How Much Will 'We the People' Take?

"The Preamble to the Constitution clearly identifies our country's sovereign: 'We the people'," writes Mark Meckler. "Yet in 2013 is the government 'for the people', or is it actively against us?" He cites many examples of how the federal government actively pursues agendas in direct defiance of voters' wishes, including NSA's domestic spying on innocent Americans. Then there's Obamacare:

The majority of Americans opposed Obamacare, the most sweeping piece of social legislation in decades, before its passage. Yet Washington passed it in the most partisan vote in 100 years. The voters now oppose it by an even larger margin, and yet even now the politicians refuse the most modest revisions. Efforts to amend, repeal, or defund Obamacare are labeled as “hostage taking,” “terrorism,” and the acts of “anarchists.”

Examples of the federal government defying the will of the people are legion today. Instead of acting at our behest and representing us, they repeatedly defy us, even on issues on which we are not even closely divided.

As an example, the latest Marist/McClatchy poll shows that 83 percent of those polled believe laws requiring voters to “show identification in order to vote” are a “good thing.” Only 13 percent see those laws as a “bad thing.” A full 72 percent of Democrats see voter ID as a “good thing.” In fact, 65 percent of those who see themselves as “very liberal” favor voter ID laws. And yet the Justice Department, under the direction of this administration, continues to work to thwart voter ID laws passed in state after state. The will of the people is not honored – even though the Supreme Court has clearly upheld the constitutionality of voter ID requirements.

It's not that Americans haven't figured it out. In a new Fox News poll conducted Oct 1-3, 2013, "almost all voters—88 percent—say 'the government is in charge of the people'. That includes 83 percent of Democrats, 88 percent of independents and 94 percent of Republicans. Only 8 percent feel 'the people are in charge of the government'."

The question, says Meckler, is, How much will we take?

Jennifer Rubin (WPost): Benghazi Big Deal After All

"The spin that the American people aren’t interested in Benghazi or that it’s only Republicans who think something is fishy isn’t faring too well in a plethora of other polls," writes Jennifer Rubin at the Washington Post.

The newest Post/ABC poll finds: “Last year’s deadly attack on a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, is shaping up as a real political problem for President Obama, with concern extending well beyond the conservative base. More than half of Americans say his administration is trying to cover up the facts of the attack.” Asked if the White House is engaged in a cover-up, 56 percent of Republicans and 60 percent of independents say yes.

From the latest Fox News poll (figures for independents are in parenthesis):