Posted on 11/05/2009 10:54:15 PM PST by Lorianne
Contrary to some reports, the Republican sweep of Tuesday's governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia is not a direct rebuke of President Obama, according to Leo Hindery, managing partner of InterMedia Partners. Indeed, a Democrat won New York's 23rd Congresional District for the first time since 1872. (Yes, 1872.)
But even Hindery, a former advisor to President Obama and John Edwards' senior economic policy advisor, can't deny the Democrats have stumbled.
"The lesson is simple: It's the economy, stupid," Hindery says. "Healthcare reform is an important issue...but the priority was misguided. I'm a strong advocate of universal healthcare but would have put it behind employment."
The issue is not so much the Obama administration hasn't created jobs but unemployed Americans "do expect the appearance is every effort is being made to reemploy them," he says. "I think we got away from that perception [due to] the overemphasis on healthcare."
As a result of these misplaced priorities, Hindery says the Democrats are likely to lose "large numbers" in the House in the 2010 mid-term elections.
Hindery foresees the recession lasting into 2011 and an "L-shaped recovery" when it comes to jobs. This jobless recovery will be unprecedented in both its scope and duration, he predicts, as we'll discuss in more detail in a forthcoming segment.
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With their endless repetition of this mantra, the lefties have done more to convince people of the TRUTH of this statement than a thousand Rush Limbaughs ever could.
With their endless repetition of this mantra, the lefties have done more to convince people of the TRUTH of this rebuke than a thousand Rush Limbaughs ever could.
Yeah, but read the rest.
“With their endless repetition”
Highly ironic!
:)
bookmarked for morning
First, he says that the elections were not a rejection of Obama.
Then he says that Obama has been focused on the wrong things and that is why people are upset and voted against the demoRats.
So my question to this supposed expert is, "How do we separate the man from his actions?" You can't which makes his argument ridiculous.
These elections were about rejecting Obama and everything he stands for.
I believe the 23rd boundaries were re-drawn following the 1990 census.
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