Columnist: The Obama power grab

Interesting column by E. Thomas McClanahan in The Kansas City Star about how Barack Obama is testing the limits of American taxpayers with his massive expansion of the federal government.

From McClanahan's column:

Last month, his approval rating was in the mid-60s. Now it’s in the high 50s. Last week a Zogby poll had him at 50 percent.

Many voters are increasingly put off by the spectacle in Washington. A couple of recent polls showed that Republicans are even or slightly ahead in the generic vote for Congress. U.S. News & World Report’s Michael Barone figures the GOP isn’t doing better. Rather, the Democrats are doing worse.

The fraudulent stimulus package — much of which was loaded up with non-stimulus social spending — probably has a lot to do with it.

But perhaps what worries many voters most is the promiscuous overreaching on display. What we’re watching is an astonishing power grab.

Read the full column at the newspaper's Web site.