DU Members' Opinion: did voters say, "Get things done" or "Stop Obama's Agenda"...

[HardWorkingDem]

Just saw a CNN headline that said incoming house leaders are sticking to their "no compromise" stance. What I'm wondering is did these voters vote the way they did to "get things done" or to "stop Obama's agenda" because if one thinks of it, there is a difference and if the Rethugs take it as "Stop Obama's Agenda" then they might be doing the exact opposite of what they were sent to Wash, DC.

[TheWraith]

1. The voters don't know what the hell they wanted to say.

A lot of them were mad as hell, and with no clue why or what the facts were. It's the result of a national attention span resembling that of a gnat.

[datasuspect]

2. they said:

"we cannot abide a half-black president."

[Andy823]

3. It was to get things done!

The right wing has decided that it was "stop Obama's agenda, not the people! Once again republicans simply make up lies to fit their own "agenda" and try to make it the peoples will, which is nothing more than BS!

[ixion]

4. They said: "I like pie"

n/t

[Individualist]

12. +1

[DJ13]

5. The voters want to move from the way things have been the last 10 years

Thats why they voted for Obama's promise of change, and when the voters werent seeing any meaningful change they voted for the only other party that could win in our stupid two party system, hoping things might change.

The real reason voters voted for the GOP this year was because they no longer perceive theres any difference between the GOP and our party since our party is also dominated by conservatives,

Thanks DLC.

[Bitwit1234]

6. I need this question answered

Does the House rule the country??????????????? Seems to me that the House under Nancy Pelosi did a damn good job of getting bills to the Senate...WHERE THE GOOD PARTS DIED.

Now if the republicans get bills to the senate, the Democrats can stop them and then we also have Obama to veto them and there is no 2/3 majority to override that. So what makes the republicans so cocky. Tell me someone.

[drm604]

9. They can hold things up, including money.

They're already threatening not to fund the health care reforms.

[drm604]

7. Different voters said different things.

We can't really attribute any one goal to "voters", can we? For one thing, many voted for Democrats.

Here's an interesting question that I don't know the answer to. Did more people vote for Rs than voted for Ds, or did more vote for Ds rather than Rs? That would tell you what the majority of voters wanted, which I think is what you're looking for. Granted, it wouldn't have any effect on policy, since we have a representative system, but it would give you a better idea of what the "voters" want.

[tkmorris]

8. Mostly, voters didn't say anything at all

This past election came out the way it did primarily due to who DIDN'T vote seems to me. Yes there were plenty of voters who wanted to "put a stop to Obama's radical agenda" (although none of them seem to be able to actually identify what that agenda is specifically, merely that it's somehow Socialism) but their numbers weren't particularly large. They were large enough however to win, given the tremendous apathy that other groups showed toward this election.

It has always been true that people will go to the polls in far greater numbers to change something than they will to keep things as they are.

[Tx4obama]

10. We don't know what the voters said - because of the rigged voting machines! n/t

[DinahMoeHum]

11. Many of the voters are out of work or in deep mortgage debt and have no

real hope for jobs or the value of their houses going up any time soon.

They were looking for something/somebody to blame; and it's easy to blame the party in power.

Just my $0.02

[HardWorkingDem]

13. Probably wrong, but...

for some reason, I don't think the Rethugs took back the house because a lot of out of work people and people with high debt voted for them. I wonder if it was more out of irrational fear and people believed a bunch of horse shit.

[emilyg]

14. Good $0.02

[Stinky The Clown]

15. First things first: The electorate is stupid. Second, they want things done.

The repubs have the mouthpieces, though, so whatever they want will soon become conventional wisdon and the morons that are allowed to vote will quickly agree.

[bigwillq]

16. Both

I'm sure some (including myself) voted because they wanted more things to get done. I'm sure others voted to stop Obama's agenda.

[DirkGently]

17. I think Greenwald nailed this. People are p*ssed. Most don't get into political ideology that much.