Rulers Vs. Ruled

The best explanation for what is going on in the country right now is Angelo M. Codevilla's article in the July issue of The American Spectator entitled  America's Ruling Class -- And the Perils of Revolution.  It explains current events not in terms of Republican vs. Democrat, or conservative vs. liberal, but (accurately in my opinion) as a clash between the "ruling class" vs the "country class" (for lack of a better term). 

This article offers the best explanation why elites (foremost of all, our current president) insist on forcing unpopular measures such as TARP, the stimulus bill, Obamacare, gay marriage (as evidenced by the Proposition 8 debacle in California) and now the Ground Zero Mosque down the throats of a public that is skeptical at best amd violently opposed at worst.  It warns that top-down government by a minority will never stand, and as a result a revolution is coming-and the biggest challenge will be to enable it to happen without it being imposed violently or unilaterally using the same methods that got the Ruling Class (mostly, but not always, composed of our liberal elites) in trouble in the first place.

Another piece along these lines is Tony Blankley's The Ruling Class vs. the Public in which he accurately states that the fundamental cause of the public's discontent is:

A foul and dangerous brew is heating up that is composed of: (1) The economic collapse that started in 2008; (2) the radical, "fundamentally transforming" left-wing agenda of the government; and, (3) the thwarting of the public will -- with glee -- by the entrenched, non-elected powers (in the courts, media, colleges and government bureaucracies) as they get into the face and under the skin of the cultural and political majority.

Tony also warns that if the Republicans do not immediately act to check and reverse the direction the country is going, that things could get very ugly:

If the upcoming election results fail for any reason (including GOP campaign incompetence) to empower the public's overwhelming desire to stop and reverse the "fundamental transformation" of the United States -- I suspect the country will be rocked to its core within the following months and few years

This is the manifestation of what Pat Buchanan warned of in 2008 in The Coming Backlash right before Obama's election in which he said that Obama would be at war with left in his own party that got him where he is, or with the majority of the people of the country.  It's clear after almost 2 years which side he has chosen.  It's also clear that the public will begin taking corrective action in November.