The Tea Party at most is 20% of the country and will never ever ever ever vote for Obama. He should not try to appease them. He needs to get moderates and liberals excited. Let 40% of the country which is conservative hate him and vote against him. 40% isn't going to win an election.
I think this is one of the problems with politics. I think someone should try to appeal to the entire populace since they will be president of the entire populace and not just the majority that elects them.
I think Obama has been okay on this though, he's been fairly pragmatic. The debt ceiling issue and such actually made me gain some respect for him. I like that it wasn't all political for him and he'd concede things, unlike the GOP. Although I detest his record on foreign policy and privacy rights too much to ever vote for him.
But I do wish that politicians would try to address more than just the base that elects them. It sucks for the rest of us who have no representation. I suppose we shouldn't have to pay taxes since we have no voice in DC.
