This centrist, non-party-member is a more reliable supporter of Dems than are some progressives.

[JoePhilly]

36. The first time I noticed it was in 2009, on MSNBC.

But you can see it at work almost every day on MSNBC and CNN. Fox is a RW bashfest all the time.

It often goes like this ... a RW talking head gets a couple minutes to rant about how bad something Obama and the Dems did is. And then the host says "thanks" ... then turns to the LW talking head and asks "Now, we also know that the left isn't happy with this, why is that?" ... and the LW talking head goes on to attack Obama and the Dems on the same topic, but for a totally opposite reason. Both narratives placed side by side .. both explaining why Obama and the Dems, or what they are trying to do, sucks.

From there, the opposite messages make their way into the forums and comment sections on the left, and the right.

Thus, the ACA sucks because it is both Socialism, and also because its not Universal Health Care. The right gets angry, the left gets discouraged.

Obama beat McCain and Romney by about 6% each. Which means all you need is around a 3% shift to create a toss up... get a 1.5% uptick on the right, same amount of decrease on the left, and the race is a toss up.

Finally, the target of these messages isn't the far right or the far left, they are useful for spreading them, but they are not the ultimate target ... the target are the folks who lean left and lean right. These are the folks who require energy to vote.

Anger them enough, they'll vote ... discourage them enough, they'll stay home.