Michael Dimock, associate director with The Pew Research Center, said he's seen the movement that Lake's referring to in his organization's polling. "People are really bummed about what's going on economically...Obama and the Democrats own what's going on," he said. "Independents, almost by definition, they're not driven by ideology, they're effected by current circumstances and right now current circumstances suck. We're stuck in two wars; the economy's terrible; Washington looks like a train wreck more than ever before." Is it just the age old truth of "it's the economy, stupid" speaking once again? Could it really be as simple as people vote their pocket book? Appears to be... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/19/bank-shot-independents-an_n_429135.html