It really is amazing to hear the president and his various advisers prattle on about what the election of Scott Brown means. They apparently believe it was the result of a “communications” problem. As Charles Krauthammer put it, the president seems to think that he hasn’t had a chance to communicate with the American people about what he is trying to do, such as nationalize our health care.

Well, out of the mouths of babes comes more wisdom than seems to reside in the White House or the DNC. My brother tells me that, following Brown’s victory, he and his wife were speaking about Obama’s plunging popularity and negative ratings. Their six-year-old son, Josef, piped up and said, “He is not listening.” My sister-in-law asked, “Not listening to whom?” My very insightful nephew said, “To our people.”

As my nephew very correctly pointed out, Obama and the Democrats don’t seem to understand that their real problem is that they have communicated only too well — the American people know exactly what they are trying to do, and it scares the living daylights out of them. Obama and the Democrats have been cavalierly ignoring the sentiments and views of ordinary citizens for more than a year. I think my nephew may have a future in this town.