Reply #2: Obama is also trying to get people engaged with THEIR government

[underpants]

the recovery.org website thing is part of it

Since Watergate the peoples have been told that government simply doesn't work, don't look we will take care of it
there also has been a concerted "You are just too busy to have to worry about this" giving people an excuse to not look what happens AFTER bills are passed and HOW money is spent

Great situation (both sides) to work with no one checking in on you

the press again thought they could take him down a peg or two but the poll numbers (CNN & Gallup) show that the peoples are basically giving him a break to fix this mess that they CLEARLY blame on the Republicans. The "too busy" thing also has backfired on them-yes people don't check in daily like you and I and everyone here do they just check in for the big events-check the winds-and when it is finished. The peoples are seeing that the Repubs are just blocking and in the end all of this is going to be an Obama WIN which we all knew but the Repubs are so worried about putting on a front (looking like they are doing something anything) that they didn't jump in and get on board when we all knew this was going to pass. They are so in the short-term "conquer the 24-hour-news-cycle" old habit that they aren't seeing the trees shifting in the new wind.