Sen. Jim DeMint (R.-S.C.) said last week that President Barack Obama is “just trying to use the mainstream media to confuse the American people. The fact is I think he thinks Americans are stupid, and he’s going to play this out until he gets a headline in every paper that Republicans are obstructionist.” DeMint was referring to the President’s claims that Republicans were obstructing a deal on the Senate’s so-called financial reform bill. Americans are smart and they support the efforts of conservatives in Congress to obstruct the bill, which would give Washington permanent bailout authority over Wall Street.