Get ready for a lot of liberal weeping and teeth-gnashing, angry editorials about incompetence and the incivility of the “tea baggers,” and more slander of rural and other mainstream Americans:

A pair of new surveys revealing that Democrat President Obama is still declining and has hit a new low in job approval among Americans just 56 weeks after they elected him with a decided margin.

And — wait for it — Republican Sarah Palin is successfully selling a whole lot more than books out there on the road. Even among those not lining up in 10-degree weather to catch a glimpse of pretty much the only political celebrity the GOP has these days.