The Democratic Party is far from perfect and not right on every issue, but President Barack Obama has a point when he says that his party is the one trying to "confront the real problems."

After eight years in the White House, it sometimes seems like Republicans are too busy trying to win back congressional seats rather than focusing on things the public needs, such as health care reform and job creation.

Despite the fact that their party was in charge when the economy was pushed in to a tailspin, Republicans are resisting spending on a much-needed economic stimulus over concerns about expanding the deficit. They won't acknowledge that the nation actually had a surplus when former President George W. Bush took office. They won't acknowledge that tax cuts for the rich helped to produce our massive deficit.

Only three Republicans in the Senate voted for the $862 billion stimulus bills, but more than 65 of them turned around and took credit for projects that the money helped launch. Obama is right to say that he's tired of the "falsehoods and exaggerations and slash and burn politics" during a rally for Colorado's junior senator. It's part of President Obama's campaign blitz for his party, which is facing the loss of dozens of seats in the upcoming midterm elections.

According to the Associated Press:

Working to align himself with voter anger at politicians, Obama said the workers and families don't care which party scores the most political points in the daily partisan combat in the nation's capital."They're interested in, how are we going to help them find a job when they've only known one trade in their whole life, how are they going to send their kids to college, how are they going to pay the bills if they get sick, how are they going to retire when their savings are so beat up and who if anybody is going to confront the real problems that touch their lives," he said. "That's why we are not going to quit. We do not quit."
Voters do have a right to be angry. Some issues should not be wrapped up in politics. When people with full-time jobs don't have health care, this nation's legislators should be working to find a solution. When the country is shedding hundreds of thousands of jobs each month, they should be able to count on economic support that is not charity but based on the taxes taken out of their checks when they were working.

If Republicans don't like Democratic plans, then they should step to the table with solutions. I'm not sure Obama's offensive to help re-elect Democratic House and Senate members will work because the public is angry. They are losing their jobs, homes and any sense of security. When you are angry, you tend to lash out blindly. Obama's calm, but strong-willed tone is the right signal at the right time.

"Every seat at this point is of extreme importance," Thomas Whalen, a Boston University professor who studies American politics, told the Associated Press. "I think the president is trying to go and rally his troops to take a political stand. They just seem to be in disarray and probably overreacting. With 59 votes, you'd think it is the end of the world."