At least that’s the crux of a mini-burst of messages and statements of anger I’m getting from residents of the 13th Congressional District that Thornberry, a Republican, has represented since 1995.

These messages, whose authors quite often say represent the view of thousands of Texans, suggest that it’s time to throw all the incumbents out of office in Washington. They’re so angry over health care reform — among many issues — they want to take it out on all incumbents. Get ready for the fight of your life, Rep. Thornberry, if you intend to seek re-election.

I spoke with one of them the other day. He said much the same thing. He intends to vote “against every incumbent on the ballot.” I asked him, “Does that mean you’ll vote against Mac?” He didn’t answer directly. I’m guessing he’s having second thoughts about tossing all the incumbents out.

For the record, Thornberry has opposed virtually everything that President Obama and the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives has proposed. So … it seems to make little sense that the anti-Obama, anti-Democrat crowd that is so angry would want to take it out on those who are on their side.

But the anger seems to be real. It also seems to be unreasonable.