Obama's African American Problem.

Forceful.

President Obama is in full re-election mode and it's completely transparent to everyone except maybe the Congressional Black Caucus (Democrats only need apply).  They're just angry that he's not doing enough.  But their issue has become President Obama's problem.

The fundamental difference between 'us' and 'them'

The fundamental difference between conservatives (us) and liberals (them) can be summed up in this graph;

Sure looks pretty close to the election results when you look at the overall government versus business breakdown. The problem for conservatives in explaining our positions to the non-conservative portions of society is that this graph shows where there starting point is. We've got a long way to go in educating people on The Invisible Hand and how economics works. It appears there's no easy shortcuts. Winning the education war is a long term project, and liberals have a 40+ year head start. Then again, we could probably work a little quicker if we put our minds to it.

The more I look at it the more the dark green bar in the Republican section is the biggest concern. The real question is perhaps can we trade the 29% of Republicans who think government is a better way to solve the problem for the 24% of Democrats who think that business should handle it? We could even throw in a bag of hockey pucks. Or better still, a 1-for-1 trade for the most conservative leaning independents. Again, we could throw in some Starbucks coupons or something.