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As the unemployment picture improves, voters may tire of Republican hardball tactics. Case in point: Glenn Beck
Andrew Leonard
April 7, 2011
http://www.salon.com/news/budget_showdown/index.html?story=/tech/htww/2011/04/07/john_boehner_shutdown_and_the_economy
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank has a provocative theory for why Glenn Beck and Fox are parting ways: The improving economy left Americans less receptive to Beck's non-stop apocalyptic gloom-and-doom patter.
When Beck's show made its debut on Fox News Channel in January 2009, the nation was in the throes of an economic collapse the likes of which had not been seen since the 1930s. Beck's angry broadcasts about the nation's imminent doom perfectly rode the wave of fear that had washed across the nation, and the relatively unknown entertainer suddenly had 3 million viewers a night...
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