Former President Bill Clinton scolded American voters for backing congressional Republicans in 2010, arguing that voters have to pay more attention during campaign and take “ownership” of government.
“[Americans] go around telling people how sorry these politicians are, and they voted for all of them,” Clinton said this morning during the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Summit. “One of the problems is that we listen to the rhetoric of politicians and we pay almost no attention to their specific [plans],” he said, referring to the Republican legislators elected in 2010.
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He added that “the American people have got to take some ownership here, too.”
Clinton again took voters to task when he discussed Gov. Scott Walker, R-Wis. “They didnt pay any attention to his specific things,” he said. “The governor is just doing what he promised to do. But again, voters often vote on the thematics and the directions.”
That argument assumes that voters dislike Walker’s policy positions. But, although the Democrats (who opposed Walker in 2010) forced a recall election, the governor appears to be in a strong position with the Wisconsin voters at large.
Last Tuesday, Walker received more votes in his uncontested primary than the top two vote-getters received, combined, in the Democratic gubernatorial recall primary.
