Reply #35: But the majority of the public DOESN'T know about the

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filibusters, about the obstruction, about them continually moving the goal posts, which is why his ratings aren't stronger.

Most of the people I know don't pay attention like we do. At best they get a :30 clip on the local news at night, maybe a :15 mention on the car radio on their way to and from work, but other than that...

My sister-in-law is one of the few people I know who still subscribes to and reads the newspaper. When she came home from work yesterday and I was watching Ed in Wisconsin she said "there's an election TODAY?". When I said Yes! Wisconsin! And it's an historic recall election! she left the room, totally uninterested. Later, when she was reading the paper, she asked who won, because it was mentioned in the Seattle Times. I explained we got two, didn't get four, and that's all she was curious about. She, and most, don't understand nor have the desire to, what a significant occurrence that was, the daily goings on in DC, the funding of the Tea Party -- none of it. And again, I daresay, she's representative of a healthy chunk of Americans.

We've got to message better, to master the art of the sound bite, and say it every time we open our mouths, regardless of the question. Like "job killing Obama Care" and "we don't have a revenue problem, we have a spending problem". Even if we were to become the champs of the one-liners, not sure even that would penetrate.

I heard Thom Hartmann say that of all the registered voters, about half turn out to vote, and those who do pay attention only begin doing so about a couple of weeks before an election.

So whenever we say "NOW people will get it!", I think we're kidding ourselves. It's only us and the Freeps and Baggers who are paying attention.