https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/07/06/maybe-voters-dont-believe-that-politicians-can-fix-americas-economy-anymore/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 10:26:05 -0400<![CDATA[From this trip, and from looking at things over the last six months, I am beginning to get the feeling that voters are shrugging their shoulders about politicians, no longer believing they can fix the economic problems. They’ve reset their expectations about how political leaders can change the dynamic. After watching basically no growth in real wages over the last decade, no real growth in private sector jobs and a stagnant unemployment rate, they don’t think that a president (or a governor, for that matter) can do much to change the situation.]]>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:50:59 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/07/06/maybe-voters-dont-believe-that-politicians-can-fix-americas-economy-anymore-n279720