THE SEAN HANNITY SHOW

Setting the Agenda In the wake of the GOP's midterm victories, the Democrats' approval rating has plunged to a record low. According to a brand new Gallup poll, “Only 36 percent had a favorable view of the Democratic party, a 6-percentage-point drop from before the midterms.” The Republicans, however, are enjoying higher favorability ratings than the Democrats for the first time since 2011. While Obama didn't see the midterm election results as a repudiation of his agenda, the Gallup polling shows that 53% of Americans prefer the Republicans in Congress to lead the direction of the United States, compared to just 36% who want Obama's agenda to lead. Yet Nancy Pelosi also insists that the midterm election was not a political victory for the Republicans.  She told Politico, “I do not believe what happened the other night is a wave.”  She goes on to say, “There was no wave of approval for the Republicans. I wish them congratulations, they won the election, but there was no wave of approval for anybody. There was an ebbing, an ebb tide, for us.” I don't know what else it is going to take for this president and Democrats like Nancy Pelosi to realize that the American people do not want the Obama/Democrat agenda or Obama's executive actions.  As the voters as insisting, it's time for bold GOP leadership to show the American people that conservative principles work. The best examples of conservative policies making for good politics are the Republican governors throughout the country.  You know the names I often mention: Rick Perry (TX), Scott Walker (WI), Rick Scott (FL), Susana Martinez (NM), Nikki Haley (SC), Bobby Jindal (LA).  These governors have pushed to implement conservative policies that have created jobs, lowered taxes, improved schools, balanced budgets among other successes.  It's time that the GOP in Washington accomplish these goals at the federal level.  The American people will be better off for it, and it will thusly improve the GOP's chances of winning future elections.  Now is the time for them to lead.  They best not squander the faith the American people have put in them by electing them into power in the recent elections.  Oops...ObamaCare Architect This week we learned that ObamaCare was purposefully written in a way to obscure the truth, banking on the “stupidity” of the American people not to understand the true nature of the law.  Now the man who made that statement is backing off. MIT professor Jonathan Gruber, who was instrumental in writing ObamaCare, was caught on camera saying, "Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. And basically, call it the stupidity of the American voter or whatever, but basically that was really, really critical for the thing to pass.” Now Gruber has addressed his comments, stating: "The comments in the video were made at an academic conference.  I was speaking off the cuff. I basically spoke inappropriately. I regret having made those comments.” Notice that he doesn't actually apologize for the remarks or even attempt to claim they are not true.  He simply labels them “inappropriate.” Perhaps he should revisit his priorities; it was inappropriate for him and the Obama administration to write such a convoluted bill with the expressed intention hiding the truth from the American people.