand and party leaders who will not tolerate dissent on the other.

In Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar's comedic classic, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, the farcical antics begin when a feckless man leaves a note informing his lover it is over. He wants to avoid an emotional scene while she is determined to give him a large piece of her mind in person. Today it is our Congress that seems to be on the verge of its own nervous breakdown as it attempts to avoid facing a painful truth. The voters don't want this health care bill. Nor are they very keen about the other major pieces of legislation passed or pending such as the Stimulus Bill or Cap and Trade. (I've received three e-mails in the last 24 hours from three separate sources notifying me of an anti-cap and trade rally next week.) Rasmussen's recent 14% approval rating shows that voters don't trust this Congress. Increasingly they don't seem to trust the President either. The recent NBC poll of adults -not registered or"