The Center Grows

This graph from Pew Research shows how the middle keeps growing at the expense of both the hard right and the hard left. However it may be of more concern to Obama than the GOP right now. From the WSJ

For the Obama administration, the rise of independents so soon after the election should be a wake-up call. While Mr. Obama remains very popular among independents, their approval of the Democrat-controlled Congress is at 29%. Independents identify with the president's desire to overcome the left-right divide, but his fiscal record looks increasingly at odds with his rhetoric of responsibility.