Reform won't work without support of the American people

When Rep. Patrick McHenry held his townhall meetings this year, almost 5,000 people attended compared to fewer than 300 last year.

“There was consensus on a few of the major issues.

• The stimulus has been an expensive failure. It was a missed opportunity to create much-needed jobs.
  
  
• The bailouts were an enormous injustice to taxpayers by forcing them to reward the self-inflicted failures of Wall Street.
  
  
• If cap-and-trade passes the Senate, the middle class will pay a huge price in lost jobs and higher energy costs. . .
  
  
• By far, the hottest topic was health care.”

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This, not racism, Mr. Carter, is the cause of Obama's dropping poll numbers and the building distrust.